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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BIMicrosoft plans job cuts targeting underperforming employees. The reductions are happening across the company, including in its important Security division. Performance-based cuts are often backfilled by Microsoft, so total headcount may not change much. Microsoft is planning job cuts soon and the company is taking a harder look at underperforming employees as part of the reductions, according to two people familiar with the plans.

The author and her aunt went parasailing on vacation. Courtesy of Megan BungerothOn a family vacation, we booked an excursion to go parasailing. We were all so excited to try it, but on the boat, I started to feel nauseated. I got sick while in the air and was horrified, but it's become a funny family story.

Shawna Lum and her husband, Dan. She is American and he was born and raised in Spain. Courtesy of Shawna LumShawna Lum moved to Barcelona from Los Angeles after several failed relationships. She said the dating scene differed in Spain because men were "more emotionally available."The 31-year-old has now been married to a European she met in Barcelona for three years.

Natalia Grace Mans sitting on her bed in "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace."Investigation DiscoveryIn "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter," Natalia moves away from her adoptive parents. The DePaul family, who were interested in adopting Natalia when she was a child, took her in. Natalia now lives with the DePaul family in New York.

A malfunctioning Waymo drove in loops around a parking lot for several minutes with its confused passenger stuck inside. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesTech entrepreneur Mike Johns got stuck in a wayward Waymo while headed to the airport last month. The malfunctioning autonomous car drove in loops around a parking lot for several minutes.

LAS VEGAS — The highly decorated soldier from Colorado who exploded a rented Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself, officials said according to writings, he didn’t intend to kill anyone else. An investigation of Livelsberger’s searches through ChatGPT indicate he was looking for information on explosive targets, the speed at which certain rounds of ammunition would travel and whether fireworks were legal in Arizona. Kevin McMahill, sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, called the use of generative AI a “game-changer” and said the department was sharing information with other law enforcement agencies. “This is the first incident that I’m aware of on U.