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4:48 p.m. ET GM to pay $2.6 million to South Dakota in multistate driver-data settlement 3:48 p.m. ET Spotify weighs paid AI tools for remixes and covers in 2027 2:48 p.m. ET NASA crew completes 378-day Mars habitat simulation in Houston 12:48 p.m. ET OpenAI cuts reported fundraising target to $20 billion amid AI spending concerns 11:48 a.m. ET Prince William and Kate share first Halloween post with photo of Prince Louis 10:48 a.m. ET Winter weather advisory covers Idaho mountain passes through Sunday 9:48 a.m. ET Netflix’s ‘Cliff Booth’ sequel will skip Regal and Cinemark theaters 7:48 a.m. ET ‘Jumping genes’ may have aided ants’ rise after dinosaur extinction, study finds 4:48 p.m. ET GM to pay $2.6 million to South Dakota in multistate driver-data settlement 3:48 p.m. ET Spotify weighs paid AI tools for remixes and covers in 2027 2:48 p.m. ET NASA crew completes 378-day Mars habitat simulation in Houston 12:48 p.m. ET OpenAI cuts reported fundraising target to $20 billion amid AI spending concerns 11:48 a.m. ET Prince William and Kate share first Halloween post with photo of Prince Louis 10:48 a.m. ET Winter weather advisory covers Idaho mountain passes through Sunday 9:48 a.m. ET Netflix’s ‘Cliff Booth’ sequel will skip Regal and Cinemark theaters 7:48 a.m. ET ‘Jumping genes’ may have aided ants’ rise after dinosaur extinction, study finds