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- The top 25 stories curated by editors and fellow readers!

Editor's Pick

This Japanese Ritual May Be The Secret To Reaching A Goal. Here's Why
You Should Try It.

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too easy to actually work — but experts say it does.

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Editor's Note: Giving yourself permission to make a small improvement
each day, without rushing the process just to get to the end point,
can also help stave off task paralysis.

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Parents Can Soon Use QR Codes to Reveal Heavy Metal Content in Baby
Food
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A quick scan with a smartphone or an online search can identify foods
with lower levels of these toxic substances.

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The AI Debate We're Not Having
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Current debates* about artificial intelligence circle endlessly around
questions of capability, economic impact, and resource allocation -
not to mention language.















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The great burden of assumed knowledge
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Remember when creating something meant just... creating it? These
days, putting anything out into the world feels like walking through a
minefield of "actually, that already exists."

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SpaceX's Video Of Starlink Satellites In Space Is So Good It Looks
Fake
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This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of
the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy.
SpaceX has shared a fresh video of the Falcon 9 deploying a batch of
21 Starlink satellites into space.














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Ukraine is making weapons 'faster and cheaper' than anywhere else in
Europe -- and that's a problem, Danish PM warns
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Denmark's prime minister has said Ukraine is able to produce weaponry
"faster and cheaper" than anywhere else in Europe despite being at
war, something she said should alarm the West.

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Are Noise-Cancelling Headphones to Blame for Young People's Hearing
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More young people are presenting to audiology teams in England with
difficulty processing sound.














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Photos: Japan sinks giant tidal turbine to generate power from ocean
currents
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Japan's renewable energy ambitions have received a major push as
Proteus Marine Renewables has successfully deployed its powerful
AR1100 tidal turbine in the Naru Strait, located between the Goto
Islands in Nagasaki Prefecture.

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Amazon's revamped Alexa might launch over a month after its
announcement event
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Alexa's coming AI upgrade is being pushed back because of 'incorrect
answers,' according to The Washington Post. Alexa's coming AI upgrade
is being pushed back because of 'incorrect answers,' according to The
Washington Post.














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Massive methane leaks detected in Antarctica, posing potential risks
for global warming
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A Spanish scientific expedition has discovered columns of gas emerging
from the seabed.

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Five Russians went out drinking. When they got back, Australia had
struck
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Siberian nightlife has its opportunities. Just ask Australian cyber
spies, who used local criminals' decision to enjoy a vodka-soaked
night to bust a multi-million dollar business run by Russians
warehousing stolen data.














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As Israel fields Iron Beam, Gulf states are pining for the technology
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MILAN -- Interest in direct-energy weapons is rising in the Gulf
region, a technology in which Israel has proclaimed itself a leader
with the fielding of the Iron Beam.

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Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers
demonstrate a lighter
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- In a rare encounter, a young man from an
isolated Indigenous tribe approached a riverine community in Brazil's
Amazon, the country's Indigenous affairs agency and local witnesses
said Thursday. The encounter occurred around 7 p.m.














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Here are the OpenAI employees who are joining Mira Murati's new
startup
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Since leaving OpenAI in the fall of 2024, former exec Mira Murati has
wasted no time starting her next venture.

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European leaders plan emergency summit as US and Russia prepare for
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called yesterday for the
creation of an "army of Europe" amid rising concerns the US may no
longer come to the continent's aid.














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Trump Team Leaves European Alliance in Crisis; Macron Calls for
Emergency Summit
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Mr. Zelensky predicted that Mr. Putin would soon seek to manipulate
Mr. Trump, speculating that the Russian leader would invite the new
American president to the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the
defeat of Nazi Germany. “Putin will try to get the U.S. president
standing on Red Square on May 9 this year,” he told a jammed hall of
European diplomats and defense and intelligence officials, “not as a
respected leader but as a prop in his own performance.”

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Macron convenes European leaders for Ukraine summit amid tension with
US
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Sikorski, the Polish foreign minister, said: “If the US wants us to
step up in defence, it should have a national component, a Nato
component, but I also believe a European EU component, EU subsidies
for the defence industry to build up our capacity to produce, but also
an EU force worthy of its name.”













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The US is ready to hand Russia a win: newspapers on Europes Trump
shock
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"But we understand that any compromise with Russia won't be the end of
the war. There can't be a compromise in this war. Russia wins - the
west loses. The west wins - Russia loses. Europe, the time is now."

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Zelenskyy says Russia will wage war on Nato if US support for Ukraine
wanes
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"The risk that Russia will occupy Europe is 100%, not all Europe, they
will begin [with] those countries who are our friends, small countries
who've been in the USSR, in the Soviet Union. Forgive me, but today
these are Nato countries."

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Egypt draws up Gaza reconstruction plan that would exclude Hamas
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The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has not ruled out an
alternative to the Trump plan but said: “Any plan that leaves Hamas
in the Gaza Strip will be a problem, because Israel will not tolerate
that,” and thus would be a return to square one.

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Trumps return means UK must swiftly find a way to increase defence
spending | Peter Walker
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Such caution is arguably part of a wider phenomenon of UK politicians
valiantly trying to argue that Trump's America is the same dependable
ally it always was and not the fickle, treaty-shredding transactional
force it has suddenly become.

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Trump cuts reach FDA workers focused on food safety and medical
devices
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FDA inspectors are responsible for overseeing thousands of food, drug,
tobacco and medical device facilities worldwide, though the AP
reported last year that the agency faced a backlog of roughly 2,000
uninspected drug facilities that hadn’t been visited since before
the pandemic.

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MLKs family fear new batch of assassination files will have FBI smears
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King dedicated his life's work to advancing civil rights across the
United States before assassin James Earl Ray fatally shot him at the
Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on 4 April 1968.

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Trump and Musk's Valentine's Day Massacre of Military Veterans
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk have laid off thousands of government
employees this week, including 1,000 staffers at the Department of
Veterans Affairs.

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Opinion: 'Make America Healthy Again' by Transforming Animal
Agriculture
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As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. awaits the outcome of his Senate confirmation
for Health and Human Services Secretary -- which is slated for today
-- bird flu is ravaging American farms.

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Elon Musk's Man in the Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as
Software CEO
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This morning, workers at the US Treasury Department's Bureau of the
Fiscal Service (BFS) received an email announcing that Tom Krause, a
software executive and Elon Musk ally, was "appointed to perform the
delegated duties of the Fiscal Assistant Secretary.

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Trump steel tariffs negative for both UK and US, says business
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The Liberal Democrats have said the government urgently needs to
prepare for retaliatory tariff. Deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the UK
steel industry was being left "dangerously exposed" to the
"devastating damage" Trump's tariffs could inflict.

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As Trump Targets Research, Scientists Share Grief and Resolve to Fight
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Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, his administration
and Republicans in Congress have sent universities reeling with
crackdowns on diversity initiatives, threats to endowments and
potential deportations of undocumented students.

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They fought for the Social Security Fairness Act. Now they're waiting
to see benefit increases
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The win has inspired Jimenez, a high school senior who plans to attend
college next year, to keep pushing for Social Security reform. He
plans to complete another walk in Texas next month to call attention
to the issue.

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Restaurants warn of weak first quarter, but say sales will pick up
later this year
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"[Earnings per share] is expected to be the lowest in [the fiscal
second quarter] on an absolute basis due to seasonality, the
organization restructuring I just spoke about and elevated
investments, with year-over-year pressure also intensifying in the
quarter," she said in late January. "EPS is then expected to improve
in the latter half of the fiscal year 2025, both sequentially and
year-over-year."

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In Moving to Stop Adams Case, Career Lawyer Sought to Stave Off Deeper
Crisis
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Mr. Bove and Attorney General Pam Bondi have argued that dropping the
charges against Mr. Adams is part of a broader effort to end the
“weaponization” of the department by reining in excesses of the
Biden administration. A Justice Department spokesman declined to
comment.

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Left Out of Ukraine Talks, Europe Races to Organize a Response
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Ukraine will not take part, Andriy Yermak, the head of the President
Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential office, confirmed Sunday in a post
on the Telegram social networking site. He said that Ukraine would
prefer to reach a common plan for negotiations with the Trump
administration before meeting with a Russian delegation.

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Ukraine Won't Accept a Deal It Didn't Help Negotiate, Zelensky Says
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Mr. Zelensky’s interview came as three top foreign policy aides in
the Trump administration — Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; Mike
Waltz, the national security adviser; and Steve Witkoff, the Middle
East envoy who also works on Ukraine-Russia issues — were expected
to meet with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to
discuss a path to ending the war. It would be the first substantial
talks between the two countries on the conflict, three years after
Russia’s full-scale invasion.

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Volunteers Search for ISIS Kidnap Victims
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The missing people are all members of a religious minority, the
Yazidi, who were a particular focus of the brutal campaign of terror
that ISIS, also known as the Islamic State, launched in 2014. In the
years that followed, according to a United Nations commission, the
militants murdered, enslaved, raped and tortured at will. Some 3,100
Yazidis were killed and 6,800 kidnapped in August 2014 alone, one
study estimates.

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Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash
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While Mr. Trump has not taken action against any liberal groups or
lawmakers, Democrats worry his frequent threats of retribution during
the campaign have led to a chilling effect on the charitable
foundations and nonprofit advocacy groups that have long been pillars
of the country’s civil society.

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Journalists Share Short Sketches of 'S.N.L.' Memories
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In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of “S.N.L.,” which NBC is
honoring with a special broadcast on Sunday, The Times’s Culture
desk has published a deeper look into the history and influence of the
show. Articles in a series, “S.N.L.” at 50, have appeared in
newspapers since last fall, exploring topics such as popular political
sketches, five decades of musical guests and the subjective eye its
viewers tend to develop.

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Powerful Winds Lash the East Coast as Part of Deadly Winter Storm
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On Sunday, wind gusts up to 62 miles per hour were recorded at
Washington Dulles International Airport, and up to 65 m.p.h. at Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport, said Connor Belak, a meteorologist
with the National Weather Service.

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At Least 9 Dead in South After Rainstorm Pounds the Region
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Steve Carr, the Obion County mayor, declared a state of emergency on
Sunday in response to the severe flooding. He said on Facebook that
there would be mandatory evacuations in Rives because of “the rising
water, no electricity, and freezing temperature creating a
life-threatening situation.”

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BAFTA Awards Winners: 'Conclave,' 'Anora' and 'The Brutalist' Take
Home Top Prizes
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The cast and crew of “Conclave” looked stunned when the best film
prize was announced. Isabella Rossellini, who plays a nun in the
movie, stood onstage smiling gleefully throughout Berger’s
acceptance speech, in which he said he was “deeply humbled” to see
his film receive the honor.

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A Mandate for Boston's Suburbs: Make Room for More Apartments
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The law requires 177 cities and towns served by public transit —
spanning eastern Massachusetts from the New Hampshire border to the
Cape Cod bridges — to allow multifamily housing to be built without
a special permit, in at least one area near public transportation.
Most of the communities were supposed to submit revised zoning rules
by the end of last year.

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Viktor Antonov, art director for Half-Life 2 and Dishonored, has died,
according to colleagues
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Writer Marc Laidlaw first shared the news in an Instagram story, and
other former colleagues have since paid tribute too.

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Vision Pro will reportedly get Apple Intelligence as soon as April
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The first Apple Intelligence features to come to Vision Pro will
reportedly include Writing Tools, Genmoji and Image Playground. Gurman
reports that developers may get access to these features in beta “as
soon as this week.” Don’t expect any major changes to Siri on
Vision Pro just yet, though. According to Gurman, a “major AI
overhaul” the company had been planning for the assistant has been
delayed.

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YouTube TV has reached a deal with Paramount to keep carrying CBS, CBS
Sports and other channels
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“We’re happy to share that we’ve reached a deal to continue
carrying Paramount channels, including CBS, CBS Sports, Nickelodeon
and more,” YouTube TV wrote in a blog post and on X. “With this
agreement, YouTube TV will continue to offer 100+ channels and add-ons
including Paramount+ with SHOWTIME and will enable more user choice in
the future. To our subscribers, we appreciate your patience while we
negotiated on your behalf.” BET+ will also remain available.

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Australia news live: Littleproud says Duttons idea to break up
insurers not a policy; crime syndicate busted over Pokmon card thefts
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But unfortunately, their legal firm has contacted the commission to
vacate today. So we'll be showing up to get it done. It's not a
personal thing, this. We need to get everything done and to move on,
especially for the commuters of NSW.

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Artist Lindy Lee quits Creative Australia board after heartbreaking
decision to dump Biennale pick
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That statement said the board "believes a prolonged and divisive
debate about the 2026 selection outcome poses an unacceptable risk to
public support for Australia's artistic community and could undermine
our goal of bringing Australians together through art and creativity".

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Embrace of Indigenous artists reaches London thanks to influence of
Venice Biennale
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Johnathon World Peace Bush is at Frieze No.9 Cork Street from 27
February to 15 March; Mario Martinez is at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery
from 21 February to 22 March; Emily Kam Kngwarray is at Tate Modern
from 10 July to 11 January 2026.

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Climate 200 to help bankroll candidates in four Labor seats at federal
election
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“The whole process pushes downward pressure on the cost of elections
so ordinary Australians have a chance to be elected, not those
candidates that are supported by the billionaires and the
millionaires,” he said.

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Starmer ready to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if peace
deal reached
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It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about
sending British peacekeepers to Ukraine

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Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian
advance
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According to Mykolaiv’s mayor, Oleksandr Senkevych, the plant was
badly damaged. “This was done deliberately to leave people without
heat at sub-zero temperatures and create a humanitarian
catastrophe,” he wrote on Telegram. More than 100,000 people are
without heating.

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UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard
Ratcliffe
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Ratcliffe said of the Foremans: “The top priority for the government
should be to make sure they get to visit and that they are not being
kept in solitary. It will be important they do not feel alone. A court
process may soon come. It’s not a real court. But it will be a form
of brutal theatre to get the government’s attention.”

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We live in constant fear: Alawites in Syrias Homs terrified of
reprisals
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Ibrahim was bolder with his frustrations. "If the Sunnis continue like
this for another few months, maybe the Alawites will call for the
return of a president like Assad. Maybe they'll even call for his
return," he said.

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