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Wisconsin group sues Elon Musk, alleging million-dollar check
giveaways were voter bribes
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Musk has said the giveaways didn't violate state laws because they
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The curse of Toumai: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter
feud over humanity's origins
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The long read: When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab
desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of
our species. But not everyone was convinced - and the bitter argument
that followed has consumed the lives of scholars ever since

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Live updates: Protests against Trump ICE raids flare across US | CNN
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Protests similar to those in Los Angeles are popping up in other major
US cities, including New York, Seattle, Austin, Spokane and
Washington, DC, with demonstrations planned into the weekend. Follow
for live news updates.

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Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff
fired
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Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate
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Shot to the eye brings back vision in mice - humans next
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New treatment regenerates retinal cells in mice, offering hope for
retinitis pigmentosa and other retinal diseases in humans.

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U.S. Evacuates Personnel From Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran
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The U.S. plans to move some of its non-military personnel out of the
Middle East, including embassy staff in Iraq, amid rising tensions
with Iran, President Donald Trump said Wednesday evening.

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It turns out there's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all
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Bouncing batteries to check their charge isn't an internet myth after
all.

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Unfortunately, Houseplants Don't Actually Purify the Air
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There are many benefits you can reap from having houseplants, but
purifying the air just isn't one of them.














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Social media use increases depression in preteens, not vice versa,
researchers find
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As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking
whether social media makes kids depressed--or do depressed kids simply
spend more time on social media?

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Toyota and Lexus no longer most reliable carmakers: Subaru is.
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Consumer Reports' brand reliability report for 2024 has been released.
Subaru now holds the #1 spot, becoming the most reliable car brand
ahead of Toyota.

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Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews
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: Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at
modern tools

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The Gizmodo Guide to Stopping Algorithms From Ruining Your Life
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To be free, learn to embrace RSS feeds.














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LA police filmed shooting woman point-blank with 'less lethal' round
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Woman in video appears unarmed as she walks alone before police shoot
her near her residence

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F.D.A. Looks to A.I. to Enhance Efficiency
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With a Trump-driven reduction of nearly 2,000 employees, agency
officials view artificial intelligence as a way to speed drugs to the
market.

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What to know about 'No Kings' protests against Trump's policies on
Saturday
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Opponents of President Donald Trump's administration are set to rally
in nearly 2,000 cities and towns this weekend. The No Kings Day of
Defiance protests will happen during the military parade in Washington
on Saturday for the Army's 250th anniversary -- which coincides with
Trump's birthday. Earlier this spring, Trump announced his intention
to transform the Army's birthday celebration into a massive military
parade complete with 60-ton M1 Abrams battle tanks and Paladin
self-propelled howitzers rolling through the city streets. Organizers
say the mass protest rejects authoritarianism, billionaire-first
politics, and the militarization of the nation's democracy.

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Global mercury levels in rivers have doubled since Industrial
Revolution, research reveals
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Mercury levels in the world's rivers have more than doubled since the
pre-industrial era, according to new research from Tulane University
that establishes the first known global baseline for riverine mercury
pollution.














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Lawsuit Challenging 2024 Election Results Moves Forward After Kamala
Harris Received Zero Votes in a New York County
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A lawsuit disputing the results of the 2024 election has moved forward
after it was revealed that former Vice President Kamala Harris
received no votes a New York county.

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Shouts of 'felon' and 'we love you': Inside Trump's charged visit to
the Kennedy Center | CNN Politics
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President Donald Trump drew charged reactions of both admiration and
ire at the Kennedy Center's opening night of Les Miserables - with a
greeting of cheers and boos, drama at intermission and drag queens in
the audience.

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Dawn Aerospace upends launch industry with spaceplane sales
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Dawn Aerospace plans to sell its Aurora spaceplane, shifting space
launch models and opening new opportunities for smaller companies.

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China demands sensitive information for rare earth exports, companies
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Extensive licensing requirements raise concerns about intellectual
property theft














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Leaders of 'orgasmic meditation' company were convicted of forced
labor: What to know
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OneTaste billed itself as a sexual wellness business centered on
"orgasmic meditation." Prosecutors said former leaders subjected
victims to sexual and emotional abuse.

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Does drawing on memory help us solve problems? Our experiment gave
some surprising answers
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Research shows people remember the past to solve problems in the
present. But memory might be most effective when defining a problem or
implementing a solution.

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The problem of AI chatbots telling people what they want to hear - FT
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OpenAI, DeepMind and Anthropic tackle the growing issue of models
producing responses that are too sycophantic

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BYD brings EV price wars to small cars in Europe - FT (No paywall)
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EU tariffs may limit discounting but Chinese carmakers will appeal to
consumers with advanced technology














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Invasive Species? Japan's Growing Pains on Immigration - Bloomberg (No
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A celebrity's controversial remarks have thrust the subject of Japan's
small-but-growing foreign population into the spotlight.

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Sam Altman's Lies About ChatGPT Are Growing Bolder
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Would you believe OpenAI if it told you AI is fine for the planet,
actually?

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Trump Launches Signup Website For $5M Trump Card Visas - Forbes (No
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced the $5 million
Gold Card visa is now open for signups, allowing wealthy foreign
nationals to register their interest in the program, which intends to
offer them a fast track to U.S. citizenship - something the president
has suggested may replace the existing investor visa program.

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Nvidia Climate in a Bottle opens a view into Earth's future - WSJ (No
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Nvidia has unveiled a new generative foundation model that it says
enables simulations of Earth's global climate with an unprecedented
level of resolution. As is so often the case with powerful new
technology, however, the question is what else humans will do with it.














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Will Starbucks' big bet on its baristas pay off? - FT (No paywall)
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Wall Street nervous about biggest human capital investment in coffee
company's history

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How China beat Trump before the trade battle even started - FT (No
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Beijing has used rare earth controls to win the first skirmishes in
the war over commerce

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HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings - STAT (No paywall)
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WASHINGTON The Trump administration has reversed the firings of
hundreds of staffers at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, including those who work in divisions that handle cruise
ship safety, sexually transmitted infection prevention, and global
health.

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A Computer Wrote My Mother's Obituary - The Atlantic (No paywall)
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The funeral director said AI as if it were a normal element of
memorial services, like caskets or flowers. Of all places, I had not
expected artificial intelligence to follow me into the small,
windowless room of the mortuary. But here it was, ready to assist me
in the task of making sense of death.













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Apollo delays hiring junior bankers after pressure from Jamie Dimon -
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Private equity groups boss Marc Rowan said he felt compelled to agree
with recent criticism

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Ukraine war: 1,212 soldiers' bodies repatriated in latest swap with
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Russia receives 27 soldiers' bodies as the warring sides continue
their large-scale prisoner swap deal.

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A Forgotten Cancer Is Surging in Young People, And Experts Are Puzzled
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Appendix cancer is a condition that, until recently, was so rare that
most people never gave it a second thought.

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Where Russia is advancing in Ukraine and what it hopes to gain - WSJ
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Russian forces ate into more Ukrainian territory in May than in almost
any month since the end of 2022, as the Kremlin presses a summer
offensive to create the impression in the West that victory is within
its grasp.



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These diabetes drugs are finding new life as an antiaging hack - WSJ
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The widely used class of drugs, called SGLT2 inhibitors and sold under
brand names such as Jardiance and Farxiga, have been on the market for
over a decade as Type 2 diabetes medications. They have also gained
regulatory approval to treat conditions like heart failure and kidney
disease.

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Supply chains become new battleground in the global trade war - WSJ
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Earlier this week, Washington and Beijing ended a standoff involving
the most potent new tool in superpower statecraftexport controls. As
part of a monthslong trade fight, the two sides choked off the supply
of such exports as rare earths or semiconductor technology in bid to
gain an edge.

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At least 49 dead in flooding in South Africa
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Officials say at least 49 people have died in flooding in South
Africa's Eastern Cape province. An extreme cold front brought heavy
rain and snow to parts of the country. Eastern Cape Premier Oscar
Mabuyane said Wednesday that the death toll is expected to rise as
authorities continue to search for missing people. The dead included
six high school students who were washed away when their school bus
was caught in floodwaters near a river on Tuesday. Mabuyane says four
other students are among the missing.

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America's Suburban Building Boom Declared Dead: 15 Million Missing
Homes & Counting
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America has 15 million fewer homes than it should, a shortage driven
by the collapse of housing construction in once-booming sunbelt
suburbs where opposition has essentially shut down development



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8 Ways to Craft Enticing Product Descriptions in the ChatGPT Era - Inc
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About five years ago, Healthy Horizons faced a crisis of vocabulary.
If a potential customer searched for the Bay Area company on social
media or through search engines, it would not show up. Why? Because
the 34-year-old business, which pioneered corporate lactation
services, is in the business of breastfeeding.

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Fake McDonalds lobbies Vladimir Putin to block return of western
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The chief executive of a Russian burger chain recently warned Vladimir
Putin of the dangers facing his business if McDonalds, its former
parent, exercises its right to buy it back.

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Trump escalates his battle with California
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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump is sending troops to Los
Angeles amid unrest over his immigration policies, a threat to civil
liberties and another example of the president claiming that an
emergency justifies a major expansion of his power.

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Inside Amsterdam's high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI -
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Hans de Zwart, a gym teacher turned digital rights advocate, says that
when he saw Amsterdam’s plan to have an algorithm evaluate every
welfare applicant in the city for potential fraud, he nearly fell out
of his chair. 



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Farmers fuming over California's ban on driverless tractors, other
robots
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From flame-wielding robots to driverless tractors, autonomous
technology is fueling a robot revolution across America's farmlands.

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Stability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on
smartphones
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AI startup Stability AI has released Stable Audio Open Small, a
'stereo' audio-generating AI model that the company claims is the
fastest on the market.

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Stressed out by PhD life? Five strategies to take back the joy - (No
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Doing a PhD is really hard. Here's how I've learnt to enjoy the
process.

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Amazon is about to be flooded with AI-generated video ads
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Amazon Ad's Video Generator has some new tricks and is now generally
available in the US to create "photorealistic video assets" in five
minutes or less.

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Opinion | No Home, No Retirement, No Kids: How Gen Z-ers See Their
Future
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They're still clinging on, but at the bottom rung of the ladder.

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Israel holding two Gaza boat activists in solitary confinement, NGO
claims | The Times of Israel
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Brazilian Thiago Avila and French-Palestinian EU lawmaker Rima Hassan
said sent to separate prisons; activists seeking attention on the back
of Gazan suffering, says French PM

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