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Wisconsin group sues Elon Musk, alleging million-dollar check giveaways were voter bribes
Wisconsin group sues Elon Musk, alleging million-dollar check giveaways were voter bribes
Musk has said the giveaways didn't violate state laws because they weren't up to chance.


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The curse of Toumai: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity's origins
The curse of Toumai: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity's origins
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
Live updates: Protests against Trump ICE raids flare across US | CNN
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
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
Exclusive: Climate.gov, which supports public education on climate science, will soon no longer publish new content






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Shot to the eye brings back vision in mice - humans next
Shot to the eye brings back vision in mice - humans next
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
U.S. Evacuates Personnel From Middle East Amid Tensions With Iran
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
It turns out there's truth to 'dead battery bounce' after all
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
Unfortunately, Houseplants Don't Actually Purify the Air
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
Social media use increases depression in preteens, not vice versa, researchers find
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.
Toyota and Lexus no longer most reliable carmakers: Subaru is.
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
Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews
: Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at modern tools


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LA police filmed shooting woman point-blank with 'less lethal' round
LA police filmed shooting woman point-blank with 'less lethal' round
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
F.D.A. Looks to A.I. to Enhance Efficiency
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
What to know about 'No Kings' protests against Trump's policies on Saturday
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
Global mercury levels in rivers have doubled since Industrial Revolution, research reveals
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
Lawsuit Challenging 2024 Election Results Moves Forward After Kamala Harris Received Zero Votes in a New York County
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
Shouts of 'felon' and 'we love you': Inside Trump's charged visit to the Kennedy Center | CNN Politics
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
Dawn Aerospace upends launch industry with spaceplane sales
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 warn - FT (No paywall)
China demands sensitive information for rare earth exports, companies warn
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
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
Does drawing on memory help us solve problems? Our experiment gave some surprising answers
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 (No paywall)
The problem of AI chatbots telling people what they want to hear
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)
BYD brings EV price wars to small cars in Europe
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 paywall)
Invasive Species? Japan's Growing Pains on Immigration
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
Sam Altman's Lies About ChatGPT Are Growing Bolder
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 paywall)
Trump Launches Signup Website For $5M Trump Card Visas
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 paywall)
Nvidia Climate in a Bottle opens a view into Earth's future
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)
Will Starbucks' big bet on its baristas pay off?
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 paywall)
How China beat Trump before the trade battle even started
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)
HHS reverses hundreds of CDC firings
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)
A Computer Wrote My Mother's Obituary
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 - FT (No paywall)
Apollo delays hiring junior bankers after pressure from Jamie Dimon
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 Russia
Ukraine war: 1,212 soldiers' bodies repatriated in latest swap with Russia
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
A Forgotten Cancer Is Surging in Young People, And Experts Are Puzzled
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 (No paywall)
Where Russia is advancing in Ukraine and what it hopes to gain
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 (No paywall)
These diabetes drugs are finding new life as an antiaging hack
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 (No paywall)
Supply chains become new battleground in the global trade war
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
At least 49 dead in flooding in South Africa
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
America's Suburban Building Boom Declared Dead: 15 Million Missing Homes & Counting
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 (No paywall)
8 Ways to Craft Enticing Product Descriptions in the ChatGPT Era
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 companies - FT (No paywall)
Fake McDonalds lobbies Vladimir Putin to block return of western companies
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
Trump escalates his battle with California
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 - MIT Technology Review (No paywall)
Inside Amsterdam's high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI
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
Farmers fuming over California's ban on driverless tractors, other robots
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
Stability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on smartphones
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 paywall)
Stressed out by PhD life? Five strategies to take back the joy
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
Amazon is about to be flooded with AI-generated video ads
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
Opinion | No Home, No Retirement, No Kids: How Gen Z-ers See Their Future
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
Israel holding two Gaza boat activists in solitary confinement, NGO claims | The Times of Israel
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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