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High School Starts Replacing Teachers With AI

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school in London, UK is looking to start replacing educators with AI
tools, a move that has garnered plenty of criticism.

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Harvard and MIT's $800 Million Mistake: The Triple Failure of 2U, edX,
and Axim Collaborative
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In my analysis of the acquisition, I had highlighted the financial
strain this acquisition would place on 2U, noting the additional $42
million of annual interest expense due to the loan taken to finance
the purchase.

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Out of Your Head [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
Oliver Sacks wasn’t always the beloved neurologist we remember
today, sleuthing around the backwaters of the mind in search of
mysterious mental disorders. For a few years in the 1960s, he was a
committed psychonaut, often spending entire weekends blitzed out of
his mind on weed, LSD, morning glory seeds, or mescaline.















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Helen Fisher, Who Researched the Brain's Love Circuitry, Dies at 79
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Helen E. Fisher, a biological anthropologist who went looking for love
in the brain circuitry of people who were besotted as well as people
who were rejected, and whose research into love led to a role as the
chief science adviser to the dating service Match.com, died on
Saturday at her husband’s home in the Bronx. She was 79.

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Artificial Intelligence Predicts Earthquakes With Unprecedented
Accuracy
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The AI, trained on seismic data, also ranked first in an international
competition, underscoring its effectiveness and opening doors for
further enhancements in regions like California and Texas.














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Almost half of FDA-approved AI medical devices are not trained on real
patient data, research reveals
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial
process and policies. Editors have highlighted the following
attributes while ensuring the content's credibility:

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MLB: Danny Jansen becomes first player to play for both teams in one
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That meant his former side had to put up another batter - pinch-hitter
Daulton Varsho - in his place, while Jansen, now in the Red Sox's
uniform rather than Toronto's, was the catcher for the hosts at
Boston's Fenway Park.














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You'll soon be able to record your dreams. Here's how
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A well-publicised Japanese research study demonstrated the beginnings
of the method in 2023: researchers recorded the brain activity of
sleeping participants using functional magnetic resonance imaging
(fMRI) scanners and then used machine learning to classify perceived
objects, such as a key, a person or a chair from the activity. 

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A Yale Psychologist Says This Simple Mindset Change Helps People Live
7.5 Years Longer on Average - Inc.com (No paywall)
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Some tech millionaires are spending outrageous sums on elaborate
health regimes to reverse aging. The slightly less rich might opt for
Equinox's $40,000-a-year anti-aging program. You can even DIY
something similar with far less money but still lots of effort. 














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Microsoft's AI employees hit pay dirt. Their colleagues? Not so much.
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Hundreds of Microsoft employees recently shared their compensation in
an internal spreadsheet viewed by Business Insider. An analysis of
this data shows how much workers in the tech giant's new AI
organization are getting paid compared with their colleagues.

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Former billionaire John Foley says he lost all his money and had to
sell 'almost everything' after losing the Peloton CEO job - Business
Insider (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
Foley was at one point a billionaire as business for the connected
fitness company, which makes exercise bikes and treadmills, boomed
during the pandemic. But the company overestimated demand as COVID-19
restrictions lifted, gyms reopened, and people started exercising
outside of their homes again.














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Meet the 35-year-old CEO who wants to turn around bankrupt Red Lobster
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Damola Adamolekun, the former CEO at Asian-fusion restaurant chain
P.F. Chang's, has been appointed Red Lobster's new CEO to guide the
company through its restructuring process, a consortium of investors
said Monday.

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This Texas City is Too Hot, Short on Water - and Booming - WSJ (No
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People and businesses have flooded into Kyle, Texas, since the
pandemic, making it the second-fastest-growing city in the U.S. The
influx is creating wealth but also contributing to a big problem: Kyle
is getting hotter and running low on water.














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Oasis Announces 2025 Reunion Tour Starting With Shows In UK And
Ireland - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
British rock band Oasis announced Tuesday they would reunite for a
world tour in 2025, marking an end to a nearly fifteen-year-long feud
between the band’s two lead members—brothers Noel and Liam
Gallagher.

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The poisonous global politics of water - The Economist (No paywall)
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THE WATER thieves come at night. They arrive in trucks, suck water out
of irrigation canals and drive off. This infuriates Alejandro Meneses,
who owns a big vegetable farm in Coquimbo, a parched province of
Chile. In theory, his landholding comes with the right to pour 40
litres of river-water a second on his fields. But thanks to drought,
exacerbated by theft, he can get just a tenth of that, which he must
negotiate with his neighbours. If the price of food goes up because
farmers like him cannot grow enough, “there will be a big social
problem,” he says.














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A New Cause of Death for an Inca Ritual Sacrifice: The Prince of El
Plomo - Discover Magazine (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
For decades, it was thought that the cause of death of the child from
Cerro El Plomo was hypothermia. The naturally freeze-dried body of a
child from 560 years ago – approximately 8 years old – is now
considered one of the most important anthropological artifacts in
Chile and a testament to the Inca Empire.

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JWST found rogue worlds that blur the line between stars and planets -
New Scientist (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
Astronomers have found six new worlds that look like planets, but
formed like stars. These so-called rogue worlds are between five and
15 times the mass of Jupiter, and one of them may even host the
beginnings of a miniature solar system.













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Fed Priorities Shift From Inflation to Jobs - Inc.com (No paywall)
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Two years later, the focus has changed again--this time to protecting
the job market, as outlined in Chair Jerome Powell's speech Friday at
the Fed's annual Jackson Hole conference. A policy catch-up again
appears to be needed--in the other direction, albeit at a likely less
frantic speed.

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Why Cynics Are Less Likely to Succeed - Harvard Business Review (No
paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
New research in behavioral science has revealed that cynical thinking
stands in the way of success in the workplace. Cynics, it turns out,
earn less money, report lower job satisfaction, and are less likely to
be elevated to leadership positions. That’s because success is not
the winner-take-all battle that cynics believe it to be. Cynicism, in
fact, can bleed workplaces of creativity, openness, and morale, and
the bottom line — whereas the people who succeed at work tend to so
by building trusting connections and alliances. As a research
psychologist, the author has worked with organizations and leaders to
help them fight cynicism and bring the cooperative advantage to their
teams, and in this article he lays out some effective approaches for
doing so.

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Unlock Purpose Before Payoff: How to Make Your Business Exit More
Meaningful - Inc.com (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
Stephanie Camarillo, an Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) member in
Idaho, is a keynote speaker, retreat host, and self-described
"freedompreneur." As the president of an award-winning franchise
business in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, she facilitated one-third of
her employees becoming homeowners and is an advocate for small
business policy. We asked Stephanie about her strategy for finding her
purpose as a business owner before she exits.

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You're More Likely to Get Heart Issues from COVID-19 Than the Vaccine
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A new study published in JAMA has found that the risk associated with
getting myocarditis—which is inflammation of the heart muscle, often
triggered by the immune system as it responds to an
infection—shortly after getting the COVID-19 vaccine is lower than
the risk that can come from getting the disease.

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The huge stakes in the Supreme Court's new abortion case
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On the surface, it involves a relatively low-stakes fight over
abortion. The Biden administration requires recipients of federal
Title X grants — a federal program that funds family-planning
services — to present patients with “neutral, factual
information” about all of their family-planning options, including
abortion. Grant recipients can comply with this requirement by giving
patients a national call-in number that can inform those patients
about abortion providers.

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Hamas says US trying to "sell illusions" on Gaza ceasefire talks
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A senior Hamas official has accused U.S. President Joe Biden's
administration of deliberately misrepresenting the level of progress
achieved in ongoing negotiations toward a ceasefire in Gaza in order
to put pressure on the Palestinian group.

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How will Sunita Williams' body have changed when she returns from
space in February 2025? | Business Insider India
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Indian origin astronaut Sunita Williams is expected to experience a
host of health and mental challenges while awaiting her delayed return
on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

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Trump's Foreign-Policy Influencers - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Foreign Policy Magazine is a division of Graham Holdings Company. All
contents (c) 2024, Graham Digital Holding Company. All rights
reserved. Foreign Policy, 655 15th St NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC,
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Zuckerberg regrets bowing to White House 'pressure' over Covid
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“Our position has been clear and consistent: we believe tech
companies and other private actors should take into account the
effects their actions have on the American people, while making
independent choices about the information they present.”

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4,000 Miles, 6 Small Towns: A Whistle-Stop Tour of America
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But there are, inevitably, ubiquitously, delays. The earliest I
arrived at any stop was 20 minutes late. The latest was more than
seven hours. That particular segment ended up running 23 hours and 30
minutes.

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Perth man preyed on 180 children in 'one of the worst' sexual
extortion cases in history
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In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact
the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and
adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. In
the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults
concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The National Association for
People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors
on 0808 801 0331. In the US, call or text the Childhelp abuse hotline
on 800-422-4453. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines
International

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NHS referrals for anxiety in children more than double pre-Covid
levels
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In the UK, the charity Mind is available on 0300 123 3393 and
Childline on 0800 1111. In the US, call or text Mental Health America
at 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. In Australia, support is available at
Beyond Blue on 1300 22 4636, Lifeline on 13 11 14, and at MensLine on
1300 789 978

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US man kills family and self over plan to sell mother's home soon
after her death
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In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to
connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support
service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be
found at befrienders.org. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be
contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or
[email protected].

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Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Goes Bargain Hunting: 2 Stocks He
Just Bought
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Jeremy Bowman has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The
Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Coupang and Nvidia. The
Motley Fool recommends British American Tobacco P.l.c., Coherent, and
Philip Morris International and recommends the following options: long
January 2026 $40 calls on British American Tobacco and short January
2026 $40 puts on British American Tobacco. The Motley Fool has a
disclosure policy.

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The importance of reducing the financial burden of participating in
clinical trials
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Jim Murphy is the CEO of Greenphire, a clinical trial solutions
software company. Lisa Lacasse is president of the American Cancer
Society Cancer Action Network, the nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy
affiliate of the American Cancer Society.

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Anthropic publishes the 'system prompts' that make Claude tick |
TechCrunch
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Generative AI models aren’t actually humanlike. They have no
intelligence or personality — they’re simply statistical systems
predicting the likeliest next words in a sentence. But like interns at
a tyrannical workplace, they do follow instructions without complaint
— including initial “system prompts” that prime the models with
their basic qualities, and what they should and shouldn’t do.

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'Aging' Djokovic calls for earlier starts after late-night opener
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FILE PHOTO: Aug 26, 2024; Flushing, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic (SRB)
celebrates after his match against Radu Albot (MDA)(not pictured) in a
men's singles match on day one of the 2024 U.S. Open tennis tournament
at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit:
Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

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Is the End of Marriage the Beginning of Self-Knowledge? - The New
Yorker (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
Sex, like hemlines, follows fashions of its own, if novels are to be
believed. The eighteen-hundreds was the peak era for the covert
carriage assignation, and early-twentieth-century fiction revelled in
sex al frescoâleave your britches on the riverbank, step right in for
your marshy and mystical Lawrentian communion. The nineteen-sixties
saw some awestruck, and genuinely ghastly, odes to anal sex by Norman
Mailer and James Salter (from "A Sport and a Pastime": "She rolls over
and in the full daylight he slowly inserts this gleaming
declaration"). Sadism bordering on snuff was all the rage in the
nineties, in the work of Dennis Cooper, Heather Lewis, and Susanna
Moore. In the past decade, in what has been called the "millennial sex
novel," masochism had a heyday, as sad-eyed young women in books by
Sally Rooney, Miranda Popkey, and Raven Leilani slouched forward with
plaintive appeals to be hit and hurt, just a little.

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Why I changed my mind about volunteering
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Last fall, a reader asked me what they could really do, as one person,
to aid people living on the streets. “I often feel helpless to enact
change,” they wrote.I’d been covering homelessness in America and
knew that even the sprawling support organizations that have been
working on outreach for decades had failed to end the crisis. My mind
immediately went to systemic solutions, like voting for candidates who
prioritize building more housing, or supporting efforts to loosen
zoning codes.

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Wait, what? Pavel Durov says he has fathered more than 100 children |
TechCrunch
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Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging platform Telegram, has been
in the headlines since his arrest at a private airport near Paris on
Saturday, reportedly in connection with an investigation into criminal
activity on the his app.

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New Test for Syphilis Can Be Done in the Privacy of Your Home -
Scientific American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=55528&nl=daily]
On August 16 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the sale
of the first over-the-counter at-home test for syphilis in an effort
to contain a national surge in the sexually transmitted infection
(STI).

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Former Aides to Bush, Romney and McCain Back Harris Over Trump
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The signatories include Mark Salter, a former chief of staff for Mr.
McCain; Joe Donoghue, the senator’s former legislative director;
Reed Galen, his deputy campaign manager and a co-founder of the
Lincoln Project; Mike Murphy, a former McCain campaign strategist;
Jean Becker, a chief of staff for George H.W. Bush; and Jim Swift, a
senior editor of The xxxxxx.

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The 13th Warrior: The Hollywood blockbuster that pioneered a Muslim
hero
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"I was really proud of my work on The 13th Warrior," says Lewis. "It's
not my job to second guess critics, but I just can't imagine what they
were expecting. This was not science fiction, and yet it was. This was
not a western, and yet it was. This was not a horror movie, and yet it
was. So maybe they felt it was – as they say in Hollywood – a
fish with feathers."

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Telegram arrest: Who is Pavel Durov and what is his app?
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President Macron posted on social media on Monday that he had seen
"false information" regarding France following Mr Durov’s arrest,
and added: "This is in no way a political decision. It is up to the
judges to decide."

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Next shop workers win equal pay claim
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In other areas where there was a mismatch, for example over different
ways of calculating night payments, paid rest breaks for warehouse
staff and Sunday pay, better terms would also be extended to shop
staff.

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Shop prices fall for first time in nearly three years
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However, he added that the biggest cost not related to the products it
buys was wages, which have risen by about 10% this year due to
increases in the national living wage and "that one will continue to
grow".

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Swiss chocolate: Swiss scientists cut waste and sugar
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Perhaps those daring producers will be found in Switzerland, whose
chocolate industry makes 200,000 tonnes of chocolate each year, worth
an estimated $US2bn. At Chocosuisse, Roger Wehrli sees a more
sustainable, but still bright, future.

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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson forced to 'crawl off' LNER train
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Baroness Grey-Thompson, who lives in Stockton, Teesside, said: "There
was no one there to meet me and I waited five minutes before putting
anything on social media because you're meant to leave five minutes.
After 16 minutes of waiting at King's Cross, there was no one in
sight.

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Edgar Bronfman Jr. Drops Pursuit of Paramount
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“While there may have been differences, we believe that everyone
involved in the sale process is united in the belief that
Paramount’s best days are ahead,” Mr. Bronfman said. “We
congratulate the Skydance team and thank the special committee and the
Redstone family for their engagement during the go-shop process.”

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Tesla's Rivals Still Can't Use Its Superchargers
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A Tesla factory in Buffalo is producing 8,000 of the adapters per
week, the company said, noting that outside suppliers are also
producing the part. Still, it is unclear how fast those adapters would
reach electric vehicle owners.

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On the Covid 'Off-Ramp': No Tests, Isolation or Masks
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As children return to schools and Labor Day weekend travel swells, the
potential for further spread abounds. But for many like Mr. Moyer,
Covid has become so normalized that they no longer see it as a reason
to disrupt social, work or travel routines. Test kit sales have
plummeted. Isolation after an exposure is increasingly rare. Masks —
once a ubiquitous symbol of a Covid surge — are sparse, even in
crowded airports, train stations and subways.

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A Mercedes-Benz Fire Jolts South Korea's E.V. Transition
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News coverage of the fire, and social media’s reaction to it, have
focused on perceived risks from battery charging, and car makers and
government officials have tried to assuage those fears. The municipal
government in Seoul said that by the end of next month, it would
prevent E.V.s from being fully charged in parking lots beneath
residential buildings, limiting them to 90-percent capacity to prevent
the risk of overcharging, though some experts have questioned whether
that would do much to improve safety.

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To Stay Relevant, a Spanish Energy Giant Turns to Waste
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Repsol, which is based in Madrid, is one of Europe’s largest energy
companies, with 26,000 employees and more than 4,500 service stations
as well as investments in renewable energy like wind and solar power.
Repsol reported income of 1.6 billion euros for the first half of
2024.

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Why 7-Eleven Is a National Treasure in Japan
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7-Eleven is “one of the best brick-and-mortar retail businesses in
the world,” said Hiroaki Watanabe, an independent retail analyst.
Selling 7-Eleven to Couche-Tard would be, for Japan, “equivalent to
Toyota becoming a foreign company,” he said.

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