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

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How America Can Regain Its Edge in Great-Power Competition - Foreign
Affairs

From the start of his term as U.S. president, Donald Trump rang the
alarm about the return of great-power competition. His
administration’s first National Security Strategy emphasized that
adversaries of the United States were seeking to erode its position in
the international order. This outlook was relatively novel at the
time, but today, much of the broader U.S. foreign policy community
shares Trump’s basic assessment. The competition has only
intensified in the years since. The United States’ rivals and
enemies—particularly China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea—are
increasingly cooperating with one another and acting more
aggressively. From Europe to the Middle East, they are creating policy
dilemmas and raising risks for Washington.

If Trump returns to the White House, he will step into a more
hazardous geopolitical arena than the one he left four years earlier.
Simply resuming the foreign policy of his first term will not be
sufficient to navigate a complex environment in which U.S. rivals are
arming at a rapid pace and, in the case of Russia and Iran, are
engaged in regional wars. This is no longer just a competition;
today’s conflicts could be a prelude to a wider war.

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When cell service is down, you can send iPhone texts via satellite -
WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
No, not for the new homescreen designs—for the satellite messaging.
If cell service goes down when Hurricane Milton hits the coast, your
iPhone could be a lifeline to friends, family and emergency services.

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Teeth as time capsules: Soviet secrets and my dentist grandmother
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Teeth are our meeting place with the outside world, the point of
attack. Crystalline and mineral in nature, teeth show us at our most
mollusc-like. The fact that we can grow them, lose them and grow them
again (if only once) seems to ally us with reptiles and the largest
of the cartilaginous fish. Yet few things mark us more intimately as
mammals than our teeth. The development of variable dentition is one
of the great trump cards in the arsenal of mammalian evolution. At our
very core, we are a tribe of nibblers, biters and grinders. The human
dental formula – flat incisors, dainty canines, hard-working molars
– is a classic omnivore’s compromise: aggression and carnivory in
front, industrious vegetarianism in back.















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Why the World's First Pet Cemetery Was Revolutionary
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When a little Maltese named Cherry died of old age in 1881 at home in
London, the dog’s owners were at a loss for what to do with the
remains. At that time in the city, there were only a few options for
disposing of a deceased pet’s body: throw it into the River Thames,
toss it out with the rubbish or take it to a rendering plant to be
turned into glue or fertilizer.

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My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot
history
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Rebecca Roach's research was supported by a Leverhulme Trust Research
Fellowship for the project “Machine Talk: Literature, Computing and
Conversation after 1945” and facilitated by the expertise and
patience of staff at MIT's Distinctive Collections.














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Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information -
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When I want information, like the real stuff, I go to forums. Over the
years, forums did not really get smaller, so much as the rest of the
internet just got bigger. Reddit, Discord and Facebook groups have
filled a lot of that space, but there is just certain information that
requires the dedication of adults who have specifically signed up to
be in one kind of community. This blog is a salute to those forums
that are either worth participating in or at least looking at in
bewilderment.

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Do U.S. Ports Need More Automation?
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On October 1st, 47,000 members of the International Longshoremen's
Association (ILA), primarily dockworkers on East and Gulf Coast ports,
went on strike after failing to agree contract terms with USMX, an
alliance of port operators and employers. (West Coast ports, which are
worked by a different union, the International Longshore and Warehouse
Union, remained open.) Along with higher pay, the main point of
disagreement was automation; the ILA demanded a complete ban on
introducing new port automation. The strike ended on October 3rd with
a tentative agreement on wage increases, but negotiations over
automation will continue until January 15th.














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An unbroken nights sleep is a myth. Heres what good sleep looks like
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Amy Reynolds receives funding from the National Health and Medical
Research Council, the Medical Research Future Fund, the Australian
Research Council, the Lifetime Support Authority, and has received
consulting and/or speaker fees from industry-funded sources including
Compumedics, Teva Pharmaceuticals and Sydney Trains.

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Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic
judge
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Today, Judge James Donato issued his final ruling in Epic v. Google,
ordering Google to effectively open up the Google Play app store to
competition for three whole years. Google will have to distribute
rival third-party app stores within Google Play, and it must give
rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play
apps, unless developers opt out individually.














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David Gilmour: 'The rich and powerful have siphoned off the majority
of music industry money'
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The Division Bell is my favourite Pink Floyd LP and the song High
Hopes felt like a full stop for the band. At the time, was that ever a
possibility, or did you think there was a future' bcdcdude I didn't
think there wasn't. There was no particular reason why we should have
stopped at that point, but things slowed down for a while. Other
things got in the way, as they do in life, and we didn't get round to
doing another album or tour. High Hopes is a lovely end to an album
but not the end of a career necessarily.

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Kremlin Confirms Trump Sent Putin Covid Tests While President -
Bloomberg [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
The Kremlin confirmed that former US President Donald Trump while in
office sent Russian President Vladimir Putin Covid-19 testing devices
during the height of the pandemic, as recounted in a new book by
journalist Bob Woodward.














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Fecal Contamination in Perrier Well Adds to $300 Billion Sectors
Hurdles - Bloomberg [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
As the French brand faces challenges, the global water business is
grappling with questions of sustainability.

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Hurricane Milton Explodes Into a Powerful Category 5 Storm As It Heads
for Florida Heres How Rapid Intensification Works - Discover Magazine
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Hurricane Milton became one of the most rapidly intensifying storms on
record as it went from barely hurricane strength to a dangerous
Category 5 storm in less than a day on a path across the Gulf of
Mexico toward Florida.














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A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out - New
Scientist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
Around 41,000 years ago, the very last Neanderthal took their final
breath. At that moment, webecame the only remaining hominins, the sole
survivors of the once diverse family of bipedal apes.

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Both Trump's and Harris's Economic Policies Will Add Billions to
National Debt - Inc [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
Spare a fond memory for the debt scolds, as economist and pundit Paul
Krugman has called some politicians and fellow commentators. It
appears that species of political deficit critic has gone the way of
the dinosaur. At least thats one reading of a new study indicating
that despite the myriad, clashing positions separating Republican
presidential candidates Donald Trump and Democratic rival Kamala
Harris, they both appear committed to increasing the nations
ballooning $35.7 trillion debt.














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How to Manage and Avoid Mental Fatigue - Harvard Business Review
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Brain imaging techniques now let us observe mental fatigue in
real-time, revealing that the brain, like muscles, grows tired from
sustained effort. Mental fatigue arises when your brain senses it will
run out of resources if it continues working at the same intensity.
One way this might happen is when brain cells use up resources faster
than they are being replenished. Your brain tries to remedy the
situation by disengaging its attention, and you might experience this
as your mind wandering away from what you are trying to focus on and
being drawn towards lighter work and easier decisions. If you find
yourself getting mentally fatigued often, try taking breaks often,
limiting the amount of intense work you do in a day, and when all else
fails, use motivation to push through.

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ViiV takes steps to widen access to HIV prevention drug, but continues
to encounter criticism - STAT [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
Responding to growing pressure, ViiV Healthcare announced steps to
widen access to its HIV prevention medicine in low- and middle-income
countries, marking the second time in two years the company is taking
such steps. But as before, the move was met with criticism over
certain details.













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Boeing Withdraws Offer Made To Striking Factory WorkersNo Further
Negotiations Planned - Forbes [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
Boeing said Tuesday it has withdrawn a pay raise offer made to its
striking factory workers after negotiations between both sides fell
apart, extending the major work stoppage that began last month as the
plane maker grapples with multiple financial and regulatory woes.

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Chinas AI start-ups race to crack US market - FT
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MiniMax, ByteDance and 01.ai launch apps overseas to boost revenue
growth

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Has Bitcoins Elusive Creator Finally Been Unmasked? - The New Yorker
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A decade and a half ago, some unknown person or persons assumed the
name Satoshi Nakamoto and cast Bitcoin loose upon the world. In the
beginning, the idea was greeted with idle condescension: check out
these grandiose Internet dorks and their digital Monopoly money. Soon
enough, these fake coins found very real usesto purchase heroin,
launder criminal profits, or solicit murder-for-hireand the sneering
of outsiders turned to scorn. A few years went by and all of a sudden
crypto speculators were rolling in Lambos, and normie reproach gave
way to jealous ridicule: these were Ponzi schemes for vulgar tech
bros. More recently, theyve become yet another asset class, an
increasingly routine hypothecation in any diversified investment
portfolio. In all of this, Satoshi Nakamotos original achievement has
been obscured. Bitcoin presented a genuinely new mechanism for human
cordination. For the first time, a community of far-flung strangers
could maintain a collective record of its interactions without the
supervision of a third party.

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Jack Smith's toughest challenge in prosecuting Donald Trump
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Stephen Gillers, a law professor at New York University, was reacting
to prosecutors' release of evidence in Trump's election-fraud case. It
is vital for Smith to present the Republican's actions as private
after the Supreme Court ruled on July 1 that Trump has broad immunity
from prosecution for presidential acts.

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Is Your Company Unknowingly Repelling Younger Workers?
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It's hardly shocking to assert that the younger and older workers at
your organization will be motivated differently. The problem is that
many companies ignore these motivational differences, creating
cultures that not only fail to attract younger workers but may also
repel them.

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Europes privacy patrol is spoiling Big Techs AI party
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The regulatory flex is coming mainly from data protection authorities,
which have the power to enforce the EUs General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR). Irelands Data Protection Commission (DPC) in
particular has wielded its significant powers to block AI rollouts
from the worlds biggest companies a sharp turn after years of
criticism that its regulator was too slow to slap fines on Big Tech
for privacy violations.

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AHouseDivided Against Itself Cannot Stand: Deciphering Lincolns
Warning About Civil War
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On June 16, 1858, a beardless Abraham Lincoln took the stage at the
Illinois State Capitol in Springfield to formally accept his
nomination for U.S. senator on behalf of the state’s freshly formed
Republican Party. 

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Its a good thing that European dealmaking is back on the table - FT
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The pressing risk no longer is that banks are too big to fail but too
small to deliver

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Peruvians are debating how to protect isolated tribes - The Economist
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Jerson del Aguila was working for a logging company in the Peruvian
rainforest when he came across a family of naked tribespeople. It was
the first of two occasions in 2021 on which he would meet people from
the Mashco Piro, an isolated indigenous group. He and his co-workers
turned back and told a manager. But when his brother, Gean Marcos, was
working in the same timber concession a year later, things turned out
differently. Gean Marcos was shot with two arrows and killed.

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Rio Tinto to buy Arcadium Lithium in $6.7bn cash deal - FT
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Deal will make Anglo-Australian miner one of worlds biggest producers
of key battery material

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Mark Cuban was sleeping on the floor of a 'nasty' Dallas apartment
less than a decade before he became a millionaire - Business Insider
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The former "Shark Tank" host recalled living in a "shithole" Dallas
apartment with five other guys in the 1980s during a conversation on
The San Francisco Standard's "Life in Seven Songs" podcast this week.

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HBO documentary suggests Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is software
developer Peter Todd
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PORTLAND, Oregon – A new HBO documentary about the origins of
Bitcoin suggests that Mr Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of
the original cryptocurrency, is likely Canadian software developer
Peter Todd.

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HSBC exec says there's a lot of AI 'success theater' happening in
finance
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One area where Trustly is looking to improve customer experience with
AI is subscriptions. The startup is working on an "intelligent
charging mechanism" that would aim to figure out the best time for a
bank to take payment from a subscription platform user, based on their
historical financial activity.

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Who died and left the US $7 billion?
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Billionaires are like black holes. We deduce their existence from the
fundamental laws of capitalism, see their gravity pull politics into
their orbit, even detect signals of their existence in the public
markets.

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Through Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Amateur Radio Triumphs When All
Else Fails
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The morning after Hurricane Helene pummeled the eastern seaboard of
the US, Thomas Witherspoon inspected the damage to his western North
Carolina home. The night before, he listened to the wind whip down
trees and snap power lines along the two-mile access road connecting
his family to their few neighbors in Buncombe County.

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Donald Trump is preparing an assault on Americas immigration system -
The Economist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
PART OF BEING Donald Trump is saying outrageous things. Yet what was
outrageous in 2011 (suggesting that Barack Obama was born in Kenya)
seems almost quaint in 2024. His rhetoric has turned darker.
Immigrants are no longer just criminals and rapists, they are
poisoning the blood of our country. Chants of build the wall! have
been replaced by send them back! In MAGA world, legal immigrants from
Haiti are threatening to eat the pets of the good people of
Springfield, Ohio.

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How Rwanda Is Containing a Deadly Marburg Virus Outbreak - Scientific
American [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=76175&nl=daily]
Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a
deadly illness related to Ebola. The disease does not have any
approved vaccines or treatments. As of October 6, the outbreak had
infected 56 people and killed 12 of them, according to Rwanda's
Ministry of Health. With support from the Africa Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and other partners, the Rwandan
government is implementing rigorous testing, contact tracing and
quarantine measures to contain the outbreak. A clinical trial of a
vaccine candidate from Sabin Vaccine Institute will soon get underway
following the delivery of about 700 doses on request by the Rwandan
government.But challenges remain, including the disease symptoms
similarity to those of malaria, the need for more rapid diagnostic
tools and the fact that the majority of known infected people are
healthcare workers.

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Open season on holiday shopping: How Walmart, Amazon and others give
buyers a head start
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“We’ve had our eye on a 75-inch TV, and so that’ll be our Black
Friday purchase for the family,” said the mom of three in Cleveland.
“Actually, football season has started, and so we may get it before
then, since we’ve seen them below $500.”

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The Supreme Court appears to have found a gun regulation it actually
likes
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The US presidential campaign is in its final weeks and were dedicated
to helping you understand the stakes. In this election cycle, its more
important than ever to provide context beyond the headlines. But
in-depth reporting is costly, so to continue this vital work, we have
an ambitious goal to add 5,000 new members.

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Inside the Battle for America's Most Consequential Battleground State
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Part of Pennsylvania’s pivotal role is its sheer size: The state’s
19 electoral votes are the biggest prize of any battleground. Part of
it is polling: The state has been virtually tied for months. And part
of it is math: It is daunting for either Mr. Trump or, especially, Ms.
Harris to reach the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win without
it.

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They Flew 7,000 Miles to Fight Haiti's Gangs. The Gangs Are on Top.
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The patrol offered a glimpse into the enormous challenges the Kenyan
force faces in trying to wrest control of Port-au-Prince from armed
groups that have unraveled life in the country, killing
indiscriminately, raping women, burning neighborhoods and leaving
hundreds of thousands hungry and in makeshift shelters.

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Some of the Web's Sketchiest Sites Share an Address in Iceland
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The company — created in 2021 by Namecheap, one of the world’s
largest providers of websites — has effectively shielded tens of
thousands of sketchy internet sites. Even local authorities said they
had tried and failed to reach the company’s representatives when
problems had arisen.

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In High Mountain Alaska, a Glacier's Deep Secret Is Revealed at Last
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Now, thanks to some clever analysis, and a bit of luck, they have put
forth the most conclusive evidence yet that Washburn was right —
that the area could be the deepest gorge in North America.

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CVS says FTC should take Lina Khan and two commissioners off drug
middlemen case
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The Biden administration and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have
escalated pressure on PBMs, seeking to increase transparency into
their business practices as many patients struggle to afford
prescription drugs. Americans pay two to three times more than
patients in other developed nations for prescription drugs on average,
according to a fact sheet from the White House.

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Why Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris
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Be sure to sign up for the weekly “First Opinion Podcast” on Apple
Podcasts,  Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. And don’t
forget to sign up for the First Opinion newsletter, delivered every
Sunday.

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Republicans threaten to punish colleges that allow pro-Palestinian
protests
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David Cole, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties
Union (ACLU), said the Republican vendetta against universities over
pro-Palestinian protests was deeply disturbing. “That is viewpoint
discrimination at its core. It’s an attack on academic freedom in
its most basic form, and would raise serious constitutional
concerns.”

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Google facing US government attempt to break it up, court filing shows
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She said: “This case is about a set of search distribution
contracts. Rather than focus on that, the government seems to be
pursuing a sweeping agenda that will impact numerous industries and
products, with significant unintended consequences for consumers,
businesses and American competitiveness.”

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The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained | TechCrunch
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On October 8, WordPress said that Mary Hubbard, who was TikTok US’s
head of governance and experience, will be starting as executive
director. This post was previously held by Josepha Haden Chomphosy,
who was one of the 159 people leaving Automattic. A day prior to this,
one of the engineers from WP Engine announced that he was joining
Automattic.

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Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to Disrupt
2024 | TechCrunch
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Loizos has been reporting on Silicon Valley since the late ’90s,
when she joined the original Red Herring magazine. Previously the
Silicon Valley Editor of TechCrunch, she was named Editor in Chief and
General Manager of TechCrunch in September 2023. She’s also the
founder of StrictlyVC, a daily e-newsletter and lecture series
acquired by Yahoo in August 2023 and now operated as a sub brand of
TechCrunch.

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Court to Weigh Protections for Immigrants Brought to U.S. as Children
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Arguments in the case are scheduled to be heard on Thursday in New
Orleans by a panel of three judges at the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Fifth Circuit. The court, which covers Louisiana, Texas and
Mississippi, is known as one of the most aggressively conservative in
the country. It upheld a partial ban on the abortion drug
mifepristone, a ruling that the Supreme Court reversed.

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Antisemitism and Threats Directed at Officials Over Storm Response
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The findings are the latest indication of just how widespread and
entrenched the misinformation surrounding the natural disaster has
been, with officials of both major political parties denouncing the
false statements and rumors, describing them as dangerous.

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Months Before Ethiopian Crash, Boeing Turned Aside Carrier's Questions
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Instead, Boeing briefly summarized the document, which is dated Nov.
6, 2018, and is called an operations manual bulletin, according to
email exchanges between the chief pilot and Boeing made public after
The New York Times initiated legal action to unseal filings in a
related criminal case.

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Trump Holds Up Transition Process, Skirting Ethics and Fund-Raising
Rules
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Lawyers for both parties “continue to constructively engage” in
talks, Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon, the Trump transition
co-chairs, said in a statement to The New York Times. “Any
suggestion to the contrary is false and intentionally misleading.”

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Trump Family Business Eyes Hotel Deals in Israel
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The company’s efforts in Israel highlight longstanding ethical
concerns about the mingling of the former president’s financial and
political fortunes — this time in a warring country at the
contentious center of U.S. and global politics.

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