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This Tokyo startup is turning discarded kimonos into stylish sneakers | CNN
This Tokyo startup is turning discarded kimonos into stylish sneakers | CNN
In Japan, thousands of kimonos are gathering dust in people's closets -- or worse, ending up in the trash. One startup is transforming these unwanted kimonos into everyday apparel, in a bid to reduce textile waste and preserve traditional manufacturing industries like shoemaking.


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The Enduring Appeal of the American Drive-In
The Enduring Appeal of the American Drive-In
Has anything really changed at drive-in theaters across the country? A photographer based in Bozeman, Mont., visited a few to find out.


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Trade Crime Soars as Trump's Tariffs Hit
Trade Crime Soars as Trump's Tariffs Hit
President Trump's steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them. Some U.S. companies say the government is ill-equipped to keep up.





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Breaking Down the $524 Billion Investment Needed to Rebuild Ukraine
Breaking Down the $524 Billion Investment Needed to Rebuild Ukraine
Ukraine will require an estimated $524B over the next decade to recover from the Russia-Ukraine war. Which sectors have been most impacted?


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A Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Advancing Toward the U.S.
A Flesh-Eating Parasite Is Advancing Toward the U.S.
After a decades-long campaign to beat screwworms down to Panama, they're speeding back up north.


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North Korea infiltrates US remote jobs with the help of everyday Americans - WSJ (No paywall)
North Korea infiltrates US remote jobs with the help of everyday Americans
In prolific posts on her TikTok account, which grew to more than 100,000 followers, she talked about her busy life working from home with clients in the computer business and the fantasy book she had started writing. She posted about liberal political causes, her meals and her travels to see her favorite Japanese pop band.


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Report: TuSimple sent sensitive self-driving data to China after US national security agreement
Report: TuSimple sent sensitive self-driving data to China after US national security agreement
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple sent a trove of sensitive data to a Beijing-owned firm after committing to the U.S. government that it would cease such transfers under a national security agreement


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American investment in soccer will soon face a stern opponent: itself
Americans who bought foreign teams will soon be competing with domestic MLS owners in a battle for fans' wallets


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Trump figured out how to hit Harvard where it really hurts
Trump figured out how to hit Harvard where it really hurts
The Trump administrations recent decision to bar international students from attending Harvard University was less a policy decision than an act of war. The White House had hoped its opening salvo against the nations oldest university would yield the kind of immediate capitulation offered by Columbia University. When Harvard chose to fight back instead, Trump decided to hit the university where it hurts most.


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The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites
The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites
There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink internet service - and now we are learning just how the sun's activity can affect them


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Wall Street bets the worst of Trump's trade war is behind it - WSJ (No paywall)
Wall Street bets the worst of Trump's trade war is behind it
The latest example came Tuesday, when news of easing trade tensions between the U.S. and the EU powered a 2% increase in the S&P 500. It was the largest single-day gain since May 12, when a rollback of tariffs between the U.S. and China spurred an even larger market rally.




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Who's to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up? - WIRED (No paywall)
Who's to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up?
Over the past year, veteran software engineer Jay Prakash Thakur has spent his nights and weekends prototyping AI agents that could, in the near future, order meals and engineer mobile apps almost entirely on their own. His agents, while surprisingly capable, have also exposed new legal questions that await companies trying to capitalize on Silicon Valley's hottest new technology.


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Musk Says GOP Megabill Undermines DOGE
Musk Says GOP Megabill Undermines DOGE
Elon Musk, the billionaire tech mogul who had a near-constant presence in the early weeks of President Donald Trump's second-term administration, has expressed dissatisfaction with Trump's legislative priority: a massive tax and spending package dubbed the big, beautiful bill.


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AI agents don't care about your pretty website or tempting ads
AI agents don't care about your pretty website or tempting ads
: 'Your well-honed customer experience is noise to an agent'


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Iran takes Trump's negotiators for a ride - WSJ (No paywall)
Iran takes Trump's negotiators for a ride
The nuclear negotiations between Iran and the U.S. appear to be at an impasse. The temptation for President Trump will be to declare victory and pocket a status quo in which Tehran refrains from testing a nuke. The White House may even find comfort in a question senior officials in the Biden administration asked themselves: Why hasnt Iran already gone nuclear?




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55-year-old Kami Rita Sherpa breaks his own record: climbing Mount Everest 31 times
Lumping his 31 feats together, Kami Rita Sherpa has climbed nearly 90,000 feet above sea level on the famous peak. He first climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1994.


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Macron navigates rocky path to recognising Palestinian state
Macron navigates rocky path to recognising Palestinian state
French President Emmanuel Macron is leaning towards recognising a Palestinian state, but diplomats and experts say such a move may prove a premature and ineffective way to pressure Israel into moving towards a peace deal with the Palestinians.


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Brussels to propose pragmatic 90 percent climate target for 2040
Brussels to propose pragmatic 90 percent climate target for 2040
BRUSSELS The European Commission will tell countries to cut 90 percent of their planet-warming emissions by 2040, but offer flexibilities to make the goal politically palatable, EU climate chief Teresa Ribera told POLITICO.


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Earth is heading for 2.7C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios - but the outlook is still dire
Earth is heading for 2.7C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios - but the outlook is still dire
The world seems to have avoided truly catastrophic climate scenarios, and global emissions may be about to peak. But we're by no means out of danger


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17 E.U. countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ laws
17 E.U. countries sound alarm over Hungarian LGBTQ laws
Hungary's parliament passed legislation in March that creates a legal basis to ban Pride marches and lets police use facial recognition cameras to identify people who attend.


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Vladimir Putin's war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer - FT (No paywall)
Vladimir Putin's war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer
Salary growth for new hires is slowing, according to an FT analysis, yet not enough to shift views on the war


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Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully
Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully
Dr Vladimir Dinets, a zoologist who studies animal behavior, ecology, and conservation, is the author of a recently published Frontiers in Ethology article that


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With Direct Flights From the U.S., Greenland Awaits More Tourists
With Direct Flights From the U.S., Greenland Awaits More Tourists
Already in the geopolitical spotlight, the country prepares for the first direct flights from the United States. In the capital of Nuuk, the expected tourism influx is both exciting and worrying.


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YouTube CEO recalls moving to Lucknow in Class 7 after childhood in US: 'I sounded funny'
YouTube CEO recalls moving to Lucknow in Class 7 after childhood in US: 'I sounded funny'
Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, reflected on his early years in Lucknow during a podcast with Nikhil Kamath. | Trending


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New aerospace medicine program to study long-term effects of space travel
New aerospace medicine program to study long-term effects of space travel
Texas A&M University's Aerospace Medicine Program is putting long-duration spaceflight at the center of its research and education, a first-of-its-kind initiative.


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Anti-feminist candidate woos young voters in South Korean poll - FT (No paywall)
Anti-feminist candidate woos young voters in South Korean poll
Ruling party calls for unity as they seek to challenge leftwing frontrunner




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Fake discounts on Shein 'breach law', EU says
Fake discounts on Shein 'breach law', EU says
Shein has one month to respond to the EU's findings or face fines based on its sales, the bloc has said.


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'The Interview': Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives
'The Interview': Rutger Bregman Wants to Save Elites From Their Wasted Lives
The historian is on a mission to get the best and brightest out of their lucrative jobs and into morally ambitious work.


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Tiny LEDs May Power Future AI Inteconnects
In a bold move, TSMC partners with Avicena to revolutionize AI data centers using microLED-based interconnects. Ditching lasers for LEDs, this tech promises energy efficiency and lower costs, at the expense of more fibers. Could this be the future of AI scale-up networks? #AI #Innovation


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Thai and Cambodian Soldiers Briefly Clash in Disputed Border Area - Bloomberg (No paywall)
Thai and Cambodian Soldiers Briefly Clash in Disputed Border Area
BANGKOK (AP) Thai and Cambodian soldiers briefly fired at each other in their disputed border area Wednesday, the Thai and Cambodian armies said.




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The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
The real cost of AI is being paid in deserts far from Silicon Valley
In Empire of AI, journalist Karen Hao reports on how Indigenous communities in Chile are fighting to protect their land from AI-driven resource extraction.


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The Prompt Engineering Playbook for Programmers
The Prompt Engineering Playbook for Programmers
Turn AI coding assistants into more reliable development partners


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Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates
Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occur


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Rat birth control rolls out in NYC this month. What to know about the city's new strategy for reducing rodents
Rat birth control rolls out in NYC this month. What to know about the city's new strategy for reducing rodents
New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control.




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Subtle shifts in tone, tension, and timing point to deeper partnership strain.
Subtle shifts in tone, tension, and timing point to deeper partnership strain.
Most cofounder relationships don't explode--they erode. Here's how to catch the quiet signs before they damage your business.


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Efficiency Without Morality Is Tyranny
Efficiency Without Morality Is Tyranny
Notes on Sedation, Technocracy, and AI




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Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83%
Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83%
Exhaust isn't the only impact of cars, they also emit tiny brake particles. Thru regen braking, EVs reduce that (but bikes are even better!)


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Patient dies in trial of Rocket gene therapy for heart condition
Patient dies in trial of Rocket gene therapy for heart condition
The FDA has placed a clinical hold on the study while Rocket works with trial monitors and experts to investigate the cause of the patient's death.


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Trump administration seeks to pull up to $100m in Harvard funding
Trump administration seeks to pull up to $100m in Harvard funding
Federal agencies will review their grants to the top university to decide whether they should be terminated.


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Trump administration orders US embassies to stop student visa interviews
Directive could severely delay visa processing and hurt universities that rely on foreign students for revenue




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Congress Takes Aim at a Pillar of Civil Society - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
Congress Takes Aim at a Pillar of Civil Society
Argument: Congress Takes Aim at a Pillar of Civil Society


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Musk Says He Is Disappointed With Trump's Big Beautiful Bill - Forbes (No paywall)
Musk Says He Is Disappointed With Trump's Big Beautiful Bill
Elon Musk said he is disappointed with President Donald Trump's big, beautiful bill passed by the House last week, offering his most direct criticism of a signature White House policy after recently stepping back from his work as the leader of the governments Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).


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Sodium-air fuel cell for high energy density and low-cost electric power
Sodium-air fuel cell for high energy density and low-cost electric power
This work demonstrates a new type of metal-air fuel cell utilizing liquid sodium metal,a solid electrolyte membrane, and humidified air, which delivers high energy densityelectricity while simultaneously using its discharge product to capture atmosphericcarbon dioxide or as a valuable industrial chemical. Such fuel cells may allow utilizationof sodium, the sixth most abundant element on Earth, as an energy carrier for applicationsin hard-to-decarbonize transportation and mobile electricity delivery.


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Everybody's mad about Uno - WSJ (No paywall)
Everybody's mad about Uno
That is especially true among young adults, who organize game nights around Uno, incorporate drinking rules and embrace increasingly cutthroat variations. But taking a game that already seemed designed to make people mad and reintroducing it to grown-ups who were raised on different rules can be a recipe for tension.


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Putin has retooled Russia's economy to focus only on war - WSJ (No paywall)
Putin has retooled Russia's economy to focus only on war
Russia's successes on the front lines in Ukraine are a big reason why Vladimir Putin isnt yet ready to sign up to President Trump's peace efforts. Some of his neighbors fear the success of the war machine now driving its economy means he never will.


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What's the price outlook for weight-loss drugs? - WSJ (No paywall)
What's the price outlook for weight-loss drugs?
For more than two years, drugs administered under the brand names Ozempic, which treats diabetes, and Wegovy, sold for obesity, were on the Food and Drug Administrations list of drugs in short supply in the U.S. The FDA in recent months has declared shortages over in the U.S., but prices remain high.




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