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How startups beat incumbents
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has everything: money, brand, customers, a sales team, marketing that
generates thousands of leads every month, product and engineering
teams that constantly ship. They mine their big existing customer base
for ideas, and then build exactly the right features, and then charge
for it. Their 24/7 support team provides faster and better service
than someone working in their pajamas at home. They don’t have to
build the basics or ask Twitter how to manage international sales tax.
They can just focus on innovating.

But it’s a disadvantage to have a lot of customers when you want to
innovate with your product, because no customer wakes up in the
morning and says: Gee, I hope the software I’m accustomed to
dramatically changes today. Customers don’t want to learn new UIs.
Customers have workflows that you have to accommodate. Old technology
that powers those 100,000 customers doesn’t support the latest
technology. You have to update documentation and videos and the people
in support and sales who need to be retrained. Even a simple change
can bedifficult and expensive, and certainly low-ROI.

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I've Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?
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The chemicals in receipts have been linked with reproductive issues.
We asked experts whether you should worry.

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Fragile Israel-Iran truce appears to hold after Trump's fury at
initial violations
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Top Democrats have sharply criticised Trump for launching the strikes
without consulting or informing congressional leadership before they
took place. A number of them have claimed the strikes violated the War
Powers Act, a 1973 law that restricts the US president's ability to
order military action without congressional support.

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What Have the U.S. and Israel Accomplished in Iran? - The New Yorker
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On Monday night, forty-eight hours after President Donald Trump
ordered a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, he announced a
ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Earlier that day, Iran had fired
missiles at an American airbase in Qatar, an attack that came with
advance warning and resulted in no casualties. The Trump
Administration had initially signalled a reluctance to formally get
involved in Israel's campaign to destroy the Iranian nuclear program,
but, since the strikes on Saturday, Trump had publicly mused about the
possibility of regime change. Even after his Monday announcement that
hed helped broker a pause in hostilities, Iran and Israel continued to
exchange missile attacks, each side accusing the other of breaking the
terms of the ceasefire. On Tuesday morning, Trump told reporters at
the White House, We basically have two countries that have been
fighting so long and so hard that they dont know what the fuck they're
doing.

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Tuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ring
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Behold the awesome power of basic science funding by the US
government.















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Prosecution and defense rest case in Sean 'Diddy' Combs
sex-trafficking trial
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Music mogul who has denied all charges against him confirmed to court
he would not be testifying in case

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The Amazonification of Everything, Now as a Video Game - The Atlantic
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Amazon delivery can be tough, unglamorous work. Workers must often
reckon with complicated geography, demanding bosses, ever more
biblical weather, and schedules that force time-conscious drivers to
urinate in bottles. Surprising, then, that this is effectively the
role in which one of the year's most anticipated video games casts the
player. In Death Stranding 2, you arrange packages into swaying towers
on your back, nudge the controller's left- and right-shoulder buttons
to keep your weight balanced as you trip down rocky hills, and incur
financial penalties for scuffing the merchandise if you take a tumble.
The premise is a long trek from the super-soldier games, such as Call
of Duty and Helldivers, that dominate the sales charts - even if you
must occasionally battle the odd spectral marauder from a parallel
dimension to clear the way to the next address on your delivery sheet.

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Southeast Asia Is Starting to Choose - Foreign Affairs (No paywall)
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Why the Region Is Leaning Toward China

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The Hidden Game Theory of Sherlock Holmes - Scientific American (No
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Looking at my bookshelf, I'm stricken with guilt: the collected
Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle have been sitting
untouched for years. Unfortunately, I never got past the fantastic
television adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch to read the source
material. But happily for Holmes, the British detective has a
following the world over.














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How the Supreme Court paved the way for ICEs lawlessness
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Last week, federal agents arrested Brad Lander, a Democrat running for
mayor of New York City and the city's incumbent comptroller, after
Lander linked arms with an immigrant the agents sought to detain and
asked to see a warrant. Last month, federal officials also arrested
Newark's Democratic Mayor Ras Baraka while Baraka was protesting at a
detention facility for immigrants.

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Tesla's robotaxi is live: here are some of the first reactions.
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Tesla launched a limited robotaxi service with safety monitors in the
passenger seat in a small area in Austin, Texas.

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Compass sues Zillow as fight over privately marketed listings heats up
| CNN Business
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Compass has officially brought a long-simmering real estate dispute
debate into the courtroom.

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The resume is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun
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As thousands of applications flood job posts, ‘hiring slop’ is
kicking off an AI arms race.














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Bill Gates says he will not fill vaccine funding gap left by aid cuts
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Billionaire philanthropist says his foundation will maintain funding
at previous levels ahead of pledging event

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Why the world cannot quit coal - FT (No paywall)
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Ten years after the signing of the Paris climate accord, demand for
coal shows no sign of peaking

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Trump Veers From Victory Lap to Expletive-Laced Rant as Ceasefire
Proves Fragile
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In 12 hours, President Trump veered from crowing about a huge foreign
policy victory to swearing in frustration on the South Lawn. The
ceasefire between Iran and Israel he had proudly announced the evening
before - going so far as to tell a reporter it might last "forever"was
already wavering.

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Starmer stands firm on welfare bill as number of Labour rebels passes
120
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Experts warned that up to 1.2 million people with disabilities are
expected to lose thousands of pounds a year under Kendall’s plans to
save £5bn a year by overhauling the welfare system, including by
cutting Pip.














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Can you really have a romantic relationship with AI? - WSJ (No
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Falling in love with a robot is no longer just a science-fiction
trope. As artificial intelligence becomes better at mimicking human
behavior and speech patterns, people are increasingly turning to AI
not just to save time on research or to generate quirky images but to
find companionship, connection and even love.

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How Visa and Mastercard can survive the stablecoin threat - WSJ (No
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Investors seem to be betting that stablecoins - digital tokens meant
to represent a fixed amount of a fiat currency such as the U.S. dollar
- could rapidly disrupt how we pay for things.

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Why coalitions with populists fail sooner: Study finds instability due
to political style, not radical ideology
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Populist parties have long ceased to be a marginal phenomenon. They
are now an established political force in many European countries and
are fundamentally challenging the democratic system. These parties use
harsh rhetoric against the "elite" and present themselves as the sole
representatives of the "true will of the people."

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The Conflict-Intelligent Leader - Harvard Business Review (No paywall)
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The past few years have been exhausting for many Western
organizations. Civil strife seems to be widespread, with clashes over
racial, gender, and income inequality; rising authoritarianism;
immigration; climate change; and foreign wars deepening the divides in
an increasingly polarized society.














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Phoebe Gates and her cofounder say they used ChatGPT to 'reverse
engineer' the art of a viral video - Business Insider (No paywall)
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"Then we'll make an Excel sheet: These are really good videos, here's
why this video was good, and then we'll reverse engineer how to make
that video," Gates said. "A lot of times, even for our simple founder
videos, we're reverse engineering other content that we've seen do
really, really well."

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Andrew Cuomo vs Zohran Mamdani: New York mayoral race showcases
Democratic party rift - FT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=204398&nl=daily]
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Former governor and 33-year-old progressive represent two poles of the
party

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Trump set for win on higher NATO spending at summit - WSJ (No paywall)
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THE HAGUE: Amid continuing repercussions of U.S. airstrikes on Iran's
nuclear facilities, President Trump is poised to claim one of the
biggest foreign-policy wins of his second term: a pledge by NATO
allies to more than double their defense spending.

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Newborns have elevated levels of a biomarker for Alzheimer's
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Newborn babies and patients with Alzheimer's disease share an
unexpected biological trait: elevated levels of a well-known biomarker
for Alzheimer's, as shown in a study led by researchers at the
University of Gothenburg and published in Brain Communications.














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This Is Why High-End Electric Cars Are Failing - WIRED (No paywall)
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It may well be able to wade through deep water, have crawl-assist mode
for sketchy terrain, and even perform 360-degree swivel-on-the-spot
tank turns, but sales of the seemingly much-anticipated electric
Mercedes G-Class SUV have been poor. Actually, that's an
understatement. They've been woeful.

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Philips Hue bulbs will be even more expensive in July. And it may not
end there.
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Some Hue products already cost more in the US than they do elsewhere.

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NATO aims to boost defenses against drones, hacking and sabotage - WSJ
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Ukraine's drone strike on parked Russian bombers and Israel's
destruction of Iranian air defenses sound a warning for NATO
countries: Savvy adversaries can eliminate vital battlefield assets
anywhere, before they enter a fight.

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Spain blocks BBVA from merging with Sabadell for at least three years
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Government imposes new conditions on hostile banking bid














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Balkanization of vaccine policy raises concerns about vaccine uptake,
insurance coverage, experts warn - STAT (No paywall)
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A 'choose-your-own-adventure' approach to vaccination decisions raises
alarms for experts

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Amazon expands same-day delivery to 4,000 small towns
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Still, the rural push may carry consequences for the very communities
it aims to serve. Small retailers, long reliant on proximity and
personalized service to stay competitive, may find themselves squeezed
by rising customer expectations they can’t match. In areas where
Amazon was once a secondary option, it could quickly become the
default.

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Powell reaffirms wait-and-see posture on rate cuts, citing solid
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to tell lawmakers on
Tuesday that the central bank remains focused on making sure any
one-time increases in prices from higher tariffs won't turn into an
ongoing inflation problem."

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Russia Deploys Upgraded Shahed Drones With Nvidia AI and Western Tech,
Ukrainian Intelligence Confirms
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Russia has unveiled an upgraded version of its Geran-2 drone,
incorporating advanced AI and electronic systems based on the Iranian
Shahed-136 design.













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How People Are Coping With the East Coast Heat Spike
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A brutally hot day across the Eastern United States left residents
struggling to find relief.

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U.S. House tells staffers not to use Meta's WhatsApp
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Meta is pushing back against a ban on WhatsApp from government
devices.

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Trump's Illiberal Interventionism - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Argument: Trump's Illiberal Interventionism

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FICO Scores to Include a Shopper's 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Loan History
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As the use of these easy-credit installment loans has grown, FICO said
repayment data would provide more insight on consumers’ credit
readiness.



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Memory is not exclusive to the brain: Non-neural cells also remember
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For the first time, a new study has observed the complex spacing
effect in modified kidney cells

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In light of US sanctions, China unveils first parallel optical
computing chip, 'Meteor-1'
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'Optical computing ... can meet AI's ever-growing computational
demands and unleash a wave of new applications': Professor Xie Peng.

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Microplastics shed by food packaging are contaminating our food and
drink, study finds | CNN
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Microscopic bits of plastic are sloughing off into food and beverages
when consumers unwrap the plastic packaging, a new study has shown.

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Why Won't Zohran Mamdani Denounce a Dangerous Slogan? - The Atlantic
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Zohran Mamdani's opponents paint him as a dangerous radical. The
young, socialistic candidate for New York City mayor wishes to dispel
that perception - in some ways. Last week, he appeared on a podcast
with The xxxxxx's Tim Miller, a former Republican and the sort of
moderate Mamdani knows he needs to win over, or at least neutralize,
if he is to carry this week's Democratic primary. As Miller presented
a litany of concerns about Mamdani's plans to freeze
stabilized-housing rent, establish city-run groceries, and other
offenses against Econ 101, the candidate expressed a willingness to
hinge his policies on outcomes and abandon his plans if they failed.



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What Caused Japanese Moon Lander's Crash? Engineers Trace The Problem
To Laser Tool
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ispace's lander crashed on the Moon for the second time.

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How the CIA Used a Fake Sci-Fi Flick to Rescue Americans From Tehran -
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November 4, 1979, began like any other day at the US embassy in
Tehran. The staff filtered in under gray skies, the marines manned
their posts, and the daily crush of anti-American protestors massed
outside the gate chanting, "Allahu akbar! Marg bar Amrika!"

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1 in 4 Americans say they need to make $150,000 to be secure
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“Most of us know comfortability when we see it," Foster said.
"It’s a financial sweet spot that allows us to cover our bills, sock
cash away for retirement or emergencies, conquer debt — or dodge it
entirely — and still have enough wiggle room for the occasional
indulgence. Times have shifted.”

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I Quit My Dream Job Working for Steve Case. Then He Invested in My
Startup - Inc (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=204398&nl=daily]
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Andy Cloyd had his dream job. In 2021, the Kentucky native was working
for one of the country's most well-known entrepreneurs and investors:
AOL co-founder Steve Case. As a vice president at Case's investment
firm, Revolution, Cloyd spent his workdays scouring the country for
startups scaling outside of Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston to
seed through the firm's Rise of the Rest fund.



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The Magical Thinking of Masa Son - Bloomberg (No paywall)
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The SoftBank founder has a long-shot ambition to create an AI robot
hub in the US desert.

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Abridge, whose AI app takes notes for doctors, valued at $5.3 billion
at funding - WSJ (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=204398&nl=daily]
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The round, led by venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz with
participation from Khosla Ventures, values the startup at $5.3
billion. In February, Abridge raised $250 million at a valuation of
$2.75 billion.

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US Rivals Like China and Russia See Opportunity in Voice of America
Shutdown
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The Trump administration is not just releasing its grip on the global
megaphone but handing it off to its eager adversaries, foreign policy
experts say.

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16 people sent to ER during New Jersey graduations as a potent heat
dome builds over the US | CNN
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Sixteen people were sent to the emergency room for heat-related
illness following two New Jersey high school graduations Monday as an
extremely dangerous heat wave is underway for the eastern half of the
United States.
























 











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Uber and Waymo's commercial robotaxi service is open for business in
Atlanta
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Waymo and Uber are offering commercial robotaxi rides in Atlanta.

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Northern Lights Alert: Aurora Borealis Could Appear In These States
Tuesday - Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=204398&nl=daily]
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects several
states in the northern U.S. to have an opportunity to see the northern
lights Tuesday night as geomagnetic storms will likely disrupt Earth's
magnetic field.

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