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Von der Leyen's European Commission faces no-confidence vote
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Messages over COVID vaccines have cast a shadow over Ursula von der
Leyen's presidency of the European Commission and the Commission's
commitment to transparency.

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Don't let AI steal your job
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ChatGPTs most advanced models recently served me a surprising
statistic: US productivity grew faster in 2024 than in any year since
the 1960s. Half that jump can be linked to generative AI tools that
most workers hadn't even heard of two years earlier.

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Here are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban
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A followup later dated April 5, 2025 (the day after Trump gave TikTok
another 75-day reprieve), Bondi told the companies that "the
Department of Justice is also irrevocably relinquishing any claims the
United States might have had against" them "for the conduct proscribed
in the Act during the Covered Period and Extended Covered Period, with
respect to TikTok and the larger family of ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok,
Inc. applications covered under the Act."

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Cristiano Ronaldo leads tributes to Diogo Jota, brother Andre Silva
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Tributes from across the football world follow the news of their
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People With Swamp Crotch Keep Setting Off TSA Alarms
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A woman flying recently shared that both airports she passed through
flagged her groin area during the security scan...

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The Pope Returns to Castel Gandolfo for Summer. And There Will Be
Tennis.
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For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town
of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the
town a bit bereft.

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Mexico Confirms Arrest Warrant for Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
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The well-known Mexican boxer was detained by U.S. immigration agents
in California on Wednesday, days after fighting a high-profile contest
against the former YouTuber Jake Paul.

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Likud ministers urge Netanyahu to annex West Bank by the end of the
month | The Times of Israel
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Ahead of PM's trip to Washington and the Knesset's summer break,
senior politicians suggest it is 'a propitious time to move forward'
with controversial move














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Crunchyroll ran embarrassingly bad ChatGPT subtitles on its new anime
series
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Crunchyroll subscribers were treated to some unexpected AI slop while
watching Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show.

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Substack brings new updates to livestreaming as it increases video
push
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Substack announced new features aimed at helping creators grow and
promote their livestreams.

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Finnish hacker Harri Hursti hacks U.S. voting machine on live podcast
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Earlier this year, Germany banned the use of electronic voting
machines in its elections. The country's Constitutional Court (similar
to the U.S. Supreme Court) based its decision on Germany's Basic Law,
underscoring the idea that transparency is essential in elections. The
ruling emphasized a key principle: all essential election processes
must be open to public

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Microsoft's Copilot Revenue May Trail ChatGPT And Anthropic - Forbes
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In 2023, analysts estimated Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot would
garner $30 billion in revenue. The software giant did not reveal
Copilot revenue in its latest earnings call even as OpenAI reports $10
billion in annual recurring revenue.














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Japan: Tokara islanders sleepless after 900 quakes in two weeks
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"Everyone's exhausted. We just want it to stop," says one resident of
the Tokara islands.

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Deputy commander of Russian Navy killed in Ukrainian strike in Kursk
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Russian officials confirmed on Thursday that the deputy commander of
the Russian Navy, Major General Mikhail Gudkov, has been killed in a
Ukrainian strike in Russia's Kursk region.

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AI job predictions become corporate America's newest competitive sport
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In late May, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei appeared to kick open the door
on a sensitive topic, warning that half of entry-level jobs could
vanish within

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Teenage Aviator Detained After Landing in Antarctica, Chile Says
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Ethan Guo, 19, had been documenting his attempt to fly solo to all
seven continents on social media. He is no longer in custody but has
no easy way to leave an island off Antarctica’s coast.














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Neither AI nor E Ink can make touchscreen trackpads a good idea
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If you're not dissuaded, E Ink hasn't actually shared when its
trackpad will be available. Given the use of the Intel tech, though,
odds are good it shows up in an expensive "AI PC" at some point in the
future.

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The Tragedy of the Diddy Trial - The New Yorker (No paywall)
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Sean Combs mouthed thank you to the jurors, his hands clasped in
prayer. The intricacies of their deliberations will be revealed later
on, in the requisite television interviews, but, as of Wednesday
morning, what mattered was that Combs had been acquitted of the
racketeering and sex-trafficking charges that would have put him away
for life. The diminishment in reputation, the status as pariah or
laughingstock, the looming sentencing for the lesser charges (two
counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, amazingly, his
first conviction)he would work his troubles into a narrative of
redemption. As one of Combs's associates said in a Profile of the
mogul that ran in this magazine more than two decades ago: Puffy will
always come back. He's like nature.

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Denmark pushes to suspend Hungary's EU voting rights
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Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre says Copenhagen will
ramp up Article 7 proceedings against Budapest.

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Unpacking Bryan Kohberger's guilty plea deal to avoid death penalty in
Idaho student killings | CNN
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Bryan Kohberger appeared expressionless as a judge asked if he
murdered four Idaho college students in their off-campus home,
answering "yes" to each name called out in the courtroom Wednesday.














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Wildfire on Crete prompts evacuations and damaged homes
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A fast-moving wildfire on the Greek island of Crete forces evacuations
of homes and hotels. Authorities say the fire, driven by strong winds,
has damaged homes and threatens coastal areas near Ierapetra. On
Thursday, over 1,500 people were evacuated, with many relocated to
safer areas like hotels and an indoor arena. Emergency alerts urged
residents not to return to save property. More than 150 firefighters
are battling the flames, while aircraft remain grounded overnight.
Officials report no serious injuries but some residents were treated
for breathing issues. Crete, a major tourist destination, faces a high
wildfire risk across the island.

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How the G.O.P. Bill Will Reshape America's Energy Landscape
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Here’s a rundown on the winners and losers in the legislation
muscled through Congress.

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France condemns Iran's detention of couple
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France reaffirmed on Wednesday its condemnation of Iran's detention of
two French citizens, who have been held for three years.

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6 hydration myths that could be hurting your health
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Think you need 8 cups of water a day? Or that coffee dehydrates you?
Experts debunk the most common misconceptions about staying hydrated.














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Third Interstellar Object, Comet 3I/ATLAS, Is Traveling Through Solar
System
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3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar
visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.

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Brad Pitt Is Fooling You - Vulture (No paywall)
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In a recent appearance on Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Brad Pitt
walks into the room with practiced affability. His graying blond hair
is shaved into a buzz cut, evoking his Troy and Mr. & Mrs. Smith era.
He wears light-wash jeans and a baby-blue cashmere button-up from his
brand God's True Cashmere, which receives a lengthy shout-out. Pitt
discusses early career woes and navigating a shifting Hollywood
landscape. They talk about truth and honesty and his time in
Alcoholics Anonymous (he first met Shepard at a meeting in 2016). I'm
afraid to ask you this one, but here we go, Shepard says 46 minutes
in, Have you ever heard this Cary Grant quote, Everyone wants to be
Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. You relate to that at all?
Pitt stumbles momentarily, his eyes gazing at the ceiling, Maybe in
the early years. I don't know. I don't think much about perception
anymore.

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Iranian Nobel Laureate says war dealt big blow to fight for democracy
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After Israel's 12-day war dealt a severe blow to the leadership of
Iran, one of the country's leading human-rights defenders warns that
authorities will turn on their own people to consolidate power.

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Bumble's CEO Just Gave a Masterclass in How Not to Deliver News About
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During a company-wide call this week, Bumble founder and CEO Whitney
Wolfe Herd told the workers at her dating app firm that some 240 jobs
would be cut, with around 140 of the job losses happening at the
firm's London, office. The layoffs, representing a 30 percent
downsizing of total workforce, some 18 months after Bumble previously
laid off around 350 workers, which was also a 30 percent workforce
cut.














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Record-Breaking Results Bring Fusion Power Closer to Reality -
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A twisting ribbon of hydrogen gas, many times hotter than the surface
of the sun, has given scientists a tentative glimpse of the future of
controlled nuclear fusion - a so-far theoretical source of relatively
clean and abundant energy that would be effectively fueled by
seawater.

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How Will Trump Sell His Big Policy Bill to the American Public?
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President Trump has spent days cajoling Republicans to support his
spending bill. He will also have to sell it to the public as Democrats
focus on all the ways it helps the wealthy.

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In Trump's Bill, Democrats See a Path to Win Back Voters
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Top party officials consider the president’s sweeping domestic
policy bill to be cruel and fiscally ruinous — and they’re betting
the American public will, too.

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Google's electricity demand is skyrocketing - MIT Technology Review
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We got two big pieces of energy news from Google this week. The
company announced that its signed an agreement to purchase electricity
from a fusion companys forthcoming first power plant. Google also
released its latest environmental report, which shows that its energy
use from data centers has doubled since 2020.













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Energy Security Means Using Less Oil - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Argument: Energy Security Means Using Less Oil

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Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna
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The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned
narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean
coast. No drugs were found, but officials and regional security
sources suspect it was a trial run for automated cocaine trafficking,
navy and Western sources told AFP.

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How Trump's China Tariffs Are Jeopardizing America's Fireworks
Extravaganzas
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The pyrotechnics industry relies heavily on Chinese fireworks imports
and warns that this could be the last big bang Fourth of July.

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How a Data Center Company Uses Stranded Renewable Energy - Inside
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Some companies are paying low rates for renewable energy that would
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Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of
human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN
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The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon
dioxide, which - along with other planet-warming pollution - has led
directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging
weather and destroying food systems.

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Space Force to fund development of Atomic-6 solar power for satellites
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Space Force to fund development of Atomic-6 solar power for satellites
Space Force to fund development of Atomic-6 solar power for satellites

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Tariffs can't defeat the fentanyl problem in the US - STAT (No
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Bogged down in the courts, President Trumps tariffs, designed to
punish trading partners for the traffic in illegally manufactured
fentanyl, have been roundly criticized as a threat to U.S. economic
power. Yet, amid intense political debate, few critics cite their most
damning flaw: As a tool to cajole other governments in desirable
directions, fentanyl tariffs are also manifestly ineffective.

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ChatGPT creates phisher's paradise by recommending the wrong URLs for
major companies
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Crims have cottoned on to a new way to lead you astray



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US jobs see strong growth in June with unemployment down to 4.1%
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There have been some predictions of higher inflation due to tariffs.
However, despite forecasts that the pace of price rises could pick up
over the summer, economists expect the US central bank, the Federal
Reserve, to cut rates again in September.

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The Hiring Trade-off Behind Startup Growth
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Wharton research shows that while "firm-driven search" helps less
visible startups compete for talent, it often leads to higher
turnover.

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The End of the Age of NGOs? - Foreign Affairs (No paywall)
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How Civil Society Lost Its Post-Cold War Power

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What have tariffs really done to the US economy?
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"We're sort of in this stall mode right now in the economy, a kind of
wait-and-see mode, that is driven by pretty grave uncertainty and the
instability in policy," Ms Sonders said, noting that many firms were
responding with a self-imposed "time-out" on hiring and investment.



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OpenAI wants nothing to do with Robinhood tokens
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The startup behind ChatGPT isn’t happy about Robinhood’s attempt
to bring private equity onto the blockchain

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ECB Officials See a Chance for Europe to Compete With U.S. and China
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Central bankers who gathered in Portugal this week focused on ways
that Europe could improve its competitiveness with the United States
and China.

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Hundreds of Brother printer models have an unpatchable security flaw
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Serious security flaws have been found in hundreds of Brother printer
models that could allow attackers to remotely access the device.

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A New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities - Harvard Business
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Despite decades of efforts to address healthcare inequities in the
United States through programs and policies targeting social
determinants of health, disparities persist across racial, gender,
socioeconomic, and geographic lines. Systematic reviews of hospital
systems initiatives and programs to address social determinants of
health (SDOH) have revealed unsatisfactory progress. Some attribute
the slow progress to insufficient standardization and sharing of
learnings across communities, or the underinvestment in SDOH data and
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What will Trump's tax and spending bill do to US national debt?
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US President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill has sparked intense
debate. BBC Verify's policy and analysis correspondent Ben Chu has
been looking at what the bill could do to the US national debt.

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The Cost of Making India's Apple Dream a Reality - Bloomberg (No
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Modi may have to make deep trade concessions to sustain the
iPhone-manufacturing success

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