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AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford
study finds

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chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study
authors call for nuance.

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Here's how to get your manager to tell you if a layoff is coming -
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When he was let go last month, Simon, a 37-year-old Boston native
living in Amsterdam, said he wasn't surprised, though he regrets that
he didn't work up the nerve to approach his manager about the matter.

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Jamie Dimon has a blunt message for Europe: 'You're losing'
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The JPMorgan Chase boss also told an event in Ireland that there was
"complacency in the markets" around tariffs and rates.

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Abundance: the US book is a sensation among our progressive MPs. But
can it spur action in Canberra?
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Klein and Thompson’s comments could just as easily apply in the
Australian context: “Many of these are good goals. But are they good
goals to include in this project? There is no discussion … of
trade-offs.”

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State Department official defends canceling visas of pro-Palestinian
academics
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The official testified at an ongoing trial that Trump's deportation
drive targets antisemitism and support for terrorism, not ideology or
speech.















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YC-backed Apolink by 19-year-old bags $4.3M to build 24/7 connectivity
for LEO satellites
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Apolink, a Y Combinator-backed space-tech startup, has raised $4.3
million in an "oversubscribed" seed round at $45 million post-money
valuation to build a real-time connectivity network for satellites in
low Earth orbit (LEO).

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David Gergen, ex-adviser to Republican and Democratic presidents, dies
aged 83
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“‘As awful as life is currently in the public sphere, there is
still reason to believe in our country and its leadership and to go
into service,’” she quoted Gergen as saying. “‘Americans can
endure any crisis, but they need to continue to take a sense of
responsibility for their country.’”

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Why the next app for relationships won't look like a dating app,
according to a VC - Business Insider (No paywall)
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Amber Atherton, a partner at consumer-focused venture capital firm
Patron, thinks artificial intelligence will dramatically change how we
meet people online. Instead of swiping through profiles or scrolling
through a feed, platforms in the AI era will use what they know about
you to find new connections.

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Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over
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A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultants














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'I felt pure, unconditional love': the people who marry their AI
chatbots
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The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for
their digital friends. Until - explains a new podcast - the bots went
dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update
changed everything ...

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How Iconiq, the wealth firm backed by Mark Zuckerberg, brings
ultra-rich philanthropists together
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Investment firm Iconiq uses a new philanthropy model that spurs big
donors to give with more urgency.

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Neuroscientists shed new light on how heroin disrupts prefrontal brain
function
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After heroin exposure and abstinence, mice showed reduced prefrontal
brain activity during social interaction but heightened responses to
drug-related cues, suggesting heroin disrupts normal brain function in
ways that may contribute to social withdrawal and relapse risk.

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Pahalgam: The beauty and brutality of life in the shadow of Kashmir
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BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals
are picking up the pieces of their broken lives.














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How to Panic Italians? Jack Up the Price of Espresso.
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Prices for coffee beans have risen, but in a country where coffee
drinking is a ritual, customers demand cheap espresso. That has left
coffee bars in a bind.

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Doctors Are Using Herpes To Kill Cancer - and It's Actually Working
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Herpes has never been known for its good PR. But the virus that causes
cold sores might finally have something to brag about.

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Israeli settlers kill American-Palestinian visiting relatives in West
Bank, says family
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“The settlers want to take over our land,” said Hijaz. “Their
aggression is increasing by the day. The Israeli army comes to protect
them and don’t do anything to stop them from attacking us. No one
can hold the settlers accountable.”

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Texas Hill Country under flood watch as search continues for missing
people
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“So all across the country, Americans’ hearts are shattered,” he
said. “We’re filled with grief and devastation. It’s the loss of
life and, unfortunately, they’re still looking.”














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Interesting Times: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel
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The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

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Here's what billionaires and CEOs talked about at Sun Valley -
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For 16 summers in a row, Tim Armstrong has flown to Sun Valley, Idaho,
following the July 4th holiday to attend the annual Allen & Co.
Conference. The event brings together some of the most powerful and
wealthiest leaders in media, technology, and finance.

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Elizabeth Warren pushes back on plan to get private equity into
401(k)s | CNN Business
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A typical 401(k) plan only offers stock and bond funds that invest in
publicly traded companies. But private companies - traditionally the
domain of institutional and high-net-worth investors - have become a
significant part of the overall investing market. Do they belong as an
option in workplace retirement plans, given that they are often more
expensive and less transparent than publicly traded securities?

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AI coding tools may not speed up every developer, study shows
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A new study from the non-profit METR suggests that AI coding tools may
not offer productivity gains for experienced developers.














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The new age of geoeconomics - FT (No paywall)
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Donald Trumps tariff threats are just part of a much wider shift.
Gillian Tett explains why commerce is being subordinated to statecraft
and how we can adapt

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Bay Area biotech company's drug mishap leads to dozens of layoffs
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Jasper Therapeutics, a Bay Area biotech company worth more than $320
million in January, is laying off half of its staff after botching a
batch of a trial drug.

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One group of Gen Zers got a career jump-start. The rest aren't so
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Monica Para is one of the lucky ones. She landed a software
engineering job in the fall of 2022, several months before graduating
with a computer science degree from the University of Illinois. She
said the salary has allowed her to travel about once a month, and
she's now planning to pursue a secondary degree at the University of
Chicago.

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These are America's most expensive states in 2025, where inflation
still hits hardest
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Even as prices have come down, the cost of living is still elevated in
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The price of software freedom is eternal politics
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Comment: Many don't realize or forget, but the FOSS world has
ideological wings, too

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Intense Mediterranean Sea heatwave raises fears for marine life
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Sea temperatures around places like Majorca exceeded 30C earlier this
month, far above average.

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Why are liberals cozying up to race scientists?
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The 'Abundance' movement positions Democrats as a party that can offer
more to everyone - including those peddling scientific racism.

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Is there a literacy crisis? Or am I just old?
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Teachers from college professors to kindergarten instructors are all
sounding the alarm.














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Why U.S. Geothermal May Advance, Despite Political Headwinds
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The Trump administration is outwardly hostile to clean energy sourced
from solar and wind. But thanks to close ties to the fossil fuel
industry and new technological breakthroughs, U.S. geothermal power
may survive the GOP assaults on support for renewables and even
thrive.

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Russian transport minister's death surrounded by suspicion
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The death of a Russian Cabinet minister in a field near his posh home
in a Moscow suburb has fueled wild speculation about how he died and
what it means. Among the unanswered questions: Did Roman Starovoit
really kill himself in his car, as authorities said, or did he take
his life in a nearby park? Was he facing a criminal investigation into
large-scale corruption? And does his death signal a new, harsher
environment for Kremlin elites related to the war in Ukraine? Russian
media was abuzz with claims that Starovoit had faced potential
corruption charges linked to his previous job as governor of the Kursk
region.

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The case for snooping on your kid's phone - WSJ (No paywall)
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Your child's phone is a portal into their world: friendship drama,
romantic relationships and school worries all play out on their
social-media accounts and in their text messages.

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Battered but not beaten, Hamas embraces guerilla tactics with deadly
force | CNN
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A recent attack against Israeli soldiers in Gaza highlights a Hamas
shift to guerilla-stye tactics as the militant group, battered and
weakened after nearly 21 months of war, wages an insurgency campaign
against Israel's military













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Chinese hackers suspected in breach of powerful DC law firm | CNN
Politics
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Suspected Chinese hackers have broken into the email accounts of
attorneys and advisers at a powerful Washington, DC, law firm in an
apparent intelligence-gathering operation, the firm, Wiley Rein, told
clients this week in a memo reviewed by CNN.

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How the DOJ's Epstein memo led to a Dan Bongino White House blowup
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The MAGA movement erupted in disbelief following the memo's release.

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The FBI just shut down a Nintendo Switch piracy site.
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NSW2U.com now displays a warning message that says it has been seized
by the FBI in accordance with a warrant, as reported earlier by
Kotaku. The site's removal comes as Nintendo continues to zero in on
emulators and pirated content, with the company now taking Switch 2s
offline for using Mig cartridges and saying it will brick the console
if players attempt to mod it.

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How Norway Is Proving That Homelessness Is a Solvable Problem
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The Scandinavian nation has significantly reduced the number of people
experiencing homelessness. What could other countries learn from its
example?



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Should I Let an Employee Resign Rather Than Firing Them? - Inc (No
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Inc.com columnist Alison Green answers questions about workplace and
management issues - everything from how to deal with a micromanaging
boss to how to talk to someone on your team about body odor.

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What in the World? - Foreign Policy (No paywall)
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Test yourself on the week of July 5: Poland restricts its borders,
Trump announces new tariffs, and protests roil Kenya.

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Giant, flightless bird is next target for de-extinction company
Colossal Biosciences | CNN
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A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand
disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first
arrived on the country's two main islands. Now, a Texas-based biotech
company says it has a plan to bring it back.

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Deal struck to create new state of New Caledonia
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French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou hailed the agreement for a
"unique organization" enshrined in France's constitution.



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Russia's Lavrov meets Kim Jong Un in North Korea with Ukraine war at
fore
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North Korean officials have "reaffirmed their support for all
objectives" in the Russia-Ukraine war, says Russian FM.

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Intel CEO says it's "too late" for them to catch up with AI
competition
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Dark days ahead, or perhaps already here.

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Trump Tariffs: EU And Mexico Get 30% Rate - Forbes (No paywall)
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President Donald Trump announced Saturday his administration is
imposing 30% tariffs on imports from the European Union and Mexico,
hiking up the tariff rate for two of the U.S.s biggest trading
partners despite lengthy negotiations.

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White House Speaks Out Amid 'Trump as Superman' Meme Uproar
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In a post shared across its core social media accounts on Friday
night, the White House said: Nowhere in the Constitution does it say
we can't post banger memes, alongside a picture of an announcement
board that read OMG, did the White House really post this? In
response, one X user argued that such memes show how unserious this
Administration is. The White Houses defiant stance was also shared
across the official POTUS accounts on X, Instagram, and Facebook.



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The Best Exercise for Your Personality Type, According to a New Study
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Learn what a new study suggests regarding the association between
personality traits and exercise intensities, plus, how this relates to
real life.

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Tech promised virtual reality would revolutionize entertainment. That
moment might finally be closer than we think. | CNN Business
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Virtual reality was supposed to transform entertainment. At least,
that was the expectation roughly a decade ago with the arrival of the
Oculus Rift, the first virtual reality (VR) headset from the tech
startup Meta acquired that many believed would push VR into the
mainstream.

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Children limiting own smartphone use to manage mental health, survey
finds
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Teenagers increasingly taking breaks as they control own use of
devices rather than relying on parents to enforce limits, experts say

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'Tremendous uncertainty' for cancer research as US officials target
mRNA vaccines
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Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress
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Alligator Alcatraz detainees describe overflowing toilets, medicine
denials
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Worms in the food. Toilets that don't flush. Floors flooded with fecal
waste. Lack of access to attorneys and medical care. These are the
conditions described by some of the people held at a new immigration
detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that authorities have
dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." Government officials have adamantly
disputed the conditions described by detainees, their attorneys and
family members, but have provided few details on the facility and have
denied access to the press. Florida is opening the facility to state
lawmakers and members of Congress for a scheduled site visit on July
12.

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Dams around the world hold so much water they've shifted Earth's
poles, new research shows
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Dam construction since 1835 has caused Earth's poles to "wander" away
from the planet's rotational axis because of the massive weight of
water reservoirs.

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