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China's Shijian satellite pair appears to dock in orbit for historic
refuelling mission
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Shijian-21 and Shijian-25 'appeared visually merged in optical sensor
data', space tracking firm says, a feat US seeks to match by 2026.

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Why doctors are finally taking IUD pain seriously
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IUDs have been a promising breakthrough in birth control, offering
both convenience and effectiveness, and their use has exploded over
the past few decades. But that progress has often come with some
(painful) trade-offs. Vox senior reporter Allie Volpe has been digging
into why medicine has been slow to catch up to the pain that IUD
insertions can cause and doctors plans to make the process for more
palatable for patients in the future.

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Silicon Valley is racing to build the first $1trn unicorn - The
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Two years ago, when Nvidia first joined the club of trillion-dollar
firms, plenty of investors worried that its shares were beginning to
look pricey. Yet those who happened to buy a slice of the
artificial-intelligence (AI) chipmaker at the time would since have
quadrupled their money. On July 9th Nvidia became the first ever
company to reach a market value of $4trn.

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Meta's Zuckerberg Pledges Hundreds of Billions for AI Data Centers in
Superintelligence Push - Inc (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=211388&nl=daily]
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Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that Meta would spend hundreds of
billions of dollars to build several massive AI data centers for
superintelligence, intensifying his pursuit of a technology that he
has chased with a talent war for top AI engineers.















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DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is steering Google's AI and maybe its
future - Business Insider (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=211388&nl=daily]
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AI mastermind and chess wiz Demis Hassabis, who founded DeepMind and
later sold it to Google in 2014, has been propelled into the center of
Google's universe in the past two years amid the frenzied race for AI
dominance.

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Meta Acquires Voice AI Startup PlayAI, Continuing to Add Talent -
Bloomberg (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=211388&nl=daily]
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Meta Platforms Inc. has completed a deal to acquire PlayAI, a small
artificial intelligence startup focused on voice technology.

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Venture capital investors place bets on demand for battery swapping -
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Start-ups operating across India, Japan, Spain and Taiwan look to plug
a gap in charging networks

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China's exports beat expectations after trade truce with US - WSJ (No
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Outbound shipments rose 5.8% in June from a year earlier, China's
General Administration of Customs said Monday. The figure was better
than many economists had predicted and represented an improvement from
the 4.8% year-over-year increase in May.














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AI firms are hunting for quants in Wall Street's backyard and dangling
monster paydays - Business Insider (No paywall)
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In May, a group of more than 20 finance whizzes from across the
country descended on OpenAI's San Francisco HQ for what CEO Sam Altman
cheekily called a "party." They sat through a presentation, mingled
with researchers, and some received formal interview invites. A month
later in New York City, Altman's team held another recruiting overture
for quant trading professionals the highly coveted mathematicians,
physicists, data scientists, and engineers who power the world's top
hedge funds and high-frequency trading firms.

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Global markets fall on latest tariff developments - WSJ (No paywall)
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a weaker open at the start of a week
when inflation data and big bank earnings roll in. Global stock
markets were mostly in the red on Monday after President Trump said
the U.S. will charge a 30% tariff on goods from the European Union and
Mexico effective Aug. 1. The dollar was up, long-term Treasury yields
ticked higher, and bitcoin hit a fresh record.

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GM, LG to upgrade Tennessee plant to make low-cost EV batteries
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Ultium Cells, a joint venture between GM and LG Energy Solution, is
upgrading its Spring Hill, Tennessee, facility to make low-cost EV
battery cells.

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The hot new MBA hustle: ''I will never work in a corporate job ever
again.' - Business Insider (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=211388&nl=daily]
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In the summer of 2019, Dan Schweber was grinding through yet another
career pivot. Straight out of college, he landed what he thought would
be a dream job as a healthcare consultant, only to discover that he
couldn't stand being a nobody in a giant bureaucracy. So he joined a
tiny healthtech startup, until it was acquired by a series of bigger
companies that eventually laid him off. He came to believe that a
better path would be to start his own business, where he could call
all the shots. So at age 28, he enrolled in Columbia's executive MBA
program. In between his day job in healthtech and his weekend classes,
he used every free moment he could find to rack his brain for startup
ideas.














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California is set to become the first US state to manage power outages
with AI - MIT Technology Review (No paywall)
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We wanted to modernize our grid operations. This fits in perfectly
with that, says Gopakumar Gopinathan, a senior advisor on power system
technologies at the California Independent System Operator known as
the CAISO and pronounced KAI-so. AI is already transforming different
industries. But we havent seen many examples of it being used in our
industry.

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US investors revive Ukrainian grain terminal in test of wartime
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New owners plan to relaunch strategic asset as early as the summer
after protracted battle involving alleged loan fraud

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How Much More TACO Madness Can the U.S. Economy Take? - The New Yorker
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The White House's tariffs have been well received, Donald Trump told
Kristen Welker, of NBC News, last week, adding that the stock market
had just hit a new high. Trump was right about the market, but he
didn't mention why investors were bidding up the S. & P. 500 and
Nasdaq to unprecedented levels despite his threats, yet again, to
impose punitive tariffs of up to fifty per cent on goods imported from
all over the world: they don't believe he'll ever go through with it.
Or, as the acronym that has become an article of faith on Wall Street
goes, TACO - Trump always chickens out.

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Five Companies Now Control Over 90% of the Global Food Delivery Market
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Why is my $8 burger $23 after fees - An average reddit user














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Saudi Arabia Reviews Gigantic City at Neom Called The Line - Bloomberg
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Saudi Arabia has asked consulting firms to conduct a strategic review
of its ambitious plans for building a futuristic city known as The
Line, according to several people familiar with the matter, as the
kingdom assesses priorities for its project-related expenditures.

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More than 23m Britons think they may be due compensation for mis-sold
car loans, UK poll finds
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Survey comes before supreme court decision on secret commission
payments ruled unlawful by court of appeal

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$300 billion, 500 million users, and no time to enjoy it: The sharks
are circling OpenAI - Business Insider (No paywall)
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At the end of March, the premier AI startup was collecting
superlatives. It had just secured another $40 billion in funding, the
largest private tech deal ever. That valued the company at $300
billion, which is the highest of any startup on the planet.Its
flagship product, ChatGPT, was attracting some 500 million users a
week, far more than its closest competitor.

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Elon Musk floats a new source of funding for xAI: Tesla - WSJ (No
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Elon Musk said Tesla shareholders would vote on investing in xAI, the
latest move by the billionaire entrepreneur to tap his own companies
to help fund his artificial-intelligence startup.














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Climate change is a by-product of progress, not an existential crisis,
says Trump's energy czar - The Economist (No paywall)
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Nearly every aspect of modern life depends upon energy. It fuels
opportunity, lifts people out of poverty and saves lives. That is why,
as a lifelong energy entrepreneur and as us Secretary of Energy, I am
honoured to advance President Donald Trump's policy of bettering lives
through unleashing a golden age of energy dominance - both at home and
around the world.

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Trump Gave Hints He Might Withhold Epstein Files Before 2024 Election
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President Donald Trump hesitated when asked if he would release the
so-called Epstein files in their entirety in a newly resurfaced Fox
News interview from last year - underscoring Trump's desire to quash
conversations about Jeffrey Epstein, contradicting demands from some
in his base to dig deeper into conspiracy theories surrounding the
convicted sex offender.

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Mini hearts, lungs and livers made in lab now grow their own blood
vessels - Nature (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=211388&nl=daily]
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These sophisticated models will be used for human-development studies
and drug testing.

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Jensen Huang explains how he uses different AIs to get the best
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"When you receive an answer from an AI, I wouldn't just receive it.
Usually, what I do is I say, 'Are you sure this is the best answer you
can provide?'" Huang said in an interview on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria
GPS" that aired on Sunday.














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Your Brain Reveals a Lot About Your Age
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It's an automatic behavior when you meet someone new: subconsciously,
you take stock of physical cues to gauge how old they are. Facial
wrinkles, gray hairs, an unsteady walk: these all signal older age.

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Cameroon's president seeks to remain in power until almost his 100th
birthday | CNN
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Cameroon's 92-year-old President Paul Biya, who has held an iron grip
on the Central African nation for nearly 43 years has launched a
reelection bid that could keep him in power until almost his 100th
birthday.

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Netherlands Unveils 50 Million Fund to Hire Top Researchers -
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The Netherlands has announced a 50 million ($58.5 million) fund to
lure top international researchers as US President Donald Trump
continues to make sweeping cuts to federally funded science and
research.

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The Biggest Myth About the YIMBY Movement - The Atlantic (No paywall)
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Over the past year, the conversation about housing affordability went
national. Unfortunately, it brought with it all the contentiousness of
a local-zoning-board meeting. The Democratic YIMBY (yes in my
backyard) movement argues for reducing restrictions on building in
order to increase the number of homes and lower housing prices. This
has inspired a furious backlash within the liberal coalition. These
critics paint the YIMBY vision as a centrist, pro-business scheme that
betrays progressive values. Some of the loudest complaints have come
from anti-monopoly advocates, who warn that the abundance agenda is a
stalking horse for libertarianism. The fight has been framed in a way
that is almost perfectly designed to split the Democratic coalition.














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16 abandoned places around the world that have become must-see tourist
attractions
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Abandoned places around the world have always attracted attention from
tourists. These located have been left in disarray for years.

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'They hold hands, they embrace, they kiss': The woman who changed our
view of chimps - and human beings
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In 1960, Jane Goodall began her groundbreaking field study by living
among chimpanzees in Tanzania. In 1986, she told the BBC how similar
chimps and humans really are.

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US demands to know what allies would do in event of war over Taiwan -
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Trump administration says it is trying to prevent war but raises
eyebrows by calling for commitments from Australia and Japan

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Should you take creatine? - The Economist (No paywall)
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IF YOU are an athlete in search of a chemical boost your options are
limited. Many of the drugs that are known to workanabolic steroids to
make you stronger, say, or erythropoietin to boost your enduranceare
banned and come with nasty side-effects. Many legal supplements, on
the other hand, seem not to do anything useful.













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New Tariff Threats Risk Big Blow to U.S. Economy
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The economy's resilience so far to President Trump's global trade war
risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation
that economists have long feared.

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What to do when someone goes on the defensive
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Our natural impulses often make matters worse. Here's an approach that
works, grounded in conflict resolution and psychology

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Are You Missing the Big Picture? - Harvard Business Review (No
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Hyper uncertainty and short attention spans make us more vulnerable
than ever to pursuing quick fixes, says HBS professor Amy Edmondson.
Instead, in this HBR Executive Agenda, she advocates leaders take a
systems thinking approach to understand the full downstream
consequences of any action. The point isn't to encourage
procrastination, but to help ensure that your actions have a greater
chance for long-term success. Plus leadership consultant Ann Hiatt
looks at what happens when gen AI flattens knowledge hierarchies and
empowers junior employees. She advocates the creation of a shadow
board to enable high-potential employees bring a fresh perspective to
strategic initiatives and, in return, get hands-on experience with
senior-level decision-makers.

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Meta investors, Zuckerberg to square off at $8 billion trial over
alleged privacy violations
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Mark Zuckerberg is expected to appear as a star witness in an unusual
$8 billion trial that kicks off this week at which the Meta CEO is
accused of operating Facebook as an illegal enterprise that allowed
users' data to be harvested without their consent.



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Australia hosts largest-ever military war games
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This year, more than 35,000 military personnel from 19 nations are
taking part in the drills over three weeks.

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An AI-generated band got 1m plays on Spotify. Now music insiders say
listeners should be warned
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The Velvet Sundown released two albums before admitting their music,
images and backstory were created by AI

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Tuam: Full excavation of mass baby grave begins
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The exhumations are being carried out at the former site of an
institution for unmarried mothers.

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Women who run with bulls at Pamplona's San Fermin festival in minority
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Out of 4,000 runners, only 6% of people who participate in the
centuries-old tradition of the bull run are women, according to data
from Pamplona's city hall. #EuropeNews



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Inside the FAA's race to train air traffic controllers: 'It's going to
take time'
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The Trump Administration is speeding up its efforts to address a
nationwide shortage of Air Traffic Controllers. Earlier this year,
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a push to hire 2,000 new
controllers by the end of the year.

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When It's This Hot, 'We Are Enduring, Not Living'
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How one man gets by in the unbearable and inescapable heat of
Pakistan's biggest and most unlivable city.

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Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be
Worse.
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The Trump administration is fighting the last war while China marches
toward dominating the industries of the future.

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Trump's Impact on International Student Enrollment
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International student interest in U.S. engineering programs has
dropped sharply. What does this mean for future innovation?



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Viktor Orban's playbook is admired abroad but weakening at home
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban finds his power under threat,
but not in the way one might expect.

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U.S. urges clarity on Japan's role in potential war over Taiwan,
report says
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The move reportedly caught Japanese officials off-guard, since the
U.S. itself maintains a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether or
not it would defend Taiwan.

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France Announces Agreement to Give New Caledonia More Autonomy
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There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous
Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create a new state
within the French Republic.

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ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just
six hours notice, memo says
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The memo says migrants could be sent to nations that have pledged not
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Why recycling solar panels is harder than you might think - an
electrical engineer explains
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Recycling solar panels seems like a smart idea, but it's complicated.
Built to withstand years of wind and weather, solar panels are
designed for strength, not easy breakdown.

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Myanmar's proliferating scam centers. These borderland 'prisons' have
three common features
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The number of scam centers in eastern Myanmar is expanding at a rapid
pace. Even after a large-scale crackdown in February, construction has
continued -- underscoring that criminal hubs have not been eradicated.
Nikkei analyzed satellite imagery and eyewitness testimony to reveal
the scale and persistence of the crisis.

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