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#wired.com. We Found Two Theaters With Sold-Out ‘Melania’ Opening Day Screenings. A WIRED analysis of nearly 1,400 Friday showtimes of Melania found only two with no tickets available. Both are before 3 pm.

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#bbc.com. My AI companions and me: Exploring the world of empathetic bots. George is an avatar on my mobile but claims to know what makes me tick.

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#wired.com. ‘Uncanny Valley’: Minneapolis Misinformation, TikTok’s New Owners, and Moltbot Hype. On this episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into the news that's held our attention this week: ICE activity as it's been unfolding in Minnesota.

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#bbc.com. Apple reports best-ever iPhone sales as Mac dips. The company's revenue was boosted by iPhone sales, but sales of its wearable tech and Mac computers dipped.

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#aljazeera.com. Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments. The drop comes amid stalling growth for its cloud computing software as OpenAI investments are questioned.

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#bbc.co.uk. BBC Inside Science - Should we rethink navigating by GPS? - BBC Sounds. GPS is vulnerable to interference, so how can we make navigating at sea safer?

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#theguardian.com. US regulators open inquiry into Waymo self-driving car that struck child in California. Federal transportation regulator to investigate after child in Santa Monica sustained minor injuries from incident

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#wired.com. AI-Generated Anti-ICE Videos Are Getting the Fanfic Treatment. Across Instagram and Facebook, AI-generated videos show people of color putting ICE agents in their place. Are they cathartic or just adding to a stew of misinformation?

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#wired.com. A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI. As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something different in pursuit of AI that can mimic

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#wired.com. Our Favorite Open Earbuds Are $60 Off. The Anker Soundcore Aeroclip earbuds boast great sound without cutting you off from the outside world.

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#wired.com. ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed. WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

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#aljazeera.com. Airports embrace AI to manage growing global passenger traffic. Airports use AI for passenger flow, baggage tracking and predictive maintenance to enhance efficiency and experience.

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#wired.com. Nvidia’s Campaign to Sell AI Chips to China Finally Pays Off. Beijing reportedly approved the sale of hundreds of thousands of Nvidia H200 chips to Chinese AI companies—the culmination of a dramatic shift in US tech policy.

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#bbc.com. Polar bears getting "fatter and healthier" amid ice loss. Scientists think that Svalbard bears have adapted to recent ice loss by eating more land-based prey.

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#wired.com. An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account. AI chat toy company Bondu left its web console almost entirely unprotected. Researchers who accessed it found nearly all the conversations children had with the company's stuffed animals.

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#renewableenergyworld.com. Just a moment.... SEIA elects new board chair, board members to spearhead American solar + storage progress

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#renewableenergyworld.com. Just a moment.... Hundreds of thousands still without power in Tennessee and Mississippi following Winter Storm Fern

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#renewableenergyworld.com. Just a moment.... Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue

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#renewableenergyworld.com. Just a moment.... POWERGEN 2026: Mesa Power Solutions redefines industrial reliability in oil fields, for data centers and beyond

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#theguardian.com. Matt Mahan, mayor of San Jose, announces run for governor of California. The former tech entrepreneur joins a sprawling but stagnant field to succeed Gavin Newsom

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#wired.com. Trump Admin's Plans for $500 Million USIP Building May Violate Court Order, Say Former Workers. The State Department is poised to take over a building DOGE seized from the US Institute of Peace, former staffers claim—possibly for Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

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#computerweekly.com. SAP overcomes rough start to post 8% growth | Computer Weekly. SAP reports €36.8bn for 2025, up 8%, despite what CEO Christian Klein called a ‘rough start to the year’ due to geopolitical unrest from tariff conflict between the US and the EU

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