Macron lines up more Gulf diesel as France battles soaring fuel prices
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- External article · Literary Hub Why We Should All Put Down Our Smartphones These days, we use the word “available” to refer primarily to digital availability, i.e., how quickly a person replies to texts or emails.
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Trill News DeskA signed Salvador Dali print needs evidence of its edition and ownership, because a famous name cannot establish how the image was made or who authorized it.
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Villena Treasure Stolen After Decoy Alarm Pulls Police Away
Thieves emptied most of the Treasure of Villena in four minutes, carrying off Bronze Age gold that has anchored the identity of a small Spanish town since 1963.
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Maryland Measles Cases Hit 31 After Just Three All Last Year
Maryland has confirmed 31 measles cases this year against three in all of last year, and 27 of them arrived after July 15 among residents who were not vaccinated.
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15,000 Texas voter registrations caught up in backlog after another state software error
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Kelly Criterion The Bet Sizing Formula Behind Blackjack and Wall Street
The Kelly criterion is a bet sizing formula that sets what fraction of a bankroll to stake, and getting that fraction wrong destroys an otherwise sound edge.
Are partisan politics even changing up our accents? They just might be, y’all
Are transgender sports bans really about protecting women? Survey data tells a different story
State takeovers of struggling Texas school districts come at a high cost, with little evidence of success
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Why Webb Needs a Giant Sunshield to See
Webb needs a sunshield because its own warmth could overwhelm faint infrared signals that astronomers use to study distant galaxies and stars hidden by dust.
Astronomers uncover new secrets of the Universe’s first five minutes
Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic “squid” unlike anything ever seen
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Days of Thunder Sequel Greenlit With Cruise and Hathaway
A Days of Thunder sequel has been greenlit, with Tom Cruise back as Cole Trickle and Anne Hathaway cast as a NASCAR team owner and engineer, out in June 2028.
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How Visa and Mastercard Make Money Without Issuing a Single Credit Card
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Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says
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OpenAI and Anthropic Hacking Incidents Trace to One AI Testing Firm
AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google hacked real companies in security tests, and all four labs traced the breaches to one evaluator, Irregular.
Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malware
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Chris Johnson Writes to His Children About Life With ALS
Chris Johnson says ALS has changed his body but not his identity as a father, as the former Tennessee Titans star sends a letter to all four of his children.
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Anthropic Details How Claude Fueled Cybercrime and Spying
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Anthropic AI Scenarios Show GDP Soaring While Knowledge Worker Pay Falls
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