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U.S. Army buys next-generation tactical vehicles
The U.S. Army has signed a deal to buy next generation Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) from the Oshkosh Defense. The award, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on…
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CNET Used AI to Write 75 Articles
From BuzzFeed News: Technology news outlet CNET has been found to be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to write articles about personal finance without any prior announcement or explanation. The articles,…
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JetBlue plane makes emergency landing at Palm Beach airport after bird strike
A JetBlue flight headed from Palm Beach to New York's LaGuardia Airport experienced a bird strike on takeoff. The plane landed safely and is being worked on, officials said.
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Boring Company Gave Free Rides Through Its Underground Vegas Tunnel During CES
"Thousands of CES 2023 attendees tested out the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop tunnel transit system," reports Fierce Electronics, "for quick 1.7-mile trips offering them a prelude of more of…
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Donald Trump Bashes Special Counsel Jack Smith as ‘Trump Hating THUG,’
Former President Donald Trump blasted Jack Smith โ the special counsel for the investigation into documents Trump brought to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency โ in a series…
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Oversight Committee Demands White House Release Bidenโs Wilmington Residence Visitor Logs
Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) sent a letter to White House chief of staff Ron Klain, requesting the visitor logs for President Joe Biden's Wilmington,ย Delaware residence, where multiple…
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Report: ‘Matter’ Standard Has ‘Undeniable Momentum’
The Verge reports "undeniable momentum" for Matter, the royalty-free interoperability standard that "allows smart home devices from any manufacturer to talk to other devices directly and locally with no need…
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Will This Next-Generation Display Technology Change the World?
"I saw the future at CES 2023," writes Geoffrey Morrison, describing "a new, top-secret prototype display technology" that could one day replace LCD and OLED for phones and TVs. "It…
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Japan’s Experts Baffled By High ‘COVID Deaths’ Despite High Vaccination Rate
Japan's Experts Baffled By High 'COVID Deaths' Despite High Vaccination Rate Authored by Guy Gin via 'Making (COVID) Waves In Japan' Substack, After three booster campaigns in 2022, the Japanese…
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Visualizing The Changing World Population, By Country
Visualizing The Changing World Population, By Country On average, there areย 250 babiesย born every minute around the world. As Visual Capitalist's Freny Fernandes details below, this adds up to over 130…
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Destroying American Democracy – An Inside Job
Destroying American Democracy - An Inside Job Authored by Pete Hoekstra via The Gatestone Institute, Over the last few years, there has been much written about the destruction of American…
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‘It was just beautiful’: SpaceX’s most powerful rocket returns to flight
The setting sun illuminated the entire launch, creating a breathtaking display.
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68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town
It was not immediately clear what caused the plane to crash.
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Greta Thunberg and a ‘mud wizard’ faced off against German cops to protest a coal deal
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Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby
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Donโt believe the podium talk at Davosโbut capitalism is really starting to change
The rise of purpose-led companies is changing the face of capitalism, writes Patagonia's Beth Thoren.
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Did Russian Archaeologists Really Discover a New Ancient Culture?
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesDo you ever find yourself performing a task only to find that someoneโpossibly even youโhas already done the work? Something similar happened to…
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These Shady UAE Donors Gave Millions to Clinton and Trump While the Feds Dozed
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyA note from James Banford:Incredibly, at the same time FBI counterintelligence agents and Secret Service agents were on alert to attempts to interfere in…
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โSkinamarinkโ: The Journey From $15,000 Horror Indie to Terrifying Viral Phenomenon
ShudderLegos have never been as ominous as they are in Skinamarink, a haunted-house movie that feels like that one childhood nightmare you canโt shake. The colorful bricks seem to move…
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Serial Catfisher Posed as Anarchist Sex Worker to Tweet About 15-Year-Olds
Photo Illustration by Erin O'Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesAn obituary for the twentysomething anarchist sex-worker and writer Anarqxista Goldman described a heroโs death.โLast night our beautiful, fiery associate, Anarqxista, got involved…
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Inside the One-Way Feud Between Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasnโt even declared whether heโll run for president in 2024, and Donald Trump has tried to restrain himself from going…
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The Traitorous Spooks Helping Putin Crush Their Own People
Oskar HallgrimssonSOLEDAR, UkraineโExplosions filled the skies over the apartment complex weโd just been standing in. They were thermite cluster munitions fired by Russiaโs multiple long-range rocket systems, spreading white-hot fire…
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“Sentient World Simulation” yet another massive sim run by US govt mil forces to predict
It has been almostย ten years since I have blogged about this subject, namely, "Sentient World Simulation."ย In case you missed that blog and thatโฆ The post CONFIRMATION: โTHEYโ ARE LISTENING…
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Yellen to meet with Chinese finance minister in Switzerland
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to meet with her Chinese counterpart in Switzerland on Wednesday.
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โNo cheaters allowedโ. This company will pay you $1,500 to go on 15 dates
This U.S. jewelry brand is hoping an experiment to pay people to date will end with someone popping the big question.
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South African leader skips Davos amid electricity crisis
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has canceled his trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos in order to deal with his countryโs worsening power blackouts.
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Digital Developers feel secure in their jobs, but they’re still thinking about quitting
Developers are still gunning for higher salaries and better conditions despite recent tech layoffs and fears of recession.
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As elites arrive in Davos, conspiracy theories thrive online
The World Economic Forumโs annual meeting โ which will draw some of the worldโs wealthiest and most influential figures to the Swiss mountain town of Davos this week โ has…
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Oxfam echoes Bill Gates in calling for new taxes on the rich with โbillionaire-busting policiesโ
More than 700 billionaires live in the United States.
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Food professor earning $221,000 in inflation debate after he slams grocery shoplifters
Some Twitter users openly admitted to stealing food from retailers.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to…
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Terrified woman seen clinging on for dear life in crumbling apartment block after Russian missile strike
ORDINARY family life was taking place when a Russian missile hit a block of flats in eastern Ukraine killing at least 35, injuring dozens and leaving 35 missing but presumed…
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The First CRISPR Gene-Edited Meat is Coming
"Most companies are trying to create lab-grown meat with little to no genetic engineering, which despite shifts in attitude is still frowned on," writes Fast Company. And other companies "think…
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OtakuFest celebrates geek and nerd culture with 3-day showcase of anime, cosplay gaming and more
Sometimes you just wanna geek out about the stuff you like, like Shireen with shoes, and if the stuff you like happens to be anime,...
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What We Know About Robert Hur, Special Counsel Probing Bidenโs Handling Of Classified Documents
What We Know About Robert Hur, Special Counsel Probing Bidenโs Handling Of Classified Documents Authored by Samantha Flom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Robert K. Hur, the special counsel…
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Research Summaries Written By AI Fool Scientists
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: An artificial-intelligence (AI) chatbot can write such convincing fake research-paper abstracts that scientists are often unable to spot them, according to…
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Report: Supreme Court Investigators Draw in on Source of Roe Leak
U.S. Supreme Court investigators are getting closer to finding the individual who leaked the Supreme Courtโs decision to overturnย Roe v. Wade,ย according to theย Wall Street Journal.
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Way Too Many Government Documents Are Classified
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyAmidst the drama and debate over the Trump classified documents scandal and what (thus far) appears to be the Biden classified documents non-scandal, we…
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Nixon Threatened To Reveal CIA’s Involvement In Kennedy Assassination, Roger Stone Claims
Nixon Threatened To Reveal CIA's Involvement In Kennedy Assassination, Roger Stone Claims Authored by Roger Stone via Stone Cold Truth with Roger Stone, A stunning, long-overlooked Nixon Watergate-era tape shows…
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Iran hangs former defense ministry official over spy claim
Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid…
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Zimbabwe threatens health workers with jail if they strike
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) โ Zimbabwe has brought in a law that bans health workers such as nurses and doctors from prolonged strikes, imposing punishments of up to six months in…
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Moderna CEO: 400% Price Hike on COVID Vaccine ‘Consistent With the Value’
An anonymous reader shares a report: Moderna is considering raising the price of its COVID-19 vaccine by over 400 percent -- from $26 per dose to between $110 and $130…
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More Than 150 International Organizations Call on Biden to Close Guantรกnamo on 21st Anniversary
Guantรกnamo Bay โis the iconic example of the abandonment of the rule of law,โ the letter argues. The post More Than 150 International Organizations Call on Biden to Close Guantรกnamo…
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China Claims It Has Passed โPeakโ Coronavirus Cases
Chinese officials on Tuesday confidently assured a nervous global audience that the โpeakโ of the massive omicron outbreak has passed.ย
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Meta CTO Tells Employees Higher Headcount Has Led To ‘Untenable’ Slow Movement
An anonymous reader shares a report: Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has one of the toughest jobs in tech this year. On one hand, he has to deliver on CEO Mark…
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Miami-Dade wins right to strip FTX name off Heat arena
MIAMI (AP) โ The naming rights deal between FTX and Miami-Dade County was terminated Wednesday by a federal bankruptcy court, a move that allows the collapsed cryptocurrency exchangeโs brand to…
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UF spending $300K on new swimming pool for incoming university President Ben Sasse
A university spokesman said the funding for the pool came from private sources. The post UF spending $300K on new swimming pool for incoming university President Ben Sasse appeared first…
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Joe Biden: Republicans and Democrats, Unite Against Big Tech Abuses
Congress can find common ground on the protection of privacy, competition and American children, says U.S. President Joe Biden. In an op-ed at Wall Street Journal, he shares why he…
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Space Florida expects humans in space will double in next decade
What will that mean for the Florida economy? The post Space Florida expects humans in space will double in next decade appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns & Elections.…
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Reaching the 40s? As arctic blast arrives, what to expect this weekend in South Florida
Starting Friday, a cold front of arctic air will roll over South Florida, causing temperatures to drop sharply over the weekend, giving South Floridians the opportunity to break out those…
