Wave of WhatsApp suspensions sweeps across Israel, raising concerns of blocked accounts: the hour's strongest signal
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Wave of WhatsApp suspensions sweeps across Israel, raising concerns of blocked accounts
The Israel Internet Association on Saturday advised WhatsApp users to back up important information stored in the messenger app in case their accounts were suspended as well.
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Pentagon lists four US troops killed during Iran ceasefire as separate casualties from Epic Fury
The four soldiers were designated "Overseas Operations Casualties," and were listed separately from the 14 additional Epic Fury casualties that occured since February 28.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Mansour Abbas' Ra'am party to hold first ever primary election for Knesset candidates
According to the party's statement, the conference is part of the completion of its organizational preparations and fulfills its constitutional requirements.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Ancient Cypriot silver coin found on Ashdod's shore offers new insight into 2,500-year-old trade
The approximately 2,500-year-old coin was located by Ashdod Beaches Department Deputy Director Avi Chaprak during a search to locate objects lost by visitors to the beach.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Exclusively breastfeeding infants linked to higher allergy rates in young children, study finds
Children who were exclusively breastfed had an 82% higher risk in the first year, 62% at age two, and 54% at age three.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Northern Israeli man arrested for incitement after calling to hunt 'settler pigs'
"They must be hunted down like pigs. God curse you; may not a single pig settler remain," said the 39-year-old Maghar resident in a post.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Wooden Rings, as Jewelry—and Hinges
German craftsman Tobias Rudolph runs WerksAtelier , a Berlin-based wooden goods fabrication shop. One of the products they make are Holzringe , rings made out of tiny laminated veneers: As if that wasn't impressive enough, Rudolph experimented with his ring-making prowess to…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Cordalock: A Four-Way Bike Lock
A group of metal fabricators were visiting a trade show in Germany, when they noticed something disturbing: "Hundreds of bicycles parked outside – many secured with two or three different locks, while others were missing a wheel or saddle," according to German bike magazine Velo…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Announcing <i>Fusion Forward: Design for Home</i>, a New Competition from Core77 and Autodesk Fusion
Core77 and Autodesk Fusion have teamed up to launch Fusion Forward: Design for Home , a competition inviting designers to reconsider the products that shape everyday domestic life.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Clever Design for a Stud Finder Combines Low and Hi Tech
H. Hanson Magnetic Stud Finder is a simple, low-tech piece of kit. It has two powerful magnets on the back, and you wave it around a wall until it snaps to a screw behind the paint.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AIM's Deconstructed Kitchen Faucet
For thirty years, Wenzhou Dinggu Technology Co. made molds for manufacturers of bathroom fittings. In 2018, they decided to do their own thing and lean into design, forming a spin-off called AIM Faucet.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
John Meng's Found-Object Cigar Ashtray
This Achille cigar ashtray is by Zhangzhou-based designer John Meng. "A cigar ashtray constructed from espresso portafilter component, a filter basket, and a blind bowl. Stainless steel and Beech wood.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
An Apple Vision Pro Seating Station at a Parisian Opera House
Typically at an opera house, the only thing patrons are looking through are opera glasses. But at Paris' historic Palais Garnier, they've got Apple Vision Pro headsets on offer.
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Israel must confront terror, settler violence with equal resolve
Every attack on civilians deserves condemnation. Israel cannot allow political considerations to weaken enforcement against settler violence.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
Vodacom Trims Payout Plan, Lifts Revenue Goal to $18 Billion
Vodacom Group Ltd. trimmed its dividend-payout plan and raised its revenue, earnings and cash-flow goals as the wireless carrier seeks to reinvest capital in its higher-growth eastern and northern African businesses.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 39
FTSE 100 Live: Stock Futures Rise as Oil Drops on Easing Iran Tensions
Bloomberg Markets reports on this developing story.
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Governments have a financial vested interest not to reform gambling laws. Here’s why
Australian state governments have spent years making up funding shortfalls by bringing in billions in gambling revenue.