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Magnitude 7.1 earthquake shakes southern Japan, tsunami warning issued
PM Sanae Takaichi urges people 'to remain vigilant for the possibility of another earthquake of similar magnitude'.
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Netanyahu to meet Trump in a first encounter since the Iran war began
The meeting comes as both face pressures at home. Netanyahu is up for reelection, embattled in part due to his deteriorating relationship with Trump. Trump is under pressure to end an unpopular war.
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AI tokens could become the kilowatt-hour of the AI age
AI companies use tokens to track usage and bill customers. Now economists are using them to track the spread of AI through the economy.
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Blurred front lines: Trump to meet Zelenskyy as Ukraine, Iran wars collide
S war against Iran and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine have threatened to overlap in recent days.
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Yes, it's possible to save money while paying off credit card debt. Here's how
In fact, experts recommend it because it can keep you off the hamster wheel of debt. Here's how to find the money in your budget to put toward savings and credit card payments.
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UPS beats earnings expectations, raises full-year guidance
UPS beat Wall Street expectations and raised its full-year guidance in its second-quarter earnings report Tuesday.
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Chip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition Fears - Bloomberg.com
Chip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition Fears Bloomberg.com See more headlines & perspectives on Google News
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This hotel-inspired hospital is designed to make high-risk pregnancies feel less scary
Squint and you might see what looks like a hotel room inside Nemours Children's Health , a pediatric hospital in Wilmington, Delaware.
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This simple UI fix made verifying early voting signatures faster in Arizona
To cut down on the time it takes to verify signatures for early ballots, election officials in Arizona's largest county made a simple UI change. All it took was less scrolling.
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Global AffairsLatin AmericaSignal 40
Border crossings shut as heavy snow coats Argentina's side of Andes
Truck drivers said they had spent up to eight days stuck in one spot after over three metres of snowfall blocked roads and shuttered the Puente del Inca border crossing into Chile.
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Primary suspect in murder of Benayahu Razi arrested after two-week manhunt
Israel Police confirmed that they arrested 17-year-old Avior Sasson in a Tuesday statement.
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Pahlavi remains Iran’s main opposition figure, lack of US backing causing failure at regime change
Reza Pahlavi emerged as the most visible candidate to lead a post-regime Iran, but US resistance, donor frustration, and opposition divisions have weakened his campaign.
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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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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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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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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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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Light is Bringing Back the Flip Phone
In a sign that consumer technology has gone too far, for the first time in modern history we're seeing a younger generation pushing back. In the early 20th century, all teenagers dreamt of owning a radio; in the latter half, a (landline) telephone, a TV, a Walkman, a cell phone.
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Humanscale Revives a Niels Diffrient Design for a Hybrid Work/Lounge Chair
The Diffrient Lounge is a new type of chair that's been decades in the making. As the name suggests, it was conceived of by industrial designer Niels Diffrient, who passed away in 2013; more recently Humanscale decided to advance the design and put it into production, as the…