Oil prices jump 7% after Trump says U.S. will hit Iran hard: the hour's strongest signal

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 41

AI shopping is coming to your favorite brand’s website

I'm searching for a fun, professional outfit for a panel I will moderate this fall, and I mosey over to Alice + Olivia's website. Until now, my only real option has been to scroll through thumbnails of dresses or fiddle with standard category filters.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

IDF denies IDF chief apologized to CENTCOM head after Katz said USAF struck Iran from Israeli bases

-Gen. Eyal Zamir had to apologize to CENTCOM after Defense Minister Katz revealed US jets were operating from Israeli bases.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Explosions reported at Egypt's Damietta Port, security officials suspect drone attack

Egypt’s Petroleum Ministry disputed the reports of a drone strike, stating that the the fire broke out on a regasification vessel and a storage vessel.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Gedera rapist sentenced to 21 years for home invasion attack on mother

The court also ordered Barkat Abu Issa to pay NIS 200,000 in compensation, comprising NIS 150,000 to the woman and NIS 50,000 to her son, who was two years old at the time of the attack.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Leatherman's Experimental Ratcheting Bit Driver

Leatherman's Garage line is where the company test-markets experimental tools, producing them in small batches. Their latest is the Garage Batch #009 , a ratcheting bit driver that doesn't resemble anything else in their line-up.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

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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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

DreamDomes' Elegant, Weather-Resistant Dome-Shaped Event Tents

This elegant Crossover L event tent is by DreamDomes , a UK-based event-structure company. Unlike a pole tent, it requires no central support, and provides uninterrupted floor space. Additionally, the dome shape does a better job handling wind.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Michael Hilgers' Multifunctional Side Table

This simple design for a multifunctional table is by Berlin-based designer Michael Hilgers. It's two pieces of powder-coated steel and serves as a side table; or, flipped over, it becomes a magazine rack.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Luxury Furniture, or ID Student Project?

In furniture design, there's sometimes an aesthetic and conceptual overlap between high-end minimalist luxury designs and an ID student project. This Fagiolo lounge chair is one of those.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

The Dutch Community Where People Live on Strips of Land in a Lake

In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands: The unique geography is of course manmade, the result of peat mining.