Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan: the hour's strongest signal

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Archived hourly edition · scores reflect information available at publication
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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 62

Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan

Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal that includes handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 61

New York sues Kalshi, calling it an ‘illegal gambling operation’

New York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi for potentially billions of dollars on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that includes sports wagering as the state seeks to halt its operations and force the company to forfeit its profits.

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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 48

Jurors in Lindsay Clancy murder trial visit home where children were killed

Defense lawyers say Clancy was ill with postpartum psychosis when she killed three children in January 2023 Jurors walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, a rare visit on Friday that let them see first-hand the place where an…

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 42

Oil spill from shadow fleet tanker spreading off Oman, satellite images show

By Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul BEIRUT/LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - A sanctions-hit tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Oman and the spill has spread in recent days, increasing concern about possible environmental damage to coastal areas, according to an analysis of…

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 41

Dwindling cash and soaring memory costs: Tech's AI buildout has ballooning price tag

Amazon, Alphabet and Tesla all reported negative cash flow in the latest quarter, while Meta's cash generation plummeted by 91%.

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Musical band Massive Attack members barred from Singapore after displaying Palestinian flag

Singapore is investigating possible licensing breaches after the musical band Massive Attack displayed a Palestinian flag. Two of its members are barred from returning.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Chinese Autonomous Buses are Spreading Around the World

S. was the dominant industrial power. We enjoyed conveniences and luxuries not readily available in other parts of the world, from air conditioning to appliances to cutting-edge vehicles.

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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.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco

As a Partner and Executive Managing Director at IDEO San Francisco , Michelle Lee leads multidisciplinary teams of researchers, designers, and engineers across sectors ranging from healthcare and workplace culture to responsible digital design and the circular economy.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Roof Racks That Automatically Lift and Lower the Load For You

These powered arms eliminate the single biggest hassle of a roof rack: The loading and unloading. They're made by multiple Chinese manufacturers you've never heard of, like Sionto and Kayjay.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Combining Computational Design with Wicker

Wicker story is the name of an initiative by architect Priyanka Narula and her firm, Hyderabad-based Prelab Design Studio. "The project was a response to a prolonged quest to define the future of design in the Indian context," Narula writes.

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Science & ClimateGlobalSignal 40

A new genetic tool helps researchers uncover the logic of gene regulation

The human genome contains more than 20,000 genes. However, at any given time and in a given cell, only a fraction are active.