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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 56
SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon - theverge.com
SpaceX is coming for T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon theverge.com SpaceX Flags Big Ambitions to Take On AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile Bloomberg.com Telecom Stocks Slip After SpaceX Takes Aim at Their Market Share WSJ SpaceX lays out plan to compete with Big 3 wireless carriers Fierce…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 51
Fuego volcano in Guatemala spews more ash and mud, 1,700 evacuated
Officials warn the next three days are critical, as forecast rain threatens to trigger more mudflows from the volcano.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Hamas shifts covert organizational units, activities to Turkey following Qatari crackdown
Palestinian sources say that the transfer to Turkey involves most of Hamas's covert activities, while Qatar will continue to host the terror organization's leadership and public-facing activities.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Hamas' denial of October 7 opens a new front in its existential war against Israel
If Netanyahu is replaced on October 27, Israel's next government should recognize that preserving the historical record has become a strategic imperative.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Syrian military raises alert level amid movements near Iraqi border
It also remained unclear whether the military movements had affected border crossings or civilian and commercial traffic between the two countries.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Berlin attack highlights Europe’s shift to individualized, multi-layered terror threats
Online radicalization, lone-actor violence, and Iran-linked networks are placing European security services under pressure from distinct but increasingly simultaneous threats.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
'Arabs want to live': Left-wing protesters attempt to breach Religious Zionist party headquarters
Party members were instructed by their leadership not to leave their offices, and Israel Police are en route to the scene.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Sonic's Focus on the UX of Pencil Cases
Here Japanese stationery manufacturer Sonic rethinks the humble pencil case, which is typically a form-follows-function rectangle.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 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 & Architecture/North America/Signal 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 & Architecture/North America/Signal 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 & Architecture/North America/Signal 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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Unitree's Impressive Off-Road Dog-Bot/Pack Mule
It might seem silly to develop a dog robot that can breakdance, as Chinese robotics brand Unitree has done. However, they've put all that agility to practical use.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Improvised Transport on Abandoned Infrastructure: Colombia's Ingenious Motorcycle-Railroad Adapters
Colombia started building railroads in the mid-19th century, and they boomed up until the mid-20th. But by the 1990s, as roads and cars proliferated, the national rail company was liquidated. Rural communities lost service.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 40
South Korea: Police raid Starbucks HQ over 'Tank Day' fiasco
Starbucks Korea faced major backlash after being accused of trivializing a 1980 massacre. Police say their internal investigation was not thorough enough.
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Longform/North America/Signal 40
My Parents’ House Is Infested With Roaches. My Husband Had Something to Do With It.
Slate reports on this developing story.
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Longform/North America/Signal 40
I Think My Brother Is Trying to Steal the Family Business. My Parents Refuse to Get Involved.
Slate reports on this developing story.
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Longform/North America/Signal 40
My Ex-Husband Is Incapable of Feeling a Basic Human Emotion. I Still Think We Could Make It Work.
Maybe I'm just fooling myself.