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Business & FinanceEuropeSignal 69
Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza disarmament plan
Israeli prime minister says military will not withdraw from Palestinian enclave ‘until Hamas is disarmed’
Netanyahu rejects Trump’s Gaza disarmament plan: the hour's strongest signal
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Global AffairsNorth AmericaSignal 54
Trump's immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota's bruising Senate primary
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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 52
Puerto Rico rations water supplies due to intense drought
Hot weather and ageing infrastructure have led to the rationing, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.
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Culture & ArtsEuropeSignal 51
Banksy works cost public almost £150,000
FOI requests reveal Banksy artworks have cost taxpayers almost £150,000, with costs still rising.
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Global TechAsiaSignal 46
Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM - Notebookcheck
Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM Notebookcheck Windows 11’s Weather app uses obscene amounts of RAM – are Linux apps better? OMG!
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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 41
Iran's Pezeshkian met Supreme Leader Khamenei: state media
Iranian state media reports a recent meeting between President Masoud Pezeshkian and Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40
Trump: US ‘only semi-negotiating’ with Iran, observing impact of economic pressure
"We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money," Trump told Axios.
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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40
Arab parties’ Joint List deal collapses as Tibi rejects proposed Knesset slate
Arab party leaders agreed in January to revive the Joint List, though Abbas said the technical alliance could split after the election, leaving Ra’am free to join a coalition.
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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40
The rubicon of antisemitism crossed in the West - Israel will face new dangers, too
The wave of antisemitism is not receding; it is becoming more pervasive and more commonplace. In the US, for example, one in three individuals said they were targets of antisemitism.
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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40
Israel loses a friend in Congress: Rep. Kay Granger dies, 83
A staunch supporter of the Jewish state in her capacity as both chair of the House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee and the Committee on Appropriations, she will be missed
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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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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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 & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 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 & 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
U.S. Government Bans Foreign-Made Robots
Recently we've covered a number of robots, ranging from creepy to nifty: UBTECH's U1 companion robots. Unitree's crazy off-road AS2-W . Hyundai's parking robots .
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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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Science & ClimateGlobalSignal 37
Australia has pledged to restore nature. But could we ever bring back lost ecosystems?
Nature is not doing well in Australia. Many unique mammals, birds and insects are struggling. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.