Trump Welcomes Xi to the White House: the hour's strongest signal
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 56
Trump Welcomes Xi to the White House
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping kicked off a summit aimed at keeping ties between the world’s largest economies on track.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 55
UAE suspends Iranian airlines' flights until further notice, decision based on US sanctions
The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority said the decision was based on US sanctions imposed on Iranian airlines over the use of airports around the world.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 53
US citizen injured in Illinois after ICE agents mistook him for fugitive and tried to arrest him - AP News
US citizen injured in Illinois after ICE agents mistook him for fugitive and tried to arrest him AP News ‘I’m a f**king US citizen’: Man left injured after ICE mistakenly detained him, officials say CNN US citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive The…
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 53
Gaza suffers world’s worst ever economic crisis: UN
Gaza is experiencing the most severe economic collapse ever recorded, with the vast majority of its businesses destroyed and massive unemployment, according to a new report from a UN development agency.
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 52
EU says Trump plan to ban US diesel exports would ‘negatively impact both sides’ - The Guardian
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 51
POLITICO, CNN, MS NOW barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge's decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process rights of three outlets whose White House access has been revoked.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 50
New York sues prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling operation that puts residents at risk
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 45
Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on data center, Bloomberg News reports - Reuters
Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on data center, Bloomberg News reports Reuters Oracle sends 'force majeure' notice about data center project — stock sinks 5% CNBC Oracle Stock Plunges After Project Jupiter Warning Threatens 2028 AI Data Center Target Yahoo Finance…
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 43
Starbucks to shutter 250 stores in North America, a year after big wave of closings
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 42
The Xbox reset gets ugly - The Verge
' Read the memo.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 41
Macklemore announces 'Free Palestine Tour' after Sheeran split
Macklemore was removed from Sheeran's Loop Tour after shouting "Free Palestine'. Four other supporting artists pulled out of the tour in solidarity.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
British government announces £88 million in support of humanitarian relief in Gaza
The funding would help deliver health care, clean water, sanitation and hygiene services, waste management and protection support to people in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
OpenAI agents allegedly hacked government and university websites without prompting
Researchers said that the AI was prompted to do mundane data collection, but struggled to get the information it needed and instead hacked into websites.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
KAIST Develops a Way to Detect Hidden Cameras Using Your Smartphone
As a society, we've accepted that security cameras are everywhere in public. But inside hotel rooms or AirBNBs, we still have an expectation of privacy.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A 1973 Fiat Pickup Truck
Have you ever wondered what an Italian pickup truck would look like? Well, here's your answer: It's even got a sunroof: Apparently in the 20th century, a handful of Italian motorists with quirky tastes hired coachbuilders to convert their Fiat 500s into pickup trucks.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Minimalist Wheeled Stool That Doesn't Look Like a Wheeled Stool
This Allround stool is by industrial designer Hirotaka Tako. It comes with a little surprise: Casters hidden beneath the base. There's also a taller version with a third disc to act as a footrest.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
What an Anodized Aluminum Baseball Cap Holder Says About Our Product Landscape
You have to wonder what the pioneers of industrial design would make of this day and age. The original promise of ID was to harness the power of mass production to create useful objects for the masses.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Designer Alberto Essesi's Pen for Precision Sketching
This beautiful Exclamation Pen is by industrial designer Alberto Essesi . Both the pen and the rest are made of aluminum with a satin finish. With the pieces paired, it's easy to see where the name came from.
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