White House bars CNN from Air Force One for Trump’s upcoming trip: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 45
White House bars CNN from Air Force One for Trump’s upcoming trip
Real America's Voice News replaces CNN on Air Force One amid escalating tensions between President Trump and US media.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 44
Black woman found hanging from tree was dead before body was 'staged', police say
Tasia Fortune's body was found hanging from a tree on the grounds of an abandoned home in Jackson in August.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Arming Taiwan an important US interest, Taipei official says after Trump-Xi summit
David Perdue, the US ambassador to China, told CNBC on Friday that Trump has made no change in Taiwan policy, including the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which mandates arms sales to the island.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
FBI staff psychiatric, medical records stolen by ShinyHunters, hackers claim
ShinyHunters told Reuters on Tuesday that the data it had was "very very sensitive" and included medical information, discharges, prescriptions, clinical visits, and "any health issues with Agents."
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges
The latest example came on Friday when OpenAI said its agents had leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users. OpenAI declined to say if the images were AI-generated or identified real people.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
US investigating how sensitive F-35 parts diverted to Hong Kong ended up in China's hands
Sensitive F-35 stealth fighter parts ended up in Chinese hands after a shipment was diverted to Hong Kong, with US lawmakers investigating how the incident occurred.
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Celluveyor: A Next-Generation Omnidirectional Modular Conveyor Belt
Factories, warehouses and distribution centers all use conveyor belts. These are great for moving objects along a single route.
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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 Minimalist Low-Cost Japanese Sketchbook
These Blank Note sketchbooks by MUCU, a Japanese stationery brand, almost look like some kind of military surplus. But in fact they're just as minimal a sketchbook as possible: Two pieces of recycled paperboard for the covers, a canvas strip for the spine, and 60 pages of…
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Motomorphosis: MSCHF's Radically Modified Lexuses
Art collective MSCHF is at it again, this time with Lexus . For their Motomorphosis exhibit, which opens tomorrow at NYC's Armory Week art fair, they've stretched two real cars into unlikely forms.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Cory Johnson's Infinite Pocket Jeans
Remember these ridiculous jeans created by Werther's Originals? They had 30 coin pockets up and down the legs, intended to provide stash space for the candy company's treats.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 39
Sukkot and the United Nations: Two competing visions of Israel’s history
Political fashions at the UN change from generation to generation, but the historical truth of the Jewish people in their land is as firm as a rock.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 36
Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters - The Guardian
Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters The Guardian CEO who posted 'Lake America' sweatshirt photos is no longer with the company CNBC CEO loses job over viral photo of family in ‘Lake America’ sweatshirts The Independent…
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 36
The climate doom-mongers now dread sovereign debt blowouts
The same people are gnashing the same teeth and making the same arguments
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Business & Finance/Europe/Signal 36
A tribute to great wrong ideas
Francis Fukuyama’s famous thesis is not the only example of a useful intellectual mistake
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Investigative/Global/Signal 32
White House blocks CNN from trip on Air Force One - The Washington Post
White House blocks CNN from trip on Air Force One The Washington Post White House Blocks CNN From Air Force One The New York Times CNN left off Air Force One for Trump's upcoming trip, White House signals in new media restriction NPR White House bars CNN from covering Trump on…
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