A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally: the hour's strongest signal
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A gut punch in Ohio: Nearly 1,400 laid off at truck factory just days before Trump rally
WASHINGTON: Sipping tea from beer mugs with his coworkers, Kyle Bos listed the ways his life is changing. Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did.
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Ax-wielding FlyDubai co-pilot had been flagged over extremism concerns
CAIRO: The co-pilot accused of attacking the captain of an Israel-bound flight with an ax and trying to seize the controls was an Omani national who had been barred from flying on his country’s airline because of concerns about extremist views, officials said Saturday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Ancient Greek elegy dedicated to judge found in ancient Egyptian tomb sealed with protection spells
Its 19-lines of ancient Greek text is written in red ink, dedicated to a person named "Pesikhtis," who, according to preliminary study, may have held the position of judge.
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Excavations near ancient Turkish port may have found Alexander the Great’s soldiers tombs
According to AA, an initial survey of the necropolis identified at least 30 rock-cut tombs and chest-type graves scattered across the site. As of now, only 10 have been fully uncovered.
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North Korea launches ballistic missile over 700 kilometers as hostilities heat up
North Korea has launched missile tests on more than 10 occasions so far this year. Pyongyang has sometimes said it was testing new types of weapons systems.
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US Coast Guard launches search for missing Canadian medical jet carrying six
The plane was flying at 24,000 feet (7,300 meters) for much of the flight before descending to 13,000 feet in about two minutes shortly before flight controllers lost contact, data showed.
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Spanish police fire rubber bullets, arrest neo-Nazi extremists in massive housing crisis riots
Far-right activists, some of whom performed Nazi salutes, tried to reach demonstrators camped out in the Puerta del Sol, a central square in the Spanish capital, to protest the housing crisis.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A "Mirror" Made Out of Motorized Penguins
21c Museum Hotels is a hospitality company that combines boutique hotels and restaurants with contemporary art gallery spaces free to the public.
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Titan Straps: Fast, Tough Tie-Down Straps Invented for a Bikerafting Trip
Here's a fascinating way to travel: Bikerafting. First popularized in Alaska in the 1980s, you ride through the wilderness on your bike, carrying a packraft (an inflatable raft).
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
AI Has Changed What Makes a Great Designer
For most of my nearly three decades teaching design at Parsons School of Design , there was a relatively straightforward answer to the question of what made a young designer valuable: technical proficiency.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
LDF 2026: Design collectives
Much has been said and written about design festivals having to bow to economic restraints and corporate rule. This year, independent collectives across London got together to shake up the establishment by just doing it themselves, together.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Meta's Radically Thinner, More Lightweight VR Glasses
There's a gigantic size gap between VR glasses and ordinary spectacles. I expected Apple to start closing that gap first, but instead it's Meta that's taking the design lead. Their forthcoming Meta VR glasses have chunky stems, but otherwise look a lot closer to regular eyewear.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Strutt's Chief Designer Covers the Development of Their Powered Wheelchair Battery
Earlier we looked at the ev¹ , a beautiful powered wheelchair by Singaporean startup Strutt . We were so taken by the form that we didn't even wonder where the battery goes, or what it looks like.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Unusual Joinery in Abuse Studio's 1000L Furniture
Furniture designers once sought to hide their joinery. But these days anything goes, with some designers turning the joinery itself into a point of visual interest.
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Investigative/Global/Signal 39
2 men injured in downtown Portland shooting; 4 detained - KATU
2 men injured in downtown Portland shooting; 4 detained KATU Two men shot in downtown Portland, PPB used helicopter to track suspects KOIN.com Portland police detain four men after midnight gunfire in Old Town OregonLive.com Police ask for witnesses after 2 men injured in…
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Debris found of medical plane that went missing near Nantucket with 6 on board, Coast Guard says - CBS News
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Business & Finance/Global/Signal 38
OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’ - The Guardian
OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’ The Guardian I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken The Atlantic OpenAI safety employee quits, says 'time for trial and error is over' Reuters OpenAI safety leader David Robinson resigns — and says company…
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 36
The Witcher 3 Remastered Nintendo Switch 2 tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution - nintendoeverything.com
The Witcher 3 Remastered Nintendo Switch 2 tech analysis, including frame rate and resolution nintendoeverything.com The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered Path Tracing & DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Update Out Now NVIDIA Forget what PC Gamer said: The Witcher 3 will always be my…
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