Elon Musk appears to signal the end of the road for Cybertruck: the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 53
Elon Musk appears to signal the end of the road for Cybertruck
Musk said it was to make room for production of its Cybercabs - autonomous taxis without a driver.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 50
Uncertainty over Nigeria vote as court bars opposition leader
A Nigerian court Thursday declared invalid the nomination of Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidate for the opposition African Democratic Congress, just two months before the country's elections.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
Melania Trump calls for lasting Ukraine truce as she hosts Russian and Ukrainian officials
The US first lady was credited by all for playing a key though unspecified role in the ceasefire.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 42
North Korea's army of world-class hackers is secret weapon that took down Binance
"There is no other country grooming hackers like this, systematically searching for the smartest children, solely to turn them into operatives," North Korean defector Kim Heung-kwang said.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
PMO does not dispute Trump's claim of halting aid to Israel, reframes it as ‘mutual investment'
PMO spokesman Spielman said that "...
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Trump administration coordinated with Iran on deportations for asylum seekers in middle of war – AP
One of the detainees attempted suicide once he learned he could be deported to Iran, according to the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund’s executive director Yasmine Chubin.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
The alliance with America is changing, and Israel cannot afford to ignore it
The political calculations have changed, and Israel would be making a serious mistake to ignore them, which is why Tuesday’s results – and what VP JD Vance said after the loss – demand a reckoning.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The Unique Fairings on Bandit9's RED 800 Motorcycle
You probably know of RED , Bono's organization that raises fund to fight preventable diseases, through their many collaborations with Apple and Jony Ive; there were special RED iPod Nanos, iPhones and even a Mac Pro.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Automatic Drop Down Seals for Doors
The automatic door bottom is a clever bit of engineering that prevents under-door drafts, without installing a skirt that drags across your floor. Also called an automatic drop seal, it consists of an aluminum extrusion mounted in a dado cut into the bottom of the door.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Industrial Design Student Work: A Hard Drive that Visually Indicates How Full It Is
This morphing hard drive enclosure is by Antonin Odin , done as an Industrial Design student at France's ENSCI . People increasingly want more visibility over their data, more taste in the objects they live with, and more function from both.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Modern Take on the Split-Rail Fence
This is what's called a split-rail fence: The design is a classic example of more-work-up-front, less-work-later. With a traditional nailed fence, like this… …if one of the rails becomes damaged, you need to de-nail it to remove it.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
The (Partially) Hide-Away Urban Desk
This Urban Desk is by UrbanNature, a space-saving furniture brand started by German industrial designer Jörg Brachmann. It's not a full hideaway desk, but tucks its lower worksurface away in order to become less obtrusive. The mechanism is low-tech and human-powered.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
PureSelfMade's Build-Your-Own Wind Turbine Workshops
Since the 1970s, self-taught engineer Hugh Piggott has been building wind turbines from scratch in his native Scotland. In the 2000s, he started holding workshops showing participants how to build their own.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Redneck & Designey Ways to Stop Vandals from Smashing Your Mailbox
I live in rural America, and can say that the 20th-century sport of "mailbox baseball" is still alive and well. While these photos aren't mine, this is a common scene on my local roads: This is a problem all around the country.
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Longform/North America/Signal 40
Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Culture Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.
Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.
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Longform/North America/Signal 39
Slate Mini Crossword for Nov. 6, 2026
Take a quick break with our daily 5x5 grid.
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Longform/North America/Signal 39
I Love Hatchet . Millions of People Don’t. I’m Just Now Realizing the Unsettling Reason Why.
Has Hatchet stuck around in the kids’ book canon because, plain and simple, boys are bad at reading?
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Culture & Arts/Europe/Signal 39
RuPaul's Drag Race UK crowns winner as BBC axes the series
The UK spin off of the global hit show is being shelved after eight series on the BBC.
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