Iran classes Argentina navy, air force as 'terrorist organizations': the hour's strongest signal
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 64
Iran classes Argentina navy, air force as 'terrorist organizations'
" Tehran claimed Buenos Aires is responsible for further consequences.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 50
At least 300 schools evacuated in Italy after email bomb alerts
Italian PM Meloni says there is no danger as UK and Northern Ireland authorities also report 'bogus' alerts.
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Science & Climate/Global/Signal 47
India pollution monitors overwhelmed by toxic smog
India's air pollution monitors were overwhelmed this week by toxic smog so severe that concentrations exceeded their upper measurement limit, equivalent to 66 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum, regulators said.
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 46
US House votes to derail impeachment of Defense Secretary Hegseth
Republicans in the US House of Representatives banded together on Tuesday to derail aneffort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Fraser Jackson, our correspondant in Washington DC, has more.
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Global Tech/Asia/Signal 46
Not everyone is loving their new iPhone Duo - The Verge
Not everyone is loving their new iPhone Duo The Verge 10 Free iPhone Duo Apps Worth Downloading MacRumors Apple’s Foldable Achieved in 2 Weeks What Android Has Chased for 6 Years Man of Many iPhone Duo vs.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 43
American soldier arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia
's National Security Act.
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Global Affairs/North America/Signal 43
Iran-backed trio accused of plotting attacks on U.K. base hosting U.S. jets
K. S. troops.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 42
The next big creators will be experts
When I started hosting a podcast this year, I assumed the guests whose message would travel furthest would be the ones with the biggest followings. That’s how I’d been taught to think about talent for 20 years, since the MySpace days, but it turned out to be the other way round.
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Business & Finance/North America/Signal 41
‘I am a writer who wanted to be a painter’: Tobias Frere-Jones on the creative mash-up that led him to typeface design
Tobias Frere-Jones has designed typefaces for clients like Martha Stewart Living , the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Carnegie Hall, Stacey Abrams, Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral office, the American Civil Liberties Union, New York…
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Global Affairs/Europe/Signal 41
Russia, Ukraine start second day of US-led talks: Kyiv lead negotiator
Russia and Ukraine have resumed US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi for a second day, Kyiv's chief negotiator Rustem Umerov said on Wednesday.
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
AI is making engineers faster, but nobody is checking the bill or the quality, says AI Israeli CEO
Milestone co-founder Liad Elidan tells The Jerusalem Post Business and Innovation podcast that companies are racing to adopt AI coding tools without the governance to know whether they are paying off
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Global Affairs/Middle East/Signal 40
Can Kurdish leaders, US envoy help end Kurdistan Regional Government crisis?
The KDP won 39 seats in the 100-seat parliament, while the PUK secured 23. Neither party has enough seats to govern alone, making negotiations over senior positions and cabinet portfolios essential.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Magnetic-Footed Spider-Bot That Can Climb and Weld
The Diden Spider is a robot that has magnetic feet and can weld. Developed by South Korea's Diden Robotics, the four-legged 'bot uses electric pulses to switch its magnetic feet on and off; once attached to a surface, they draw no power.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Made in Search's Midcentury-esque Hearth Lamp
This simple, elegant Hearth Lamp looks like a Midcentury Modern design that's turned up in some Danish thrift shop. But in fact it's a new object, by British homeware brand Made in Search .
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Can You Guess How This Hollow Clock with Floating Hands Works?
This Hollow Clock was designed by Shinsaku Hiura , an engineering professor at the University of Hyogo. It was then 3D printed and assembled by content creator MechDesign98 . As the clock's name suggests, there is no pane of transparent material filling the circle.
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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
Kate Schroder's Illuminated LED "Chandeliearrings"
These chandeliearrings are by Kate Schroeder , a Missouri-based ceramic artist and jewelrymaker. They contain LEDs powered by LR41 button batteries, which provide about 30 hours of life (though the brightness dims over time).
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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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Design & Architecture/North America/Signal 40
A Table that Goes from Round to Square
This transforming table is by Polish company Bauhausly . Its signature trick is that it goes from round to square: Beneath you can see the concealed hinges that make it work.
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