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Anthropic Hires OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy in Major Talent Win
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Joint statement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO concerning the outbreak of Ebola disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus
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Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
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Report: Sen. John Curtis Considering Run for Utah Governor
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“Supergirl” is a dud. The film earned a mediocre 57 percent at Rotten Tomatoes, but…
GOP Resolution Introduced to Phase Out U.S. Military Aid to Israel
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Hollywood Media Ignores Spencer Pratt’s Viral Mayoral Ad
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Lululemon’s Boardroom Fight With Founder Chip Wilson Gets Personal
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Lachlan Murdoch Pushes Fox Deeper Into Streaming With $22B Roku Deal
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Stanford Economist Erik Brynjolfsson’s Mindful Take on A.I.’s Impact
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6 Living Philanthropists Who Help Preserve America’s National Parks
As America nears its 250th birthday, billionaire philanthropy is reshaping how the country preserves its landscapes and monuments. Scott Olson/Getty Images America’s national parks belong […]
Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
To the people of Tenerife, My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General of the World Health Organization, the United Nations agency responsible […]
Establishing AI and data sovereignty in the age of autonomous systems
“Data is really a new currency; it’s the IP for many companies,” says Kevin Dallas, CEO of EDB, echoing a recurrent anxiety from customers. “The […]
Bessent: Trump Will Not Take Bad Deal on Iran
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, filling in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, stressed at Thursday’s press briefing that President Donald Trump will not “take […]
The “steroid olympics” were a circus—and a window into our culture
Like Kerley, sprinter Tristan Evelyn from Barbados competed without taking any drugs. She too won big in Vegas, besting her Enhanced peers in two events. […]
This Little ‘View’ Distortion Is Peak Cringe
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Madonna Gets on All-Fours in Front of Toilet, Her Breasts Hanging Out, in Wild Pride Month Video
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Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
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UFC Fighter Sean Strickland Escorted Out of UFC Fan Fest Event
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‘Minions & Monsters’ tops Fourth of July holiday box office, barely beating ‘Toy Story 5’
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Inside soccer’s data renaissance | MIT Technology Review
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Anti-Weaponization Fund, ballroom, DNI chief: Trump plans trip up immigration package’s passage
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Welcome to the June issue of The Highlight
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Is it possible to tell if a book is written by AI?
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The Supreme Court’s surprisingly timid new Voting Rights Act decisions
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Liberal Film Critics Torch Woke ‘Ladies First’
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Exclusive eBook: Inside the stealthy startup that pitched brainless human clones
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Repositioning retail for the AI era
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Poll Shows Lindsey Graham with Commanding Lead over Mark Lynch in South Carolina GOP Senate Primary
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Why do I feel so behind in life?
Allora Dannon didn’t notice when her younger siblings started dating before she did, and she was mostly focused on her academics when her college classmates […]
Democrats should be talking about climate change, according to voters
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Trump Says Talks With Iran Continue, Announces Israel, Lebanon Ceasefire
President Donald Trump said Monday that talks with Iran continue after announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. The president made the announcements in a […]
Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 20 May 2026
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So Scary You Can’t Keep Quiet in a Theater
Damien McCarthy’s “Hokum” begins with an author named Bauman (Adam Scott) putting the finishing touch on his novel, a nihilistic, Cormac McCarthy-like epic set in […]
US Fans Give Voice to Their Sadness After Disastrous 4-1 Loss to Belgium: ‘Make It Stop’
There is no polite way to put this: the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) got its butts kicked Monday night. What began as an historic […]
How Hawk-Eye Took Human Error Out of the World’s Biggest Games
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US-Iran peace deal: How Iran won the war
The US and Iran have a new peace agreement — and lots of unresolved questions about Iran’s nuclear program, the future status of the Strait […]
The Download: a new Christian phone network, and debugging LLMs
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A […]