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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff apologizes for saying National Guard troops needed in San Francisco
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The Universe Is Bending the Laws of Physics All By Itself. Could It Become Unrecognizable Someday?
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OpenAI Pauses Sora AI Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. as Inappropriate Deepfakes Flood the App
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OpenAI Pauses Sora AI Videos of Martin Luther King Jr. as Inappropriate Deepfakes Flood the App
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The Dying Utter Eerily Similar Final Words. A Mysterious Shift in Consciousness May Explain Why.
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America’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster And the Cover-Up That Erased It from History
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Ukraine’s New ‘Junkyard’ Missile Is Pummeling Russia. It’s the Superweapon America Has Been Dreaming About.
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Startup Battlefield company SpotitEarly trained dogs and AI to sniff out common cancers and will show off its tech at Disrupt
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Ukraine’s New ‘Junkyard’ Missile Is Pummeling Russia. It’s the Superweapon America Has Been Dreaming About.
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While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them
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Scientists Discovered a Lost Land Bridge That Could Rewrite the Story of Humanity
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EFF, unions sue Trump administration over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents
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VC legend Ron Conway quits Salesforce Foundation after Benioff’s National Guard comments
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EFF, unions sue Trump admin. over alleged mass social media surveillance of legal residents
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Jesus Was a Psychedelic Mushroom, a Controversial Theory Suggests. Could It Reshape Christianity Forever?
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Amazon’s Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police
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Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online and will show off its platform at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
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