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Bose Lifestyle Ultra Speaker Review: A Pair Is the Way to Go - CNET
A direct competitor to Sonos' Era 100 speaker, the attractively designed Lifestyle Ultra has excellent sound for its size and built-in Google Cast support -- but you'll probably want two.
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Nasdaq futures fall 2% as global chip sell-off continues: Live updates - CNBC
The moves come after a decline in chipmakers dragged the broader market lower and the U.S. continued to strike Iran overnight.
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Fugitive featured on ‘America’s Most Wanted’ captured off New York coast after 20 years on the run - New York Post
A Rhode Island fugitive who had been on the run for 20 years and was featured on “America’s Most Wanted” was captured by US Marshals on his sailboat off the coast of New York.
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Chicago Air Quality Alert in effect with index at hazardous levels from Canadian wildfire smoke - ABC7 Chicago
Air Quality Index map shows hazardous levels in parts of Chicago area
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San Francisco Demands Apple and Google Delete AI ‘Nudify’ Apps From App Stores - WIRED
The City Attorney’s Office sent the tech giants cease-and-desist letters this week telling them to stop profiting from 13 “face-swap” apps that are overwhelmingly used to target women and girls.
Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine as Zelenskyy’s defense shake-up sparks anger - AP News
Ukraine is navigating a leadership shake-up amid its ongoing war with Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, sparking protests and highlighting tensions between military traditionalists and innovators. Zelenskyy…
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China’s Powerful New Moonshot AI Model Closes Gap With US Rivals - Bloomberg.com
Chinese AI pioneer Moonshot unveiled a new model that it claims performs on par with some of the top-tier platforms from OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, the latest sign that the Asian country’s artificial intelligence labs are closing a technology gap with the US.
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At least 2 dead in Texas floods as hundreds rescued in same region as Camp Mystic disaster - CNN
Disastrous flash flooding has hit southern Texas after days of torrential rain, leaving at least two people dead and hundreds of people rescued across the same region struck by last July’s catastrophic floods.
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Gulf states come under Iranian fire as US strikes intensify - Al Jazeera
IRGC claims responsibility for strikes against US military assets in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Jordan and Syria.
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Iran says civilian infrastructure hit by latest U.S. strikes, expands attacks to Syria, Bahrain - CNBC
The escalating standoff comes as the fragile truce signed by the U.S. and Iran last month showed further signs of unravelling
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US launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hit - BBC
Tehran says the US strikes hit bridges, while the US boards a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Three-quarters of ships in Strait of Hormuz go dark as missiles rain down - TradeWinds News
Windward data shows tankers leading the way in terms of turning AIS off
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Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse Might Make the Long Wait for a New 2D Castlevania Worth It | IGN Preview - IGN
After playing the first three hours of Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Dead Cells developer Evil Empire's take on the legendary series seems to be poised to live up to extraordinarily high standards set by its predecessors.
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Xi Promises AI for All in Debut at China’s Top Tech Summit - Bloomberg.com
President Xi Jinping hailed China’s progress in developing low-cost artificial intelligence, pressing his personal imprint on the country’s rapidly expanding global influence to call for a more open technological order.
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Trump says ABC, NBC licenses should be revoked over refusal to air speech on election integrity - The Washington Post
ABC and NBC did not specify why they declined to air the speech, but networks are often loath to grant time to presidents for overtly political purposes.
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