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Former Brazlian president charged with plotting an attempted ...
Carrie Kahn
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Brazil's federal police say the former right wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, attempted to launch a coup in 2022 to stay in office following his re-election defeat. The authorit
NPR
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Make tonight a movie night with Google TVs Best of 2024 list
Dylan R. Coyle
Key Takeaways <ul><li> Google TV released a "best of 2024" list featuring top movies, shows, and staff picks. </li><li> "Road House" and "Shogun" were the most-watched movie and show, while Io
Android Police
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I Tried Krafts New Limited-Edition Mac & Cheese, and I Totall...
Alexandra Foster
We independently select these productsif you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. All prices were accurate at the time of publishing. When it comes to bagels, Im choosing an everyth
Thekitchn.com
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Trump loyalist Matt Gaetz withdraws from US attorney general ...
Al Jazeera
US conservative firebrand Matt Gaetz has announced that he is withdrawing from consideration for United States attorney general following renewed focus on sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Al Jazeera English
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Empowering neuroscience: Large open brain models released
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The hippocampus is one of the most fascinating brain regions. Associated with the formation of memories, it also helps us to navigate through the world without getting lost. Sensory cortices on the o
Science Daily
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The three foreign policy factions fighting for Trumps ear
Joshua Keating
Generally speaking, for many of the officials who served him during his first term, advising Donald Trump on foreign policy and national security does not appear to have been a very pleasant experien
Vox
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Could Humans Hibernate?
Vladyslav Vyazovskiy
The conventional view is that humans and other creatures around us live between periods of waking and sleeping. But it is not true. Many have mastered the art of hibernating, which allows them to spe
Aeon.co
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Promise New Podcast to Discuss ...
Matt Novak
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will soon lead a new non-governmental agency that President-elect Donald Trump has tasked with stripping billions of dollars from the U.S. government. And these U.S. oli
Gizmodo.com
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This strategy game is getting one last massive update that's ...
samuelwtolbert@gmail.com (Samuel Tolbert)
What you need to know <ul><li>Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox are launching Update 1.3 for Homeworld 3.</li><li>This update adds a number of gameplay reworks and improvements, while also coming al
Windows Central
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Signal finally added Arm64 support to its Windows app
Dylan R. Coyle
Key Takeaways <ul><li> Signal Messenger now runs natively on Windows Arm devices, providing a smoother user experience. </li><li> Google Chrome, Google Drive, and Proton VPN have also added support
Android Police
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NASA: Mystery of Lifes Handedness Deepens
William Steigerwald
The mystery of why life uses molecules with specific orientations has deepened with a NASA-funded discovery that RNA a key molecule thought to have potentially held the instructions for life before D
NASA
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OK, I can partly explain the LLM chess weirdness now
dynomight
We recently talked about a mystery: All large language models (LLMs) are terrible at chess. All, that is, except for gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct, which for some reason can play at an advanced amateur leve
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Gaetz Withdraws as Trumps Attorney General Pick Amid Scrutiny...
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Matt Gaetzwithdrew Thursday as President-elect Donald Trumps pick for attorney general following continued scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation that cast doubt on the former congres
Time
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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdraws as attorney general nominee
Lexie Schapitl
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is withdrawing his candidacy to be President-elect Trump's attorney general, after sex trafficking and drug use allegations imperiled his nomination. After meeting w
NPR
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Matt Gaetz withdraws his name to be Donald Trump's attorney g...
Alexandra Hutzler, Katherine Faulders, John Santucci, Jonathan Karl
Former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. "I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday,"
ABC News
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Pete Hegseth, Vance meet with GOP senators to fight for nomin...
Allison Pecorin, Mariam Khan, Hannah Demissie
Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to accompany President-elect Donald Trump's controversial pick to be secretary of the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, where they a
ABC News
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Pete Hegseth Might Be Trumps Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Jonathan Chait
For a few hours, Pete Hegseths nomination as secretary of defense was the most disturbing act of Donald Trumps presidential transition. Surely the Senate wouldnt confirm an angry Fox News talking
The Atlantic
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John Prescott: Seven big moments in life of Labour legend
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John Prescott, the Labour Party stalwart who rose from being a steward on a cruise ship to serving as deputy prime minister for a record ten years, has died at the age of 86. Former prime ministers
BBC News
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Bird Flu Has Infected Two Young People. Heres Why Experts Are...
Lauren J. Young
Since a strain of avian influenza was first detected in U.S. dairy cows this past spring, it has caused relatively mild illness in humans, with most cases seen in farmworkers who were directly expose
Scientific American
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Amazon Black Friday is here! These are the 9 laptop deals to ...
joe.foley@futurenet.com (Joe Foley)
Sure, Black Friday 2024 is technically next Friday. November 29, but Amazon's calling it Black Friday this week, and it has some epic laptop deals to back that claim. Highlights include a record $250
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WAR ESCALATION
Ellie Doughty, Will Stewart
RUSSIA used a terrifying new type of weapon in its suspected intercontinental ballistic missile strike against Ukraine, Ukrainian president Zelensky has warned. Zelensky told his war-embattled natio
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Trump team warns Republicans to support Cabinet picks or face...
Alexandra Hutzler
As controversy continues to cloud some of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, his team has an ominous warning for Republicans who don't fall in line behind his nominees. ABC News Chief Was
ABC News
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Microsoft can "dismantle language barriers in the workplace" ...
sean.endicott@futurenet.com (Sean Endicott)
What you need to know <ul><li>Microsoft Translator Pro is a new application that is designed to "dismantle language barriers in the workplace."</li><li>The app supports real-time translation and sim
Windows Central
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