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‘eBay’s Bizarre Cyberstalking Saga Ends With a $56 Million Settlement’

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Emma Roth, The Verge: eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported earlier by CNBC. The settlement will resolve a lengthy leg...

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A Deluge of AI Computing Power Is About to Come Online

New York Times: “Behind each leap in AI are corresponding jumps in computing power. Today, there are about 20 million AI chips crammed into the data centers that underpin the technology’s growing abilities and usage worldwide… That figure is expected to double roughly every nine months, putting the world on pace to have about 200 […]

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Iran Gambles On Escalation with Surprise Attack

“Iran’s surprise missile attack on U.S. forces in Jordan shows Tehran’s military leaders would rather risk ramping up the war than play defense or accept a peace deal that would expose them to greater domestic political pressures,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Trump Teleprompter Operator in Gambling Scandal Is Out

“The teleprompter operator accused of unlawfully gambling on President Donald Trump’s speeches via a prediction marketplace is no longer employed by the White House,” NOTUS reports.

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Comey Says Secret Service ‘Illegally’ Surveilled Him

Lawyers for James Comey allege the U.S. Secret Service “knowingly conducted illegal electronic surveillance” of the former FBI director at the request of a high-level official on the same day President Trump claimed Comey was threatening “assassination” by posting a photo of seashells on a North Carolina beach forming the numbers “8647,” CNBC reports.

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Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1966 #museumarchive #museumofmodernart

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Pont Neuf #cortes #postimpressionism

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Best of the Pod: Wired's Kevin Kelly on Why AI Is a 50-year Overnight Success

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Kevin Kelly has spent over 30 years experiencing the edge of new technology: from the earliest days of the internet to the first years of Burning Man. But he’s always treated the frontier as a place to visit, not somewhere to live. It’s partially how he’s been able to stay g...

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Huffy’s kids’ e-bike makes a compelling case for pedal-assisted riding

For many parents, the idea of buying an electric bike for their kid might initially seem unnecessary. After all, didn’t we all grow up pedaling regular bikes without a motor?

But the more you look at today’s generation of young riders – and the role that e-bikes can play in getting them outside – the more compelling the argument becomes. Huffy is betting on exactly that with its Quantis Kids eBike, a 24-inch electric bicycle designed for riders aged 12 and up.

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The Trump administration has quietly gutted the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the organization tasked with making healthcare safer and more affordable.

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Sending Some Companies Back to China (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Trump Live Updates: Fauci Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions on Covid Origins (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s July Meeting (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Shedeur Sanders or Deshaun Watson? Sanders wins by default (nytimes.com)

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Raheem Morris’ new-look 49ers defense is making a strong early impression (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Vaccination in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation and cellular therapies: consensus, divergence, and uncertainties in global practice (url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com)

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熊本地震、海外メディアも速報 中韓から哀悼の意、台湾は支援準備:朝日新聞 (digital.asahi.com)

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Fed Meeting Today: FOMC, Warsh Weigh Interest-Rate Decision; Dow Opens Lower, Oil Rises — Live Updates (wsj.com)

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How Daronte Jones, NFL ‘Renaissance Man,’ finally returned home with the Commanders (nytimes.com)

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