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Local Tech Battles Are Pushing Leaders to Tears and Fits of Mania
Gizmodo.com

The council is not okay.

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You Should Race to Your Local Theater to See ‘Adolescence of Utena’
Gizmodo.com

GKIDS is bringing the eclectic 'Revolutionary Girl Utena' movie to the big screen for two nights only this June.

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Several killed as train and school bus collide in Belgium, local media report
BBC News

Seven children, a chaperone and the minibus driver were on a level crossing when the accident happened, broadcaster VRT reported.

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Universal park officially named as government pledges £1.3bn
BBC News

The government's contribution is going towards upgrading local infrastructure and transport links.

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OpenAI Adds Fuel to Republican Drive to Label Anti-Data Center Movement a Chinese Psy-Op
Gizmodo.com

State-backed Chinese hackers "sought to exploit and amplify existing public concerns about energy prices and local impacts of data center development," the company said.

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Waymo suspends freeway driving amid safety concerns
The Verge

On Thursday, Waymo customers opened up the app and noticed something unusual: no more freeway service. Trips that would normally take a few minutes on the freeway were suddenly projected to last much longer via local roads. The company later confirmed that it…

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Gemini Spark is the most impressive and terrifying AI experience I’ve had yet
The Verge

According to every product demo from the last four years, planning a trip is a killer use case for AI. Just tell it where you're going, they all promise, and your chatbot / agent / other buzzword will exhaustively search travel options, read up on all the fun…

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The library rules (and so do library streaming services)
The Verge

Summer is almost here, and that means getting outside, having fun in the sun, and touching grass. But if you need to cool down for a bit, allow me to sing the praises of the library. If your local library system is anything like mine, it probably offers a lot…

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Microsoft created the mini Surface dev box that Qualcomm couldn’t
The Verge

Microsoft only just announced a new Surface Laptop Ultra at the weekend, and it's now revealing a miniature Surface PC aimed at developers. The new Surface RTX Spark Dev Box is powered by Nvidia's new Arm-based RTX Spark chips, just like the Surface Laptop Ul…

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Kevin O’Leary agrees to downsize massive Utah data center
The Verge

Kevin O'Leary agreed to halve the size of his planned 40,000-acre data center in Utah amid mounting pressure from residents and activists, as reported earlier by local affiliate ABC4. The Shark Tank star sent a letter to Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams …