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Anguished families left to identify Venezuela quake victims at makeshift morgue
BBC News

The disaster has overwhelmed local services, with bodies put outside or in tents for identification.

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Tourist speedboat capsizes in Vietnam, killing 15
BBC News

Local media say 21 people were saved after the boat overturned in rough seas near an island in south Vietnam.

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Eleven killed in civilian aircraft crash in north-eastern France, authorities say
BBC News

The pilot and 10 passengers died in the incident, local officials said.

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Missing Glastonbury? There's a festival on your doorstep this weekend
BBC News

Stars like Fatboy Slim and Becky Hill will play small local venues to celebrate the UK music scene.

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GTA VI finally gets a price tag
The Verge

We finally have a price for Grand Theft Auto VI: $79.99. That gets you the standard edition of the game, while the Ultimate Edition will set you back $99.99. Preorders start at midnight tonight, local time, when you'll be able to reserve a copy on PS5 or Xbox…

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The fight against AI data centers is just beginning
The Verge

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the data center buildout, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it…

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Linux Fu: The Local Phonebook
Hackaday

I’ll admit it: I miss the simplicity of /etc/hosts. There was something elegant about it. You wanted laserprinter to mean 192.168.1.40, so you opened a text file and wrote: 192.168.1.40 …read more

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England's match with Mexico delayed by an hour
BBC News

England's World Cup last-16 match with Mexico in Mexico City is delayed by one hour because of severe weather and is set to kick off at 02:00 BST (19:00 local time).

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Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web
The Verge

Starting Tuesday, Anthropic's Claude Cowork AI platform will be available on mobile and web for the first time. The expanded access is rolling out first to Max subscribers and coming to Claude users on other plans "in the coming weeks." Claude Cowork was prev…

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Reachy Mini Desktop Robot Gets All-local, Conversational AI
Hackaday

Reachy Mini is a limbless desktop robot from Hugging Face made for human interaction experiments, and to give you an idea of what it’s like is a guide on how to implement expressive, local co…