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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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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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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 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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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney 'back home' on two-day visit to Ireland
BBC News

He, and his wife Diana Fox Carney, arrived at Dublin Airport at about 10:00 local time and met Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin.

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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…

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Some local police have access to an ICE facial recognition app
NPR

A document from the Department of Homeland Security outlines plans to issue local police facial recognition technology used by federal immigration agents, a move that will expand the scope of ICE surveillance.

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PSA: Incognito Mode Doesn't Totally Hide Your Online Activity
CNET

Private browsing mode keeps your activity out of your local browser history, but it doesn't make you invisible online.