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DJI Mavic Pro Review: Powerful and Easy to Use
Wired

DJI’s new flagship drone is astonishingly good, but “local conditions” means it’s not yet available in the US.

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Florida Environmentalists Sound Alarm on SpaceX Bid to Launch 120 Rockets a Year
Gizmodo.com

Local advocacy groups argue the ambitious launch schedule could increase pollution, harm wildlife, and disrupt fishing.

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Nine reported killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine
BBC News

Another fourpeople are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say.

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Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas
The Verge

Meta’s building a new AI data center so massive in Louisiana that the local utility company has plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants to provide it with enough electricity. Now, advocates and lawmakers are pressing Meta for answers about how it’…

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4 men arrested during local prostitution sting
Yahoo Entertainment

Undercover Richmond police officers arrested Donald Stipp, Alfonso Poou, Richard Manis III, and Ivan Alavez.

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Microsoft is opening its on-device AI models up to web apps in Edge
The Verge

Web developers will be able to start leveraging on-device AI in Microsoft’s Edge browser soon, using new APIs that can give their web apps access to Microsoft’s Phi-4-mini model, the company announced at its Build conference today. And Microsoft says the API …

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Private prisons and local jails are ramping up as ICE detention exceeds capacity
NPR

The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.

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How Paris quant giant CFM is keeping its local edge as rivals flock to Paris
Business Insider

"There's a constant race between alpha creation and alpha degradation," said Jean-Philippe Bouchard, the firm's chief scientist.

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The best restaurant at Disneyland Resort, according to a travel agent and an LA local
Business Insider

"Food Wars" host Joe Avella and David McDaniel, a travel agent, visit Disneyland Resort to find the best restaurant in the theme parks.

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Several killed after two helicopters collide in Finland
BBC News

Police have not confirmed the number of deaths but said there were five people on board in total.