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Both sides agreed to expand air travel and resume direct commercial flights., They also agreed to expand air travel and reinstate direct flights between both countries. Israel and Morocco have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic ties, including elevating their respective missions to embassies and appointing ambassadors to both countries. AContinue Reading

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The comments from a US CENTCOM spokesperson come amid continued tensions over shipping through the vital waterway., The comments from a US CENTCOM spokesperson come amid heightened tensions over shipping through the vital waterway. Despite an ongoing blockade on Iranian maritime trade and attacks by Iran’s military on commercial ships,Continue Reading

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commentary Anxiety over the dangers of artificial “intelligence” says more about human nature than about the machines Published September 16, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) (Yuuji/Getty Images) A version of this essay first appeared in Crash Course, Salon’s free morning newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus more of Salon’sContinue Reading

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Welcome back to Local AI Weekly. I promised a weekly, and then took a month to send the second one. So let’s call the first one the pilot episode. From here, the show will run weekly 🤘 This issue leans heavily toward agents, because that’s where most of the interestingContinue Reading

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GNOME 51 is out, bringing FIDO2 passkey login, a Reduced Motion option and frame scheduling changes that make UI animations and scrolling feel smoother. Core apps pick up improvements too. The desktop Maps app gains offline area downloads and live transit data, Papers now lets you add visual signatures andContinue Reading

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Microsoft’s top lawyer argued Tuesday that legislators “must make secrecy [orders] the exception” in government subpoenas demanding information about LinkedIn users. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, is fighting what it calls overly broad subpoena demands from the US government, which sometimes come with secrecy orders that prevent LinkedIn fromContinue Reading

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Nextcloud has developed a desktop app for its Euro-Office-based productivity applications, filling a gap in the software suite that it pitches as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Office. Nextcloud, one of the backers of the Euro-Office initiative, integrated the software into its Nextcloud Office suite in June. Until now, it’sContinue Reading

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4 min read Passion Meets Precision at NASA’s Flight Research Lab Derek Abramson, Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory chief engineer, left, communicates with the Edwards Air Force Base air traffic control tower for approval to fly the Alta-X drone near NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, onContinue Reading