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SpaceX locks in US$60 billion Cursor deal to close gap with rivals in AI coding race

CTV News - 1 day ago

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is buying the startup behind the popular AI coding agent Cursor, Anysphere, for US$60 billion in an all-stock deal to boost its presence in the lucrative enterprise AI tools market.

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Daily Mail

Humans prefer to walk counter-clockwise, scientists find - but no one knows why

CTV News - 3 days ago

A new study published Wednesday in Nature Communications has found that humans have a surprising tendency to walk in an counter-clockwise direction and researchers still aren’t entirely sure why.

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Daily Mail

Video: AI models predict World Cup results

Aljazeera - 5 days ago

We asked four AI models to predict the winner of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Huffington Post

Ancient Teeth From Siberia Show Plague Appeared Earlier Than Expected

Huffington Post - 8 hours ago

The oldest known evidence of the plague, which sparked deadly outbreaks dating back about 5,500 years ago is more than 200 years earlier than previously thought.

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Los Angeles Times

El Niño turns crumbling California pier into climate battleground over what to save — and who pays

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

Rep. Sam Liccardo wants to rebuild the Pacifica pier with help from the federal government. But does investing in this kind of infrastructure make sense?

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CBS News

Watch: Pentagon releases 6 new UFO videos

CBS News - 4 days ago

The Defense Department released a third batch of UFO files on Friday, three weeks after its second drop. These are all of the videos in the latest tranche, plus analysis from astrophysicist Avi Loeb.

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The Mercury News

FDA greenlights sunscreen chemical long popular in Asia and Europe

Los Angeles Times - 6 days ago

The FDA has approved the sunscreen chemical bemotrizinol, a UV light filter that has been available in Europe, Asia, and Australia for more than 20 years. Health advocates and skin care industry groups alike are hopeful it can restore faith in sunscreen.

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Haaretz

Ebola and the US patient spotlight global health 'injustice'

Deutsche Welle - 18 hours ago

The story of the US doctor who survived Ebola with experimental treatment in Germany highlights wider inequities in global health. It also reveals how sharply medical standards can differ between African countries.

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BBC News - 8 Jun 2026 -- Rare footage captured of Great White shark in Mediterranean Sea -- A volunteer diver has described shaking as he filmed his encounter with an endangered Great White shark between Tunisia and Sicily. -- 8 Jun 2026