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AI Deepfake Tool Is Blowing Past Bank Selfie Checks
A darknet tool called JINKUSU CAM is bypassing live ID verification at Binance, BBVA, and Revolut. The selfie-check era just ended.
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BusinessNetflix Beat Q1 Easily. Wall Street Sold It Anyway.
Netflix cleared every Q1 2026 number, banked a $2.8 billion Paramount check, and announced Reed Hastings is leaving the board. The stock still dropped 10%.
TechnologyAmazon Buys Globalstar for $11.57B, Takes Over iPhone Satellite
Amazon is absorbing the satellite network behind Apple's Emergency SOS, and the deal may be more about blocking Elon Musk than wiring up the iPhone.
WorldTurkey's Second School Shooting in Two Days Leaves Nine Dead
An eighth-grader with his father's service weapons killed eight students and a teacher in Kahramanmaras, a day after a similar attack in Sanliurfa.
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TechnologyASML Beats Q1, Raises 2026 Forecast on AI Memory Boom
ASML posted €8.8B in Q1 sales and lifted its 2026 outlook to €36-40B. Half of new-tool orders went to memory chips, a cycle no one predicted a year ago.
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Trump Gives Iran Until Tuesday Night to Open the Strait of Hormuz, or Face 'Hell'
The president's 8 p.m. ET deadline threatens strikes on civilian infrastructure while a 45-day ceasefire proposal hangs in the balance.
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71,000 Tech Jobs Gone in Q1: The Real Story Behind AI Layoffs
Companies are cutting workers over AI's potential, not its performance. Only 2% of layoffs are based on actual automation results.
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Legal Sports Betting Is Wrecking Americans' Credit, NY Fed Study Finds
A New York Federal Reserve study reveals that legal sports betting is driving a sharp rise in credit delinquencies, with the worst damage hitting bettors under 40.
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Trump Fires Bondi as Attorney General, Installs His Former Criminal Defense Lawyer
The president ousted Pam Bondi after 14 months of frustration over Epstein files and failed prosecutions. Todd Blanche, who defended Trump in court, now runs the DOJ.
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Sony Just Raised the PS5 Price by $100. You Can Thank the AI Boom.
The PS5 Pro now costs $900. Memory chip makers are prioritizing AI data centers over consumer electronics, and gamers are the first to feel it.
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Italy Is Out Again. The Four-Time Champions Just Missed Their Third Straight World Cup.
A red card, 78 minutes with 10 men, and a penalty shootout collapse in Bosnia made Italy the first former champion to miss three consecutive World Cups.
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GLP-1 Drugs Keep Surprising Researchers, and Weight Loss Is Just the Beginning
From cutting dementia risk to reducing opioid addiction, a wave of 2025-2026 studies reveals that drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy may be the most versatile medications in a generation.
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Run Clubs Are the New Happy Hour. And the New Dating App. And the New Church.
Gen Z is four times more likely to want to meet people through exercise than at bars. Run club memberships have quadrupled. The loneliest generation found its third place.
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