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WORLDAs war drags on, US reiterates Trump open to diplomacy with IranUS State Department accuses Iran of attacking civilian sites as Trump shares footage of destruction of Iranian bridge.Al Jazeera·2w ago
WORLDLegal groups condemn arrival of a dozen deportees from US to UgandaAdvocates in Uganda described the deportation as an act of 'transnational repression' and pledged to fight the process.Al Jazeera·2w ago
WORLDState Department claims Iran ‘continually’ pursuing nuclear weaponA State Department spokesman claimed the US launched its war on Iran because Tehran was pursuing a nuclear weapon.Al Jazeera·2w ago
WORLDThis bike rack pioneer is selling Bluetooth suction cups to stick bikes to your carRichard Allen didn't invent the automobile bike rack - his 1967 patent application makes it clear that others came before. But after nearly sixty years selling popular and simple mechanical bike carriers, his company Allen Sports now offers a line of - yes - Bluetooth-monitored suction cups to stickThe Verge·2w ago
WORLDPlanning commission approves Trump’s White House ballroom plansLegal fight over Trump's enormous construction project will continue despite panel's approval.Al Jazeera·2w ago
WORLDA botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley SageFor more than 15 years, botanist Naomi Fraga has been trying to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage, for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds.NPR·2w ago
WORLDTrump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction marketsThe suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.NPR·2w ago
WORLDThe ABS Challenge System is exposing the worst umpire in baseballDuring Wednesday's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers, umpire CB Bucknor took a foul ball to the mask and had to be helped off the field. It was the cap to what has been a particularly bad week for one of the most controversial umpires in baseball. It started with perhaps [The Verge·2w ago
WORLDGateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund IIGateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II.TechCrunch·2w ago
WORLDPinterest said he violated laid-off colleagues’ privacy. Now he’s going publicIt was late January, and Pinterest engineer Teddy Martin was on edge about recent layoffs at the company. Martin had just survived a round of cuts, but he and other employees were confused about who was being let go and why, and explanations from top executives including CEO Bill Ready had done littThe Verge·2w ago
WORLDFlipboard’s new ‘social websites’ help publishers and creators tap into the open social webFlipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs, and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.TechCrunch·2w ago
