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The US military vets helping Afghans fight deportation

The US military vets helping Afghans fight deportation

Regan Morris BBC News in San Diego, California BBC Monique Labarre is part of the Battle Buddies, a group of army vets who show support for Afghan refugees at immigration hearings As a journalist in Afghanistan, Abdul says he helped promote American values like democracy and freedom. That work, he said, resulted in him being tortured by the Taliban after …

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Two Vets Thought This Cat Was Deaf — They Were Wrong

Two Vets Thought This Cat Was Deaf — They Were Wrong

The moment Wren Yoder arrived home with her new kitten, Puddles, something about the kitten seemed off. The shelter hadn’t mentioned anything wrong with Puddles, but Yoder noticed her affectionate kitten never reacted to loud noises or tracked toys with her eyes. Yoder wondered if 6-month-old Puddles couldn’t hear or see. “[Puddles] convinced two veterinarians that she was deaf,” Yoder …

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Guitar Hero Vets Are Starting A New Studio Boldly Focusing On Just One Thing

Guitar Hero Vets Are Starting A New Studio Boldly Focusing On Just One Thing

Guitar Hero isn’t back, but some of the developers behind it are with a new–and not so new–studio, RedOctane Games. Revealing itself in a new form to the world today, RedOctane Games was the name of the original publisher behind the Guitar Hero series. With a plan to solely focus on rhythm games, it’s being led by Simon Ebejer, who …

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Images stolen from women’s dating safety app that vets men

Images stolen from women’s dating safety app that vets men

A dating safety app that allows women to do background checks on men and anonymously share “red flag” behaviour has been hacked, exposing thousands of members’ images, posts and comments. Tea Dating Advice, a US-based women-only app with 1.6 million users, said there had been “unauthorised access” to 72,000 images submitted by women. Some included images of women holding photo …

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Commanders news and observations: Incoming vets begin forming connections – The Washington Post

Commanders news and observations: Incoming vets begin forming connections  The Washington Post What we’re hearing and seeing at Commanders training camp: Jayden Daniels looks sharp early  ESPN Dan Quinn Presser: “We wanted to be a line of scrimmage team first”  Hogs Haven 5 takeaways from Washington’s pre-training camp press conference  Washington Commanders Washington Commanders undrafted rookie WR makes the most of his opportunity with …

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Waymo Vets Are Automating Construction With Self-Driving Excavators

Waymo Vets Are Automating Construction With Self-Driving Excavators

Bedrock Robotics, led by a veteran of Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous tech unit, is emerging from stealth with $80 million and plans to make heavy construction equipment work around-the-clock without human operators. A team of engineers from self-driving robotaxi leader Waymo is eyeing another huge market to automate: construction equipment. Last year, Boris Sofman, previously a star engineer at robotaxi leader …

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