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President Trump Threatens Moving 2028 LA Olympics, World Cup Games – SwimSwam

President Trump Threatens Moving 2028 LA Olympics, World Cup Games  SwimSwam ‘He should check his geography.’ Mass. Democrats question Trump’s threat to pull World Cup matches from state.  The Boston Globe FIFA: U.S. govt determines World Cup city safety  ESPN President Trump can’t take away Boston World Cup matches, Mayor Wu says: “There’s no real threat”  CBS News Could Trump really move World Cup …

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Trump has threatened to move World Cup games. Can he? – The Washington Post

Trump has threatened to move World Cup games. Can he?  The Washington Post ‘He should check his geography.’ Mass. Democrats question Trump’s threat to pull World Cup matches from state.  The Boston Globe FIFA: U.S. govt determines World Cup city safety  ESPN President Trump can’t take away Boston World Cup matches, Mayor Wu says: “There’s no real threat”  CBS News FIFA says US government …

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Why world models are the next big thing in AI

Why world models are the next big thing in AI

This is an excerpt of Sources by Alex Heath, a newsletter about AI and the tech industry, syndicated just for The Verge subscribers once a week. Around the middle of last year, Pim de Witte started reaching out to a handful of prominent AI labs to see if they’d be interested in using data from Medal, his popular video game …

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A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world 

A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world 

Zehra Naqvi recalls the magical days of the early social internet.   She grew up in the One  Direction and Marvel fandoms in the early 2010s. This was back when people posted photos of lattes using the Valencia filter on Instagram, and Twitter was still Twitter, a place where people came together to exchange jokes and cultural analysis.   But now Instagram is full of influencers, and Twitter is …

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26 for 2026: USMNT World Cup roster projection after October friendlies

26 for 2026: USMNT World Cup roster projection after October friendlies

Ever since his very first day as U.S. men’s national team head coach, Mauricio Pochettino has assured American players that his USMNT’s door is “open.” Nobody, not even Christian Pulisic, has a guaranteed place in the team, Pochettino has said. He reiterated that message this month, and argued that it has gotten through to his players. “Now, I promise you, …

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FIFA announces 1M World Cup tickets sold, US leads demand

FIFA announces 1M World Cup tickets sold, US leads demand

MIAMI (AP) — More than 1 million tickets have already been sold for next year’s World Cup, FIFA said Thursday in its first update on numbers since the official start of sales began earlier this month. The highest demand, as would be expected, were from buyers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico — the three nations that will play host …

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Photos from under the microscope: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025 – The Washington Post

Photos from under the microscope: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025  The Washington Post Magnifying the minuscule: Nikon Small World photomicrography 2025 – in pictures  The Guardian Award-Winning Images Reveal Our Smallest Realms of Life in Epic Detail  ScienceAlert Can you guess what you’re seeing in this award-winning extreme close-up?  National Geographic Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025  The Atlantic Source link

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Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy… then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World

Disney superfan, 31, vanishes from her Midwest home months after announcing pregnancy… then horrific discovery is made at Walt Disney World

A Disney superfan vanished from her home in Illinois, only to be discovered in the most tragic circumstances at Walt Disney World in Orlando.   Summer Equitz, 31, killed herself at the Contemporary Resort Hotel at the resort on Tuesday night, the Daily Mail has learned.  Orange County Sheriff’s Office said the death was a suicide and that she died due …

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