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I asked Star Trek: Voyager's Jeri Ryan what movie makes the best 'companion piece' for the classic sci-fi franchise

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I asked Star Trek: Voyager's Jeri Ryan what movie makes the best 'companion piece' for the classic sci-fi franchise

When it comes to long-standing TV franchises that I'm most terrified to cover, Star Trek is easily at the top of the list. With so many seasons, opinions, and legacies developing in popular culture since the mid-1960s and the original…

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Commentary: Another critical oil waterway is about to close

CNA

Commentary: Another critical oil waterway is about to close

The US-Iran war has reminded the world that waterways are vulnerable to war, but there's another crisis in the making, says Javier Blas for Bloomberg Opinion.

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Rain hampers cleanup of a hazardous chemical spill after a train derailment near the US border

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Rain hampers cleanup of a hazardous chemical spill after a train derailment near the US border

A weekend train derailment in Sonora resulted in the spillage of approximately 59,000 liters of sodium hydrosulfide, prompting the Federal Attorney General’s Office (FGR) to open an investigation. The sodium hydrosulfide — a corrosive…

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Costa Rica’s Grynspan takes early lead in race to helm UN, would be first woman and Jewish chief

Times of Israel

Costa Rica’s Grynspan takes early lead in race to helm UN, would be first woman and Jewish chief

Non-binding preliminary straw poll shows 10 of 15 Security Council members cast 'encourage' votes for the former VP, ahead of Guyana's ex-FM and nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi The post Costa Rica’s Grynspan takes early lead in race to…

Times of Israel

AI price wars: OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80% as model competition shifts toward cost

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AI price wars: OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80% as model competition shifts toward cost

To quote an ancient Jedi Master "Begun, the AI price wars have!" OpenAI is sharply reducing the prices of two models in its GPT-5.6 frontier series, cutting GPT-5.6 Luna, the smallest and fastest model in the series, by 80% and GPT-5.6…

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Gemini 3.6 Flash Tied on Intelligence - and Nearly Doubled Output Speed

Gemini 3.6 Flash Tied on Intelligence - and Nearly Doubled Output Speed

Disclosure: This article was prepared for Velokey, an AI API business, and contains one link to its blog . That relationship creates a vested interest in API infrastructure and model-evaluation topics. At the time of review, Velokey’s…

That AI wearable you don't like just got worse

That AI wearable you don't like just got worse

The new Friend pendant features a speaker, updated models and the same off-putting ideas about how humans should use AI.

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Gov’t unveils P60-B incentive to pitch PH as EV makers’ hub

Philippine Daily Inquirer

Gov’t unveils P60-B incentive to pitch PH as EV makers’ hub

MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has greenlighted a P60-billion incentives package aimed at luring electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers to produce their units in the Philippines, as the government drives to position the country as a…

Australian Rose Davies wins gold in 5,000m in second Commonwealth Games triumph

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Australian Rose Davies wins gold in 5,000m in second Commonwealth Games triumph

Newcastle-born Davies wins in Glasgow Follows earlier gold in 10,000m Rose Davies has roared to a landmark track triumph at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, becoming the first woman ever to complete the 5,000m and 10,000m double. The…

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Stop Hardcoding to a Single LLM Vendor - You’re Building a $200K Tech Debt Trap

Stop Hardcoding to a Single LLM Vendor - You’re Building a $200K Tech Debt Trap

At 3:14 AM on a Tuesday last year, my pager went off. Our engineering team had spent three months embedding a top-tier proprietary LLM directly into our core data processing pipeline. Then, a silent API update shifted how the model…

Pakistan's mediators insist US-Iran talks ongoing as Egypt targeted for first time

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Pakistan's mediators insist US-Iran talks ongoing as Egypt targeted for first time

Egypt, largely spared from the Middle East conflict so far, saw overnight drone attacks on energy facilities.

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Casio's new ring watch is an undercover Oura competitor and it's adorable

Casio's new ring watch is an undercover Oura competitor and it's adorable

At last, a smart ring with some flair.