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WWDC has come and gone with plenty of iOS 26 announcements, including Liquid Glass and plenty of other stuff enthusiasts are exploring in the beta release. It turns out that more may be in store for iOS 26 before its official release later this year, including two new features that Apple hasn’t announced yet. 

The news comes via Mark Gurman’s “Power On” newsletter. Bloomberg’s Apple guru told a


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Whenever you think of gay dating apps, Grindr, Scruff, and Sniffies likely come to mind. These platforms thrive off of thirsty dudes looking to get laid. But a new report (aptly titled "The Naked Truth") from Archer, a relatively new dating app (owned by the Match Group, which also owns Tinder, Hinge, and other apps), suggests a shift in how gay men are using apps, and ultimately, how they're



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LLMs — the data models powering your favorite AI chatbots — don't just have social and racial biases, a new report finds, but inherent biases against democratic institutions.

A recent study, published by researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management, analyzed how six popular LLMs (including ChatGPT, Gemini, and DeepSeek) portray the state of press freedom — and, indirectly, trust in the media —


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President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to narrow the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
  • Trump proposed changes to the popular Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
  • Negotiators met to discuss the proposal for new limits on employers that qualify for PSLF.
  • Some negotiators raised concerns about the education secretary's authority to determine PSLF eligibility

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Zohran Mamdani proposed making NYC buses free.
  • Zohran Mamdani is running for mayor in NYC on a few key policies, including free public buses.
  • Fare-free buses could increase ridership and reduce driver assaults, as seen in NYC's pilot.
  • But funding challenges and political hurdles lie ahead.

New York City's Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, is running on some eye


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The government of Dubai has officially implemented a temporary four-day work week for all its public sector workers. That could be us, but you playin'.

Dubai's new shorter work week will now involve all government workers, who will be divided into two groups. The first will work eight hours per day, but get Fridays completely off. The second will still work for 4.5 hours on Friday, but will only


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Apple now has an official Threads account.

The company recently created and verified an account on Meta's social network, though it hasn't really done much with it yet. It's located at https://www.threads.com/@apple, has the company logo as a profile pic and the description "apple" (very imaginative, Apple), but it hasn't posted anything yet.

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  • President Donald Trump has announced a trade deal with Vietnam.
  • He lowered tariffs on Vietnam to 20% but is slapping 40% tariffs on transshipments through the country.
  • Vietnam has benefited from supply-chain shifts due to US-China trade tensions.

President Donald Trump just gave Vietnam a trade break — and used it to squeeze China.

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The UK's defense ministry says Ukraine has fired over 400 modified Asraam missiles with the Raven and had a success rate of over 70%.
  • Ukraine's air force released footage of its Raven missile systems downing Russian drones.
  • The system uses an air-to-air missile that the UK tweaked in four months to fire from a 6×6 Supacat.
  • The UK says the Raven missile system

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Meta is trying to improve the quality of proactive messages from bots on AI Studio.
  • Meta is training custom AI chatbots to send unprompted follow-up messages and boost user engagement.
  • Contractors at Alignerr help develop bots that remember chats and personalize replies on Meta apps.
  • Mark Zuckerberg has said AI companions are a potential fix for the "loneliness epidemic

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