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  • Beijing will pile up debts as it tries to revive China's economy, according to Fitch.
  • The ratings agency cut its outlook for China to negative on Wednesday.
  • Policymakers are also battling faltering growth and an ongoing property-market crisis.

Fitch Ratings has cut its outlook for China, adding to the gloom surrounding the world's second-largest economy.

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Cruise will start re-deploying its autonomous vehicles after a major upheaval last year that led to a pause in its operations, the loss of its CEO and the dismissal of a big chunk of its workforce, including several executives. In a blog post on its website, the GM subsidiary said it's resuming its manual driving activities in order to gather road information and create maps for its autonomous



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Hey, you! Yes. you. Do you need some extra motivation to reach your goals or just to get your chores done? Then perhaps you could use some inspiring words from one of the most successful multisport athletes of all time, direct to your foldable telephone.

Boost Mobile will soon offer a limited-edition, Deion Sanders-themed Moto Razr. The phone has a black and gold finish (which kind of looks nice?)



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A German startup has secured new funding for a peculiar twisted-looking reactor that could prove a quicker path to clean, virtually limitless fusion energy.  Proxima Fusion has raised €20mn as it looks to bring its designs for the so-called stellarator fusion reactor to life.  “We are working to deliver a demonstrator of net-energy production in continuous operation by 2031, and a first-of-a-kind



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If there’s one thing that the extremely online love, it’s lore. Therefore, it’s no surprise that many people on the Internet are head over heels for Peepy toys, a set of criminal plushies out on bail and ready to misbehave at your house.

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A group of former McDonald's workers stand and sit in rows for an organized group photo at a restaurant in Hazelwood, Missouri. They are wearing McDonald's jackets and smiling at the camera.
  • A group of former McDonald's workers reunited at their old restaurant 50 years later.
  • Some of the former workers traveled in from other states to attend the celebration in Missouri.
  • They had stayed close friends, and some even met their spouses at the restaurant.

A group of former McDonald's workers went back to their old restaurant in Missouri for a "Class of 1975" reunion to



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Maj. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe demonstrates the capabilities of the F-35A Lighting II, a single seat, single engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighter aircraft, during a practice flight with the F-35 Demonstration Team at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Dec. 13, 2023.
  • Air Force pilots are extensively trained to prevent loss of consciousness during high-acceleration flights.
  • The



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A US F-16 demonstration at the Canadian International Air Show.
  • The US Air Force is testing AI jets and Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall will be a passenger.
  • "There will be a pilot with me who will just be watching," Kendall said.
  • The jets were designed with a future China conflict in mind, AP reported.

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Battery life always limits a drone’s ability to perform tasks and get anywhere. So why not let it slurp from nearby power lines? (Well, there are reasons.) 

Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark attached a gripper system to a Tarot 650 Sport drone, which they customized with an electric quadcopter propulsion system and an autopilot module. An inductive charger pulls current from the



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The ad campaigns for the Medicube Age-R Booster-H eventually wore me down. | Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge

It’s got nothing to do with whether it works. It’s how I’m trapped in TikTok’s neverending product-recommending algorithm.

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Restarting your iPad is good practice for when it isn’t performing as usual. Giving it a quick reboot helps refresh its RAM and optimizes its performance. But sometimes, your iPad acts up and does not want to cooperate. In such circumstances, you’d have to force restart it.

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The phrase, "There's a censorship problem in the United States," is a homing beacon for political and social division — instantly casting a sense of wariness about who is uttering it and for what aim. But it's also true. From continued legislative attacks on inclusive education to digital "shadowbanning" of accounts in social media algorithms, content is often gate-kept from the masses. 

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