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The UK's last coal plant will sigh out its final pollutants Monday before shutting down for good and officially ending the country's century and a half of coal production. Nottinghamshire's Ratcliffe-on-Soar plant was the last of its kind following Britain's 2015 commitment to close all coal power plants by 2025. Ratcliffe was originally scheduled to shut down in 2022 but stayed open after Russia



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Directtv and Dish
  • DirecTV said on Monday that it had agreed to acquire Dish Network from EchoStar.
  • The merger would create one of the US's largest pay-TV providers.
  • In a separate deal, AT&T said it would sell its 70% stake in DirecTV to a private-equity firm.

DirecTV announced on Monday that it had agreed to acquire its rival Dish Network from EchoStar in a deal that would create one of the



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Air Astana Airbus A321-200 aircraft with registration P4-OAS, 2 AE V2500 jet engines, seen taxiing at Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport AMS EHAM in the Netherlands
An Air Astana Airbus A321.
  • Air Astana is launching one of the world's longest narrowbody routes from Almaty to London.
  • The route will be over nine hours long, but it eliminates the need for a stopover.
  • Its Airbus A321LR includes lie-flat seats, which are uncommon on single-aisle jets.

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Remember those rumors of an Apple smart display suspended on a robot arm? According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is planning to debut the first device as soon as 2025, alongside a new operating system called homeOS.

It could be a device with a robotic arm or a simpler HomePod-with-screen affair. Gurman elaborated on this, claiming two versions are in the works: a low-end display for the



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Norland College male nanny posing for photo
Ike Robin knew he wanted a nanny since he was 14.
  • Ike Robin, 25, is a nanny in New York City.
  • He trained at the prestigious Norland College for nannies.
  • He says almost everyone has been positive about his career, though there are some misconceptions.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ike Robin, an ambassador for Nannytax. It has been edited for length



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The sample collector from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft touching the rocky surface of the asteroid Bennu
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects a sample from an asteroid.
  • The second moon that Earth has captured in its orbit this month is an asteroid called 2024 PT5.
  • Mini-moons like this could be ideal targets for asteroid mining to send humans deeper into space.
  • Space mining could be huge, since some asteroids are worth more than our entire global economy.

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South Korean activists participate in an anti-deepfake rally to respond to deepfake porn in Seoul, South Korea, on September 4, 2024.
Activists participate in an anti-deepfake rally to respond to deepfake porn in Seoul, South Korea, on September 4, 2024.
  • South Korea has passed a law banning the possession and viewing of deepfake porn.
  • Violators face up to three years in prison, or a fine equivalent to about $23,000.
  • The majority of deepfake porn videos online feature South Korean singers and actresses.

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Four years after Epic sued Google for running an illegal app store monopoly — a case it won this past December — Epic is suing again. The Fortnite game developer has filed a second antitrust lawsuit against Google, and now additionally Samsung, accusing them of illegally conspiring to



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Left: Quiroz and his wife. Right: Quiroz with his wife and two kids.
Quiroz and his wife work at the same hospital in Texas.
  • Javier R. Quiroz Castro came to the US when he was three and applied for DACA when he was 22.
  • Quiroz is now able to work as a nurse after studying nursing in college.
  • He said he has been working hard to represent others in his community in red states.

Javier R. Quiroz Castro is a beneficiary of DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood



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Anmol Irfan says she no longer feels comfortable removing her hijab at women's-only social events.
  • I used to remove my hijab in women's-only spaces, like gym classes and social events.
  • But photos and videos of me have ended up online, even after I've asked people to be mindful.
  • I know it's not done with malicious intent, but it's made me uncomfortable removing my hijab.

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