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• Scammers tricked Gooding, Idaho employees into sending over $1 million to fake contractors.
• The payment was intended for a wastewater project but was diverted into the criminal's account.
• The Gooding Sheriff's Office and FBI are investigating, but recovering the money could be tough.

A small Idaho city just accidentally

• American Airlines employs more than 15,000 pilots to fly its fleet of Airbus and Boeing planes.
• New hires spend 19 days doing ground and simulator training before flying passengers.
• Students train for everything from wind sheer and go-arounds to engine and

• India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi had his power pegged back in elections this week. 
• It was also the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. 
• It's a week that highlighted the contrasting political journeys of Asia's major powers. 

Narendra Modi's strongman ambitions suffered a setback this week

• Donald Trump awaits sentencing, and faces a potential term of zero to four years behind bars.
• Four former NYC judges predict he'll avoid state prison, though one calls "city time" a possibility.
• Probation, community service, and fines are likely alternatives to incarceration for Trump.

The pundits are

It’s almost the end of the developer conference season, and Apple is the last one up to bat. Apple’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, or WWDC, is expected to be ripe with announcements for iOS, macOS, iPad OS, and the rest of the software that keeps the walled garden fresh—even the Vision Pro.

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When I called the MSI Claw an embarrassment in my May 18th review, one commenter pointed out they’d gotten higher benchmark scores than me. Sure enough: MSI had pushed out new graphics drivers and BIOS updates between the time I benchmarked and the time we published.

I’ve now tested those updates. In some of my tests

• Chinese automakers are deploying humanoid robots in their factories. 
• Tesla rival Dongfeng will use a robot created by Chinese firm Ubtech to assemble car parts and perform quality checks.
• Ubtech's "Walker S" robot rivals Optimus, which Elon Musk says could transform the global economy. 

Elon Musk can't stop

• Uber and Lyft drivers often struggle with low or infrequent tips, which many rely on to pay bills.
• Ride-hailing drivers earn below minimum wage in major cities, even with tips, UC Berkeley found.
• Delivery drivers often receive higher or more frequent tips, partly due to American

At a federal research lab located at 11,135 feet (3,397 meters) of elevation, U.S. scientists measured a consequential record.

Due to its remoteness in the Pacific Ocean, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, located high up in Hawaii, is tasked with taking untainted, daily atmospheric measurements. On June 6, NOAA revealed evidence that

• The "Full House" townhouse in San Francisco is back on the market, now priced at $6.5 million.
• The show's creator, Jeff Franklin, bought and renovated the property before selling it in 2020.
• Only the home's exterior appeared in the sitcom, but it remains a tourist attraction for fans.

The San

• A personality hire is someone who succeeds because of their soft skills.
• AI is thriving on hype (and fear) — and people who are good at creating hype are succeeding.
• Hype men and women and personality hires aren't bad things. In fact, they're necessary

• Precision warfare has been a central tenet of American strategy. 
• But perceptions that precision weapons are effective is a myth, a retired Army officer argues.
• "Accurate strikes do not inherently mean effective," the officer told BI.

America loves smart bombs. Ever since World War II, precision