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The border wall in Nogales, Ariz. has a number of anti-personnel features.

If the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) gets its way, Congress will grant it more than $107 billion to run its enforcement regime during the 2025 fiscal year. Buried in the lengthy budget request is $101 million to upgrade and maintain the network of surveillance towers scattered throughout the borderlands, first noted by The Intercept. According to its own official



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On Tuesday, construction-tech startup Icon announced a collection of new 3D printing tech: a multi-story printer, a "low-carbon" concrete printing mix, a digital catalog of home designs, and an AI home designer.
  • Roadblocks stand between startups and their promise of cheaper and quickly built 3D printed homes.
  • Construction-tech startup Icon's new collection of products could alleviate some of



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A medical team at Cromwell Hospital in London strapped on the $3,500 Apple Vision Pro during two spinal surgeries. Doctor’s are calling the device a “game-changing” tool, beefing up Apple’s claims that the headset has a future as a medical device.

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Former Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli speaking at an event in Atlanta, Georgia on August 23, 2023.
Former Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli speaking at an event in Atlanta, Georgia on August 23, 2023.
  • Current and former lawmakers filed a class-action lawsuit seeking $50 million from the government.
  • They argue their salaries, stuck at $174,000 since 2009, have been "unconstitutionally suppressed."
  • The suit's being led by Ken Cuccinelli, an ex-Trump official who

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Airplane manufacturing giant Boeing is going viral this week for all the wrong reasons.

The company's fleet of commercial airplanes has been rife with safety issues, prompting widespread media attention and mounting concerns from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and flyers. Here's what you need to know.

What is going on with Boeing planes, and what does John Oliver have to do with it?

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A view of the atmosphere during the TikTok 2024 OSCARS Viewing Party at Bar Lis on March 10, 2024, in Los Angeles.
  • A bipartisan group of representatives introduced a bill on March 5 to effectively ban TikTok.
  • The House is set to vote on the legislation on Wednesday, where it's expected to pass.
  • The bill has faced criticism from advocacy groups, TikTok fans

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GOP presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump, campaigning in Georgia.
GOP presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump, campaigning in Georgia.
  • Trump has promised not to sneak assets out of NY as he appeals his massive civil fraud judgment.
  • But officials say he recently tried to change the addresses for major assets from NY to Florida.
  • The attempt proves Trump can't be trusted to give a mere "IOU" for the money he owes, NY now says

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Gemini, Google's AI chatbot, won't answer questions about India’s upcoming national elections, the company wrote in a blog post today. “Out of an abundance of caution on such an important topic, we have begun to roll out restrictions on the types of election-related queries for which Gemini will return responses,” the company wrote. The restrictions are similar to the ones Google announced in