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In 2007, Israel set up blockades around the Gaza Strip, claiming that many everyday items could also be used to make weapons. As a result, some businesses have resorted to using trash for manufacturing and construction, including prayer mats made out of buckets and doors made out of refrigerators.

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From January 2nd, 2024, Google Drive will allow downloads “without requiring third-party cookies that are embedded on third-party websites,” the search giant has announced.

However, while we interpreted the original post as applying to all downloads from Google Drive, Google has updated its post on the Workspace Updates blog to



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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio at the Capitol on October 19, 2023.
  • House Republicans overwhelmingly voted 112-86 to dump Jim Jordan as their speaker nominee.
  • It came after he failed to win the gavel for the 3rd time, bleeding even more support along the way.
  • It was the worst showing for the majority party's speaker nominee in nearly 164 years.

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Can you heat up a pan to 30,000 degrees Fahrenheit? That’s the burning question at the center of this proposed class action lawsuit, which claims the advertising for SharkNinja’s nonstick cookware violates the laws of physics and thermodynamics.

While SharkNinja is the company best known for its Shark robovacs and Ninja kitchen gadget, this lawsuit takes



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The Washington Post reported Friday that Reddit might cut off Google and force users to log in to Reddit itself to read anything, if it can’t reach deals with generative AI companies to pay for its data. Initially, Reddit seemed to deny the report. “Nothing is changing,” Reddit spokesperson Courtney Geesey-Dorr told The Verge, adding



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From left to right: Kenneth Chesebro, Donald Trump, and Sidney Powell.
  • Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell were among 19 co-defendants — including Trump — who were indicted in Georgia this year.
  • Both of them requested speedy trials and were set to go to trial next week.
  • But just before their criminal trials began, Powell and Chesebro flipped and struck plea deals with prosecutors.

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TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett said she no longer feels like she's failing as a parent thanks to a shift in perspective that allowed her to be 100% present during the time she sets aside for her children.
  • The CEO of Fortune 500 company TIAA explained why she gave up on work-life balance.
  • Thasunda Brown Duckett takes a more methodical approach to making time for her personal life