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A member of Israel's police forces walks towards a fire as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023.
A member of Israel's police forces walks towards a fire as rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel October 7, 2023.
  • The Hamas militant group launched a surprise multi-front attack on Israel, killing at least 40 people.
  • Israel's inability to anticipate the attack was a "colossal" intelligence failure, analysts say.
  • Israel has one of the most



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A screencap from Google’s Pixel 8 launch event. A closeup of a blue Pixel 8 Pro, with a temperature sensor visible below the LED flash module on the right side of the camera bar. A line goes from the temperature sensor to the words “temperature sensor.”
Temperature sensor. Temperature sensor? Temperature sensor. | Image: Google

The Pixel 8 Pro has an infrared temperature sensor. Why does the Pixel 8 Pro have a temperature sensor?

For an unusual feature on a $1,000 flagship phone, Google really isn’t saying much about it. The Pixel 8 Pro announcement mentions it almost in passing:

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The desalination device created by MIT researchers.
The desalination device — pictured above — could produce drinkable water for less than the average price of US tap water.
  • Researchers at MIT have created a solar-powered device that can make seawater drinkable.
  • The team says the device can remove the salt from seawater for less than the cost of US tap water.
  • This process, called desalination, is key to solving global



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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation lifts off from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States on October 6, 2023
A rocket holding the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet network blasts off.
  • The first two satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper internet service were launched on Friday.
  • They are the first of more than 3,200 planned satellites set to provide orbital broadband services.
  • Amazon's network aims to challenge Elon Musk's Starlink once



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A man runs on a road as fire burns after rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel.
A man runs on a road as fire burns after rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, Israel.
  • Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has declared a state of war after Hamas launched a surprise attack. 
  • Hamas has fired thousands of rockets at Israel in "Operation Al-Aqsa Storm." 
  • Insider compiled 11 dramatic images showing the consequences of the surprise attack on Israel. 

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People try to extinguish a fire in Ashkelon, Israel following Hamas launching a series of surprise attacks October 7.
Hamas launched 5,000 rockets at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7.
  • Israel declared a state of war after Hamas launched a series of surprise attacks on Saturday.
  • Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, called for "peace" between Israel and Hamas based on "recognized agreements."
  • That call comes nearly 600 days after Russia invaded and



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Before Anatomy of a Fall gives us a body, we get a booming steel drum cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” It’s coming from upstairs, where Sandra’s (Sandra Hüller) husband is insulating the attic. But he’s playing the music loudly — possibly out of spite. Sandra is downstairs answering a grad student’s questions about her career as a successful novelist, speaking



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Recession
  • In recent weeks, stocks, bonds, and housing have all drawn comparisons with previous episodes in US market history.
  • Stocks are reminding some analysts of the late 1980s and 2008, while bond vigilantes are reliving the 1990s.
  • The housing market also looks eerily like the early 1980s, when mortgage rates soared. 

Investors are scouring financial markets for signals



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Kaitlin Clapinski dressed in graduation regalia
The author.
  • I didn't want to go to a community college, but then I realized I would save a lot of money.
  • At my community college, I found great teachers, inspiring classes, and engaged students.
  • I was able to transfer to UC Berkeley and recently graduated with less student debt.

I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with $40,000 in student debt. Consolidating four



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Wall Street Crisis - stock photo
  • Wall Street's vision of a Goldilocks scenario for the stock market and economy is unraveling.
  • The Fed's "higher for longer" mantra has dashed hopes that a recession is avoidable.
  • The US economy is feeling the lagging effects of tight monetary policy as risk factors converge.

Wall Street's dream of a Goldilocks scenario for the stock market and economy is probably dead. 

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