Canceled trains, early closures, and ice cream shortages: Photos show the impact of the European heat wave

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Several European countries experienced a record-breaking heat wave this week.

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  • A heat wave in Europe caused record-breaking temperatures across several countries.
  • Much of Europe doesn't have air conditioning, so people used fountains and ice cream to cool off.
  • The heat affected public transportation, grocery shopping, and other aspects of daily life.

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This might be the most useful tech gift under $30 this Prime Day

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Claude is winning over paying consumers in a market ChatGPT has owned, credit card data shows

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Consumers who pay for AI chatbots are increasingly choosing Anthropic’s Claude over competitors, according to new data from credit card transaction analysis firm Indagari. Claude’s paying consumer base and revenue have grown roughly 75 percent since January, based on Indagari’s analysis of billions of anonymized transactions from about 28 million US consumers. The trend challenges […]



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In an effort to get off my phone and deal with burnout, I found the perfect low-pressure social activity to do after work

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I realized that attending reading parties is the perfect low-pressure social activity for me after a long day of working.

Jordan Mautner

  • Most days, I found myself feeling exhausted, burned out, and glued to my phone after work.
  • So, I began attending reading parties, laid-back hangs where people gather to read independently.
  • It's the perfect low-pressure social activity for me to feel refreshed and get
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Lessons learned from visiting an AI-powered store

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A broken mug sits on a desk in the Division of Digital Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Printed across the surviving ceramic shard are the words: "This was made by AI." Our team thinks that the story of this mug neatly captures the hype, hope, and even harm surrounding artificial intelligence. 

At the Division of Digital Psychiatry, we spend our days studying how digital

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