Y Combinator is making its first weapons industry bet on a company that wants to be the SpaceX of missiles

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US-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile getting launched during a live fire exercise at the Chiupeng missile base in Pingtung county, southern Taiwan.
"In a war with Taiwan, we would fire thousands of anti-ship missiles a week, and our stockpiles would run out in days.

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport

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French police arrested Telegram CEO Pavel Durov as he traveled through a French airport on suspicion of failing to curb criminal activity on his social platform, multiple outlets reported.

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Audience signs and chants at the DNC were all about America. At the RNC, it was the Trump show.

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Kamala Harris stands in front of a row of American flags. Donald Trump stands in front of his name in lights.
Kamala Harris, at the DNC, stood in front of a row of American flags. At the RNC, Donald Trump took the stage before a Broadway-style display of his name in lights.

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Former OpenAI researchers warn of 'catastrophic harm' after the company opposes AI safety bill

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
Ex-OpenAI researchers warned of "catastrophic harm" in a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom after the company, led by CEO Sam Altman, opposed SB 1047, a proposed AI safety bill.

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Obama improvised the viral size joke about Trump at the DNC, his speechwriter says

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Barack Obama speaking at the DNC in Chicago; Donald Trump speaking at a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Former President Barack Obama made a suggestive hand gesture while slamming Donald Trump's "weird obsession with crowd sizes" during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.

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Watch the Obama joke everyone is talking about from the DNC

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Former President Barack Obama speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Former President Barack Obama slammed GOP nominee Donald Trump's "weird obsession with crowd sizes" during his speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday.

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OpenAI snaps up another media partnership, this time with Condé Nast

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OpenAI has announced a new media partnership, this time with magazine giant Condé Nast, amid Wall Street worries of a possible AI bubble burst.

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Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce after 2 years of marriage to Ben Affleck, according to reports

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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez at the Los Angeles premiere of her film
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez got married in July 2022.

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Donald Trump said he'd want Elon Musk in his Cabinet

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Donald Trump speaking at a campaign event in North Carolina; Elon Musk attending the annual Breakthrough Prize ceremony in California.
"He's a very smart guy. I certainly would, if he would do it, I certainly would. He's a brilliant guy," former President Donald Trump told Reuters when asked if he would offer Elon Musk a cabinet or advisory position.

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Zelenskyy said Ukraine told no one about the Kursk invasion because its allies would have called it 'unrealistic'

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking during an interview with French media in Rivne.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country did not inform their allies about the planned incursion on Kursk because it would have seemed "unrealistic" to them.

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