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  1. 👀 Fantasy football: Matt Bowen's favorite targets Matt Bowen breaks down his favorite picks this year, from first-round superstars to late-round dart throws.
  2. Morocco detains dozens of migrants trying to cross into Ceuta Security had been stepped up amid suggestions on social media of a second mass crossing on Saturday.
  3. 'Kaiju No. 8' Officially Returns in 3 Weeks After 1 Year of Waiting — but There’s a Catch Kaiju No. 8 is finally set to return soon, offering audiences a chance to experience one of its strongest and funniest personalities.
  4. Adolfo Bioy Cesares delay My Amazon shipment is postponed from this fall until April 11, 2028 (!).
  5. Marijuana reform is emerging as a midterm elections issue on both sides of the aisle With November's midterms fast approaching, cannabis reform is an issue.
  6. Credit card transfer bonuses (August): 70% to IHG, 40% to Turkish Airlines, 30% to British Airways and more Here's a look at all the current transfer bonuses involving major credit cards and airline and hotel loyalty programs.
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A Complete Preview of Every 2026 FIFA World Cup Team

Sports Illustrated has released a comprehensive preview of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, profiling all 48 nations competing in the first ever expanded tournament field hosted across the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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US Orders Anthropic to Block Foreign Access to Top AI Models

The U.S. government issued an export control directive ordering Anthropic to suspend access to its two most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns about a jailbreak method that could bypass safeguards and let the models identify software vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft Explored Spinning Out Xbox to Sell the Brand

Microsoft internally explored spinning out Xbox as a standalone subsidiary and making the gaming brand easier to sell, according to a report from The Information citing three people familiar with the discussions.

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The Internet Flipped to Majority Bot Traffic Early

The dead internet theory has become measurable fact as bots and AI agents now generate the majority of web traffic, with Cloudflare reporting that automated requests crossed 57.5 percent in June 2026.

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Ancient Greek Philosophers Took the Home Seriously

Ancient Greek philosophy treated the household and domestic life as serious subjects of inquiry, and texts from Aristotle's Economics to the Stoic philosophers Musonius Rufus and Hierocles reveal a far richer discourse on marriage, home and gender than the dominant readings of Plato and Aristotle suggest.

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SpaceX Completes Record IPO at a Two Trillion Dollar Value

SpaceX made its stock market debut on the Nasdaq on June 12, 2026, completing the largest IPO in history and closing its first trading day at $160.95 a share with a market valuation of $2.1 trillion, making it the sixth largest company in the United States.

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Tribes Call the Grand Staircase Monument Plan Essential

A plan from Utah Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Celeste Maloy to overturn Biden era management guidelines for Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument using the Congressional Review Act missed its deadline Thursday, leaving the 1.9 million acre protected area's 2025 management plan intact.

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Meta's Controversial Use of Pirated Books for AI Training

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A judge has unredacted court documents revealing that Meta allegedly used the pirated "shadow library" LibGen to train its AI models, despite internal warnings that doing so could undermine the company’s position with regulators. The filings suggest that top executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, were aware of the dataset's illicit origins and that Meta may have even distributed pirated works by "seeding" torrent files during the training process.

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