The same story played out in music, where AI tools lowered barriers to entry but platform economics still favored a few giants.
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Aisha Alves,
Rolling Stone,
3 Feb. 2026
Such giants have been hampered by worries that their stock prices shot too high and became too expensive following their years-long dominance of the market.
The Okavango Delta is one of those places, an enigmatic wetland that disappears into the Kalahari Desert and is home to the world’s largest remaining elephant population — a wilderness beyond comparison.
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Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Jan. 2026
The project centers around the eponymous Carthaginian general who led an army of warriors and elephants across the Alps to fight the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
And across his catalog, Springsteen’s concrete lyricism and drawling vocals channel folk music’s titans of protest, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Whether between film premieres or a post-Sundance reprieve, titans flock to the lodge for backcountry exploits like sporting clays, horseback riding, axe-throwing, and fly fishing — or opt to be whisked off to the private ski lounge.
In 2012, volunteers began monitoring Eastern Pacific green sea turtles that live near the mouth of the San Gabriel River, in the Long Beach-Seal Beach area, keeping tabs on the green behemoths that can grow up to 500 pounds and live more than 80 years.
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Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
The deal, which was confirmed earlier Tuesday, has taken almost two decades to agree and will see the trading behemoths gradually cut tariffs to zero on the majority of each other’s imports, except on some key products and sectors.
An aerial survey team of South Carolina wildlife officials have spotted groups of seven or eight whales socializing, something that hasn’t happened in a while, Thompson of Georgia DNR said.
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Kristi Swartz,
AJC.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Humpback whales are known to feed near the surface, especially when chasing schools of herring, which can sometimes bring them close to boats or kayakers.
Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex predators like lions – feasting on big animals such as mammoths or bison.
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