While Iran and Oman have been in talks over how to manage traffic through the narrow waterway, an agreement won’t automatically reopen the strait.
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Jason Ma,
Fortune,
9 Aug. 2026
It should be pointed out that the Padres fell short in their quest to bolster the offense, though not for lack of trying, according to people familiar with their talks over the past several days and multiple national reports.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2026
This story discusses topics such as eating disorders and suicide.
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Alexandra Pattillo,
Scientific American,
5 Aug. 2026
Andrew Friedman, the Dodgers president of baseball operations, discusses how the team managed to acquire pitcher Tarik Skubal from Detroit for three prospects.
Nvidia is heading up a new alliance of tech industry giants focused on keeping open-source AI models secure as Washington debates how and whether to restrict them.
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Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
27 July 2026
The ’Obsession’ And ’Backrooms’ Lesson While Hollywood debates the merger, two films arrived that reframed what’s possible.
The senators point to staffing shortages and employee reassignments as contributing to service disruptions, while the Social Security Administration disputes that characterization.
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Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2026
The appeal also disputes Raper’s assessment of Wilson’s credibility.
Once any studio can reach a television over the open internet, owning the wire no longer confers the same advantage over owning the content, and the two businesses no longer share the same reason to sit together.
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Maureen Kerr,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Nearly every step confers a benefit on someone; almost none imposes a cost on the party that walks away.
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Monica Duffy Toft,
The Conversation,
25 June 2026
San Jose argues there's no reasonable expectation of privacy on public roads, pointing to a California appeals court decision that allowed police to access traffic camera footage of a murder suspect without a warrant.
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Maddie White,
CBS News,
7 Aug. 2026
In a new paper, Zahavy argues that current large language models (LLMs) may be unable to make original discoveries on their own.
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