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Mt. Olive Pickles withdraws from Great American State Fair after Confederate flag at NC booth (www.witn.com)
 

Gov. Josh Stein's office told WRAL News the flag has since been removed.

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Right Into the Dystopian Shit (media.piefed.social)
 
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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to ‘Conserve Electricity’ (www.404media.co)
 

Henrico County is a major hub for data centers in Virginia. Its officials said it expects a 25% rise in electricity costs next year, and advised workers to close the blinds and turn off their computers to make up for it.

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Kansas City Pushes Ahead With Facial Recognition on Buses (www.pcmag.com)
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Pentagon used Elon Musk’s Grok AI to fire 2,000 missiles at Iran, official says (www.independent.co.uk)
 

In a sworn statement defending the trillionaire from a lawsuit alleging xAI data centers are illegally polluting Black communities, the Pentagon’s artificial intelligence chief said the chatbot’s continued operation is “a matter of paramount national security” — and was used to fire more than “2,000 munitions at 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours.”

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Covid vaccination cut risk of adverse heart events, large study finds (www.statnews.com)
 

Updated seasonal COVID-19 vaccines continue to significantly lower the risk of post-viral cardiovascular complications. The 2024-2025 formulation reduced major adverse cardiac events by 38% in a cohort study of over one million US veterans.

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Xbox is closing Ninja Theory, and Double Fine and Compulsion may not be far behind (www.techspot.com)
 

Sources have told The Verge that Ninja Theory staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, leaving the team looking for a buyer so...

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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals (www.bbc.com)
 

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.

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Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals (www.bbc.com)
 

Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.