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Israel minister Smotrich banned from France

France Tuesday banned Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entering the country, the French foreign minister said, in the latest sanction slamming Israeli officials over policies towards Palestinian territories and pro-Palestinian activists. Smotrich is the

Geese, Oklou Win Big at Libera Indie Awards

Geese, Oklou and label of the year Partisan were among the big winners at the Libera Awards, presented by Merlin and the Foundation for Independent Music, with support from the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM). The ceremony, which took place Monday at Gotham

UN's Guterres calls for end to violence in Middle East

By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he was "deeply alarmed" by a renewed escalation of violence in the Middle East and called on Israel to reopen crossings into Gaza. "All attacks must stop immediately. The

Apple’s best AI idea looks a lot like vibe coding

Most of Apple's current AI ideas are roughly the same as everyone else's AI ideas. A chatbot you can ask questions; quick ways to create or summarize text; bizarre, borderline creepy image-generation tools. The company spent most of its WWDC keynote playing catch-up with the

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