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IDF expands open-fire orders in W. Bank, leading to surge in Palestinian civilian deaths – Haaretz

Haaretz | Israel News Haaretz Exposé | Under the new orders, anyone suspected of planting an explosive device can be shot at, along with vehicles coming toward a checkpoint from a combat zone, Israeli army commanders and soldiers told Haaretz Feb 10, 2025 5:18 pm IST Feb 10, 2025 5:18 pm IST The IDF Central

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Marvel Rivals players use the power of overwhelming negativity to encourage the devs to abandon plans for a mid-season rank reset

(Image credit: Netease) Yesterday, Marvel Rivals devs announced plans for an upcoming rank reset, and players wasted no time in explaining every reason why this would absolutely suck for everyone involved. “Ranks will be reset when the second half of Season 1 starts on February 21, 2025,” a Marvel Rivals blog post says. “Based on

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Do goblin dice math, slap your D&D players with severed troll limbs, and take revenge on Shakespeare in this year’s wonderfully weird ZineQuest RPG kickstarters

(Image credit: George Philbrick, Tom Lowell (for Thieves of the Tome)) Amidst this February’s storm of big PC game releases, there’s one annual tradition I want to make sure doesn’t get overlooked: ZineQuest. If you’re not familiar, it’s a whole month of independent tabletop RPG creators crowdfunding quick ‘n’ dirty projects on Kickstarter—usually adventures or

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Silicon Valley’s Macho Makeover Was a Warning, Not a Trend

If the Silicon Valley of the 2000s and 2010s prided itself on an anti-fashion ethos—the hoodie, the New Balance trainer, the uniform of studied indifference to material possessions—then today’s tech billionaires have flipped the script. These days, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a jiu-jitsu-practicing, Richard Mille-wearing, power-lifting tycoon whose aesthetic suggests something between a Bond

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I Dated Multiple AI Partners at Once. It Got Real Weird

Dating sucks. The apps are broken. Whether it’s Hinge, Tinder, Bumble, or something else, everyone on them has become algorithmic fodder in a game that often feels pay-to-play. Colloquial wisdom suggests you’re better off trying to meet someone in person, but ever since the arrival of Covid-19 people just don’t mingle like they used to.

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Google leads $230M convertible note for Boston quantum computing startup QuEra

Quantum computing, long relegated to the realm of theoretical, feels like it is back on the agenda as a potentially viable alternative to the expensive race for more powerful compute.  On the heels of some notable advancements in quantum chips and error correction (two of the key areas that have kept quantum computers from becoming

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CISA election security officials placed on leave: report

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reportedly placed several members of its election security team on administrative leave. The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the situation, reports that 17 CISA employees have been placed on leave pending review.  The employees had worked with election officials to counter a range of

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Coca-Cola Stock Rises as Q4 Sales, Profit Top Estimates

Published February 11, 2025 07:11 AM EST Scott Olson / Getty Images Coca-Cola (KO) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results Tuesday, sending shares of the world’s biggest soft drink maker higher in premarket trading. The beverage giant reported $11.54 billion in revenue, above the $10.85 billion posted a year ago and the $10.77 billion Visible Alpha consensus.

BP Plans to ‘Fundamentally Reset’ Strategy Amid Reports of Elliott Stake

KEY TAKEAWAYS BP announced plans to “fundamentally reset” its strategy Tuesday as Elliott Investment Management reportedly has taken a “significant” stake in the British oil giant. BP CEO Murray Auchincloss said the company plans to share a “new direction” during its Capital Markets Update on Feb. 26. BP has pivoted away from its core oil