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How Palestinians Are Building a Digital Archive That Can’t Be Erased

“We created this platform, the Palestine Museum Digital Archive, which is an unlootable archive,” Shomali explains. What began with simple door-knocking—visiting families in the West Bank and asking permission to scan old photographs, letters and documents—has grown into one of the most ambitious digital preservation projects in the region. The open-source archive now contains more…

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This humanoid robotics company is going public, but its CEO isn’t promising a robot in your home anytime soon

The humanoid robotics market is awash in money right now. Last week, AI2 Robotics, a Shenzhen-based startup that makes wheeled humanoid robots, raised roughly $735 million at a nearly $3 billion valuation. Earlier this year, Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots for manufacturing and logistics, closed a $935 million funding round valuing the company…

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Interactive Brokers Platform Reportedly Accessible Again Without VPN in the Philippines

Philippine retail investors reported that the international online trading platform Interactive Brokers (IBKR) is once again accessible without a virtual private network (VPN) across major domestic internet service providers (ISPs). The development follows months of access restrictions implemented by local telecommunications companies under regulatory directives. Users Report Restored Access According to online discussions on the…

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‘Love Island USA’ dumps CorbinGPT

Parmida and Corbin just got dumped on Love Island USA, and the internet is mourning the loss of their favorite Love Island “robot” — also known as “CorbinGPT.” SEE ALSO: ‘Love Island USA’ might’ve just aired its saddest Movie Night episode The Islanders sang their hearts out in a karaoke competition in Season 8, Episode…

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