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DJI Mavic Pro Review: Powerful and Easy to Use
Wired

DJI’s new flagship drone is astonishingly good, but “local conditions” means it’s not yet available in the US.

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Florida Environmentalists Sound Alarm on SpaceX Bid to Launch 120 Rockets a Year
Gizmodo.com

Local advocacy groups argue the ambitious launch schedule could increase pollution, harm wildlife, and disrupt fishing.

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Nine reported killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine
BBC News

Another fourpeople are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say.

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Meta faces Democratic probe into plans to power a giant data center with gas
The Verge

Meta’s building a new AI data center so massive in Louisiana that the local utility company has plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants to provide it with enough electricity. Now, advocates and lawmakers are pressing Meta for answers about how it’…

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Israel issues major evacuation order for Palestinians sheltering in Gaza City
BBC News

Israel alleges several buildings are being used by Hamas. Local authorities and aid agencies say thousands of civilians are sheltering there.

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iPhone Shipments Crash 50% in China as Local Brands Dominate
MacRumors

Foreign-branded smartphone shipments in China, dominated by Apple's iPhone, dropped dramatically in March 2025, plunging 49.6% year-over-year according to data released by The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). The steep …

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4 men arrested during local prostitution sting
Yahoo Entertainment

Undercover Richmond police officers arrested Donald Stipp, Alfonso Poou, Richard Manis III, and Ivan Alavez.

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Google will let restaurants highlight specials on their search profiles
The Verge

Google is preparing to add a new section to restaurant and bar search profiles. The new section will let owners include timely deals or events in search results in a way that they can control, either manually or by linking to a social media profile, the compa…

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Microsoft is opening its on-device AI models up to web apps in Edge
The Verge

Web developers will be able to start leveraging on-device AI in Microsoft’s Edge browser soon, using new APIs that can give their web apps access to Microsoft’s Phi-4-mini model, the company announced at its Build conference today. And Microsoft says the API …

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Private prisons and local jails are ramping up as ICE detention exceeds capacity
NPR

The number of people in ICE detention has grown, and detention facilities are over capacity. So the government is intensifying its hunt for more space, and local police are playing a bigger role.