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        <title><![CDATA[Meta failing to keep under-13s off Facebook, Instagram: EU]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[OpenAI falls short of revenue and user targets as it races toward IPO, WSJ reports]]></title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:47:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Apple CEOs through the years: From Michael Scott]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Apple said Monday that Tim Cook, its longtime CEO, would step down in September and be succeeded by John Ternus, the head of hardware engineering. Since Steve Jobs...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:27:02 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AI layoffs in the tech industry surge past 39,000 in 2026]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence and automation have emerged as a major factor in tech workforce reductions in 2026. As of early April, 38,088 tech jobs have been cut worldwide due to AI-li...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:43:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Greece to ban social media for under 15-year-olds: PM]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Athens: Greece will ban access to social media for children under 15 from January 1, 2027 Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday."We have decided to go ahead with a d...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:44:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gmail users now get to change their usernames]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Google has launched a feature that allows users to change the username of their Gmail account. In its blog, the company said: “Your digital identity just got an upgrade. You can no...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:39:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Economists once dismissed the AI job threat, but not anymore]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Among tech evangelists in Silicon Valley, it has become conventional wisdom that artificial intelligence will rapidly reshape the labor market, for better or worse. Economists, how...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:57:12 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[NASA counts down for first crewed lunar mission in 50 years]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ NASA Sends Astronauts around the Moon for the first time in 50 years  Florida: ​NASA is set to launch four astronauts as soon as Wednesday evening on a 10-day flight around the mo...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The apps you need for your next trip abroad]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When you’re visiting another country, you generally expect to pay in the national currency, adapt to a new time zone, follow the local customs and speak a bit of the language. But...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 17:21:35 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Middle Eastern parents share content of their children online: Study ]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kaspersky “Growing up online” survey reveals that almost half (48%) of parents across the Middle East, Turkiye and Africa (META) region regularly post photos, videos, or updates ab...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:45:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japan&#039;s Honda says to book $16 bn in expenses on EV rethink]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Japanese automaker Honda said Thursday that it expected to book about 2.5 trillion yen ($15.7 billion) in expenses and losses related to a major reorientation of its electric vehic...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:49:58 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Zoho marks one million customer milestone on its 30th anniversary]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Zoho Corporation marked its 30th anniversary by announcing two major milestones: the company now supports more than one million paying customers and over 150 million users worldwid...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:48:02 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At AI Summit, India tries to find a way between the US and China]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI — In a world where geopolitical power is being defined partly by the race between the United States and China to dominate artificial intelligence, India has a pitch for t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:38:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Meta to add facial recognition technology to its smart glasses]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Five years ago, Facebook shut down the facial recognition system for tagging people in photos on its social network, saying it wanted to find “the right balance” for a technology t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2026 05:59:53 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Secret to a happy marriage: A translator]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For many spouses, smartphone use is a point of tension. But for David Duda and Hong Liang, a couple in New Haven, Connecticut, the technology is so essential that they own eight ex...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 06:47:14 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How the AI boom could push up PC prices]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Kelt Reeves has sold high-end personal computers for 34 years, catering to gamers and others who are willing to pay $4,000 and more for extreme performance.His company, Falcon Nort...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Falcon Northwest builds personal computer systems for gamers and others who are willing to pay $4,000 and more for extreme performance</media:title>
            <media:text>Falcon Northwest builds personal computer systems for gamers and others who are willing to pay $4,000 and more for extreme performance</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:20:37 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Instagram CEO denies addiction claims in landmark US trial]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Wednesday rejected the notion that users could be clinically addicted to social media, as he testified in a landmark California trial over whether hi...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 06:30:36 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Meta, YouTube created addictive digital casinos: Lawyers]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — In a crowded Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, Mark Lanier pulled three wooden children’s blocks from his bag and stacked them on top of each other.“This case is as ea...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:40:37 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[AI to track icebergs adrift at sea in boon for science]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Paris: British scientists said on Thursday that a world-first AI tool to catalogue and track icebergs as they break apart into smaller chunks could fill a "major blind spot" in pre...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 18:03:11 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What to do with old gadgets]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Digital music players and cameras have largely been kicked to the curb by smartphones, yet many people still have them tucked away somewhere.If you’ve been keeping that ancient iPo...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The popularity of the modern smartphone has banished many once-popular devices to drawers and forgotten bins.</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:56:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Kids logged out from social media access]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Australia in December became the world's first ​country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking them from platforms including TikTok, Alphabet's YouTube and Meta's Inst...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:55:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[China to ban hidden car door handles, setting new safety standards]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ China will ban hidden door handles on cars from next year over safety concerns, phasing out the minimalist design popularised by Tesla.The new rules could prompt carmakers globall...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[A company might lay people off for any number of reasons: It didn’t meet financial targets. It overhired. Tariffs, or the loss of a big client, rocked it.But lately, many companies...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[To stay competitive in the artificial intelligence race, Meta increased its spending on data centers last year and began shifting away from virtual reality.On Wednesday, the compan...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 07:01:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Will the EU ban social media for children in 2026?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Brussels, Belgium, Jan 28, 2026 (AFP) - As France moves one step closer to banning social media for children, the European Union is seriously considering whether it's time for the...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:43:05 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — After a nearly yearlong delay to its efforts to compete in artificial intelligence, Apple said Monday that it planned to base its AI products on technology develope...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:44:56 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[In early November, Microsoft said it would supply artificial intelligence tools and training to more than 200,000 students and educators in the United Arab Emirates.Days later, a f...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 06:06:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[TrumpMobile, the phone company launched by ​the Trump Organization, has delayed ‌plans to ‍ship its ‌gold-colored ‍smartphone by the ⁠end of this year, the Financial Times ⁠reporte...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 05:39:06 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[It was an unusual romance. In the summer of 2024, Ayrin, a busy, bubbly woman in her 20s, became enraptured by Leo, an artificial intelligence chatbot that she had created on ChatG...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 05:47:40 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Cancer-detecting blood tests are on the Rise. Do they work?]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1181030/scitech/technology/cancer-detecting-blood-tests-are-on-the-rise-do-they-work]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the spring of 2021, the cancer field was abuzz over research that suggested a simple early-detection blood test could find dozens of different cancers, including many for which...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:45:56 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Disney to bring its characters to OpenAI’s Sora videos]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a watershed moment for Hollywood and generative artificial intelligence, Disney said Thursday that it would buy a $1 billion stake in OpenAI and bring its characters to Sora, th...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 06:41:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Seoul - Samsung launched its first triple-folding phone on Tuesday, a special-edition product with an eyewatering price tag, placing it out of the reach of the average consumer.**m...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:43:26 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Need for industry collaboration to develop AI infrastructure]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Muscat: While the current AI investment gains are concentrated among infrastructure providers such as chipmakers and cloud services, future growth will come as firms learn to expan...]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 07:06:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[A bot may soon be booking your vacation.Millions of travelers already use artificial intelligence to compare options for flights, hotels, rental cars and more. About 30% of U.S. tr...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:10:22 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Based in US or Nigeria? X erupts over the location feature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Washington - X erupted in uproar after the rollout of a feature revealing an account's location, exposing what users describe as global troll farms and influence operations on the...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 05:27:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Communication Day marked in Salalah]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Several presentations by the young media professionals marked the open day at the University of Technology and Applied Sciences (UTAS), Salalah Sunday.The presentations featured st...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:48:42 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[After several years of criticism that it was lagging in artificial intelligence, Google is turning up its competition with smaller startups such as OpenAI and Anthropic.On Tuesday,...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:44:53 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dubai - As part of a five-year facilities management partnership, Dubai Airports and leading UAE-based smart and green facilities management (FM) company Farnek are deploying more...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 08:23:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Mary Handeland, a real estate agent in Grafton, Wisconsin, found a match on a dating app last year. He said that his name was Mike and that he was an engineer for a defense contrac...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:34:44 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[As Americans ready themselves for crowded airports and long security lines this holiday season, one new development is poised to change the Transportation Security Administration’s...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 07:02:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Humans can no longer tell AI music from the real thing]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Paris - It has become nearly impossible for people to tell the difference between music generated by artificial intelligence and that created by humans, according to a survey relea...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:27:42 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Gamma, a PowerPoint for the AI Era, raises $68 million]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1179511/scitech/technology/gamma-a-powerpoint-for-the-ai-era-raises-68-million]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[As an investment banker and consultant, Grant Lee spent years toiling on PowerPoint presentations. They are “the language of business,” he said, but require too much time “moving p...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 05:52:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[For better or worse, many people are asking artificial intelligence chatbots for health information and advice. According to a June 2024 poll from the health research group KFF, ab...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 08:36:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Volkswagen said on Wednesday that CARIZON, its joint venture with China's Horizon Robotics, will develop the German carmaker's first in-house chip to power smart driving capabilit...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:54:30 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Starring in videos is no longer a job just for the social media team]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, Sam Terblanche, a junior at Columbia University, went to a soccer match at Yankee Stadium. On the subway ride there, he told friends he felt lousy. On...]]></description>
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