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Trump fires the entire National Science Board

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The Trump phone still isn’t real

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Xreal’s best AR glasses are $599 for good now

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Instagram has launched another Snapchat clone

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Democrats want to ban ICE from turning warehouses into detention centers

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Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

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