In the final episode, Marc Maron and former President Barack Obama spoke about the legacy of the podcast, politics and moving on.

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Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.

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Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

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Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of a larger trend of aggression among federal immigration officers.

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With start of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and release of hostages and prisoners, here are some key figures related to the Gaza war and the Hamas-led attack on Israel that sparked it.

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Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades.

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Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.

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The Mines Advisory Group has been removing landmines for more than three decades. This year, it received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a prestigious award with a $3 million prize.

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Gas utility bills are rising even though natural gas prices are down. That's because a much larger share of your gas bill now goes to infrastructure instead of fuel.

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NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day.

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A major hostage and prisoner exchange marks a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza.

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In an exclusive interview with BBC Panorama, the king says a two-state solution is the only answer.

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Families say it ends "two years of hell" and a journey of "healing and rehabilitation" will now begin.

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Thousands of people gather in Gaza and the West Bank to welcome Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel.

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The US president says the ceasefire will hold and the second phase of negotiations for a lasting peace are under way.

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The SNP are not only hopeful of victory at next year's Scottish election, but are even talking of an outright majority.

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The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.

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Average mortgage rates have increased month-on-month for the first time since February, says Moneyfacts.

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The disgraced Lostprophets frontman was fatally injured at HMP Wakefield on Saturday.

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Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers.

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Then shalt thee change the setting three times, no more!

Microsoft's OneDrive is increasing the creepiness quotient by using AI to spot faces in photos and group images accordingly. Don't worry, it can be turned off ? three times a year.?

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Cloud support to be ditched on older hardware, customers left with pricey paperweights

Audio equipment biz Bose is discontinuing cloud support for its SoundTouch product line, effectively reducing the premium devices to basic speakers with limited functionality.?

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Outage knocks out phones, broadband ? even telco's own status page

Vodafone fell over in the UK this afternoon, with Register readers reporting that many services including mobile coverage, internet services, and even the company's own status page went down.?

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Every human deserves their own accelerator, says ChatGPT creator

Broadcom has cuddled up with OpenAI as the ChatGPT outfit looks for ever more help building out the vast infrastructure it needs to deliver on its dreams of advanced intelligence ? and possibly even a profit some day.?

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'We will never stop,' say crooks, despite retiring twice in the space of a month

The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) cybercrime collective - compriseed primarily of teenagers and twenty-somethings - announced it will go dark until 2026 following the FBI's seizure of its clearweb site.?

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All-in-one toolkit or over-ambitious feature creep? You decide

Version 1.3 of the Bun JavaScript runtime and toolkit has landed, pushing forward the project's goal to consolidate fragmented JavaScript toolchains into a single solution. Yet the rapid expansion has some developers questioning whether Bun is trying to do too much, too fast.?

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Salesforce CEO praises Trump before walking back criticism of city's policing

San Francisco?s political establishment rounded on Marc Benioff over the weekend after the Salesforce founder backed the idea of sending in the National Guard to clean up the city?s streets.?

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GPU-based timing attack inspired by decade-old iframe technique

Security researchers have resurrected a 12-year-old data-stealing attack on web browsers to pilfer sensitive info from Android devices.?

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Redmond argued schools, education authorities are responsible for GDPR

An Austrian digital privacy group has claimed victory over Microsoft after the country's data protection regulator ruled the software giant "illegally" tracked students via its 365 Education platform and used their data.?

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Another flawless demonstration or unplanned explosion await

SpaceX is counting down to today's 11th flight test of its monster Starship rocket, with weather looking suitable for the opening of the launch window at 18:15 CT (or around 17:00 CT, if the company's billionaire boss is to be believed).?

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Malicious app required to make "Pixnapping" attack work requires no permissions.

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The outbreak includes at least seven confirmed cases, but some are clearly being missed.

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After more than 5 billion AI image edits, Nano Banana is expanding.

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"The final phase of Starship?s trajectory on Flight 11 includes a dynamic banking maneuver."

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California cracks down on AI as child safety concerns grow.

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Apple unifies its remaining streaming offerings by dropping the "+".

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New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.

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4chan fine may test if US will intervene to block UK?s Online Safety Act.

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"I've always been interested to experience Max Q from the inside."

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Reports suggest the hardest hit is the CDC, which is already struggling to function.

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