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This Armored Mercedes S-Class Is the Closest Thing to the Beast You Can Buy VR

This Armored Mercedes S-Class Is the Closest Thing to the Beast You Can Buy

Mercedes’ S680 Guard is a factory-built armored S-Class with VR10 protection, V-12 power, run-flat tires, and serious stealth. American presidents since 2001 have been driven around in The Beast, an armored truck styled to look like a Cadillac sedan. The third-generation model, which features exterior styling cues derived from the…
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June 5, 2026
Google just added another layer to Search results, and we’re running out of room to scroll Google

Google just added another layer to Search results, and we’re running out of room to scroll

Published Jun 4, 2026, 6:06 PM EDT Josh Hawkins began his writing career in 2015 with a simple video game walkthrough. Since then, he has expanded to conduct interviews with high-profile game developers, cover emerging tech products like the first VR headsets, and has spent countless hours learning the ins and…
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June 5, 2026
EU considers limiting protection for Ukrainian men of fighting age Ukraine

EU considers limiting protection for Ukrainian men of fighting age

June 4 (Reuters) - EU ministers on Thursday broadly supported a proposal to limit access to temporary protection for Ukrainian men of military age, Sweden’s migration minister said. The European Union activated the Temporary Protection Directive after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine to manage large-scale arrivals of displaced people. The…
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June 5, 2026
These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda Propaganda

These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda

Open-weight models, including Nvidia’s Nemotron and Alibaba’s Qwen, showed strong results comparable to Anthropic’s best models. GPT-5.4—the best-performing model from OpenAI—also performed relatively well on the benchmark, providing “Exemplary” responses on 54 percent of questions and achieving an 88.9 mean score. Unsurprisingly, recent frontier models showed a much stronger tendency…
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June 4, 2026
Niger’s General Tchiani welcomed by President Erdogan during state visit to Turkey Tayyip Erdogan

Niger’s General Tchiani welcomed by President Erdogan during state visit to Turkey

On the second day of his state visit to Turkey, Niger’s leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani was greeted by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara. They discussed bilateral relations and regional issues before holding a joint press conference. Erdogan reiterated his commitment to forging closer ties across…
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June 4, 2026