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America shoots down Iranian drone; tech stocks fall on news of AI tool, and more
Ep. 20260204
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America’s navy shot down an Iranian drone that it said “aggressively approached” the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft-carrier in the Arabian Sea, with “unclear intent”.
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