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Food delivery robots have human names and blinking eyes. But they’re not our friends

Its name is Courtney. Courtney doesn’t have eyes, but it’s got sensors everywhere. There are two blinking lights on the front of its boxy body to approximate wide, moony pupils. It’s been described as a “large cooler on four wheels.” Courtney is a food delivery robot from Serve Robotics, transporting Uber Eats orders typically when …

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Egypt Independent October 4, 2025

Pro-Israel website was used to find names of student protesters to investigate, senior ICE official says

CNN — “Most” of the names of student protesters Immigration and Customs Enforcement was asked to investigate earlier this year were plucked from a pro-Israel website that aims to blacklist pro-Palestinian students and academics, an agency official told a federal court Wednesday. The testimony from Peter Hatch, a senior official in ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, …

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Egypt Independent July 10, 2025