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Autodesk sues Google for allegedly infringing its Flow trademark as the name of Google’s AI filmmaking tool (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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Washington warns US-flag ships to avoid Iranian waters
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Israel tightens grip on occupied West Bank with governance changes
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