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Trump backed down from plans to take Greenland but claims a deal for rare earth access. Apple is developing a wearable AI pin and planning to revamp Siri into an AI chatbot. Studies show employees disagree with CEOs about AI productivity gains, while measles cases hit a 30-year high in the US. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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