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Lily Jamali

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North America Technology Correspondent, BBC News

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Joe Tidy BBC News @joetidy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The Julius Kivimaki and Vastaamo hack story is back in the news today with articles and a new BBC podcast series. Given that I've literally "written the book" on this hack I offered to help but they never replied. The good news is, there's a brilliant HBO doc series out, which I was involved in:
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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🧵 1/ What is this photograph? It's a custom-made mask fitted for a software engineer in northern Virginia who suffered third-degree burns on her face when the Tesla Model Y she was in crashed and caught on fire. A heroic crowd of bystanders could not open the doors
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Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In case you missed it live: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w... #Trump #Russia #Ukraine #France - and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple investments in the US
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BBC World Service - The Newsroom, 07/08/2025 01:06 GMT
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I was presenting this week's episode of Tech Life on the BBC World Service - What happened to DeepSeek? @lilyjamali.bsky.social reports - AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? @joetidy.bsky.social reports - Alasdair Keane interviews Volvo’s tech lead 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Food for thought
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Homage to the Commodore Amiga
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
I also got to finally meet Jeeves!! (The pets.com sock puppet was there, too)
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
A highlight of my visit to the Vintage Computer Festival at the Computer History Museum… discovering the BBC Micro - albeit a few years late! Thanks to @davidga.me for the history lesson!
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
I got to do something great a week ago: join a 25-year reunion for people who worked at #Napster. While the original experience was rough for most of them, this was a chance to process it with old friends. It remains one of the most remarkable stories of that era. wapo.st/3HdcJhv
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
No doubt! It’s such a great idea. We desperately need spaces like this.
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Heard about this over lunch today.. really looking forward to seeing it!
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Ethics watchdogs say the Trump family’s new mobile venture represents another means for potential corruption and conflicts of interest. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Trump Organization enters mobile phone business
It is the latest plan by US President Donald Trump's family that looks to cash on his name.
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
The anti-Elon stickers are DEFINITELY getting larger
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Graham Fraser @grahamjfraser.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Today is the end of Skype as Microsoft shuts it down. I have spoken to people whose lives were impacted by it, including a long-distance couple who fell in love over Skype and a woman who used it to find closure following her husband's death. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Skype shutting down: Your memories as Microsoft shuts down the video calling service
As Microsoft shuts it down, we’ve spoken to people whose lives were impacted by the tools.
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Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
1gmt/2bst #TheNewsroom here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 📻 featuring @lilyjamali.bsky.social on Apple and tariffs; also #MikeWaltz; #Netanyahu #Harrods, and farewell to football superfan, Manolo el del Bombo of Spain. @nickrandell.bsky.social keeping us on air
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World Service - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC World Service on BBC Sounds
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Dana Hull @danahull.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
AP NewsAlert: Wisconsin attorney general sues in attempt to block Elon Musk from handing out $1 million to voters
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Awesome news!
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
From today’s “#TeslaTakeover” protest in Berkeley, CA. Our report is here: www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
“Do we only publish where we are required by law?” That’s a quote pulled from internal documents at Match Group. This damning investigation finds Match Group has long known about abusive users on their apps but failed to share that info with users. A MUST-READ: 19thnews.org/2025/02/dati...
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Dating app cover-up: How Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner keep rape under wraps
The company behind more than a dozen dating apps, Match Group, has known for years about the abusive users on its platforms, but chooses to leave millions of people in the dark.
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Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Here's Tuesday afternoon's #GlobalNewsPod www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... #Gaza, #Jordan #Rubiales and @lilyjamali.bsky.social on OpenAi and Musk
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BBC World Service - Global News Podcast, Trump: “Let all hell break out” if Hamas does not release hostages
Both sides accuse each other of ceasefire violations
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Barry Petchesky @barryp.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Possibly useful tip: the Trader Joe's precooked hardboiled eggs seem to be immune from the egg price hikes so far. The downside is that eating wet eggs from a bag makes you feel worse about yourself.
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Nikki Marks @nikkijmarks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
AI’s ‘Sputnik Moment’: BBC’s Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social on the Deepseek storm www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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DeepSeek AI shakes American swagger and upends assumptions
The app spooked the markets as well as the bullish sense of American superiority in AI development.
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Jackie Leonard @jackieleonard.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
We're live at 2gmt: #TheNewsroom here ---> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... - 📻 @lilyjamali.bsky.social on #DeepSeek and #Nvidia; plus #Goma; #Gaza; #Neymar and #Auschwitz
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World Service - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
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Anupam Chander @anupamchander.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I told the BBC that the Biden Administration made an "unforced error" in crafting and defending a law that gives the President outsized control over who owns TikTok. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
“It was a terrible idea to put the future of a massive information platform into this political maelstrom,” Georgetown Law’s @anupamchander.bsky.social tells me re: TikTok. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Musk, MrBeast, Larry Ellison - Who might buy TikTok?
Several potential US buyers have expressed interest in purchasing the social media platform.
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
SUNDAY at 2pmET/11amPT — I interview Stanford’s Marietje Schaake about her new book “The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley.” Please RSVP here to join us. We invite you to submit your questions. dc.alumni.columbia.edu/marietjescha...
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The Tech Coup:
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I got to test 1-800-ChatGPT on WhatsApp with my @marketplace.org pal Meghan McCarty Carino. It’s… a work in progress. youtu.be/JFHOsIBB-Yw?...
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TikTok Heads to the Supreme Court | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
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liv mcmahon @livmcmahon.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Brilliantly reported by my colleague @grahamjfraser.bsky.social, our story about Apple Intelligence making up BBC News app headlines when summarising notifications seems to be exactly the sort of thing Apple wanted to avoid with a slower, “thoughtful” approach to genAI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC complains to Apple over misleading shooting headline
Apple's new artificial intelligence features falsely made it seem the BBC reported Luigi Mangione had shot himself.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
From BERKELEY PD: We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. nixle.us/FZ3E9
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We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. from Berkeley Police Department : Nixle
We have issued an Evacuation Order due to a Tsunami coming to West Berkeley. EVACUATE NOW People in the Tsunami Zone are in IMMEDIATE DANGER and MUST EVACUATE NOW. Stay east of 7th St. This is ...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Whoa, and now a tsunami warning…
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Anyone in NorCal feel that earthquake? (Testing if #earthquaketwitter has landed here on bluesky yet)
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#BBCNews - ‘Do not pet’: Why are robot dogs patrolling Mar-A-Lago? www.bbc.com/news/article... By @lilyjamali.bsky.social
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On patrol at Mar-a-Lago, robotic dogs have their moment
Robotic dogs are helping law enforcement protect President-elect Donald Trump at his Florida residence.
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Thank you!
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
@emilyliu.me Hi Emily, i’m with BBC News. Possible to connect briefly about the outage? I’m at lily.r.jamali@bbc.co.uk. Thanks!
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Lina Khan is as close to a household name as a member of the FTC is probably ever going to get. What’s next for her and more in tech in a second Trump administration? I wrote about it for this week’s BBC Tech Decoded newsletter. www.bbc.com/news/technol...
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Introducing Tech Decoded: The latest technology news direct to your inbox
Tech Decoded is the BBC's international technology newsletter, bringing you the latest twice a week.
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 29/06/2024
seriously??
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 28/06/2024
Timeline cleanse! Check out our latest “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review” with @anitar.bsky.social of @theinformation.bsky.social (We finally found an excuse to touch on the Drake-Kendrick Lamar beef) youtu.be/T_1BR5hqwXU?...
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Music Labels Take AI to Court | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
🎵Major music labels, Universal, Sony and Warner are suing two startups – Suno and Udio - that produce AI-generated music. The two companies are accused of allegedly scraping copyrighted songs from the internet to train their AI models. What does this latest lawsuit mean for the AI startup sector? 👨‍⚖️The Supreme Court has ruled against Republican-led states accusing the federal government of coercing social media companies into suppressing content. What does this mean for moderation of misleading or controversial information posted on these platforms? 📉NVIDIA's stock took massive losses this week, wiping away hundreds of billions of dollars in market value. What does this say about the state of AI investor sentiment? Plus, we'll discuss how lesser known companies are getting into the AI race.
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
WATCH: “You click to subscribe. Why can’t you click to cancel?” -Paresh Dave of WIRED on the latest tech company that regulators say is too hard to quit. Check out “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review” and subscribe on YouTube to catch the show every week… youtu.be/o_F5V00Oykk?...
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A Less Open OpenAI | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
🏷️ U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is urging Congress to require social media companies to place warning labels on their platforms, similar to those used ...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 14/06/2024
Great to chat with @joannastern.bsky.social of @wallstreetjournal.bsky.social about Apple’s “AI-in-Everything” strategy, and the week’s other tech news. WATCH HERE and SUBSCRIBE to catch “Marketplace Tech Bytes” every Friday!: youtu.be/WQMtgvd2rRg?...
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Apple Enters the AI Race | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
Apple Intelligence: Apple revealed its new artificial intelligence tool “Apple Intelligence” at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, CA. How is Apple going to make itself stand out from other AI companies? 🚘Uber’s Legal Woes: Uber has lost its challenge to California's AB5 law which requires gig companies to provide employment rights to workers. Will there be more legal troubles between the state and companies like Uber going forward? ✖️ X Makes “Likes” Private: X, the company formerly known as Twitter, made user “likes” private this week, marking another change to the platform's function and identity since Elon Musk bought the social media platform. Join us as Marketplace's Lily Jamali and Joanna Stern of the Wall Street Journal break down these stories
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 10/06/2024
Our Marketplace Tech week-in-review with @natashathereporter.bsky.social of @theinformation.bsky.social is up! We talk AI whistleblowers, Facebook’s future & the return of Roaring Kitty. WATCH HERE: youtu.be/H-P7EIz_oWM?...
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A Warning from AI Insiders | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
On this week’s episode of Marketplace Tech Bytes: 📝13 current and former employees from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Anthropic signed an open letter release...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 28/04/2024
Great to wrap the week in tech with Paresh Dave of WIRED. We cover TikTok, noncompetes, and the new Sony/Honda EV. WATCH HERE: youtu.be/AhAkRn9zZRM?...
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Biden's TikTok Ban Explained | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
🚫Biden Signs TikTok Bill: President Biden has signed a bill giving TikTok 270 days to sell to a U.S. buyer or face a national ban. TikTok plans to challenge...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 12/04/2024
Tesla stock is down 30% in 2024. Watch @jewelmelanie and I discuss the week’s major tech headlines here! $tsla👇 youtu.be/aaVZJX00unc?...
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How Inflation Data is Spooking Investors | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
🚗Tesla settles fatal Autopilot lawsuit, years after the company said it would take up the legal fight. Why the change?💲Inflation persists, raising doubts a...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 29/03/2024
“This is one state trying to take this on, but we have a nationwide problem.” -@joannastern.bsky.social on Florida’s new social media crackdown for minors. Plus, Joanna’s latest EV adventures & a WWDC preview Our latest MARKETPLACE TECH BYTES: Week in Review is up… youtu.be/gP1Eomlv7iU?...
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Will Florida’s New Social Media Ban For Minors Work? | Bytes: Week in Review | Marketplace Tech
🚫Florida passes a law banning minors under 14 from social media. Legal challenges arise, increasing free speech concerns.🚘Supercharge EV Savings: Joanna St...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
Anita Ramaswamy from Reuters Breakingviews joined me for our weekly Marketplace tech round-up. We discussed how Apple’s walled-garden strategy became a liability. $aapl WATCH HERE!: youtu.be/lS_oEkFT_xM?...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 15/03/2024
I got to talk through the week’s top stories in tech with Paresh Dave of WIRED. We had a lot to cover including TikTok, OpenAI, Waymo, and Reddit. SUBSCRIBE to catch the show every Friday. youtu.be/IV8hlcAY25Q?...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
The 12th most valuable company in the world is no longer Tesla. It’s Ozempic & Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk. Watch Christina Farr and I talk through the week’s top stories in tech. $TSLA $NVO $AAPL youtu.be/lCI-uQD9k5g?...
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Tech Transparency Project @ttp-updates.bsky.social · 07/03/2024
“One of the things that I think we’re gonna have to reckon with is that human intelligence comes at a premium,” @bostonjoan.bsky.social tells @lilyjamali.bsky.social . For tech companies looking to cut costs, though, trust & safety workers are an easy target. www.marketplace.org/shows/market...
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Spotting tech-driven disinformation isn't getting easier - Marketplace
Joan Donovan of Boston University discusses the risks posed by deepfakes and other forms of political deception enabled by artificial intelligence. She’s not as impressed, though, by the technology’s ...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 04/03/2024
“Innovation is something that looks like a distraction until it clicks.” Great to chat with @nmasc_ for our weekly tech roundup👇 youtu.be/vn7e1cQN2a4?...
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Lily Jamali @lilyjamali.bsky.social · 02/02/2024
“Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review” is posted! Anita Ramaswamy of Reuters BreakingViews joins me for this edition. SUBSCRIBE to MarketplaceAPM on YouTube to catch the show every week youtu.be/TXYqeBihVrQ?...
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