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Waymo's Boston Launch, Bitcoin Crash, Cees vs Heat! · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Friday, February 6th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 74 years ago, today, in 1952, Princess
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  Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth, the second
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  at 25 after her father's death. Stepping into
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  a lifelong role of service, duty and continuity.
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  Her accession marked a unifying milestone that
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  strengthened national identity, guided postwar
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  recovery, and modernized ceremonial traditions
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  across the Commonwealth. So now you know. And
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  now it's time for the weather report. This morning
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  it's mostly cloudy and it feels like five degrees
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  with five mile per hour wind. The sunset will
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  take place at 5 .05 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 6 .47. It looks like we're in for a mostly
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  cloudy day with a high near 28 and a light north
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  wind around 5. Tonight, there's a chance of snow
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  between 11 p .m. and 5 a .m. with a low around
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  21 and very light wind. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first low tide Friday will be
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  at 815, with a high tide just before 230. The
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  nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads zero degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather, Saturday will be snowy with patchy fog
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  and a high near 28, with northwest winds 2 to
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  12 miles per hour. gusting up to 24 miles per
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  hour and 1 to 3 inches possible. Snow is likely
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  early Saturday night with lows near 3 and stronger
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  northwest gusts up to 29, then colder Sunday
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  with highs near 16 and gusty northwest winds,
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  continuing through Sunday night before milder,
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  mostly sunny weather returns Monday into Tuesday.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, Waymo is preparing to introduce its autonomous
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  taxi service to Boston, claiming its technology
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  can navigate the city's challenging winter weather
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  and intricate infrastructure. This move indicates
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  Google's ride -hailing company is ready for national
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  expansion following launches in Miami, Seattle,
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  and Minneapolis. However, Boston presents unique
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  challenges such as narrow colonial -era streets
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  and aggressive local drivers. While Waymo validates
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  its sixth -generation driver model against local
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  obstacles, Massachusetts law currently prohibits
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  fully autonomous vehicles without a human backup
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  driver. Lawmakers are working on establishing
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  a safety framework to legalize this innovative
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  technology. Now onto sports. This Sunday, the
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  Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will
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  clash in Super Bowl XVI. The matchup, known as
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  the Explosive Play Bowl, features teams focused
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  on creating and preventing big plays. Defenses
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  have adapted to offenses by using too high safety
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  looks, while offenses have evolved towards safer
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  passes and effective runs. In recent years, explosive
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  plays have become vital, with teams generating
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  them winning 61 .2 % of the time. As the Seahawks
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  boast the best explosive play differential in
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  the league, their defense will face the Patriots'
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  dynamic offense led by quarterback Drake May.
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  Tune in this Sunday at 6 .30 Eastern on NBC.
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  In local sports. The Celtics are set to host
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  the Heat tonight at 7 .30 in Boston, aiming to
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  build on their strong performance despite some
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  key injuries. The Seas come in with a 33 -18
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  record, while Miami sits at 27 -25. Boston is
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  looking to improve its conference record of 22
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  -12, while Miami seeks to extend its three -game
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  road win streak. In their last matchup on January
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  16th, The Celtics edged the Heat 119 to 114,
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  led by Jalen Brown's 27 points. Expect a high
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  -scoring battle as both teams average over 100
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  points per game. In top news, once a distant
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  second or third in the artificial intelligence
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  race, Anthropic is now moving to the front with
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  a focus on caution, coding, and business clients.
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  This week, the startup's products upended the
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  stock market, triggering a global sell -off across
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  various sectors. Anthropic unveiled its most
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  advanced model yet, capable of synthesizing data
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  and analysis, running coding teams, and managing
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  product functions. The company expects to break
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  even in 2028, two years before OpenAI. As the
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  competition intensifies, the future of artificial
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  intelligence remains uncertain. We are in peak
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  AI experimentation mode, according to industry
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  experts. In business news, Bitcoin's meltdown
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  is not just a crypto event. It is hammering stocks
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  and risk appetite. The currency's store of value
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  trade is gone, and tech stocks might be taking
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  the hit. Bitcoin, the world's biggest cryptocurrency,
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  has shed more than $1 trillion in value over
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  the past 121 days. Its price is down about 50
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  % from its early October peak, falling below
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  $65 ,000 for the first time since October 24th.
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  Analysts are now seeing cracks in the speculative
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  bid that has fueled recent markets. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is down 17 % for the week to
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  about $64 ,000. Ethereum is down 18 % to just
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  under $1 ,900. And XRP is down 21 % to $1 .27.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Microsoft's pivotal artificial
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  intelligence product is encountering significant
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  problems. After relying on its partnership with
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  OpenAI, Microsoft is struggling in the chatbot
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  race, losing ground with users. Confusing brand
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  positioning and integration issues have frustrated
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  users, according to former employees. Only a
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  small portion of subscribers to Microsoft's enterprise
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  suite are using Copilot, with preference for
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  competing options increasing. Chief executive
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  Satya Nadella's push for transformation into
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  an AI -first company is at stake, as Microsoft
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  shares fell nearly 3 % following concerns over
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  growth. Despite setbacks, Microsoft remains among
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  the world's most valuable companies due to its
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  eye -driven cloud demand. And in entertainment
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  news, an unrecognizable Jonah Hill returns to
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  the big screen for outcome alongside Keanu Reeves
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  and Cameron Diaz. Hill also co -wrote and directed
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  the dark comedy. which premieres on April 10th
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  at The Dark Comedy, which premieres on April
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  12th at Fall As Reef Hawk, played by Reeves,
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  of The Love Fall As Reef Hawk, played by Reeves,
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  after being extorted with a damaging video. With
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  support from lifelong friends Kyle and Xander,
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  along with his crisis lawyer Ira, portrayed by
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  Hill, Reef embarks on a soul -searching journey.
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  During the press day, Hill stated that the film
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  is a metaphor for what we all go through living
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  on social media. Well, alrighty, folks, it's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, our
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  quote comes from the American poet and author,
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  Carl Sandberg. And he said, And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.