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Boston Police Name Tags, Bruins Win, OpenAI-Amazon Deal · 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 Wednesday, November 5th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 33 years ago, today, in 1992, Long Beach,
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  California welcomed a new resident of about eight
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  pounds, seven ounces. His parents sometimes called
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  him Larry the Lobster. But we all know him now
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  as just Mikey. So happy birthday to you, Mr.
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  Pays. Everyone here at Sunny Mornings hopes you
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  have a great day. So now you know. And now, it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning, it's
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  partly sunny and it feels like 37 degrees, with
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  6 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 430 and it will rise again tomorrow at 623.
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  It looks a grin for a mostly cloudy day with
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  a high near 58 and a gentle southwest breeze
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  gusting up to 23. Tonight, expect rain showers
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  likely between 7 p .m. and 4 a .m. with a low
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  around 43 and a strong west wind gusting up to
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  63. For all you beach runners out there, the
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  first high tide Wednesday will be at 1015 with
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  a low tide just after 430. The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 55 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather, Thursday
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  will be sunny with a high near 51 and northwest
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  winds of 13 to 26 miles per hour, gusting as
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  high as 51. A warming trend follows with showers
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  likely Friday night through Saturday, highs rising
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  to about 61 on Saturday, and falling back to
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  the mid -50s on Sunday, with breezy southwest
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  to west winds and gusts to 22 miles per hour
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  at times. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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  is brought to you by Versailles Café and Pastries
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  in Encinitas, nestled on El Camino Real South,
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  just north of Encinitas Boulevard. This cafe
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  is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge in
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  their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten -free
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  crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch or just
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  breeze on through to get your morning coffee.
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. Boston police officers will wear name
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  tags for the first time following a new agreement
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  with the city for a one -year contract extension.
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  Mayor Michelle Wu announced this contract ratification
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  on November 4th, which includes a total estimated
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  cost of $6 .7 million and a 2 % wage increase
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  for every officer. In a statement, Wu emphasized
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  the significance of this change, saying, At a
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  time when federal agents are seen on American
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  streets with masks shielding their identity,
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  Boston police officers will now wear their names
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  as a part of their uniform, humanizing who they
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  are. The contract also provides free access to
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  department gyms and allows officers 30 minutes
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  of workout time per shift. Now onto sports. Following
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  an action -packed trade deadline, the NFL season
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  remains wide open. Four of the top seven Super
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  Bowl contenders lost in Week 9, altering the
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  odds to win the Super Bowl. The Indianapolis
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  Colts made a significant trade for all -pro cornerback
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  Sauce Gardner, solidifying their push for a Super
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  Bowl. The Kansas City Chiefs maintain the top
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  spot in Super Bowl odds, despite a loss to the
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  Buffalo Bills. The Bills have jumped a second
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  with odds plus 600, while the Detroit Lions,
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  Los Angeles Rams, and Philadelphia Eagles are
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  tied for third at plus 800. The Colts and Seattle
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  Seahawks also improved their odds, with the Colts
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  now at plus 1 ,100 and the Seahawks at plus 1
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  ,400. In local sports, The Boston Bruins defeated
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  the New York Islanders 4 -3 on Tuesday night,
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  marking their fourth straight victory. Marikasna
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  Deynov tied the game late in the third period
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  and scored the lone shootout goal. Viktor Arvidsson
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  and Pavel Zakha also contributed goals for Boston,
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  while Jeremy Swamen made 25 saves. The Vorvat
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  scored twice for New York. with Anthony Duclair
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  adding another goal. Kuznadinov tied the game
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  with 4 minutes and 54 seconds left, taking advantage
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  of an islander's turnover. The Bruins will host
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  the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. In top
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  news, Six Flags America has permanently closed
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  after 51 years of operation. The amusement park,
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  located in Bowie, Maryland, shut its gates for
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  the last time on Sunday. Fans criticized the
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  chain for closing the historic 108 -year -old
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  Wild One roller coaster. On its final day, large
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  crowds flocked to enjoy the rides, with wait
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  times exceeding two hours for popular attractions.
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  Unfortunately, the Superman ride of steel suffered
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  a mechanical issue. disappointing many fans.
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  Local officials are committed to a thoughtful
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  redevelopment process for the site, which has
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  long been a cherished part of the community.
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  In business news, OpenAI announced it has signed
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  a seven -year, $38 billion deal with Amazon Web
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  Services to buy cloud services for products like
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  ChatGBT and Sora. This agreement provides access
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  to hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA graphics processors
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  for training and running AI models. OpenAI CDO
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  Sam Altman stated, scaling frontier AI requires
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  massive reliable compute. The company will use
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  Amazon Web Services immediately with all planned
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  capacity online by the end of 2026. Despite challenges,
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  OpenAI's annualized revenue run rate is expected
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  to reach about $20 billion by year's end. The
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  company is also laying the groundwork for an
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  initial public offering that could value it at
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  up to $1 trillion. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 5 % to $102 ,000. Ethereum is down 8
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  % to just over $3300. An XRP is down half a percent
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  to $2 .25. Moving on to a more local vibe. In
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  our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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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. The Internet Archive's legal
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  battles have concluded, but founder Brewster
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  Call laments the losses, stating, We survived,
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  but it wiped out the library. Last month, the
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  Internet Archive celebrated its trillionth archived
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  webpage, with San Francisco designating October
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  22nd as Internet Archive Day. Despite emerging
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  from copyright disputes, the archive lost over
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  500 ,000 books from its open library. Ka believes
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  the world became stupider due to these losses,
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  yet he remains dedicated to new projects. He
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  aims to transform the Internet Archive into a
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  vital resource, emphasizing the importance of
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  libraries in preserving knowledge. And in entertainment
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  news... Real humans did not stream Drake songs
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  23 hours a day, a rapper suing Spotify claims.
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  This proposed class action may force Spotify
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  to reimburse artists harmed by streaming fraud.
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  The lawsuit alleges that Spotify profits from
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  fake Drake streams, robbing other artists of
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  hundreds of millions in revenue shares. Filed
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  by the American rapper known as RBX. The lawsuit
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  claims that Spotify ignores billions of fraudulent
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  strings each month. Harvey X argues that Spotify
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  benefits from bot networks that inflate user
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  numbers, ultimately impacting artist earnings.
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  The outcome could affect over 100 ,000 rights
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  holders since January 1, 2018. Well, all righty,
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  folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American author
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  and motivational speaker, Jim Rohn. And he said,
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  And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Had an amazing day, my good
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  friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.