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Red Sox Struggles Continue, Flock Cameras Under Fire · 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, August 12th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 45 years ago, today, in 1981, International
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  Business Machines released its first personal
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  computer, bringing standardized architecture
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  and approachable design to office and home users.
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  This milestone opened widespread access to personal
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  computing, set hardware and software expectations,
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  and inspired an ecosystem of compatible products
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  that accelerated technological adoption. So now
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  you know. And now it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning it's partly sunny and it feels like
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  70 degrees with two mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 746, and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 549. It looks like we're in for a
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  mostly sunny day with a high near 85 and a calm
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  northeast breeze around 6 miles per hour. If
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  you're inland, it will hit a high of 86. Tonight,
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  expect partly cloudy skies with a low around
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  67 and light winds around 5 miles per hour. The
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  nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 73 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Thursday will be mostly sunny with a
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  high near 86 and a slight chance of afternoon
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  and evening showers and thunderstorms with west
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  winds around five miles per hour. Friday and
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  Saturday stay dry and pleasant with high sliding
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  from the low 80s to around 79. and a light northwest
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  to northeast breeze. Then Sunday turns mostly
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  sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  spreading in Sunday night with lows near 65.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought
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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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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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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. New Bedford has temporarily suspended its
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  use of flock cameras as the automated license
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  plate reader system faces increased scrutiny
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  in many communities. The New Bedford Police Department
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  will review the technology's role in supporting
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  public safety, with Police Chief Jason Thoddy
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  stating, Concerns over privacy and data oversight
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  have prompted a growing number of Massachusetts
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  communities to reconsider their relationships
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  with flock safety, including recent decisions
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  by Salem and Framingham to abandon the system.
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  In East Bridgewater, the police department is
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  discussing the potential implementation of flock
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  cameras while addressing residents' concerns
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  about surveillance and data misuse. Now onto
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  sports. The Minnesota Vikings have named veteran
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  quarterback Kyler Murray as their starting quarterback
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  over third -year signal caller J .J. McCarthy,
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  meaning he will lead the team when it hosts the
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  NSC North rival Green Bay Packers on September
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  13th to begin the season. Murray is entering
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  his eighth National Football League season, having
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  played his first seven with the Arizona Cardinals.
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  who selected him with the number one overall
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  pick in the 2019 National Football League draft.
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  He had notable success, leading the Cardinals
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  to the 2021 National Football League playoffs
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  after an 11 -win season. Murray completed 67
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  .1 % of his passes for 121 touchdowns and 20
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  ,460 yards in 87 starts. However, injuries hindered
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  his career. including a torn anterior cruciate
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  ligament in December 2022. After the Cardinals
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  parted ways with him, Murray quickly found a
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  new home with the Minnesota Vikings on a one
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  -year deal. In hopes of capitalizing on their
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  roster's talent, the Vikings are rolling with
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  Murray to aim for the playoffs after just missing
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  them last year. In local sports, the Red Sox
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  are reeling in Toronto, dropping game 2 -5 -3
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  to the Blue Jays, and falling into a 0 -2 hole
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  in this four -game set. Four straight losses
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  now for a club that was rolling just days ago.
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  Patrick Sandoval took the loss despite homers
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  from Seydan Rafaela and Wilier Abreu. The good
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  news. Newly -acquired catcher Adley Repschmann
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  made his Boston debut Tuesday. going 1 -for -3
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  with a single and two walks in his first action
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  since mid -July. Boston is back at Roger's center
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  tonight at 7 -0 -7. Rangers swore as, on the
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  mound against Jose Soriano, trying to avoid an
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  0 -and -3 hole before Thursday's finale. Meanwhile,
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  the Patriots open preseason tomorrow night at
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  Gillette against the Colts. All eyes are on the
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  growing chemistry between Drake May and new receiver
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  H .E. Brown, acquired from Philadelphia, as New
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  England looks to build on last season's Super
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  Bowl run under Coach of the Year Mike Frable.
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  Over at the Garden, the Celtics now have their
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  20 -26 to 27 schedule, opening at Detroit on
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  October 20th, hosting the Knicks three days later,
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  and landing a Christmas Day matchup against J.
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  Annis, and the heat. With Jalen Brown now in
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  Philly, Peyton Pritchard steps into a bigger
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  role alongside Jason Tadam. In top news, the
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  mayor of a New Jersey beach town is worried a
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  social media trend could be setting up a potential
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  shark attack. With summer ending, people are
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  eager to enjoy the beach. Mayor Bill Curtis expressed
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  his unease about videos showing people attracting
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  sharks to shore for photos. In one viral video,
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  a group pulls an eight -foot -long bull shark
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  onto the beach for pictures. Curtis worries the
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  bait used is luring predators closer to unsuspecting
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  swimmers. Captain John Schable mentioned that
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  shark fishermen drop bait in deeper waters. He
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  believes the trend is not dangerous. But Curtis
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  urges caution and common sense. In business news,
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  prediction market platform PolyMarket is preparing
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  for what is expected to be a busy fall season
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  for event contract exchanges by making high -profile
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  hires and restructuring its marketing strategy.
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  PolyMarket hired Travis VanderZanden, founder
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  of eScooter Startup Bird, as its chief growth
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  officer. VanderZanden previously worked at Uber
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  Technologies and Lyft as well. Polymarket CEO
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  Shane Copland said, is the visionary of the prediction
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  market space, and this is a massive market opportunity.
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  The company is now working with a third -party
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  consulting firm to monitor content released by
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  promotional partners. Other prominent managers
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  have been added to strengthen Polymarket in 2026.
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  as the start of the NFL season and midterm elections
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  are expected to boost trading volumes. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at about $64 ,000.
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  Ethereum is unchanged at just under $1 ,900.
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  And XRP is up 1 % to $1 .02. Moving on to a more
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  local vibe. In our community spotlight on health
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  and wellness, We are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. Scientists
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  have created the largest two -dimensional map
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  of the universe with a staggering 5 .6 trillion
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  pixels and nearly 4 billion cosmic objects. This
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  map Developed by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic
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  Instrument, Legacy Imaging Survey team, offers
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  a sweeping view across roughly three -quarters
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  of the sky. David Spliegel, co -lead of the Legacy
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  Surveys, stated it's part of the fabric of astronomy
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  research now. The observations span visible and
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  near -infrared wavelengths, providing an enormous
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  portrait of stars and galaxies. By April 2026,
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  the project had mapped over 47 million galaxies
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  and quasars, creating the largest high -resolution,
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  three -dimensional map of the universe to date.
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  And in entertainment news, Steven Spielberg's
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  2026 sci -fi return is officially crowned a number
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  one streaming hit. The movie titled Disclosure
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  Day marks Spielberg's first sci -fi film in nearly
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  a decade. Starring Emily Blunt as a newscaster
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  chosen to relay an alien message, it received
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  mostly positive reviews. Currently, it holds
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  a certified fresh score of 80 % on Rotten Tomatoes.
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  Despite grossing a little under $250 million
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  worldwide against a budget of $115 million, It
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  fell short of Spielberg's previous sci -fi successes.
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  However, Disclosure Day is now the number one
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  title on the domestic iTunes viewership chart.
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  Well, all righty, folks. It's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American computer scientist and pioneer of artificial
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  intelligence, Alan Kay. And he said, the best
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  way to predict the future is to invent it. emphasizing
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  the transformative power of innovation and creativity
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  in shaping technological advancements. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.