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Earlier this month, Jeff Dean, a fixture of Google’s AI efforts since its earliest days, left with three other senior DeepMind researchers to found a startup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Directed by Henry Winkler and co-starring Lee Majors as Mountain Dan, it may be one of the earliest precursors to the Hallmark holiday-style movies.
From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026
Fratti performed on some of the band’s earliest records, and asked Derbez to house-sit for her while she was away touring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Parton - whose earliest performances were in church as a child - referred to it as her "song of deliverance", helping her on the road to stardom.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
He heard the very earliest morning birds, the ones that sang each day as the sky began to lighten.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
