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  "id": 3688780,
  "title": "A look at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Merlin Bird ID app, which has been downloaded 42M times since launching in 2014 and can identify 11,000 bird species (Claer Barrett/Financial Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/a-look-at-the-cornell-lab-of-ornithologys-merlin-bird-id-app-which",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-27T06:50:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.ft.com/content/bbb5acbe-c833-4a19-8437-3f5260cc6700?accessToken=zwAAAaBBzmXwkdO7tay-yDNKGdOENz9SYMxnAA.MEQCIEl56HGEDs7dduVvfRcIj6nSiHYxxcwsZLNXoMI0Sok-AiAHUPcUGsVt-Kda7txdc1tIBvA0BlZEzGjBl_DIkRwLGw&sharetype=gift&token=19d95d1e-58a3-4efc-a130-a1ccc25eaab0"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A free app has propelled birdwatching into the mainstream, offering a portal to a hidden world.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}