Politics
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Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps
Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest…
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How a Crypto Compliance Officer Ended Up in a Nigerian Prison
Tigran Gambaryan, an American compliance official for the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, flew to Nigeria in February for a planned…
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Countdown Is On for the Bitcoin ‘Halving’
Bitcoin aficionados are hoping that a scheduled reduction in the number of new coins going into circulation will cause the…
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Who’s Had a Harder Time Buying a Home: You or Your Parents?
New research shows that the gap between income and home values has grown at an astounding rate over the past…
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Tripling the World’s Nuclear Energy Capacity Is a Fantasy
World leaders are not unaware of the nuclear industry’s long history of failing to deliver on its promises, or of…
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Let Young People Live With Strangers
For many adults, the first and last time they willingly submit to living with a total stranger is their freshman…
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The New Age of D.I.Y. Medicine
“Cavities are a communicable disease, and if you’re among the 90 percent of Americans who’s ever had one, you probably…
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Modi’s Temple of Lies
The sleepy pilgrimage city of Ayodhya in northern India was once home to a grand 16th-century mosque, until it was…
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TikTok Bill Is Bundled With Aid to Ukraine and Israel
A new House measure attempts to force the Senate’s hand on passing legislation to ban TikTok or mandate the app’s…
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The Kamala Harris Moment Has Arrived
One of Kamala Harris’s most memorable moments during the 2020 presidential election cycle was when, during a Democratic primary debate,…