World Issues & Politics: 2 of 10
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+37C. Gordon Bell, Father of the PDP-8 and VAX, Has Died.
Not just a name from computer history, Bell's work is as fresh as today's headlines about Microsoft's Copilot+ PC Replay feature.
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+41HHS Strengthens Privacy of Reproductive Health Care Data
The new directive prohibits data disclosure when law enforcement agencies want to investigate people, healthcare providers, or others seeking reproductive care that is lawful where the care is given.
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+31New Jersey mother says she drowned her children in a bathtub for ‘religious purposes’
Naomi Elkins said she ‘counted to 50 multiple times to ensure she held them underwater for enough time’
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+37U.S. Military Is Using Laser Weapons In Battle
Prototype laser air defense systems deployed by the U.S. Army have taken out enemy drones in the Middle East, an Army official told Forbes.
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+18Why top internet sleuths say they won't help find the UnitedHealthcare CEO killer
TikTok users who would normally leap at the chance to identify an alleged criminal are standing down during the manhunt for the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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+30JULIAN ASSANGE IS A FREE MAN
He shouldn't be in prison in the first place.
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+20There’s No Denying It Anymore: Trump Is Not a Fluke—He’s America
The United States chose Donald Trump in all his ugliness and cruelty, and the country will get what it deserves.
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+30Debunking the State of Israel
The title says it all. A historical and scientific documentary debunking the "State of Israel".
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+31What Happens When We Stop Remembering?
Confronted with her parents' dementia and teenagers' climate anxiety, one woman considers how our baselines shift in the face of personal — and global — loss. By Heidi Lasher
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+34Shoshana Zuboff on surveillance capitalism
Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff wrote a monumental book about the new economic order that is alarming. "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism," reveals how the biggest tech companies deal with our data. How do we regain control of our data? What is surveillance capitalism?
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+21An Irish banjo virtuoso's guide to the best traditional Irish music experiences in Galway
Galway native Enda Scahill shares his favorite haunts for trad music, from packed sessions at Tig Cóilí in the Latin Quarter to intimate clambake sets at Tigh Ned on Inisheer.
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+20New York Times tech union goes on strike one day before election
Strike called after negotiations between the guild and Times management failed to yield a contract agreement
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+31This ls The Sea
The Waterboys
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+32Bizarre armor from Mycenaean Greece turns out to have been effective
People suspected the Dendra armor was ceremonial, but new tests show its utility.
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+32America's Genocidal Trolley Problem
Will liberals support this genocide when Trump is doing it?
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+36What marijuana reclassification means for the United States
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.
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+30Top EU Court Says There’s No Right To Online Anonymity, Because Copyright Is More Important
The Court, sitting as the Full Court, holds that the general and indiscriminate retention of IP addresses does not necessarily constitute a serious interference with fundamental rights.
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+34How Pope Francis opened the Vatican to transgender sex workers
The outreach, reflecting the most radical stage of his papacy, has prompted backlash while also altering the lives of the nearly 100 people he has met.
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+59Meta given 30 days to cease using the name Threads | Africanews
A British software firm, Threads Software Limited, has given Meta a 30-day ultimatum to cease using the name "Threads" in the UK, citing ownership of the trademark.
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+32Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing
PC Manager app is only available in some regions, but could come to the US eventually




















