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With X blocked, Brazilian residents find new homes for their thoughts

Some customers of few internet providers that had not yet complied with ban posted excitedly on X that they could still use the service, and the phrase 'it didn't go down' began trending

'At War With Ourselves': A must-read for a potential second Trump term

At War With Ourselves serves as essential reading for anyone countenancing a potential second round of Trump as a global leader

African debt crisis may have severe implications for world economy

The continent's foreign debt reached more than $1.1 trillion at the end of last year. More than two dozen countries have excessive debt or are at high risk of it

Are tech executives responsible for what happens on their platforms?

In 2021, Twitter executives in India faced arrest over posts that the government wanted removed from the site

From Zuckerberg of Russia to wanted man, the journey of Pavel Durov

Durov said he had begun building Telegram to be a more secure way to communicate after Russian security forces showed up at his apartment around 2011

President elections put Nippon Steel's $15 bn takeover of US Steel in peril

On December 18, the companies announced that Nippon Steel had agreed to acquire US Steel for $14.9 billion, a 40 per cent premium to US Steel's share price at the time

Why convenience store chain 7-Eleven is indispensable part of life in Japan

For many residents, more than 55,000 cheerful, jingle-filled stores, known as konbini, are an indispensable part of daily life.

Streaming revamp: Apple rethinks its movie strategy after string of misses

The film's director, Jon Watts, told Vanity Fair that he had found out about the change in plans only days before the announcement

Digging with teeth: This book does some historical detective work

An Incisive History of Teeth, From Hagfish to Humans', Bill Schutt seeks to trace not just the history of individual creatures, but of all animal life on Earth, based entirely on teeth

As US economy, Fed approach crossroads, all eyes on Powell, Jackson Hole

On Friday, Powell will again deliver his most important policy speech of the year from that closely watched stage

Global aviation market: Boeing faces a steep climb in catching up to Airbus

The two companies form a duopoly in the global passenger plane market, but Airbus has far outproduced and outsold Boeing in recent years

Coming to China's 'iPhone city': An electric car factory from Foxconn

Now Foxconn, a Taiwanese electronics giant, is planning to build a new, 700-acre campus in Zhengzhou to make electric cars

How deepfake version of Elon Musk became internet's biggest scammer

Deepfake videos cost just a few dollars to produce and can be made in minutes. they are promoted on social media, magnifying their reach

Bangladesh in limbo: A country of 170 mn, where students run the streets

One female student, who looked no older than 16, tried to ease traffic on a busy street with the zeal of an overachiever, shouting what were more pleas than orders to ever bhaiya, Bengali for brother

Los Angeles looks ahead for next Olympics, hopes to turn a profit

LA28 has an estimated budget of nearly $7 billion to cover costs including the opening and closing ceremonies

Nate Silver's odds for the future

Risk-takers will dominate our casino-like economy, but most are destined to lose, argues statistician and election modeller Nate Silver in his new book

How China built tech prowess: Chemistry classes and research labs

Spending on research and development has surged, tripling in the past decade and moving China into second place after the United States

Olympics have gap that streaming platform Netflix is trying to fill: Report

Just as Drive to Survive forged a deeper connection between fans and Formula 1 auto racing, the IOC hopes these projects will pique awareness and interest among a new generation of Olympics fans

With smugglers and front companies, China is skirting US AI bans

Nvidia and other US companies say they are abiding by the restrictions but cannot control everything in their distribution chain

Meta in talks to use voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina, and others for AI

Apart from Dench and Awkwafina, Meta is in talks with comedian Keegan-Michael Key and other celebrities, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity