Salman Rushdie’s Life Under Threat
Salman Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning author of globally acclaimed books including Midnight’s Children and The Satanic Verses, was attacked on Friday morning at an event in New…
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Crypto’s Future Is Bright, But Governments Must Help Manage the Risks
Bitcoin seemed to be on a roll. El Salvador in early September declared the cryptocurrency to be legal tender, allowing it to be used for payments. There…
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Can Trump’s TRUTH Social Compete With Mainstream Platforms-
With the launch of former President Donald Trump’s new social media platform, TRUTH Social, originally planned for Feb. 21 but now delayed until late March, Trump’s ability…
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Apple to Sell Parts for Customers to Make Their Own Repairs
Apple Inc. will begin making parts and tools available for customers to fix their own devices, a significant shift in longstanding policies over who can make repairs…
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Albemarle’s CEO on the Lithium Battery Boom
(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.) The electric-car boom has created some surprising winners. The stock…
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How Artificial Intelligence May Be Planning Your Next Flight
There are dozens of routes that Alaska Airlines Flight 1405 can take from Oklahoma City to Seattle, and dispatcher Brad Ward zeroed in on what he thought…
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Former TikTok Moderator Threatens Lawsuit in Kenya
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is facing a potential lawsuit in Kenya over allegations it failed to protect the mental health of workers tasked with preventing disturbing content…
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Mattel Has Created a Line of Dolls Honoring Frontline Workers, Including Nurse Amy O’Sullivan Who Appeared on the Cover of TIME
Mattel is honoring frontline workers with dolls modeled on real-life doctors and nurses. Among them is a doll version of Amy O’Sullivan, a nurse at the Wyckoff…
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This Is How We Quit Big Oil
At the end of the first quarter of 2021, as the CEOs of the three biggest U.S. oil and gas companies presented their firms’ earnings, investors fired…
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Shell Posts Record 2022 Profit Fueled By Soaring Energy Prices
Shell Plc posted a fourth-quarter profit that was well ahead of expectations as its natural gas business thrived, lifting the oil major to a record performance in…
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