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Netflix Bows To The Saudis
Reason magazine

Netflix Bows To The Saudis

Even tech giants have to follow the law.

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April 2019
Berlin To Get Single Travel App For Public, Private Services
AppleMagazine

Berlin To Get Single Travel App For Public, Private Services

Travelers in Berlin will soon be able to use a single app to switch seamlessly between public transport, rental bikes, car-sharing and taxis without signing up for each service individually, officials said.

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February 22, 2019
How Facebook Screwed Us All
Mother Jones

How Facebook Screwed Us All

Facebook talks a good game about connecting us, but it’s really tearing us—and our democracy—apart.

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March/April 2019
Is Redistricting Depriving Women Of Their Voting Rights?
Reason magazine

Is Redistricting Depriving Women Of Their Voting Rights?

The Supreme Court weighs in.

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April 2019
The Secret Bodega For Abortion Pills
Mother Jones

The Secret Bodega For Abortion Pills

What happened when one woman tried to make safe and cheap abortion pills available through the mail.

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March/April 2019
The Wall Won't End Pot Smuggling At The Border. Legalization Will.
Reason magazine

The Wall Won't End Pot Smuggling At The Border. Legalization Will.

Pot is bulky and pungent.

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April 2019
Artificial Intelligence Transform The Way We Make Music
Mother Jones

Artificial Intelligence Transform The Way We Make Music

Artificial Intelligence could put a bunch of composers out of work—and transform the way we make music.

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March/April 2019
Visible Man
Mother Jones

Visible Man

With the success of Very Smart Brothas, blogger Damon Young is ready for his close-up.

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March/April 2019
Get In Line. Follow The Rules. Go To Jail.
Mother Jones

Get In Line. Follow The Rules. Go To Jail.

A Haitian asylum-seeker’s nightmare journey shows the extreme human toll of Trump’s immigration regime.

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March/April 2019
Team Of Virals
Mother Jones

Team Of Virals

A new breed of Democrats is giving fans an all-access backstage pass to the political sausage-making. Is this transparency, or TMI?

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March/April 2019
My Mammogram Waiting Game
Mother Jones

My Mammogram Waiting Game

I delayed getting one until I was supposed to. Would it have caught my cancer?

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March/April 2019
Life After Life
Mother Jones

Life After Life

Thousands were locked up for crimes they committed as teens. The Supreme Court has given them a chance at freedom. Now comes the hard part.

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March/April 2019
Bach, Don't Kill My Vibe
Mother Jones

Bach, Don't Kill My Vibe

Behind the hit podcast that applies classical music theory to hip-hop.

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March/April 2019
Who's Afraid Of The Green New Deal? Not Wall Street
Bloomberg Businessweek

Who's Afraid Of The Green New Deal? Not Wall Street

Environmental legislation has a willing backer in the financial industry.

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February 18, 2019
Elizabeth Names William King!
National Enquirer

Elizabeth Names William King!

'The people like him and he's more genuine than his father ever was'

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February 25, 2019
Harry Begs William: Get Me Out Of This Mess!
National Enquirer

Harry Begs William: Get Me Out Of This Mess!

Confesses Meghan's Made His Life Hell

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February 18, 2019
Assault On The Queen!
Globe

Assault On The Queen!

Her Majesty has finally had enough of Charles’ wife

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February 18, 2019
Facebook Removes 783 Fake Pages, Accounts Tied To Iran
AppleMagazine

Facebook Removes 783 Fake Pages, Accounts Tied To Iran

Facebook says it has removed 783 Iran-linked pages, accounts and groups from its service for what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” That’s the social network’s term for fake accounts run with the intent of disrupting politics and elections.

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February 8, 2019
Iran's Lost-and-found Generation
Bloomberg Businessweek

Iran's Lost-and-found Generation

Opportunities that opened up after the 2015 nuclear deal may be closing again

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February 11, 2019
Global Warming Hasn't Gone Away Despite Cold
Techlife News

Global Warming Hasn't Gone Away Despite Cold

In the midst of a Midwest cold spell, President Donald Trump is pleading for global warming to come back, but it never went away.

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Techlife News #379
If We Can't Cut Entitlements, What Can We Do?
Reason magazine

If We Can't Cut Entitlements, What Can We Do?

Thanks to the overspending of Congress and successive presidential administrations, America’s debt totals $22 trillion, and it is projected to grow faster and larger in the years to come.

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March 2019
Eu Urges Internet Giants To Work Harder Fighting Fake News
Techlife News

Eu Urges Internet Giants To Work Harder Fighting Fake News

European Union authorities warned leading tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter this week that they need to work harder to combat fake news ahead of upcoming blocwide parliamentary elections.

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Techlife News #379
The Far-Out Case For Climate Optimism (From A Climate Alarmist)
New York magazine

The Far-Out Case For Climate Optimism (From A Climate Alarmist)

Believing in a comfortable future for our planet probably means some giant - carbon - sucking machines.

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February 4, 2019
Crowd Funders Of The Ukrainian War
Bloomberg Businessweek

Crowd Funders Of The Ukrainian War

Volunteers and nonprofits have been the backbone of Ukraine’s fight against Russia. What happens when ordinary citizens conduct a war?

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February 04, 2019
“A Hope And A Prayer Won't Be Enough”
Bloomberg Markets

“A Hope And A Prayer Won't Be Enough”

The Black Economic Alliance, a fledgling political action committee, is putting its money behind candidates dedicated to righting economic imbalances that affect African Americans

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February - March 2019
Guilherme Benchimol's XP, The Charles Schwab Of South America, Is Changing The Way Brazil Invests
Bloomberg Markets

Guilherme Benchimol's XP, The Charles Schwab Of South America, Is Changing The Way Brazil Invests

FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES, Wilson Feldberg kept his money in low-risk investments at Brazil’s biggest bank.

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February - March 2019
Building Blocks
Bloomberg Markets

Building Blocks

Twentytwo was billed as one of the biggest office towers in Europe. Overlooking he Bank of England, it would be built right in the heart of London’s main financial district—and amid all the uncertainty over rexit. So how’s that working out?

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February - March 2019
Hoover Ordered Killings Of JFK, Bobby & King!
National Enquirer

Hoover Ordered Killings Of JFK, Bobby & King!

FBI boss conspired with CIA, military group to eliminate ‘60s leaders.

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February 11, 2019
Trump And Putin Resurrect The Risk Of Nuclear War
Bloomberg Businessweek

Trump And Putin Resurrect The Risk Of Nuclear War

You thought the threat of nuclear war was history? Better think again. Hard

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February 04, 2019
Emerging Markets China
Bloomberg Businessweek

Emerging Markets China

Stocks in developing countries look cheap. There’s one big caveat

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February 04, 2019