China’s statistics are bad. Many criticisms of them are worse

“Our people crave, more than anything else, to know the extent of the nation,” says the narrator in “Do You Love Me?”, a short story by Peter Carey set on an imaginary world that lionises cartographers. To satisfy that craving, the country carries out a regular, exhaustive census: a “total inventory of the contents of […]

Read the declassified Democratic memo that counters GOP criticisms of the FBI and Justice Department

Joshua Roberts/Reuters Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee released a memo to counter Republican claims of corruption and bias against President Donald Trump at the FBI and the Justice Department.  The memo attempts to undercut Republicans’ claims the FBI and the DOJ misled a secret surveillance court when it submitted an application to spy on […]

Apple CEO Tim Cook blames social media and technology ‘overuse’ after iPhone addiction criticisms

Speaking in the United Kingdom today regarding Apple’s Everyone Can Code curriculum, Apple CEO Tim Cook briefly addressed the topic of iPhone addiction, seemingly casting blame on social media, and the “overuse” of technology. “I don’t have a kid,” said the 57-year-old Cook, “but I have a nephew that I put some boundaries on. There […]