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Good news: this week’s big new releases are a box office champ and the Oscar winner for Best Picture! Bad news: they’re Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindenwald and Green Book. But don’t worry, you have other options: A mind-bending Charlie Kaufman movie on Netflix, a terrific new indie on Prime, a must-see documentary on […]
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images A draft report seen by The Washington Post shows how effectively Russia twisted Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media to influence the right voters and achieve its reported goal — the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States. The goldmine of posts and comments provided by […]
Politicians and regulators like to say they’re increasing access to broadband in rural areas, but the reality might be far less rosy. Microsoft has conducted a study showing that far fewer Americans have broadband access than FCC data suggests. While the FCC is currently focused on availability and notes that 24.7 million people can’t get […]
Plans to build a colossal cathedral by renowned Ghanaian architect David Adjaye in Accra have resurrected a species thought to be extinct — white elephants. Supporters say the $ 100 million construction, which will require the demolition of a number of recent government buildings, will be an important statement of national ambition. The west African […]
Problems are inherent in using genetic databases to unearth Indigenous ancestry, but efforts are underway to help Indigenous students acquire skills and knowledge that would help them move into advisory and leadership roles withing genomic research.
Basketball icon LeBron James says that US President Donald Trump is using sport to divide American athletes along racial lines. In an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, the four-time NBA MVP said that race issues had been stirred up in sports by Trump, who has frequently waded in on the row over anthem protests in […]
Moscow wants the EU to forget the claim that it’s trying to fracture European politics, Vladimir Putin told Austrian TV, ahead of his Vienna visit. Russia keeps a large chunk of reserves in euro and wants a prosperous EU, he said. President Putin ridiculed the idea of Moscow allegedly supporting forces that strive to dismantle […]
Wall Street doesn’t understand visionary CEOs, who don’t want to be bothered with pesky questions about earnings and cash flow. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aecf9de923fd24d3f22a289/master/pass/ElonWallStreet-631093314.jpg
The show and documentary, both on Netflix, speak to each other in a strangely resonant way. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aebab5dc6c356531cbf0b82/master/pass/Netflix-FA-DWP_SaeedAdyani.jpg
CHICAGO—Americans hear a lot these days about the country’s urban-rural divide. Rural counties are poorer; urban ones richer. Rural areas are losing jobs; urban ones are gaining them. People with a college education are leaving rural areas. They’re moving to urban places. Behind this divergence lies a straightforward story: The twin forces of globalization and […]
