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September 5, 2024 43 secs

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DC went to YC to talk OS.

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July 30, 2024 12 mins

At the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Trump told crypto enthusiasts exactly what they want to hear.

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Platforms combining plants and recycled garbage could offer a cut-price solution for reviving polluted bodies of water.

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July 26, 2024 8 mins

A controversial new surveillance system in Paris foreshadows a future where there are too many CCTV cameras for humans to physically watch.

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OpenResearch released the first results of the most comprehensive study on giving unrestricted cash grants to impoverished Americans. Researchers say it will flame both sides of the debate over welfare.

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The software company has pushed back hard against claims that its algorithms helped make rent in the US too damn high. Property owners and managers aren't entirely convinced.

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The Alphabet-owned driverless car service is getting aggressive against alleged vandals after a series of violent incidents in San Francisco.

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The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.

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The music streaming service has added a comment function under podcasts. Who is it for, anyway?

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French politicians’ pledge to make swimming possible in the iconic river is a way to ward off criticism about the cost of the clean up operation.

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In a roundabout bid to win public opinion (and a juicy tax abatement,) Riot Platforms is preparing for its prized bitcoin mine to be annexed by a miniscule village in rural Texas.

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A new resolution echoes what 16 members of Congress have already said to the White House: It must do more to free one of the most storied crypto-focused federal agents in history.

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Arab and Muslim workers at Meta allege that its response to the crisis in Gaza is one-sided and out of hand. “It makes me sick that I work for this company,” says one employee.

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In the latest iOS overhaul prompted by European Union rules, the smartphone maker will give third-party developers access to its payment technology.

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Fortnite creator Epic Games says Apple rejected its App Store rival for being too similar to its own—a move it deemed “arbitrary, obstructive,” and in violation of EU rules.

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Scientists know enough about exoplanets to speculate about how simple plants might arise on them. But don't count on them being green.

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The new government could bring about a renaissance in UK tech and bolster the country’s precarious post-Brexit startup pipeline. That’s if politics don’t get in the way.

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Former customers of bankrupt crypto exchange Mt. Gox are preparing to be reunited with their lost bitcoin—and it's a $9bn windfall.

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A hot ocean provides the energy hurricanes need to grow—and can limit the cooling that happens in their wake, making it likelier that the storms that follow will be powerful ones.

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