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Shiny Glass Skyscrapers Are a Hot Thing. Literally. (Gift Article)

They’re transforming cities with million-dollar views and a message of modernity. But climate change makes cooling them tricky and costly.

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Medium worldtechnology
The Crucible of Brasília: Brazil’s Electoral Reckoning and the Fragile Architecture of…

This fractured democracy redraws the Global South, challenges Western hegemony, and reveals deep civilisational echoes.

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Medium culturelegaltechnology
Panegyrics, Petechiae And Persevelience

The Word Collector — Part 157

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Bloomberg technology
If Your CEO Talks Like Kant, Think Twice Before Investing

Quantitative research by Nomura shows companies whose executives use the most complex language on earnings calls produce lower returns.

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New York Times technology
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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Opinion | Elon Musk Is Beyond the Pale (Gift Article)

How is it possible that he is still part of the Republican mainstream?

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Medium culturetechnology
‘Nightmare Kart’ is a Bloodborne-Inspired Retro Game with a Bright Future

The horror Gothic racing game you didn’t know you needed

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New York Times politicstechnology
How a Real Estate Boom Drove Political Corruption in Los Angeles (Gift Article)

Prosecutors say that corruption is rising in California cities as one-party rule, inattentive voters and weakened news media have reduced the traditional checks on power.

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Medium politicstechnology
My Wife Loves Everything Japanese

Any visit to the Far East is not going to be a random affair, though. We do not intend to make any compromises.

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Medium culturetechnology
A Simple Oromo Greeting Reveals Something Important About Humanity

Why Learning Another Language Is More Than Learning New Words

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New York Times technology
Is Retirement Unhealthy? It Depends. (Gift Article)

As more Americans live longer and as the population ages, measuring the effect of retirement on physical, cognitive and mental abilities is a complex undertaking.

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New York Times technology
Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 5 Killer Tasks (Gift Article)

When you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.

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Owners of Elvis Presley’s Music Sue Anthropic for Copyright Infringement (Gift Article)

The $41 million lawsuit contends that the A.I. company used Presley’s music to train its models without permission. Anthropic disagrees with the claims.

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New York Times politicsworldtechnology
How a False Nuclear Claim About Iran Ricocheted From India to Washington (Gift Article)

A dubious post that spread on X became the basis of false claims that Iran’s leadership had declared it a nuclear power.

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New York Times technologybusinessworld
Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
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New York Times technologybusinesspolitics
In Texas Senate Race, Talarico Leans Into Growing Rivalry With Elon Musk (Gift Article)

On the trail, James Talarico, the Democratic Senate nominee, has increasingly gone after Mr. Musk, a critic of his who has given big to a group aligned with the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton.

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New York Times culturetechnology
Opinion | What’s Wrong With Sex Between Professors and Students? It’s Not What You Think. (Gift Article)

We need to get beyond evaluating sex solely through the lens of consent.

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The Atlantic culturetechnology
OpenAI Just Carpet-Bombed Mathematics

If mathematicians have no reason to pursue the mysteries of their field, the rest of us will stumble into a less certain world.

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San Francisco Chronicle businesstechnology
Meta says its Muse AI agent can manage your money. Should you let it?

Meta is pitching Muse as a way to audit subscriptions, negotiate bills and manage money. Financial pros say to keep sensitive account access off the table for now.

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Medium opiniontechnologytransportation
She Wrote to Five Presidents for Seventeen Years Until Thanksgiving Became Official

The woman behind the American holiday, and six thoughtful gifts for whoever hosts yours.

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New York Times technology
From Biberty to living under home plate: The worst commercials of the MLB postseason (Gift Article)

From the insurance company cinematic universe to Ronald Acuña Jr. living under home plate to Sydney Sweeney, the ads have been something.

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Medium technologybusinessculture
The Hardest Weeks of the School Year Can Put Students in Danger

Know when students struggle most, and how to help

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Bloomberg legalsciencetechnology
Apollo’s Slok Says AI Has Delivered Zero Payoff Outside of Tech

Despite the significant investments ploughed into artificial intelligence it has provided “zero payoff” to corporate America outside of technology, according to Apollo Global Management Inc. Chief Eco...

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The Atlantic technologyculture
A Mathematician Reads the AI Future

My field is as much an expression of the human spirit as music and literature. Is it for the machines now?

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Medium technologyhealth
Stop Teaching Your Child Maths Tricks — At Least Not Yet

Building confidence in mathematics starts with understanding the basics.

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New York Times technology
Put Your A.I. Agents to Work with These 4 Killer Tasks (Gift Article)

When you start using Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s dots for these tasks — like applying for jobs and booking hard-to-get restaurant tables — you may never go back.

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The Times (UK) technology
Inside the ‘gym’ where robots learn to iron, fix cars and milk cows

Self-teaching humanoids are advancing so quickly that their makers say they may soon be fit for the workplace (at £82,000 each)

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Medium entertainmentlegaltechnology
The Monks Who Laughed at Numbers

A weary traveller discovers a monastery’s peculiar way of telling jokes — a retelling of a classic joke about monks

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Medium technologytransportationbusiness
DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017: Why Time Per Task Beats Token Price

Your coding agent’s token bill is about to become rounding error. DeepSeek V4.1-Flash-1017, released on 17 October 2026, resolves a…

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New York Times technologypolitics
Far, Far Away (Gift Article)

Making a home on the world’s most remote inhabited island.

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New York Times mediatechnologylegal
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist
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Bloomberg businesstechnology
Retail Traders Loaded Up on AI Spending Winners Before Selloff

Retail investors who spent the past week loading up on semiconductor stocks at the center of the artificial intelligence trade are getting pummeled amid Thursday’s rout.

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The Times (UK) politicstechnology
Andy Burnham is open to adopting EU free movement

The PM calls for an honest conversation, saying pre-Brexit migration was not ‘as difficult’ as it is now

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New York Times legaltechnology
The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate (Gift Article)

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found.

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The Times (UK) transportationbusinesstechnology
Revealed: Scottish state pays staff £27m for jobs that don’t exist

An SNP ban on compulsory redundancy means 800 public-sector ‘ghost workers’ are on full pay even though their roles are gone

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New York Times politicssciencetechnology
Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter (Gift Article)

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

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Medium technologybusiness
Enterprise AI doesn’t just need larger models, it needs to learn from the business itself

In an interview with CTO Magazine titled “Is AI optimization more important than bigger models?”, Juan Morán, CEO and fellow co-founder of…

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Bloomberg technologyworldpolitics
Venezuela to Restart a Crucial Power Plant With China’s Help

A Chinese engineering company is on the cusp of partially restarting a massive Venezuelan power plant that’s been largely idle for years, a crucial step toward fixing the nation’s dilapidated grid.

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Bloomberg legaltechnology
Meta Unseats Musk as Tech Villain for Lula in Brazil’s Election

A new villain is emerging in the closing stretch of Brazil’s bitterly contested presidential election: Meta Platforms Inc.

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New York Times businesstechnology
Free Passes for Polluters (Gift Article)

A New York Times investigation shows how President Trump allowed companies to skirt rules designed to limit toxic pollution.

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New York Times technologybusiness
C.E.O.s Say the A.I. Rollout Is Going Well. Employees Feel Differently. (Gift Article)

Surveys show workers and executives have different views on A.I.

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New York Times legalsportstechnology
LIV Golf paid execs $15.6M in retention money in weeks before bankruptcy filing (Gift Article)

CEO Scott O'Neil was given a $6.375 million retention bonus as one of seven of LIV executives to receive such payments.

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New York Times worldpoliticstechnology
Iran’s Meme War Against Trump Ushers In a Future of ‘Slopaganda’ (Gift Article)

The country’s propaganda apparatus has harnessed artificial intelligence tools to reach a global online audience primed for irony, irreverence and trolling.

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The Atlantic technologyopinion
AI Terrorism Is Just Terrorism

The new technology hasn’t fundamentally transformed the problem—at least not yet.

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New York Times legaltechnology
Are Fewer Teens Identifying as Gay or Bisexual? It’s Complicated. (Gift Article)

New data have prompted questions about changes in teens’ sexual orientations. But researchers disagree on how much the numbers can really tell us.

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Bloomberg technology
Secretive Ukrainian Deep-Strike Unit Behind Rapid Expansion of Deep-Strike Campaign

When he started flying unmanned aircraft in combat, “Ray” was flying some of Ukraine’s earliest mid-range strike drones, on missions of about 100 kilometers with a warhead about the weight of a bowlin...

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NRC worldopiniontechnology
Experts spreken met al die hacks al van Zwarte Oktober: AI legt bloot dat het internet aan een grondige renovatie toe is

PHP-lek: Het lek in programmeertaal PHP dat de wereld deze week deed opschrikken was al jarenlang bekend. Maar door AI is een geautomatiseerde hack in opdracht van kwaadwillenden een realistisch scena...

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New York Times technology
Dee Brock, Who Created the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Dies at 96 (Gift Article)

As the first director of the troupe, she helped transform it from a high school squad into a global phenomenon.

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New York Times entertainmenttechnology
Writers Are Making Millions Selling Short Stories to Hollywood (Gift Article)

Publishers generally don’t race to acquire story collections these days, but studios appear eager to shell out for unpublished short works.

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Bloomberg businesstechnologyscience
In Nigeria, Solar Panels Are the New Wedding Gift

High fuel prices and cheap Chinese technology are accelerating Nigeria’s shift to solar, transforming how people shop, spend and live.

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