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There’s this group of nerds called ICANN—the Internet. Its a non-profit Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, and they have handed out seven keys to seven individuals spread across the
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From 7News Spotlight: It is now beyond doubt that strange, anomalous objects filling our skies and caught on camera are the real deal. Even the Pentagon admits it’s true. These
Google’s ad revenue is now north of $237 billion –more than the GDP of Greece. The tech giant’s ad server and ad exchange are ubiquitous, behind-the-scenes technology that helps websites
Bruno De Conti , Pedro Rossi, Arthur Welle, and Clara Saliba in Phenomenal World: In December 2023, Brazil began presiding over the G20. The one-year presidency, which will culminate in
McKinsey’s Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, January 2024) includes analysis of the changing geometry of global goods trade using four measures, each of which has its own limitations: trade intensity,
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While the U.S.–Israel alliance has become isolated, new ones are emerging. Helena Cobban in the Boston Review: Just days before October 7, President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, Jake Sullivan,
Terry Eagleton at the London Review of Books: The Oxford philosopher Gilbert Ryle claimed he had once talked a student out of suicide by pointing out to him that the
UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq answers common questions about the UN’s budget, including how the UN gets its money, how it prevents fraud and waste, what is spent on humanitarian operations,
Schopenhauer is not a reliable guide to the Upanishads. Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad in IAI on Comparing Western and Indian philosophy: We find similar ideas of a transcendent ego in both Kant and
Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we’re at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will
We have to build new economic models, new businesses and possibly new lifestyles or humanity that are just as good, or even better, than what we have today – Gim
Argentina’s latest tango with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a stress test for the international lender’s alleged rehabilitation from economic orthodoxy, no matter the human cost (Jan. 25, 2024)