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Experts say that's a good thing. | Continue reading
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Chinese censorship affects you too, wherever you are. | Continue reading
Tencent and Chinese state television suspended their cooperation with the league after NBA commissioner Adam Silver issued a strong statement about the league's values. | Continue reading
China's viral video-sharing app just launched an educational initiative in India. | Continue reading
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Protesters from Indonesia to Catalonia are drawing inspiration from the streets of Hong Kong. | Continue reading
Hit that snooze button, kids. | Continue reading
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That's much faster than previous estimates, which gave WeWork another six months or so at current spending rates. | Continue reading
The IRS has long had an unresolved information security problem, according to the GAO. | Continue reading
The 1970s phenomenon is making a comeback. | Continue reading
Hong Kong's troubles have linked up with the free-speech rights of Americans, thanks to China's pressure on the sports league. | Continue reading
Mobile wireless operators are having to invest a lot in building 5G without much in the way of return. | Continue reading
Flipkart now has 450 robots. | Continue reading
Long-term changes to the brain’s structure and chemistry are an indicator “of how sinister bullying is” says Tracy Vaillancourt, a developmental psychologist at the University of Ottawa. | Continue reading
The real-time, crowd-sourced map was accused of being used in ways that "endanger law enforcement and residents in Hong Kong." | Continue reading
Hong Kong has seen weeks of protests since a demonstration in June drew an estimated 1 million against a bill that would have allowed extradition to mainland China. Protests have zig-zagged the city and now include calls for democracy and to protect the autonomy guaranteed under … | Continue reading
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In the last year, a deadly virus has wiped out about half of China’s pig herd, the largest in the world. | Continue reading
The keyboard has become a political battleground. | Continue reading
There's a reason many older people describe today's chart music as “a lot of noise.” | Continue reading
Women have put themselves at the frontlines of this year's protests, putting to rest long-held stereotypes of Hong Kong girls as being pampered and shallow. | Continue reading
The future of politics is between between predictors and explainers. | Continue reading
As soon as the ban on face masks was announced, posts urging people to download virtual private networks started to trend. | Continue reading
A fashion industry initiative, combined with a surge in interest in African designs after movies like "Black Panther," has Rwandan designers pushing the needle. | Continue reading
The DC court giveth what it taketh away. | Continue reading
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To fix cars today, you need data. Repair shops and car manufacturers are busy negotiating how to share it. | Continue reading
The new regulation comes as Beijing tightens its control on every aspect of life in China. | Continue reading
When pension funds invest in money-losing ventures, we're all on the hook. | Continue reading
Testing this is tricky. A new study by researchers at UC Davis did their best to get an answer. | Continue reading