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Netflix is pivoting away from prestige

Many of Netflix's biggest critically acclaimed hits have been the products of it...

The sound of resistance

As part of Global Voices’ September Spotlight, “Protest in Democracy,” members o...

How Cambodia’s law on ‘freedom parks’ curtailed people’...

"It has not only been used to confine peaceful gatherings and demonstrations to ...

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia has a ‘newly refreshed’ design

Grokipedia, SpaceXAI's AI-powered competitor to Wikipedia, recently started inco...

Vivo’s X Fold 6 accidentally feels like a throwback

It's a quirk of the release calendar that when Vivo's X Fold 6 launched in China...

In Brazil’s capital, residents grow their own heat-figh...

Life in the favelas surrounding Brazil’s capital brings the health risks of extr...

Apple’s ‘HomePad’ will reportedly launch on October 13th

Apple's long-rumored smart home hub will reportedly be revealed on October 13th....

Sam Altman says OpenAI won’t go public until its models...

For months, people have wondered when OpenAI will go public. CEO Sam Altman says...

When the right to protest remains, but demonstrating co...

Since the 1950s, Europe’s democratic and human rights system has developed throu...

Who can speak on behalf of the people? The new frontier...

In central Sahel's countries military juntas claim to restore popular sovereignt...

Engram is a sampler that turns broken AI hallucinations...

Music startup Thoughtful Things has just launched the Kickstarter campaign for i...

Out of the Park Baseball lets me enjoy baseball even wh...

If you were to ask me what game or game series I've sunk the most time into, the...

Beyond protest: Mob violence and the struggle for insti...

Mob violence is rising in Bangladesh as unchecked impunity, weak law enforcement...

After five years of war, how do Ukrainian small busines...

In this interview, writer and journalist Victoria Belim-Frolova shares her obser...

Decap is the man behind the drums behind your favorite ...

I don't think I'm going to hurt anyone's feelings by pointing out that Decap doe...

Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of it...