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Meta fined $25bn for 'lies' over user data privacy
BBC News
Ohio governor's race turns ugly as attack ad features candidate's estranged mother
BBC News
Bush family members back Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race
BBC News
Bush family members back Democrat James Talarico in Texas Senate race
BBC News
Google experiences resignation backlash over AI military contracts
BBC News
Google staff resign in backlash over its AI contracts with military
BBC News
Don't Stop Believin' - high school musical Glee set for reboot
BBC News
Don't Stop Believin'! - high school musical Glee set for reboot
BBC News
An AI model’s false tip to Philadelphia police reveals how digital agents can do as they’re told and still cause trouble
An expert on AI governance explains why these rare mistakes may soon be common, and with much higher stakes.
The Conversation
Offering cash for votes is quite common – but here’s why it doesn’t work
Money or other material benefits are often not enough to override a voter’s preferences and partisanship.
The Conversation
El Niño is threatening California’s fragile coast again – the 1982-83 El Niño opened eyes to the serious erosion risks
The destructive 1982-83 El Niño, then the strongest on record, eroded cliffs, leaving homes hanging precariously over the edges. A coastal scientist explains the escalating risks.
The Conversation
Human rights could improve – or worsen – based on how nations use the UN treaty against cybercrime
If the treaty enters into force, responsible nations will have to carefully monitor how other countries use it.
The Conversation
Horror’s monsters find new meaning with queer and trans audiences – how ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ dissects identity
Horror as a genre has traditionally been rife with transphobia and homophobia. But LGBTQ+ fans love it anyway.
The Conversation
What the failed attack on an Illinois temple reveals about anti-Hindu hate in the United States
Hostility toward Hindu worship practices draws on a long history of prejudice portraying the faith’s followers as idolaters, argues a scholar of Hindu studies.
The Conversation
Japan’s expensive funerals and declining birth rates are transforming ancestral traditions
With fewer people to care for their ancestors’ graves, many in Japan are looking for innovative solutions.
The Conversation
Why the political ambition gap between men and women persists even at the local level
Women are less ambitious for local office than men, mirroring an ambition gap that exists at the state and federal level, too. A group of scholars documented this gap and investigated why it exists.
The Conversation
Russia frees US citizen Stephen Hubbard, state media reports
BBC News
Elon Musk confirms he is considering merging Tesla and SpaceX
BBC News
Elon Musk says merging Tesla and SpaceX is a good idea. Why?
BBC News
'Trash Island' or DC landmark? How a golf course got Trump in a messy legal dispute
BBC News
'Trash Island' or DC landmark? How a golf course got Trump in a messy legal dispute
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'Trash Island' or DC landmark? How a golf course got Trump in a messy legal dispute
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Haitian migrants changed this US town - Trump's deportation drive is reshaping it again
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Haitian migrants changed this US town - Trump's deportation drive is reshaping it again
BBC News
Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump
BBC News
Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump
BBC News
Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump
BBC News
Elon Musk says Tesla-SpaceX merger would be a 'good idea'
BBC News
Christina Applegate says she was wrongly diagnosed with MS
BBC News
Horror films exploit how human vision works to deliver movies’ best scares
Scary movies create tension in that space between perception and recognition, as your brain tries to determine what, exactly, you’re seeing.
The Conversation