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The U.S. civil court system doesn’t get as much attention as the criminal courts, but it would be ha
On Monday, Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter. It’s not the first time he’s left the job. Is
This episode originally aired in January 2021The story of how GameStop went from the verge of a bank
Over the weekend, Russia tested a new weapon—a type of missile that can fly into space and destroy
A recent poll showed that about a third of parents of younger children would get their kids vaccinat
In schools across the country, tighter digital controls were put in place to keep kids on task durin
The bots aren’t just buying cool sneakers. They’re buying concert tickets. Tickets to basketball gam
Between April and June of this year, Zillow bought nearly 4,000 homes. And they had no intention of
Over the last month, the domain company Epik and the streaming service Twitch have fallen prey to ma
The last month has seen a steady drip of leaked documents from inside Facebook, each seemingly more
Since 2018, internal research teams at Facebook have been studying the effect on Instagram on mental
In the U.S., the PCR test is the gold standard for COVID testing. Common knowledge would have it tha
Recently, China restricted video game playing to just three hours a week for its young people: 8pm t
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Radio was originally a social medium, as early radio sets (each of which could transmit as well as r
The first mechanical clocks were made to summon monks to prayer. Ever since, timekeeping technology
At the dawn of the 20th century, chemists dreamed of extracting nitrogen from the air and turning it
