Reddit has traditionally taken a laissez-faire approach to policing content on its platform. The company hosts a loose federation of old-school internet forums, known as subreddits, which are each overseen …
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Our species, Homo sapiens, rose in Africa some 300,000 years ago. The objects that early humans made and used, known as the Middle Stone Age material culture, are found throughout …
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Amazon Studios is risking a lot on its upcoming Lord of the Rings series. But there’s another entity that wants the TV show to be a success even more than …
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The Pfizer vaccine will need a booster shot, likely within a year of completing the first two doses, the company’s CEO, Albert Bourla, said in comments taped April 1, and …
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Dreaming about making a fortune on the stock market? You’re not the only one. Retail trade—non-professionals buying and selling securities like stocks, options, and ETFs—is booming. From January to early …
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Kimberly Potter, the 26-year police veteran who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in Minnesota on April 11, has been charged with second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors will be tasked …
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Texans are still paying for the blackouts caused by a winter storm in February that knocked out power for millions. Last week, electricity prices in the state spiked again as …
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On a day when it recorded its highest-ever quarterly profits, New York-based Citigroup said it will exit the retail business in India and 12 other countries across Asia, Europe, Africa, …
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In his latest and last annual letter to shareholders, Amazon founder and outgoing CEO Jeff Bezos set a new goal for the $1.7 trillion e-commerce giant: to become “Earth’s Best …
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Yesterday, dozens of entertainment companies and Hollywood celebrities—including Netflix, ViacomCBS, J.J. Abrams, and Leonardo DiCaprio—signed an open letter condemning Georgia’s new restrictive voting laws. Disney, which films many of its …
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