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On 21 May 2019, a team of three CNN journalists and a supporting crew of five landed in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. Their aim was to […]
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The scale of internet platforms such as Google and Facebook is unprecedented in the tech world and, I would argue, unprecedented since the Dutch East India Company. They are ubiquitous […]
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The verb âto Googleâ has become almost synonymous with âto know.â Howâd you know that the Louvre is 652,300 square feet? Or that Andy Warhol had 25 cats? Or that the âSalvator […]
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Earlier this yearâbefore the pandemic, before the mass protests across the United Statesâanother crowd gathered, this time in Tehran, Iran. They were attending the funeral of Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani, […]
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âWe have it totally under control. Itâs one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. Itâs going to be just fine.â That was President Trumpâs response when asked […]
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This essay will offer grimness, as if that were avoidable, but end with optimismâbecause why not? The last thing we need is to wallow in complaint. Still, we do need […]
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As the coronavirus spreads with unsettling speed across the world, so has press coverage of hoarding. Food. Medical supplies. Toilet paper. Panicked citizens with frustratingly little control over a pandemic […]
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WhatsApp,  one of the most popular instant messaging platforms on the planet, is testing a feature that could make it simpler for its 2 billion users to tell whether the assertion made in […]