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• Silicon Valley is piling into the business of snooping
• Kenya is belatedly granting citizenship to groups once deemed foreign
• How not to motivate your employees
• Sri Lankans are squabbling over monuments
• Vladimir Putin is running Russia's economy dangerously hot
• German business is fed up with a government in disarray
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Chile is still haunted by the coup in September 1973
• Brother Andrew secretly carried Bibles behind the Iron Curtain
• Dictators and utopians are fond of fiddling with constitutions
• Inside the shared studio of Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood
• China's tolerance for public oversight is limited
• One Canadian province has decriminalised drugs
• Traute Lafrenz showed that resistance to the Nazis was possible
• Meet India's mega-wealthy
• The definition of Europe has always been both inspiring and incoherent
• Detroit wants to be the first big American city to tax land value
• Oil traders are flocking to sanctions-free Venezuela
• Best of 2023: Proust, ChatGPT and the case of the forgotten quote – podcast
• 9 Best Password Managers (2023): Features, Pricing, and Tips
• Donald Trump will "never" support Putin, says Volodymyr Zelensky
• Why Yemen's Houthis are attacking ships in the Red Sea
• What is 5G? The Complete Guide to When, Why, and How
• Big pharma can't get enough of one class of cancer drugs
• X Works to Lure Smaller Advertisers as Elon Musk Alienates Big Brands
• Atari 2600 Plus Is Pure Nostalgia in HD video - CNET
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Colin Burgess, original member of AC/DC, dies aged 77
• PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don't Warn Residents
• Would the US survive a second Trump presidency? - podcast
• Apple Shuts Down Flipper Zero's Ability to Shut Down iPhones
• Biden's Smart Strategy for Outmaneuvering Bibi
• Demolishing one of Babe Ruth's last stadiums
• IDF says Israeli hostages it killed in Gaza were bare chested and waving white flag
• Democracies are fragile, and hardware is hard
• Electric two-wheelers are creating a buzz in Asia
• "Aftermath" is a piercing study of Germany after 1945
• 48 Million Americans Live With Addiction. Here's How to Get Them Help That Works.
• Hamas's carnage upends Joe Biden's plans for the Middle East
• Data from satellites suggest violence has surged in much of Sudan
• Will China save the planet or destroy it?
• Nintendo has unofficial The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening PC remake taken down (update)
• In just 100 days Nigeria's new president has made bold reforms
• Saudi Arabia wants to become a force in electric-vehicle manufacturing
• Giuliani ordered to pay $148mn to election workers in defamation case
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Is Hizbullah stepping back from the brink of war?
• Vladimir Putin says the world's energy infrastructure is "at risk"
• Pelé went from poverty to football superstardom
• C2-Search-Netlas - Search For C2 Servers Based On Netlas
• Investors are returning to hedge funds. That may be unwise
• It's Been 2 Months. Why Can't NASA Open the Asteroid Sample Container?
• Vladimir Putin's Russian bear is 'fighting fit' – cartoon
• The People's Liberation Army is not yet as formidable as the West fears
• Politics
• What survey data reveal about antisemitism in America
• The EU Just Passed Sweeping New Rules to Regulate AI
• Sun Unleashes Most Powerful Solar Flare Since 2017
• Why are so many of the victims in Gaza children?
• The French debate the future of steak frites
• Everything We Know About the Samsung Galaxy S24
• Erik ten Hag: from Ming the Merciless to circling the Old Trafford plughole | Jonathan Wilson
• Albert Woodfox found his true self in prison
• 'Really, really weak': experts attack claim that Indonesia site is 'world's oldest building'
• Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela once ran 80% of the world cocaine market
• American and Chinese scientists are decoupling, too
• I always had turkey at Christmas. Then I adopted one. How would I feel about eating my own bird?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Why Britain's government would be wrong to cut HS2
• America says it will send long-range missiles to Ukraine
• Refugee-friendly Canada tightens its border with the United States
• Cruise lays off 24 percent of its workforce
• A new gravitational-wave detection has excited astronomers
• Press freedom is stifled in Guatemala ahead of an election
• Green protectionism comes with big risks
• A new book celebrates Annie Leibovitz's fashion photography
• A Nobel prize for quantum dottiness
• Britons take laughing gas merrily. Tories take it more seriously
• How the culture wars came for grizzly bears
• Gustavo Petro, Colombia's president, wants to smother the gig economy
• Why Trump Won't Win
• Data on air bases suggest a Chinese invasion of Taiwan may not be imminent
• E-Signature Company DocuSign Explores a Deal
• Dominant languages can spread even without coercion
• Latin America is set to become a major oil producer this decade
• KAL's cartoon
• Lebanon's prime minister, Najib Mikati, has a peace plan for Gaza
• Why it might be time to buy banks
• Politics
• Are You Sure You Want an Ozempic Pill?
• Nigeria is awash with dangerous pesticides
• Why Is the NBA Letting Josh Giddey Play?
• For Hannah Pick-Goslar, paths crossed in an extraordinary way
• Geert Mak takes stock of the past 20 years of European history
• South American governments are trying to curb illegal fishing
• Boris Johnson: star turn at Britain's covid inquiry
• The world's deadliest war last year wasn't in Ukraine
• The 19 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now
• Rule by law, with Chinese characteristics
• What India's foreign-news coverage says about its worldview
• Dow Notches Another Record Close
• KAL's cartoon
• The world's greatest toilet culture
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• At what age do you hit the peak of your career?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Why sexually transmitted infections are rising in America
• Latin America's armed forces have increasing clout
• Why so much of the world won't stand up to Russia
• A Shock for Many Retirees: Social Security Benefits Can Be Taxed
• London's riotous pedicabs are about to be regulated
• Cop28 failed to halt fossil fuels' deadly expansion plans – so what now?
• How science will be transformed by AI
• Latin America's single mothers are being left behind
• The pandemic has broken a closely followed survey of sentiment
• Ehud Barak blames Binyamin Netanyahu for "the greatest failure in Israel's history"
• Argentina's presidential election delivers a surprise result
• This week's covers
• China will become less populous, more productive—and more pricey
• A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
• Blind date: 'I must remember to tone down the swearing when meeting new people'
• How a Canadian company became the world's best acquirer of tech firms
• It's Not Just You: Email Search Is Terrible. Here's How to Do It Smarter.
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• What to make of a surprise shake-up in China's nuclear force
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Sabre-tooth tigers and dire wolves were in trouble before they vanished
• The Belt and Road, as seen from China
• India is seeing a massive aviation boom
• The Mittelstand will redeem German innovation
• Watch This Guy Work, and You'll Finally Understand the TikTok Era
• Could feather bowling be the next pickleball?
• The Morning After: Tesla recalls more than 2 million cars over Autopilot safety
• What to do about disinformation
• Western values are steadily diverging from the rest of the world's
• New Zealand tires of its cuddly liberal government
• Intel unveils Core Ultra, its first chips with NPUs for AI work
• BlueBunny - BLE Based C2 For Hak5's Bash Bunny
• This week's cover
• How to get ready for the end of the world
• Sony's New Access Controller Reveals a Big Problem in Adaptive Gaming
• Antarctic sea ice is at a record low
• What now for Thailand's weed industry?
• China's government launches a campaign against medical corruption
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• 'The Exorcist' Still Spins Heads at 50
• The world's most liveable cities in 2023
• Far-right ideas are gaining a renewed respectability in France
• Russia's brutal mercenaries probably won't matter much in Ukraine
• Why house prices have risen once again
• 21 Best Gifts for PC Gamers (2023): Headsets, Desks, Monitors
• Supreme Contempt for Women
• So long iPhone. Generative AI needs a new device
• Trees alone will not save the world
• People Are Overdosing on Wegovy, Poison Control Data Shows
• Emmanuel Macron's vision of a more muscular Europe is coming true
• Xi Jinping steps up his attempt to rescue China's economy
• Which countries get the best night's sleep?
• The curious case of Nick Clegg
• Why young consumers love Birkenstocks
• French fighter jets join the Baltic mission
• A new railway will at last link Iran and Iraq
• The renewables business faces a make-or-break moment
• Three climate fights will dominate COP28
• China's claim to the South China Sea gets even odder
• How carbon prices are taking over the world
• From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
• The WIRED Guide to Digital Security
• Why foreign dignitaries wear red when meeting Xi Jinping
• The National Health Service has a new drugs deal
• Madeleine Albright saw herself as an ambassador for freedom
• A "Divine Comedy" ballet, 700 years after Dante's death
• Google Just Made Repairing Your Pixel Phone Much Easier
• South Korean politics is one big row about history
• The 30 Best Family Board Games (2023): Cascadia, Labyrinth, and More
• 'I'm very aware of being public school now. All those things you loathe': Toby Jones on class, character and the cost of fame
• Why you have an accent in a foreign language
• Every country wants its own investment-screening regime
• KAL's cartoon
• Forget Santa, Hugh Grant is the face of Christmas
• Can the Mediterranean become Europe's energy powerhouse?
• Should rich countries pay for climate damage in poor ones?
• The Destruction of Gaza's Health Care Promises Grave Consequences
• America and the EU demonstrate protectionism's ratchet effect
• Why Agnes Chow fled Hong Kong and isn't likely to return
• Is Britain's Labour Party a bunch of Tories, naifs or liars?
• Sony A95L OLED Review: Stunning Picture
• How Taiwan is shaped by its history and identity
• The Weekender
• China is obsessed with food security. Climate change will challenge it
• Two new books shed light on the plight of the Uyghurs
• YouTube Is Now Hiding Which Channels Get a Cut of Ad Revenue
• The battle of northern Gaza is almost over
• Finding aliens means studying new sorts of planet
• The (not so) great escape
• Ronald Blythe recorded the passing, and continuance, of rural life
• Ukraine Is Crowdfunding Its Reconstruction
• Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Venezuela, but not without conditions
• This week's covers
• Life and death in a Christmas tree
• Slovakia gives pro-Russian populist nationalism another win
• What next for first-time buyers?
• Mimi Reinhard typed up Schindler's list
• All parties are blaming each other for the dire situation in Gaza
• Business
• Could carbon credits be Africa's next big export?
• How Vladimir Putin provokes—and complicates—the struggle against autocracy
• Why China is so keen to salvage shipwrecks in the South China Sea
• Hornbills, otters and even a tapir: Singapore is rewilding
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The Supreme Court may toss out Purdue Pharma's bankruptcy settlement
• Chicago's progressive coalition is struggling with migration
• Can Rock Dust Soak Up Carbon Emissions? A Giant Experiment Is Set to Find Out
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Bowel cancer is rising among young people
• A new archive preserves the creative legacy of the East Village
• Epic Games chief concerned Google will 'get away' with app store charges
• The rich world claims it has paid its overdue climate debts
• Singapore's biggest money-laundering case has links to Chinese gamblers
• The women's Euros are selling out stadiums
• A flying car that anyone can use will soon go on sale
• Did bitcoin leak from an American spy lab?
• What Is Blockchain? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Meet the world's new arms dealers
• Catholic reformers want big changes to a church marred by sex abuse
• Voyager 1 Is Glitching Out and More Top Science News of the Week
• The case of China's vanishing chairmen
• Elon Musk's New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh Demands for an SEC Investigation
• Sources and acknowledgments
• South Korean literature is inspiring Japanese women
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Xi Jinping reaches into China's ancient history for a new claim to rule
• The Supreme Court's code of conduct is a good first step
• Abir Mukherjee adds a twist to his winning crime formula
• Thailand's new government is handing out cash
• The curious case of Epic Games: how the developer beat Google but not Apple
• Is Argentina's new president too divisive to fix a broken economy?
• Britain's national parks are not protecting nature
• How to get the lying out of hiring
• Carolyn Bryant's was the testimony that doomed Emmett Till
• Is Ukraine really interested in fighting corruption?
• How to think about the Google anti-monopoly trial
• A celebration of birds in Lego and ink – in pictures
• Tom Gauld's Christmas challenge – cartoon
• When can American officials block citizens on social media?
• Maya Widmaier-Picasso helped to revive her father's creativity
• Beefing up Poland's armed forces
• China edges towards a big bail-out
• Centrists need to stop worrying and learn to love politics
• When should Rishi Sunak call the next British election?
• Madonna Dances With Death
• Visualising India's record-breaking rainfall
• ABBA return—and pretend no time has passed—with "Voyage"
• DeSantis v Newsom: the presidential match-up that isn't
• A tiny, ancient hominin may have been surprisingly clever
• What does Xi Jinping want from Vladimir Putin?
• After six months of civil war, little remains of Khartoum
• End-to-End Encrypted Instagram and Messenger Chats: Why It Took Meta 7 Years
• European roundup: Dortmund denied while Athletic Bilbao shock Atlético
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Why Even a Partial Digital Detox Is a Good Idea This Christmas
• Does Hamas want to keep fighting Israel or start talking peace?
• Insert coin
• These tomatoes were lost on the International Space Station for almost a year
• Do abortion-related benefits help American firms recruit?
• Stolpersteine grieve for victims of the Nazis, one at a time
• India's Supreme Court refuses to recognise same-sex marriage
• The Death of E3 Signals the End of Gaming's Most Extravagant Era
• Florida Sex Scandal Shakes Moms for Liberty, as Group's Influence Wanes
• The G20 summit will be a resounding success for India
• Places claiming to be centenarian hotspots may just have bad data
• The drawdown of African peacekeepers from Somalia has stalled
• A showdown between the DoJ and Google begins
• The obesity pay gap is worse than previously thought
• Why there is a bear market in rhinos
• 5 Best Smart Christmas Lights (2023): String Lights, Garlands, Outdoor Lights
• Good evening, Ms Bond. We've been expecting you
• Like human armies, army ants trail crowds of hangers-on
• A powerful Irish film about the Great Famine reaches British cinemas
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• An Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan is on the point of starvation
• Meet the Peruvian indigenous singer inspired by K-pop
• How to change the policy of the British government
• New ways to pay for research could boost scientific progress
• Ukraine takes an important step towards EU membership
• Video: How we studied the lessons of Ukraine
• How American journalism lets down readers and voters
• The Crown Has Nothing Left to Say
• Investment in India is in free fall
• How free-market economics reshaped legal systems the world over
• Step inside The Economist's summer issue
• NATO is agonising over whether to let Ukraine join
• KAL's cartoon
• Politics
• A Big Misconception About the World's Greatest Infectious Killer
• African leaders want debt relief for climate action
• News Quiz for Dec. 16, 2023
• An interview with the head of Ukraine's defence intelligence
• Robinhood is on a quest to dive deeper into crypto
• How to entice Japanese couples to have babies
• Javier Milei will be Argentina's first libertarian president
• Are politicians brave enough for daredevil economics?
• Olise's 95th-minute penalty denies Manchester City and caps Palace comeback
• Robotic Putting Greens. Mixed Reality. Loud Spectators. This Is Golf?!
• The 42 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now
• Ready, player four billion: the rise of video games
• The Binance Crackdown Will Be an 'Unprecedented' Bonanza for Crypto Surveillance
• How to save China's economy
• Will Binance come over to the light side?
• The 2023 Nobel prizes honour work that touched millions of lives
• The meaning of relief for Aung San Suu Kyi
• Imperial borders still shape politics in Poland
• Py-Amsi - Scan Strings Or Files For Malware Using The Windows Antimalware Scan Interface
• Why investors cannot escape China exposure
• Taiwan is a vital island that is under serious threat
• Climate Cookbooks Are Here to Change How You Eat
• Much of Russia's intellectual elite has fled the country
• Turkish Airlines orders 200 Airbus aircraft worth tens of billions of dollars
• A clue to China's true covid-19 death toll
• Amazon boosts its satellite internet network with the help of space lasers
• Political instability in Italy has always affected reform
• The Self-Checkout Even the Haters Will Love
• What is Virtual Reality (VR)? The Complete WIRED Guide
• A sexism scandal in Spanish football hides the country's progress
• The ancient Eleusinian mysteries get a new incarnation
• Ukrainian refugees remain in limbo
• Naughty Dog cancels development on The Last of Us Online
• Javier Milei, an Argentine libertarian, is rising in the polls
• Abe Shinzo believed that Japan should assert itself in the world
• What Google's antitrust defeat means for the app economy
• John Hare devoted his life to saving the Gobi's wild camels
• T3SF - Technical Tabletop Exercises Simulation Framework
• A spectacular new fossil shows a mammal making a meal of a dinosaur
• Donors are already mulling a Marshall Plan for Ukraine
• Mary Quant launched the clothes that made the Sixties swing
• Nicaragua's dictator goes after Miss Universe
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Xi Jinping wants China to have better toilets
• Startups and physicians must unite to empower women's health
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Freeze frames: the wonders of winter – in pictures
• A rotting warship becomes a flashpoint for Sino-American rivalry
• Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games
• How China's delivery drivers quietly fight to improve their lot
• Covid learning loss has been a global disaster
• The outsize influence of small states is fading in the EU
• Vivian Silver knew no good could ever come of war
• Europe, a laggard in AI, seizes the lead in its regulation
• The importance of the zero-star review
• Does America have enough weapons to support its allies?
• Matthew Perry Died of 'Acute Effects of Ketamine,' Autopsy Says
• Can tech tackle the global crisis of depression and anxiety?
• Drugs to treat alcohol addiction are underused
• Sweden wants to build an entire city from wood
• Barry Humphries, creator and manager of Dame Edna Everage, died on April 22nd, aged 89
• Sucking a carbon-neutral fuel out of thin air
• Why Emmanuel Macron is pulling French troops out of Niger
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Hollywood's strike enters its final act, as writers reach a deal
• New Notre Dame rooster marks pivotal moment in cathedral's restoration
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• How To Keep AI From Stealing the Sound of Your Voice
• McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Hackers Say They Found the 'Smoking Gun' That Killed Their Startup
• The fall of China's "manganese king" may hit global EV supply chains
• Meet Javier Milei, the front-runner to be Argentina's next president
• How to get African oil out of the ground without Western lenders
• Pity the modern manager—burnt-out, distracted and overloaded
• Britain's mental-health crisis is a tale of unintended consequences
• Ties between foreign businesses and China go from bad to worse
• What if China and India became friends?
• South-East Asian democracy is declining
• Trenches and tech on Ukraine's southern front
• Does China face a lost decade?
• The Supreme Court is torn over Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement
• Tiny robots, giant steps: how nanotechnology could improve cancer and fertility treatment
• Tuvalu plans for its own disappearance
• Climate change is harder on less educated people
• England beat West Indies in a T20 thriller – as it happened
• M.S. Swaminathan, the man who fed India
• The lethal negligence of politicians in Morocco and Libya
• Rohingya refugees return to the sea
• Elon Musk's New Monkey Death Claims Spur Fresh Demands for an SEC Investigation
• George Santos Was All Hot Air
• How to Use Google's Gemini AI Right Now in Its Bard Chatbot
• We Finally Saw That Missing Space Tomato and Wish We Hadn't
• How Rebel Moon Would've Been Different if It Were Star Wars
• German judges toss a spanner into the government's spending plans
• Can a $12 phone get 300m illiterate Indians online?
• China's aggression brings Japan and the Philippines closer
• The best robot vacuums for 2024
• Joe Biden should admit Republicans are (partly) right about border security
• Ukraine prepares for winter again as Russia targets its power grid
• Want to Store a Message in DNA? That'll Be $1,000
• What Sam Altman's surprise sacking means for the AI race
• Paula Rego was a painter of rage, longing and loneliness
• The 2023 crony-capitalism index
• Ukraine's commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia
• Kenya wants to pioneer a new African approach to global warming
• An FBI investigation raises questions about Eric Adams
• Biden, alone at the top table as the UN withers
• Tell us your favourite games of 2023
• To understand Britain, watch "Homes Under the Hammer"
• How to master the art of delegation
• Climate Change: The Complete WIRED Guide
• The Van Gogh Museum showcases a rejected early masterpiece
• India is in the midst of an unusual IPO boom
• Glaciers on volcanoes could serve as early-warning systems
• Press freedom is under attack
• Europe's economy is in a bad way. Policymakers need to react
• Carbon-dioxide removal needs more attention
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Britain's probation service is in deep trouble
• How a 31-year-old hopes to fix Ukraine's state-owned defence giant
• Europe, not America, is now Ukraine's largest backer
• The new Supreme Court term takes aim at the administrative state
• Xi Jinping wants to be loved by the global south
• The path ahead for China's Belt and Road Initiative
• This week's covers
• Mosquitoes, wasps and parasitic worms could help make injections less painful
• Are Canadian cities better than America's?
• Jokowi is building a political dynasty
• Lula's ambitious plans to save the Amazon clash with reality
• There are risks but also big potential benefits from digital payments
• Thousands flee Wad Madani, Sudan's second city, to escape fighting
• Deaths in Gaza surpass 14,000, according to its authorities
• Do Video Doorbells Really Prevent Crime?
• Why urban warfare in Gaza will be bloodier than in Iraq
• Climate talks at last lead to a deal on cutting fossil-fuel use
• Europe can't decide how to unplug from China
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Loretta Lynn gave all struggling women a voice
• The Sycamore Gap tree held a particularly deep place in people's hearts
• "Spencer", Pablo Larraín's Princess Diana fable, is less than the sum of its parts
• "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" show that blockbusters could save the cinema
• The old have come to dominate American politics
• The best television shows of 2021
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Travelling to and from America has become a waiting game
• COP28 Climate Summit Deal Called 'Historic.' Now Countries Must Follow Through
• This week's covers
• Xi Jinping is obsessed with political loyalty in the PLA
• China's economy is a mess. Why aren't firms going under?
• The Ukrainian army commits new forces in a big southward push
• US Regulators Want Cars to Include Drunk-Driver Detection Technology
• Geert Wilders's election win leaves the Dutch in an awful quandary
• What Defines Artificial Intelligence? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Macbeth review – David Tennant thrills in this high-concept production
• Lloyd's of London to stay in landmark building until at least 2035
• Ryan Gosling Will No Longer Be Universal's Next Wolf Man
• A Hamas leader refuses to admit his group planned to kill civilians
• Biden pleads the case for Israel, Ukraine—and American leadership
• A new Suez crisis threatens the world economy
• The battle with China is psychological as much as physical
• Parts of America are becoming uninsurable
• A new biography explains the genius of John von Neumann
• All the big tech layoffs of 2023
• Kali Linux 2023.4 - Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking Linux Distribution
• Apple's 9th-gen iPad is back on sale for $249
• Azerbaijan is close to taking control of Nagorno-Karabakh
• Researchers Just Created the World's First Permafrost Atlas of the Entire Arctic
• Israel is strangling the West Bank's economy
• The Video Game History Foundation will open a digital version of its research library
• After 50 years, Wole Soyinka has returned to fiction
• A mining project revives a dying Bosnian town
• Costly food and energy are fostering global unrest
• Why it is time to retire Dr Copper
• Convenience Stores Would Rather Sell You Pizza Instead of Gas
• The costs of Russia's war are about to hit home
• Reviving ancient viruses can help fight modern ones
• Dervla Murphy let nothing stand in the way of adventure
• China and the EU risk a trade war
• Israel's military says hostages waved a white flag before being killed by a soldier
• China's cities compete for kids
• Can Europe's power grid cope with the green transition?
• News Publishers See Google's AI Search Tool as a Traffic-Destroying Nightmare
• The Senate blocked aid for Ukraine. Now what?
• Short-sellers are endangered. That is bad news for markets
• Could China, Russia's "no-limits" friend, help rebuild Ukraine?
• Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
• Why Xi Jinping sounds friendlier to America
• Robotics Q&A with UC Berkeley's Ken Goldberg
• How Apple's New iOS 17 Security Feature Deters iPhone Thieves - CNET
• Are You Waking Up to Pee Too Often? Here's When It Becomes a Problem - CNET
• A Chinese opera star's ode to Russia—from a Ukrainian bomb site
• 'Don't cry, I'm here now': free after eight years in an Israeli prison – video
• The rise of Britain's new nanny state
• The Mars Sample Return Mission Is at a Dangerous Crossroads
• A wave of international rule-making threatens Caribbean tax havens
• Fallout 4 next-gen patch is delayed until 2024
• A Rare Visual Disorder Twists Faces Out of Shape
• A Sunny Celebration, Meteors and More
• An inspiring, if frustrating, portrayal of the Williams sisters' coach and dad
• Labour wins big in a Scottish by-election
• The Americas face a historic opportunity. Will the region grasp it?
• Video: insights from the author
• A woman described as Iran's "Nelson Mandela" wins the Nobel peace prize
• Cuba's Communist government taps the diaspora for cash
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The culture wars have come to Canada
• A24 will help bring the Death Stranding movie to life
• New industrial policies will make the world more unequal
• Fear and anger rise on the West Bank
• The fall of WeWork shows the deepening cracks in property
• America suspends duty-free access to four African countries
• How to survive a superpower split
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by IDF in Gaza were holding makeshift white flag, official says
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Can a Presley win Mississippi?
• What drives people to vote the way they do?
• Why Britain has a unique problem with economic inactivity
• Business
• Could Britain's Liberal Democrats matter again?
• How scientists went to an asteroid to sample the Sun
• Apple is settling a class action lawsuit over Family Sharing for $25 million
• In praise of America's car addiction
• America may soon be spending more on debt service than defence
• André Watts took both Liszt and Schubert to his heart
• Israel's ground assault hits Gaza's communication network
• Matthew Perry changed the way America spoke
• What Arm and Instacart say about the coming IPO wave
• The Debt Problem Is Enormous. Experts Say the System for Fixing It Is Broken
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• What supermarkets reveal about Britain's economy
• Meta forced to apologise to Qatari billionaire over crypto scams
• How to manage teams in a world designed for individuals
• The 20 Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Films of 2023
• Water Scarcity Changes How People Think
• Bob Menendez's indictment is colourful even by Jersey standards
• A New Trick Uses AI to Jailbreak AI Models—Including GPT-4
• This Filipina Physicist Helped Develop a Top Secret Weapon
• Economic data, commodities and markets
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• Gang violence is spreading across Latin America
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• How to predict the outcome of a coin toss
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• Deal Dive: Training the workforce for the clean energy transition
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• A new book explores the symbiosis of espionage and entertainment
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• To help schoolchildren in poor countries, reduce lead poisoning
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• If Venezuela's elections were fair, this would be the front-runner
• Don't be fooled by America's "new" supply chains
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• Why it is a bad idea for managers to attempt to engineer office friendships
• Weekend podcast: actor Toby Jones, John Crace on Sunak at the Covid inquiry, and how Taylor Swift gets in shape for her shows
• KAL's cartoon
• Wartime leaders usually get a popularity bump. Israel's hasn't
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• The next threat to commodity supplies will be El Niño
• The many contradictions of Sam Altman
• How researchers remade 'the world's most widely used petrochemical' – without using fossil fuels
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• Gaza's evacuees are racing south with nowhere safe to go
• 'A love-burst': how Sunak and Meloni's rapport is boosting hard-right agenda
• David Bowie delved into his own past on "Toy"
• The Extremely Large Telescope will transform astronomy
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• Israel Knew Hamas's Money Source Years Before Oct. 7 Attacks
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Unhinged Conspiracies, AI Doppelgangers, and the Fractured Reality of Naomi Klein
• Australia and China patch things up
• A new Suez crisis threatens the world economy
• Temperatures of 50°C will become much more common around the Mediterranean
• Bindeshwar Pathak realised that India's future depended on toilets
• England's NHS is trying once again to collate patients' data
• Agility's Digit warehouse robot understands natural language commands thanks to AI smarts
• Grok Gets Some Competition, ChatGPT Gets Depressed, and More of the Top AI News Stories This Week
• How oceans became new technological battlefields
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• OpenAI's Ilya Sutskever Has a Plan for Keeping Super-Intelligent AI in Check
• The financial engineers behind Shohei Ohtani's $700mn mega-contract
• Antarctic sea ice has shrunk by an area nine times the size of Britain
• Antisemitism surges in France after the Hamas attacks on Israel
• Bernard Ingham and Betty Boothroyd ensured democracy worked as it should
• PacketSpy - Powerful Network Packet Sniffing Tool Designed To Capture And Analyze Network Traffic
• What's an Influencer? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Another comeback for China's street merchants
• China's ties with America are warming, a bit
• Justin Schmidt made a lifetime study of insects that attack us
• Ofir Libstein had extraordinary dreams for his small patch
• Britain needs more houses. Does the industry want to build them?
• Lawsuits aimed at greenhouse-gas emissions are a growing trend
• An old health insurance scheme in China may have saved millions
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Panasonic's New Powder-Powered Batteries Will Supercharge EVs
• This is how we do it: 'We both sleep with other people – it keeps us on our toes'
• How the Maker of 'Fortnite' Beat Google and Got Its Mojo Back
• Is it cheaper to rent or buy property?
• Could economic indicators give an early warning of a war over Taiwan?
• What can inflation-strugglers learn from inflation-killers?
• Ko Jimmy was determined to make Myanmar free
• A Viral Dance and 'Happiness Campaign' Frustrates Iran's Clerics
• This week's covers
• Spain's institutions are groaning under partisan pressure
• Senate staffer loses job after allegedly having sex in hearing room
• More Americans than ever report a disability
• Tesla's Engineers Are Less Boastful About Autopilot Than Elon Musk
• China and Bhutan aim to resolve a long-running border dispute
• Kuwait's ruler dies at 86 after brief reign
• Israel's window of legitimacy in Gaza is shrinking
• How Gas Prices Get in Our Heads
• Why is America's capital so violent?
• China's "demographic dividend" appears to be a myth
• Brutal urban warfare awaits Israel's army in Gaza
• KAL's cartoon
• A Trump Party in the Reagan Library
• An ancient rice bowl complicates the story of civilisation in India
• Thailand's new Thaksinist government
• The Mexican Supreme Court does battle with AMLO
• Cats Play Fetch, Too--But Only on Their Own Terms