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Boom’s Supersonic Mission to Not Go Bust
Onboard my first plane in well over a year, since the start of the pandemic, I settle into seat 20F…
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More Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs Are Open for Business
These programs are particularly widespread at community and technical colleges like Hillsborough. Community colleges serve the majority of students from…
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Autonomous Weapons Are Here, but the World Isn’t Ready for Them
This may be remembered as the year when the world learned that lethal autonomous weapons had moved from a futuristic…
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I Thought Tech Would Take a Pandemic Hit. I Was Wrong
Hi all. Lauren Goode here filling in for Steven Levy, who has already teleported into 2022 (one of the perks…
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Faster Home Broadband Should Be Enshrined in Law
The way we use the internet has changed—and fast. Before the pandemic, telecoms and internet service provider BT was handling…
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The US Is Gently Discouraging States From Building New Highways
Highways are not great for the planet. Their smooth, wide, inviting lanes have helped make transportation the largest source of…
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Britain’s Flexible Working Plans Look Like a Flop
Despite all the hardship it caused, the pandemic also offered the chance of a lifetime. By proving that people could…
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Upside Foods Sues an Ex-Employee Over Secret Lab-Grown Meat Tech
At a glance, 2021 was a good year for Upside Foods—one of the best-funded cultured-meat firms among the dozens of…
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This Digital Bank Is Designed for the LGBTQ+ Community
When Rob Curtis was running Gaydar back in 2018, he’d sit in chat rooms and watch the amorous hopefuls talk.…
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Big Tech’s Flagships Are Leaking
Plus: The downfall of Yahoo and AOL, a look back at my career, and a concerning convergence in space. Source…
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