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Twitter Blue subscribers getting edit feature
The tool will let users edit a tweet up to five times within 30 minutes of initially posting, Twitter said
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Bestseller or dark horse: Who will win the 2022 Nobel Literature Prize?
In the past two years, the 18-member Academy has bestowed the prestigious prize on US poet Louise Gluck and Tanzanian author Abdulrazak Gurnah, two writers whose work had not been widely translated and was not known to the broad public—or even some publishers
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Why artists are considering giving up on Instagram
The photo-sharing app has changed so much over the years, it is making artists and their art feel unwelcome
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What's happening to UK's economy and how Bank of England is trying to manage it
Plans by Liz Truss, Britain's new prime minister, to cut taxes and freeze energy bills landed like a bomb in a niche corner of financial markets, hitting U.K government bond prices so hard that the Bank of England was compelled to intervene
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Breast cancer vaccine or mRNA vaccine: Who will win the Nobel Prize for Medicine?
The Medicine Prize will be announced around 11:30 am (0930 GMT) in Stockholm on Monday, followed by the awards for physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday and literature on Thursday
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UAE's economy ministry to set up shop in the metaverse
Those who don their virtual reality goggles or use other means to venture into the metaverse will find a ministry open for business with companies and even ready to sign bilateral agreements with foreign governments, officials said
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Methane might be bigger climate problem than thought, study finds
In a study of the three largest oil and gas basins in the United States, the researchers found that the practice, known as flaring, often doesn't completely burn the methane, a potent heat-trapping gas that is often a byproduct of oil production
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Despite Iran's efforts to block internet, technology has helped fuel outrage
Although the battle is being fought with bodies in the street, with women burning their headscarves and Iranians of all classes confronting security forces, it was protesters' phones that first swept them there
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Google shutting down cloud gaming service Stadia
Google on Thursday said it is shutting down Stadia, the cloud video game service because it hasn't gained the traction with users that the tech giant expected
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Hurricane Ian's toll is severe. Lack of insurance will make it worse
Most of the Florida homes in the path of Hurricane Ian lack flood insurance, posing a major challenge to rebuilding efforts, new data show
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Meta will freeze most hiring, Zuckerberg tells employees
This week, Mark Zuckeberg told his employees that the company would freeze hiring and reduce budgets across most teams at Meta, leading to layoffs in parts of the company that have previously seen unchecked growth