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What TikTok's unexpected rise could mean for China's politics
The rise of the seemingly innocuous app is forcing us to consider a world influenced by a Chinese-backed social media network, and Beijing's pressure on media companies is sounding alarm bells; some claims suggest that TikTok is wiping out videos of the Hong Kong protests, for instance
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Inside the high-stakes race to build the world's first flying taxi
Expectations that aerial taxis will be a reality in the coming years are quickly building, and at least 20 companies are in the market, which Morgan Stanley estimates will top $850 billion by 2040
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Snapshot: Birthday boy Virat Kohli's fast and furious career, in an image
The cricketer has smashed many sporting records; here's a look at some of the highlights
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Get access to your 'secret consumer score'—yes, you have one
We have all been rated by companies based on our past activity, and this score determines where we're pushed in a queue, and what sort of service we are meted out. Your file could be 400 pages long, and here's how to retrieve it
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Researchers can hack Alexa, Google Home, Siri—with laser light
Researchers in Japan and at the University of Michigan said on Monday that they had found a way to take over Google Home, Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri devices from hundreds of feet away, by shining laser pointers, and even flashlights, at the devices' microphones
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Air pollution map of India: What is your city breathing?
A look at air quality within the Indian subcontinent as on November 4
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Saudi Aramco announces plans to go public
Probably the world's most profitable enterprise, the company's plans could lead to the largest initial stock offering ever
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How WeWork's Adam Neumann failed up
The last 80 days have seen an implosion unlike any other in the history of startups. As the scope of the WeWork disaster comes into focus, the question on everyone's mind is how its founder and chief executive managed to fail so spectacularly
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Juul's meltdown costs tobacco giant Altria $4.5 billion
It was in 2018 that Altria Group had picked up a 35% stake in Juul Labs for $12.8 billion. On Thursday, it said that it had devalued its investment in the vaping company by $4.5 billion, as bans against vaping intensified across the US and the company was struggling with a scrutiny over its under-age users
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'Joker Stairs' are becoming a tourist hotspot
Every day since the movie's release in early October, dozens, sometimes hundreds, of visitors have traveled to the staircase Hurvitz found to visit and take selfies on the same steps Joaquin Phoenix's character hikes up, and later descends in one of the movie's memorable scenes as he celebrates his transformation into the Joker
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Economy (Economists on the run), Technology (Machines beat humans on a reading test), Environment (What happens when a city bans car from its streets; Lessons from London's pollution revolution), and Education (Why the most successful students have no passion for school)