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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON It was clear when Boris Johnson was forced from Downing Street that British politics had…
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Kaja Kallas had been dreading the call. I woke at 5 oclock, the Estonian prime minister…
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Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON The past year has seen unprecedented turbulence in Downing Street. Three prime…
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Press play to listen to this article Vladimir Putins disastrous military adventure in Ukraine has raised the prospect that his 22-year rule could be nearing its end. But will he go, or will he have to…
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LONDON It was during his first address as king the speech he’d waited his whole life to make that Charles III acknowledged he will have to give up some of the things that have given him the most satisfaction. My life…
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Fifteen years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the very first iPhone. He described it as three devices in one: a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough internet communications device. But since…
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Do you know that video of the kid who gets nailed with a full-court basketball shot? That might sound vague, but I suspect that anyone who remembers the pre-YouTube internet, when there were like five videos in total, probably does.Still…
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Inspired by A New History of Modern Computing by Thomas Haigh and Paul E. Ceruzzi. But the selection of key events in the journey from ENIAC to Tesla, from Data Processing to Big Data, is mine. This was the first computer made by Apple…
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In February, Nintendo announced it would shut down its 3DS and Wii U storefronts. While the closure is an inevitable part of the life cycle of those long since sunset consoles, the move sparked anger, disappointment, and even fear as…
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The pace of space exploration was frenetic in 2021, with major developments in space policy, and 2022 promises to be just as exciting. Lets pause and look back on the space milestones of this year:Moguls in spaceIts an indelible image of…
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