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Plans for lithium extraction in one of California’s poorest regions raise...
Imperial County consistently ranks among the most economically distressed places in California. Its Salton Sea, the state’s biggest and most toxic lake, is an environmental disaster. And the region’s...
View ArticleHow Trump mocking Harris’s laugh tells a story of America’s racism
Just when the summer uproar over Donald Trump calling his potential rival “Laffin’ Kamala” and “Cackling Copilot Kamala Harris” was beginning to subside, an apparent new round of attacks by Trump and...
View ArticleDeveloping the fine art of saying what you mean
“Oh, no, I couldn’t possibly . . .” “Please, go ahead; I don’t mind waiting.” “Thanks, but no thanks.” How would you describe these statements? As sincere expressions of modesty, humility, or...
View ArticleThis is the best way to announce your layoff on LinkedIn
After Ethan Olkovikas lost his marketing communications job in the third round of company layoffs earlier this year, he faced a common decision: To post or not to post about it on LinkedIn. “As a...
View ArticleTry these neuroscience-backed tactics to train your brain to make better...
We’re just off a solid week of the annual Fast Company Innovation Festival and one of the things that stands out to me every year (along with the stellar programming, of course) is the certainty of...
View ArticleThe metaverse never happened, but Mark Zuckerberg’s got some funky glasses
This story originally appeared in The Technology Letter and is republished here with permission. Oh, the Metaverse! Remember that bit of nonsense, from three years ago? Deep in the pandemic lockdowns,...
View ArticleCalifornia’s governor vetoed a bill aimed at reducing traffic deaths. Here’s why
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Saturday that would have required new cars to beep at drivers if they exceed the speed limit.California would have become the first to require such systems for all new...
View ArticleAlibaba, Baidu, JD, and other Chinese stocks keep rising as stimulus measures...
Chinese stock markets are having their best week in over a decade. Indeces of major stock markets in the country have seen their values soar over the past five days, with the Shanghai Stock Exchange...
View ArticleNew U.S. solar tariffs on imports from these 4 countries are likely
U.S. trade officials this week may impose new tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations that American manufacturers have complained employ unfair subsidies that make U.S. products...
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max is a bigger upgrade than I was expecting
My iPhone 13 Pro Max was working just fine when I decided to upgrade to the latest model. The 13 Pro Max still feels fast, takes excellent photos, and easily lasts all day on a full charge even at 88%...
View ArticleBritain’s last coal-powered electricity plant is closing after 142 years
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant is closing on Monday, ending 142 years of coal-generated electricity in the nation that sparked the Industrial Revolution.The Ratcliffe-on-Soar station in central...
View ArticleStuck NASA astronauts will now have a ride home on a SpaceX capsule
The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June welcomed their new ride home with Sunday’s arrival of a SpaceX capsule.SpaceX launched the rescue mission on Saturday with a...
View ArticleWhat is ‘slow travel’? Why leisurely vacations with a focus on cultural...
As the joke goes, sometimes you need a vacation to recover from your vacation. Traditionally, vacations conjure up images of packed itineraries, rushing from one landmark to the next, only to return...
View ArticleTikTok owner ByteDance may use a domestic source to develop a new AI model
TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compatriot Huawei Technologies, said three people familiar with the matter, as U.S. curbs turn the...
View ArticleJPMorgan’s CEO succession looms, putting the ‘Jamie premium’ to the test
Questions hang over who will succeed JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and when, but analysts and investors say one thing is almost certain: the bank’s stock will slump when the powerful bank chief...
View ArticleMedicare Advantage enrollment is coming. Here’s what to know to help you or a...
Thinner benefits and coverage changes await many older Americans shopping for health insurance this fall. That’s if their plan is even still available in 2025.More than a million people will probably...
View ArticleChemical plant fire in Georgia forces 90,000 residents to take shelter
More than 90,000 residents east of Atlanta were told to keep sheltering in place Monday a day after a chemical plant fire sent a massive plume of dark smoke high into the sky that could been seen for...
View ArticleDirecTV is only paying one dollar for Dish in a major merger of shrinking...
DirecTV has today announced that it will acquire Dish for just $1. Or, more accurately, $1 plus a mountainous backlog of debt. Since the mid-2010s, both pay-TV services have been rapidly shedding...
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3 classic Levi’s ads that Beyoncé needs to remake next
When Beyoncé dropped her hit Cowboy Carter album in March, no one could’ve been happier than the folks at Levi’s. Having the 17th track, “Levii’s Jeans,” one extra vowel away from its signature...
View ArticleWhy independent cinemas in Los Angeles are surviving
On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime. The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976’s “All the...
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