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UK proposes giving digital workers the ‘right to switch off’
Britain’s new Labour government is the latest legislature to consider how it might make it easier for digital workers using always-on technologies to turn them off at the end of the working day. In Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay, published before it won the UK’s July general election, it promised to address the issue,…
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Zoom ups webinar cap to 1 million attendees
Zoom has raised the webinar attendee limit to one million users to enable large-scale events on the video meeting platform. Zoom has proved an effective fundraising and voter engagement tool for Democratic political groups in the run-up to the 2024 US presidential election, with several celebrity-led events held in support of candidate Kamala Harris pushing…
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Behind the Obama-Harris Friendship: A Key Endorsement and a Kindred Spirit
Kamala Harris’s decision to support Barack Obama in a 2008 primary race dominated by Hillary Clinton was a political risk. It paid off, and the former president never forgot it.
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Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat
In a classified document approved in March, the president ordered U.S. forces to prepare for possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea.
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A Desperate Kennedy Campaign, and the Mystery of 110,000 Signatures
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential team relied on a super PAC for the signatures needed to get on the ballot in Arizona, according to people with knowledge of the operation.
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Doug Emhoff Puts His Jewish Identity at the Center of His Campaign Outreach
As he campaigns for his wife, Kamala Harris, Mr. Emhoff has said he will make fighting antisemitism a top priority if he becomes the nation’s first first gentleman.
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When a President Speaks After Prime Time, Who Listens?
Democrats have a set of lofty goals for the convention tonight. Among them: Just do it all on time.
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Barcelona Confronts Mass Tourism
This summer, thousands of local protesters in the Spanish city denounced overtourism. With more crowds expected for the America’s Cup, we visited the areas where tensions are highest.
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How to Choose a Volunteer Trip
Hoping to leave a place better than you found it? Here’s what to look for when signing up for a program that combines purpose with travel.
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Scientists Seeking Life on Mars Heard a Signal That Hinted at the Future
In 1924, a radio receiver built for the battlefields of World War I tested the idea that humans were not alone in the solar system, heralding a century of searches for extraterrestrial life.