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A Celebrated French Writer Loved Russia. War Forced a Reckoning.
Emmanuel Carrère’s best sellers on Russia grew out of a deep affection. Since Moscow invaded Ukraine, he has traveled to the war-torn country to rethink his views.
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A Public Art Rocket Ship Lands in Manhattan
“The Mothership Connection” grew out of the artist Zak Ové’s fascination with “how masquerade had become a space for pivotally working towards Trinidad’s independence.”
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“Pokemon: Legends Z-A” is Several Steps Forward, Several Steps Back
The Pokemon series has been in need of serious evolution recently. 2022’s “Pokemon Legends: Arceus” switched up the traditional Pokemon RPG formula by introducing real-time combat elements, a semi-open world, and a new way of story progression. It was a breath of fresh air for the franchise that had a stagnating turn-based battle system. Whereas…
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The Unloved, Part 143: Red Sonja
And now an Unloved I saw being made in real time, as the decision was made not to release MJ Bassett’s “Red Sonja” except as a one-night Fathom Event, as if the producers decided after spending the money (hundreds of thousands? millions?) to get it made, to get their tax write-off legitimized. A lot of…
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In Mexico, Killer Whales Take Down Great White Sharks
A pod of orcas in the Gulf of California has repeatedly hunted juvenile white sharks to feast on their livers.
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How A.I. Is Transforming Dating Apps
Meet your artificial intelligence matchmakers. These A.I. tools are changing dating apps, so users don’t have to swipe through an endless scroll of profiles.
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Facebook Dating Has Become a Surprise Hit for the Social Network
Facebook’s free dating service has 21 million users, more than the popular dating app Hinge, as the social network reinvents itself.
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OpenAI Signs $38 Billion Cloud Computing Deal With Amazon
After signing agreements to use computing power from Nvidia, AMD and Oracle, OpenAI is teaming up with the world’s largest cloud computing company.
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Starbucks to Sell 60% of Its China Business to a Private Equity Firm
Boyu Capital will pay $4 billion for a stake in the coffee giant’s 8,000 stores in China.
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With Acquisition, Kimberly-Clark Bets That Tylenol Can Weather the Storm
The consumer products giant reached a $40 billion deal to buy Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol, despite a barrage of unproven claims from President Trump and others that use of the pain reliever during pregnancy can cause autism.