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Economics & Business Nov 9, 2023

Is capitalism dead? Economics professor thinks it is, and he knows who killed it

Yanis Varoufakis grew up during the Greek dictatorship of 1967–1974. He later became an economics professor and was briefly Greek finance minister in 2015.

Social Sciences Jun 8, 2022

How social media fuels antisemitism

According to the Anti-Defamation League, 2021 was a low point in the history of American antisemitism.

Astrobiology Feb 16, 2022

Can a planet have a mind of its own?

The collective activity of life—all of the microbes, plants, and animals—have changed planet Earth.

Environment Jan 10, 2022

Can we feed billions without wrecking the planet?

We are now producing more food more efficiently than ever, and there is plenty to go around for a human population of 7 billion. But it is coming at a drastic cost in environmental degradation, and the bounty is not reaching ...

Business Jun 3, 2019

Germany's Infineon to buy Cypress in 9-bn-euro deal

With an offer to take over US competitor Cypress for around nine billion euros ($10.1 billion), German chipmaker Infineon aimed Monday to grab the number-eight spot in the industry and expand into the "Internet of Things".

Business Mar 25, 2019

SAfrica's Naspers to list internet assets in Europe

South African conglomerate Naspers, the continent's biggest media company, said Monday that it will spin off online assets into a new company with a primary listing in Amsterdam, creating Europe's biggest listed consumer ...

Political science Jan 25, 2019

Putting understudied terrorists under a microscope

Bombs exploding, hostages taken and masked gunmen firing machine guns are all types of terrorist attacks we've seen. According to new Michigan State University research, it's the attacks we don't see—cyberattacks—that ...

Business Dec 11, 2018

Google CEO faces House grilling on breach, China censorship

Google's CEO faces a grilling from U.S. lawmakers on how the web search giant handled an alarming data breach and whether it may bend to Chinese government censorship demands.

Telecom Oct 10, 2018

AT&T to launch streaming service, latest to counter Netflix

AT&T's WarnerMedia said Wednesday it will launch a direct-to-consumer streaming service in late 2019, becoming the latest challenger to fast-growing operators such as Netflix and Amazon.

Business Sep 8, 2018

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma announces plans to retire at 54

Alibaba's charismatic co-founder and chairman Jack Ma plans to retire from the Chinese e-commerce giant on Monday to devote his time to philanthropy focused on education, he told the New York Times in an interview.

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