November 2023 - Eastern wigs

Activism and NGOS

4,789 Facebook accounts in China were posing as Americans, says Meta

Caleb Porter

Meta announced Thursday that it had removed thousands of China-based Facebook accounts posing as Americans debating political issues in the United States. The company warned that the campaign foreshadowed coordinated…

Activism and NGOS

COP28 begins with fossil fuels and frustration is strong

Caleb Porter

As leaders from nearly every nation on the planet gather Thursday in the United Arab Emirates to confront global warming, many bring a sense of disillusionment to the annual climate…

Activism and NGOS

DealBook Summit Live: See speakers Kamala Harris, Elon Musk and more

Caleb Porter

This year's DealBook Summit will include conversations with global leaders and powerful figures from Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood. Each of them has been in the news this year…

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US debates how much to cut electric car industry ties with China

Caleb Porter

The Biden administration has been trying to revive the domestic supply chain for electric vehicles so that cleaner cars can be made in the United States. But the experience of…

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Bidder aims to save bankrupt Yellow trucking company

Caleb Porter

When Yellow abruptly closed operations in the summer and filed for bankruptcy, few thought a buyer would emerge and attempt to revive the long-troubled transportation giant.Now, a prominent trucking executive…

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Even Most Biden Voters Don’t See a Prosperous Economy

Caleb Porter

It is difficult for presidents to directly control inflation in the short term. But the White House has addressed some specific costs that are important to families, releasing oil from…

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Warnings Emerge Over Emirati A.I. Firm G42’s Ties to China

Caleb Porter

When the secretive national security adviser of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, visited the White House in June, his American counterpart, Jake Sullivan, raised a delicate issue:…

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María Cornejo on Zero and designing things her way

Caleb Porter

Losing fearAt first, 9/11 seemed like the worst thing that could happen, but it turned out to be just the beginning.“There were a lot of difficult moments,” Woroniecka said. “Obviously,…

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¿Puede el diseño de oficinas en Instagram atraer a los trabajadores jóvenes?

Caleb Porter

Dentro de la sala de conferencias “blueberry muffin”, las paredes, naturalmente, están pintadas de azul. No cualquier azul: es el color relajante que puedes encontrar en el dormitorio de un…

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On Meta, millions of underage users were an ‘open secret’, say the states

Caleb Porter

Meta has received more than 1.1 million reports from users under the age of 13 on its Instagram platform since early 2019, but "disabled only a fraction" of those accounts,…