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• Zoom Is Going After Google and Microsoft With AI-Driven Docs
• Wind turbines keep getting bigger
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• Meet the maharajas of the world's biggest democracy
• Why China takes young Tibetans from their families
• Could America fight its enemies without breaking the law?
• Bans on dog meat sweep across Asia
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• How the hard right both reflects and creates prejudice
• Recent economic turbulence threatens to reinforce voters' view that the U.S. economy is shaky, giving Trump's campaign a chance to shift onto stronger ground in his race against Harris.
• Have your photos published in the Guardian's letters section
• To see the future of urban warfare, look at Gaza
• Is it better to be an early bird or a night owl?
• Venezuela opposition leaders urge army and police to abandon Nicolás Maduro
• The war for AI talent is heating up
• "Spencer", Pablo Larraín's Princess Diana fable, is less than the sum of its parts
• Why chocolate is becoming much more expensive
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Haiti's transitional government must take office amid gang warfare
• On Independence Day Israel is ripping itself apart
• Studies being used to decide whether the U.S. should authorize an ecstasy-based drug for traumatized patients missed serious side effects and were marked by bias.
• Who is responsible for feeding Gaza?
• Introducing Analysing Africa, our latest newsletter
• Ready, player four billion: the rise of video games
• Charles III gets his own paper currency
• Throughout the rich world, the young are falling out of love with cars
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• As Ukraine Collects Medals in Paris, Its Sports Pipeline Is in Tatters
• Could there be a US-Mexico trade war?
• Peter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach were sides of the same coin
• Hollywood enters a frugal new era
• Kamala Harris Surprises Everyone
• A trove of photographs casts light on Bangladesh's liberation war
• Car firms are trying out new ways to sell mobility
• Donald Trump's promise of a golden age for oil is fanciful
• Freeze-dried chromosomes can survive for thousands of years
• What Is Quantum Computing? The Complete WIRED Guide
• Why Chinese banks are now vanishing
• Will services make the world rich?
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• What Chipotle and McDonald's say about the consumer slowdown
• People Are Using Memecoins to Bet on the US Election
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• Vietnam's ruling communists rush to fill the country's top jobs
• An ancient rice bowl complicates the story of civilisation in India
• Tracking ships in the Red Sea
• Chinese EV-makers are leaving Western rivals in the dust
• Hamas and Israel are still far apart over a ceasefire deal
• A short history of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• A $500 Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Hack Computer Chips With Lasers
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• Checks and Balance: Trump's guilty verdict and unprecedented presidenting
• Amazon Has to Recall More Than 400,000 Dangerous Products
• The age of the grandparent has arrived
• How Chinese networks clean dirty money on a vast scale
• Why southern Europeans will soon be the longest-lived people in the world
• Google Cracks Down on Explicit Deepfakes
• The West Coast's Fanciest Stolen Bikes Are Getting Trafficked by One Mastermind in Jalisco, Mexico
• Turkey's President Erdogan faces a new challenge from Islamists
• China is talking to Taiwan's next leader, just not directly
• Britain's railways go from one extreme to another
• Video Game Performers Are Going on Strike Over AI
• New industrial policies will make the world more unequal
• The disease that most afflicts England's National Health Service
• Donald Trump tries to be both unifier and pugilist in his convention speech
• Chinese authorities are now addicted to traffic fines
• The Problem With Donald Trump's VP Theory
• Argentina's Javier Milei begins his radical experiment in libertarian rule
• Why so many Chinese graduates cannot find work
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• YouTuber files class action suit over OpenAI's scrape of creators' transcripts
• Why India should create dozens of new states
• Fighting disinformation gets harder, just when it matters most
• The war in Ukraine shows how technology is changing the battlefield
• For this brain surgeon, the operating room is 'the ultimate in mindful meditation'
• Palmer Luckey and Anduril want to shake up armsmaking
• Emmanuel Macron's vision of a more muscular Europe is coming true
• Rose Dugdale went from debutante to IRA bombmaker
• Brazil reckons with the life and legacy of an abolitionist
• Meta Has Run Hundreds of Ads for Cocaine, Opioids and Other Drugs
• Reinstalled Gildan CEO Chamandy Wants to Make T-Shirts for Less
• House of the Dragon's Finale Director Explains Daemon's Game of Thrones Moment
• How to decode Kamala Harris's foreign policy
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• The Best Electric Kick Scooters of 2024, Tested and Reviewed
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• Javier Milei implements shock therapy in Argentina
• Biden's border order: impractical policy, pragmatic politics
• Sprint guru Reider's accreditation for Olympics pulled over safeguarding fears
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• Fury erupts in China over a food-safety scandal
• Is coal the new gold?
• Nicolás Maduro's sham election: the sequel
• Who are the main contenders to be Iran's next president?
• How many people have died in Gaza?
• Why Mexico's largest-ever election matters
• The world's deadliest war last year wasn't in Ukraine
• Can women-only factories help more Indian women into work?
• Biden Administration Pushes Airlines to Seat Kids Next to Parents at No Extra Cost
• On screen, Father Christmas cuts a mercurial figure
• How China uses Russia to chew up the UN
• Noah Lyles wins 100-metre sprint in ultra-close photo finish
• An inspiring, if frustrating, portrayal of the Williams sisters' coach and dad
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• EU handouts have long been wasteful. Now they must be fixed
• Flagstar Bank: 2024 Home Equity Review
• The strong dollar is hurting exports from Latin America
• By 2100 half the world's children will be born in sub-Saharan Africa
• China's youth are rebelling against long hours
• Indian state capitalism looks to be in trouble
• Is America giving Narendra Modi an easy ride?
• Instagram Will Let You Make Custom AI Chatbots—Even Ones Based on Yourself
• Douglas Lenat trained computers to think the old-fashioned way
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• Locust-busting is getting an upgrade
• Gene-editing drugs are moving from lab to clinic at lightning speed
• Technology is deepening civilian involvement in war
• A variety of new batteries are coming to power EVs
• Latin America's new hard right: Bukele, Milei, Kast and Bolsonaro
• Will Americans be bowled over by cricket—again?
• The Germany-shaped void at Europe's heart
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• Why Hong Kong is sending its old people to Guangdong
• US and UK expected to be drawn in as Iran prepares retaliation against Israel
• Brandon Johnson, Chicago's leftist mayor, is struggling
• 'SimCity' Isn't a Model of Reality. It's a Libertarian Toy Land
• "Aftermath" is a piercing study of Germany after 1945
• After Years of Raising Prices, Food Companies Hit Consumers' Limits
• A long jump, an iguana and cliff diving: photos of the weekend
• Italian right-wingers have renamed Milan's airport after Silvio Berlusconi
• Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees country
• Ancient artistic loot will finally make its way back to Cambodia
• US stocks finish sharply lower to close out global market rout
• Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind
• Far-right ideas are gaining a renewed respectability in France
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• What Are Color Gamuts and Color Spaces in TVs and Monitors, and Do They Matter?
• Can Britain's economy grow as fast as it needs to?
• The potential listing of Shein is a test of London's allure
• How XL Bullies became such dangerous dogs
• Bitcoin Bros Go Wild for Donald Trump
• Combining Ayahuasca Compound with Drugs like Ozempic Could Help Treat Diabetes
• China's ties with Russia are growing more solid
• Two books assess the fight against global corruption
• From hypersonic missiles to undersea drones, the PLA is making leaps
• The children of Iran's revolution still want to go West
• Muon Space closes $56M to scale all-in-one satellite platform
• NATO is drafting new plans to defend Europe
• The Broligarchs Are Trying to Have Their Way
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• A nationalist effort to rebrand the Chinese dragon
• A live-streamed attempted coup in Congo shakes the region
• KAL's cartoon
• Japanese businesses are trapped between America and China
• Amazon Shares Slide as Spending Surges and Revenue Outlook Disappoints
• A new biography explains the genius of John von Neumann
• The deadly journey to the Gulf
• Iran attacks Israel, risking a full-blown regional war
• Adolfo Kaminsky saved thousands of Jews by changing their identities
• Invading Taiwan would be a logistical minefield for China
• What could kill the $1trn artificial-intelligence boom?
• Google loses landmark US antitrust case over search dominance
• Hong Kong gets a second draconian security law
• How not to name a new car
• Has China reached peak emissions?
• KAL's cartoon
• A growing industry is emerging to make philanthropy simpler
• The Worst Feature Apple Ever Made
• India's government implements a controversial citizenship law
• Imran Khan comes under further pressure in Pakistan
• The best memes of 2021
• Investors beware: summer madness is here
• India's electronics industry is surging
• Asian stocks rebound amid global volatility
• Boaz v BlackRock: Whoever wins, closed-end funds lose
• Will a new "pact" of ten laws help Europe ease its migrant woes?
• Europe prepares for a mighty trade war
• Climate change casts a shadow over Britain's biggest food export
• Is Britain's economy finally moving?
• Israel has seen arms embargoes before
• Saboteurs Cut Internet Cables in Latest Disruption During Paris Olympics
• The nationalism of ideas
• British voters care less about tax rises than politicians think
• How two assassinations left the Middle East on the edge - podcast
• A religious revolution is under way in the Middle East
• Le Pen's hard right looks set to dominate the French parliament
• Faster pasta: Tipo 00's spaghetti with garlic and chilli – plus two other speedy recipes
• Half of Northern Irish patients wait over a year for treatment
• After 12 years of blood, Assad's Syria rejoins the Arab League
• KAL's cartoon
• How One Bad CrowdStrike Update Crashed the World's Computers
• Machines might not take your job. But they could make it worse
• How the Olympics Are Saving Athletes from Heat Stress
• China is going crazy for durians
• How Do Stars Really Die?
• Sleep secrets: should you ever tell someone you dreamt about them?
• The WIRED Guide to Aliens
• Sources and acknowledgments
• The 21 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now (July 2024)
• I spent decades straightening my 'Jewish hair' – until I realised I was hiding my true self | Diana Spechler
• What is the least liveable city in the world?
• How many Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine?
• China's tin-eared approach to the world
• Ángeles Flórez Peón, "Maricuela", made sure Spain did not forget its history
• Vienna's social housing, lauded by progressives, pushes out the poor
• Ukraine will hold if it gets the arms it needs, says a top general
• KAL's cartoon
• Zvi Zamir oversaw a programme of Israeli assassinations
• Frank Drake believed that the universe had to contain other intelligent beings
• This week's cover
• Foreign judges are fed up with Hong Kong's political environment
• Olympics Photo of the Day: Catching a Fall
• From RFK Jr's dead bear to a shot dog, why do US politicians keep throwing us red meat?
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• What is Crispr Gene Editing? The Complete WIRED Guide
• The Kamala Harris effect on the polls has been dramatic
• Phil Wizard, Champion Breaker and Olympic Contender, Isn't Convinced 'Breakdancing' Is a Sport
• HBO drops the first teaser for The Last of Us season two
• Labour's landslide victory will turn politics on its head
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The economic recklessness of both France's hard left and hard right
• Will artificial intelligence transform school?
• Violence mars Mexicans' biggest elections ever
• How Soon Might the Atlantic Ocean Break? Two Sibling Scientists Found an Answer—and Shook the World
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Last Monday Was the Hottest Day on Record
• A new English version of "The Arabian Nights" is the first by a woman
• China wants to export education, too
• Should you send your children to private school?
• A Kenyan-led security mission finally starts to arrive in Haiti
• 19 Good News Science Stories to Savor This Summer
• AI can predict tipping points before they happen
• Justice Thomas Failed to Disclose More Private Jet Trips, Senate Democrats Say
• The taboos around sexual health are weakening
• Europeans lack visceral attachment to the EU. Does it matter?
• Sandra Day O'Connor specialised in breaking into male bastions
• Rural Colombia welcomes gangs that mete out vigilante justice
• Intel Is Cutting More Than 15,000 Jobs Despite Getting Billions From the US Government
• Reassessing Obama's biggest mistake
• A death, an illness, and an uncertain Middle East
• Japan's mind-bending bento-box economics
• Harris Nears Her Big V.P. Reveal After Fierce Lobbying From Democrats
• What if China and India became friends?
• China's ruling party sets out its vision of economic reform
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The struggle to free Haiti from violence and impotent governance
• Silvio Berlusconi duped Italians for years
• The Economy Isn't 'Falling Off a Cliff.' Here's How to Prepare for What's Next
• An advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how it's done
• The Most Efficient Solar Panels Ever Have Been Found—In Giant, Sparkly Clams
• BMW's Key Auto Unit Held Back by China Struggles
• Diego Maradona offers central bankers enduring lessons
• Benny Gantz and Gadi Eisenkot leave Israel's war cabinet
• Social-media populists have arrived in Japan
• What Xi Jinping gets wrong about China's economy
• Nvidia is now the world's most valuable company
• Watch out Beijing, China's second-tier cities are on the up
• A new exhibition shows the visual debt Disney owes to European art
• June Mendoza captured both the famous and the unknown
• Martin Amis was the lurid chronicler of a whole generation
• How Starbucks caffeinates local economies
• What's Going on With Student Loan Forgiveness? The Answer May Be in Your Inbox
• Treatments for 'Brain-Eating' Amoebas Are on the Horizon
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• Economic data, commodities and markets
• The second act of Sam Neill: 'The truth was, I didn't know how long I had to live'
• Boom times are back for container shipping
• Przekrój, an iconic Polish magazine, relaunches in America
• Why oil supply shocks are not like the 1970s any more
• Labour sweet-talks the public sector
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• U.S. Sues TikTok, ByteDance, Accuses Them of Violations of Children's Privacy Laws
• South Korean voters—and spring onions—rebuke the president
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• Could the war in Ukraine go nuclear?
• Why is Brazil a hotspot for financial crime?
• From Nobel peace prize to civil war: how Ethiopia's leader beguiled the world – podcast
• Scientists have trained an AI through the eyes of a baby
• Graham Thorpe was always his own man and never shied away from a challenge | Mark Ramprakash
• The ACLU Fights for Your Constitutional Right to Make Deepfakes
• Working from home and the US-Europe divide
• The latest in the battle of jamming with electronic beams
• Keely Hodgkinson storms to 800m gold for GB's first athletics triumph in Paris
• Changes to China's gaokao exam are about politics, not fairness
• Ukraine's desperate struggle to defend Kharkiv
• Carbon-dioxide-removal options are multiplying
• Does America have enough weapons to support its allies?
• Governments across the world are discovering "homeland economics"
• What will Great British Energy do?
• Announcing the agenda for the AI Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
• The southern border is Kamala Harris's biggest political liability
• European countries are banding together on missile defence
• SpaceX's Starship Could Cause NASA's Lunar Gateway to Lose Control
• Is Ukraine's counter-offensive over?
• Japan is still reeling 100 days after the Noto earthquake
• Can Haiti's police hold on?
• Fernando Botero became famous for his over-size people and animals
• OpenAI tempers expectations with less bombastic, GPT-5-less DevDay this fall
• Manchester United shirt sponsor interested in stadium naming rights
• Don't Fall for CrowdStrike Outage Scams
• The Israeli army is caught in a doom loop in Gaza
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Russia's vast stocks of Soviet-era weaponry are running out
• A new generation of music-making algorithms is here
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• Why is Xi Jinping building secret commodity stockpiles?
• Secretaries of state urge X to stop its Grok chatbot from spreading election misinformation
• Outages Plague Trading Platforms During the Stock-Market Selloff
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• Apple has finally started sending out payments from its butterfly keyboard settlement
• Extreme Heat Kills Hundreds of Thousands Worldwide Each Year
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• 2023 looks set to be a watershed year for the climate
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• Andrés Manuel López Obrador's mañaneras boost his presidency
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• Tesla sued over fatal Autopilot crash
• For its next phase of growth, India needs a new reform agenda
• Fed officials move to reassure markets that US is not in recession
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• China's presence in Latin America has expanded dramatically
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• The new front in China's cyber campaign against America
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• Dengue fever is surging in Latin America
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• An obscure communist newspaper is shaping Japan's politics
• Economic data, commodities and markets
• Neuralink successfully implants its chip into a second patient's brain
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• Bangladesh's dictator flees—leaving behind a dangerous vacuum
• Hamas talks up a truce, but Israel may still invade Rafah
• China mulls a bold test of taxation without representation
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• Two new books explore the impact of accelerating technology
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• The far-right has captured Israel's police
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• Geert Mak takes stock of the past 20 years of European history
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• J.D. Vance, an honorary Frenchman, sends Europe into panic mode
• Visiting Europe, Xi Jinping brings up an old grievance
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• The Supreme Court's Contempt for History Promises a Worse Racial Future for U.S.
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• How strongmen abuse tools for fighting financial crime
• Court blocks the FCC's efforts to restore net neutrality... again
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• The evolution of forced labour in Xinjiang
• Why Controlling Landfill Methane Is Key to Slowing Climate Change
• The vintage fur debate: does it honour an animal or normalise cruelty?
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• University protests about Gaza spread to the Middle East
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