Report Warns of Meta’s Role in Brazil Election

Meta is failing to stop a Jan. 6-style movement gaining traction on Facebook and WhatsApp in Brazil, a rights group has warned in a new report.

Campaigning for Brazil’s next presidential election is currently underway, with the first round of voting scheduled for October 2. Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s rightwing populist president, has embraced comparisons to Donald Trump thr…

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The Core Lulu Wang ‘Expats’ Episode

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Expats

Lulu Wang first read The Expatriates by Janice Y. K. Lee while she was on the press tour for her acclaimed 2019 film The Farewell. Traveling through Sydney and meeting a stream of people from the global Asian diaspora, she connected with the 2016 novel, which centers on three American expats living…

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Why the Fed Wants to Make It Harder to Get a Job

By law, the U.S. Federal Reserve is supposed to be a champion of working families, instructed by Congress to aim for maximum employment and low inflation. But make no mistake, the central bank is not your friend—and a growing number of economists are questioning whether its age-old approach to combating high inflation makes sense.

The Fed’s method of raising interest rates to …

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The Witcher Mid-Season Cliffhanger, Explained

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the first five episodes of The Witcher season 3.

Following a year-and-a-half hiatus, The Witcher is back for a highly-anticipated new season that will mark Henry Cavill’s final outing as titular monster-hunter Geralt of Rivia before Liam Hemsworth takes over the lead role of the po…

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The True Story Behind ‘Queen Charlotte’

The first episode of the Bridgerton prequel series, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, opens with a disclaimer from none other than the notorious Lady Whistledown. In her note, she states that the royal’s story “is not a history lesson,” but instead, “fiction inspired by fact,” where “all liberties taken by the author are quite intentional…

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How TikTok’s Tinned Fish Craze Is Driving Shortages

Next time you go to the grocery store you may have a hard time finding tinned fish like tuna, anchovies, or sardines in the aisle. That’s thanks to the viral “tinned fish” niche on TikTok and the growing group of online creators making video content on “conservas”—tasty and sometimes elaborate dishes made from canned fish and seafood.

One such creator, …

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Nvidia CEO Says AI Has Hit a ‘Tipping Point’

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Nvidia Corp., which has seen its value skyrocket over the past year thanks to soaring demand for its graphics chips used for artificial intelligence, posted stronger-than-expected results Wednesday for its latest quarter, with its revenue more than tripling from a year earlier.

Nvidia reported revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter that ended Jan. 28 of $22.1 billio…

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Why the SHEIN Brand Trip Raised Online Furor

The Chinese clothing company Shein, known for its incredibly low prices and popularized by influencers trying on “hauls” of their clothing items on TikTok, has been the subject of numerous reports criticizing its business practices. A detailed Wired investigation published last year cited an audit Shein conducted of its suppliers which found that 12 percent “had committ…

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The Story Behind Twin Flames Universe

Jeff and Shaleia Ayan, the leaders of the Twin Flames Universe—something akin to a spiritual reality show that alleges to be therapeutic—will tell you that it’s not a cult. Some former members will tell you that it is. And Alice Hines—the investigative journalist who wrote the Vanity Fair article “Inside the Always Online, All-Consuming World of Twin Flames Universe”—has a nuanced…

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