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The world’s most valuable tech company has a problem it can’t easily solve

New York CNN — When Apple unveiled its revamped Siri last June, the company called it “the start of a new era” for the 13-year-old digital helper. It demonstrated how the virtual assistant would be able to cross-reference a user’s emails, texts and real-time flight data to answer complex questions, such as “When is my …

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Egypt Independent March 23, 2025

For Vladimir Putin, Russia’s position in the world is personal. Here’s what he really wants

CNN — US President Donald Trump said he thinks Vladimir Putin wants peace. Ukraine and its European allies don’t believe he does, while the Russian leader himself said he wants peace but then refused to sign up to it when presented with the option. What Putin really wants, though, is much, much bigger. The Russian …

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Egypt Independent March 23, 2025

Here are 8 photography winners with disabilities who show the world their perspective

A little boy balancing precariously on a rope, a colorful bird perched on a tree, and fishermen at twilight all

NPR NEWS March 16, 2025

Prize-winning pictures: Images from this photo contests how tech changing the world

How many ways can you photograph a screen? “So many ways,” says Munira Mutaher, a Sri Lanka-based photo editor for

NPR NEWS February 16, 2025

5 economic papers that lit up our brains—and what they say about our confusing world

iStock/Getty Images Plus We at Planet Money are constantly reading the work of economists and other social scientists to glean

NPR NEWS January 29, 2025

World’s oldest person, Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, dies at 116

AP — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan. Itooka, …

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Egypt Independent January 6, 2025

How to fight ageism in the world around you—and in yourself

Maria Fabrizio for NPR Leanne Clark-Shirley has always loved to dance. She goes to nightclubs near her home in Durham,

NPR NEWS December 29, 2024

Think again – the hidden world of microbes living in your microwave

A recent study has revealed shocking findings about the microbes that may reside in microwave ovens, which many people consider to be clean appliances. A team of scientists from the University of Valencia in Spain, in collaboration with the Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence SL, conducted a study that showed these devices contain types of microbes that …

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Egypt Independent December 27, 2024

The next massive volcanic eruption is coming. It will cause chaos the world is not prepared for

CNN — Mount Tambora changed the world. In 1815, the Indonesian volcano exploded in the most powerful eruption in recorded history, sending an enormous plume of tiny sun-reflecting particles high into the atmosphere, cooling the planet and ushering in disaster. What followed was called the “year without a summer:” global temperatures plunged, crops failed, people …

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Egypt Independent December 25, 2024