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Aug 4, 2022 • 7min
Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis
Companies are racing to cool down their servers as energy prices and temperatures soar. And the worst is yet to come.
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Aug 3, 2022 • 8min
Big Tech Can’t Stop Obsessing Over Apple and TikTok
Earnings season was dominated by two companies—both existential threats to their competition.
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Aug 2, 2022 • 7min
Why Google Sued the Descendants of a Railroad Tycoon and a Civil War General
To secure the land for its multibillion-dollar Downtown West development, the company has had to track down dozens of distant relatives of 19th-century landowners.
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Aug 1, 2022 • 12min
The Fallout From Apple’s Bizarre, Dogged Union-Busting Campaign
Workers are calling on management to stop inflicting “traumatic” pressure on other workers trying to unionize.
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Jul 29, 2022 • 11min
EV Makers Think They’ve Figured Out What Women Want
Men are more likely to buy electric vehicles, and carmakers are eager to diversify their base. But what will it take to close the gender gap?
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Jul 28, 2022 • 7min
The Chip Shortage is Easing—But Only For Some
Certain chips have caught up with demand, thanks to stockpiling and reduced consumer spending, but the semiconductor supply chain is still snarled up.
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Jul 27, 2022 • 7min
BeReal Basics: How to Use the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App
Post within the two-minute window to share off-the-cuff photos with your friends—and the world.
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Jul 25, 2022 • 10min
Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network
Desperate people in the US and beyond are turning to an unregulated, cross-continental supply chain.
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Jul 22, 2022 • 8min
Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s a Flying Ferry
An electric hydrofoil ferry could be the future of public transportation in Stockholm—and beyond.
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Jul 21, 2022 • 12min
Juul Nears Its Last Gasp—After It Hooked a Generation on Vaping
The startup used regulatory loopholes and marketing to make nicotine cool. Now the FDA threatens to shut the company down, but new rivals are taking over.
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