(Black PR Wire) Washington, Carver & Du Bois, 1900 As the 19th century came to an end and segregation took ever stronger hold in the South, many African Americans saw self-improvement, especially through education, as the single greatest opportun
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Peter Thiel to Exit Meta’s Board to Support Trump-Aligned Candidates
The tech billionaire, who has been on the board of the company formerly known as Facebook since 2005, is backing numerous politicians in the midterm elections.
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Nvidia Deal to Buy Arm From SoftBank Is Off After Setbacks
The deal, which was initially valued at $40 billion, encountered regulatory scrutiny, including an F.T.C. lawsuit.
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They Made Millions on Luna, Solana and Polygon: Crypto’s Boom Beyond Bitcoin
The ranks of cryptocurrency speculators have swelled, with even obscure tokens minting the newly wealthy: at least on the blockchain.
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Chip Errors Are Becoming More Common and Harder to Track Down
As the largest computer networks continue to grow, some engineers fear that their smallest components could prove to be an Achilles’ heel.
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Is Confidence the Secret to Success? Not Exactly.
Shani Orgad and Rosalind Gill discuss their book, “Confidence Culture,” which challenges the idea sold to women that self-esteem will set them free.
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Health sites let ads track visitors without telling them
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) All too often, digital ads wind up improperly targeting the most vulnerable people online, including abuse victims and kids. Add to that list the customers of several digital-medicine and genetic-testing companies, whose sites used ad-tracking tools that could have exposed information about people’s health status. In a recent...
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Microsoft will block downloaded macros in Office versions going back to 2013
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) In the interest of combating ransomware and other malware, Microsoft is planning a major change in how its Office software handles macros: when files that use macros are downloaded from the Internet, those macros will now be disabled entirely by default. Current versions of the software offer an alert banner on these...
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Helium Network Hints at Crypto’s Practical Uses
Helium, a wireless network powered by cryptocurrency, hints at the practical promise of decentralized services.
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Amazon Workers’ Union Drive Reaches Far Beyond Alabama
A vote on whether to form a union at the e-commerce giant’s warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., has become a labor showdown, drawing the attention of N.F.L. players, and the White House.