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The people attacking Dr Ally Louks over her chosen subject are really attacking everything they have decided she stands for: woke academia, feminists, leftist-elite intellectuals
The people attacking Dr Ally Louks over her chosen subject are really attacking everything they have decided she stands for: woke academia, feminists, leftist-elite intellectuals
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The pronatalist movement has roots in creepy tradwife visions, but does that matter if it leads to financial supports for families?
Europe’s bloated governments need the tech entrepreneur’s efficiency revolution much more than Washington does
EU’s antitrust enforcer leaves Brussels proud of her tenure but conscious that it had been only ‘partly successful’
Global stocks rise as hedge fund manager picked for top economic position
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Incoming US president will not be all the tech industry is hoping for once he is in power
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Network, which grew from an off-shoot of Jack Dorsey’s Twitter, experiencing ‘growing pains’ of popularity as membership passes 15m
Melania won’t be spending much time in the White House, but someone else seems eager to fill the role of the president-elect’s helpmeet
Musk has been a near constant presence around the president-elect, including sitting in Trump on a call with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Tesla’s rocketing share price indicates investors expect incoming president to return the favour
‘It can feel like this is the space where we all put our most toxic part, where the collective black dog lurks’
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This tech conference is profitable and expanding, but its 70,000-visitor Lisbon conference remains the jewel in its crown
X marks the exit door for the news title, which has announced it will no longer post on Elon Musk’s platform
Technological solutions to the problem of too much government is something that appeals to appeals to both Bitcoin advocates and Trump supporters. Both want to use AI and blockchain to leave messy problems like death, taxes and climate change behind
Elon Musk should know that human social structures are more fluid than even the most complex of animal hierarchies
News outlet cites 'often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform' and says US election 'underlined' its decision
Republicans elect John Thune to lead Senate while Trump gives government efficiency role to Elon Musk and picks Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth as secretary of defence
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