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July 02, 2022
"Most people get nervous if they realise a photojournalist is taking their picture. It often leads to unpleasant interactions. The smartphone, though, seems to be a magical stress-relief device. ......
July 01, 2022
Putin’s popularity is skyrocketing, with 83% saying they support their leader. Most Russians also support the Ukraine war. Putin gives Russians what they have been missing since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 – a surge of national pride....
June 30, 2022
‘Kill’ order to revoke news website’s certificates of incorporation made in final days of Rodrigo Duterte’s rule...
June 26, 2022
Words can be misleading, and it is all too easy to mistake fluent speech for fluent thought....
June 24, 2022
It is not only the family of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr making a comeback in the Philippines. A fortified bread known as nutribun, and the controversy surrounding it, has also reappeared....
June 23, 2022
"When a developer tells me their plan is to wait for an artificial general intelligence to magically emerge from the miasma of big data like a mudfish from primordial soup, I tend to think they’re skipping a few steps.”...