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Tinder rolls out mandatory face verification for California users
West Hollywood-based Tinder is now requiring facial recognition scans for all users in California as part of its efforts to build trust…
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Business
Court approves sale of 23andMe to nonprofit led by co-founder Anne Wojcicki
23andMe, a distressed genetic testing company that filed for bankruptcy this year, has received another potential lifeline. A bankruptcy…
Business
US: S&P 500, Nasdaq dip from record highs with Trump tax bill in focus
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes opened lower on Tuesday (Jul 1), after touching record highs a day earlier, as investors monitored US trade…
Politics
Trump is ‘fast forwarding’ the inevitable future of a multipolar world: George Yeo
US President Donald Trump may be at the centre of several global events today, but he did not create the increasingly multipolar world –…
Politics
Trump’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy
He persuades by pressuring. He coaxes by threatening. He de-escalates by escalating. Source link
Politics
Senate passes amendment to strip ban on AI regulations as 'big, beautiful bill' flails
The Senate early Tuesday voted to quash an effort to impose a 10-year moratorium on state regulation of artificial intelligence. The vote…
Business
MAS proposes to improve complex product labelling and disclosures for investors
Investors in Singapore may soon gain clearer disclosures and improved guidance for complex products, following the implementation of…
Business
Chinese money fires up Hong Kong shares
[SHANGHAI/HONG KONG] Chinese investors are piling into Hong Kong shares lured by lower valuations and the city’s strategic position in…
Business
Zuckerberg debuts Meta ‘superintelligence’ group, more hires
Meta Platforms chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg announced a major restructuring of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI)…
Politics
Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year's presidential election, report shows
Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year's presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to…
News
Restraint Is Conservative
Skepticism of American foreign adventurism is native to the American right. Source link
Politics
Trump’s Farm and Hotel Amnesty
The hospitality and agriculture industries should not get a pass from immigration enforcement. Source link
Politics
Trump condemns Sen. Coons over suggestion he is offering Iran a nuclear deal
President Trump on Monday panned Sen. Chris Coons for saying the White House is contemplating an agreement with Iran comparable to…
Business
Millennium Hotels and Resorts ties up with German hotelier Maritim in cross-brand loyalty deal
As part of the partnership, both companies will jointly participate in major trade shows and roadshows Millennium Hotels and Resorts has…
News
Watering Down the SAT Weakens Meritocracy
If we want a society that truly rewards talent and effort, we must preserve and strengthen the tools that make upward mobility possible.…
Culture
The Met’s Luminous New Rockefeller Wing Still Casts Some Shadows
It may be the most impressive of the recently modernized colonial collections, far surpassing Berlin’s much criticized Humboldt Forum. One…
Culture
AI is controversial in Hollywood. For China's film business, it's no holds barred
Hollywood’s relationship with artificial intelligence is fraught, as studios balance the need to cut costs with growing concerns from…
News
Finding a Family of Boys
In 1981, I was a student of art history at Columbia University. I was twenty-one and worked to support myself at a variety of jobs.…
News
The Argentinean Comic Strip That Galvanized a Generation
A uniformed police officer stands sideways, his head turned to face us. His eyes are unnaturally close together, rendered by the artist as…
Business
Elmore Leonard’s Perfect Pitch
Out of interest, could this be the best beginning to the sixth chapter of any book, by anyone, ever? The girl with the stringy blond hair…
News
Is Technology Really Ruining Teens’ Lives?
In early 2021, the journalist Matt Richtel spoke to a father who was a few weeks into a nightmare. Tatnai Burnett was a doctor, his wife…
News
What The New Yorker Was Reading in 1925
Several months before the first issue of The New Yorker appeared, Harold Ross’s fund-raising prospectus promised, along with much else,…
News
Malika Favre’s “Literary Heights”
For the cover of the July 7 & 14, 2025, special Fiction Issue, the artist Malika Favre chose an unusual setting to portray someone…
Business
UBS kicks off share buyback programme of up to US$2 billion
Group is launching a programme to repurchase as much as US$2 billion worth of its own shares, it said in a release on Monday (Jun 30). The…