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What Can’t You Say on YouTube? Its Content Creators Aren’t Sure
“Recently, on a YouTube channel, I said something terrible,” confesses a staff writer for the Atlantic. “But I don’t know what it was.” Whatever it was, it was enough to get the interview demonetized, meaning no ads could be placed against it, and my host received no revenue from it. Read more…
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The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign To Steal American Secrets
The story of an innocuous-seeming message on LinkedIn in 2017 from Qu Hui, the deputy director of the China-based Provincial Association for International Science and Technology Development. Federal agents eventually obtained search warrants for two Gmail addresses the official was using, and “In what would prove to be a lucky Read more…
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12 Years After Fukushima, Removal of Melted Nuclear Fuel Hasn’t Started
Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Japanese officials say the release is unavoidable and should start soon. “Dealing with the wastewater is less of a challenge than Read more…
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The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. — Niels Bohr
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Disney World is Having Trouble Selling Its $4,800 Simulated ‘Star Wars’ Space Cruises
$4,800 buys you a two-day “immersive” experience on the Star Wars-themed “Galactic Starcruiser” at Disney World — a pseudo cruise ship in space. But one year after it opened, Disney is “cutting back” some of its bookings. Earlier this year, it began offering its first sizable discounts to the general Read more…