Tag: writing
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Money from big tech companies and top VC firms is flowing into the nascent “virtual beings” space. https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/a-guide-to-virtual-beings/ more ›
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The franchise comes with a number of strings attached: a fickle bundle of rights and words and memories. Only the travelers can remain outside of tradition, untouched by local news.… more ›
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Not every tumblr refugee ended up on Instagram, the rumours of the second great migration were wildly exaggerated. Impossible to monetize under the current paradigms, proud and salty and hardened… more ›
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In Argentina in the early 1970s, leftist guerrillas started snatching executives of multinational companies and demanding ransoms. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/05/09/kidnapping-efficient-business/ more ›
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It’s exactly 80 years since the end of the Spanish Civil War, when General Francisco Franco’s populist forces finally overcame the leftist resistance and plunged the country into full-blown dictatorship.… more ›
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DRESDEN, Germany — Last month, 74 years to the day since the bombers came, the late winter sky was gray as German tour guide Danilo Hommel called a halt before… more ›
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Cartel social media platforms will remain dominant for years to come. Layered on top of each other like biomass, they provide the basic – and necessary – infrastructure for other… more ›
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The south side is at its best between late February and early May. To define Lisbon you’ll need to talk a lot about the water: river, ocean, beach. You arrive… more ›
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We made it through that crazy phase of diapers, take out, lack of sleep. We’re older now, wealthier, having late breakfast and looking out into the desert from the room,… more ›
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The year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. This list represents books reviewed since Dec. 4, 2016, when we published… more ›