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Another metrics misfire from Facebook, which today admitted to undercounting traffic from some publishers who posted their content to its site using the company’s “instant articles” platform. Instant articles are stories that media organizations such as the New York Times and National Geographic publish directly to Facebook, rather than posting content to Facebook that links […]

If China hadn’t provided warning enough to Donald Trump by seizing an American vessel in the South China Sea and threatening sanctions on an unnamed US automaker, president Obama had clear advice at a press conference today: think things through before you mess with Taiwan. It’s not clear how much foreign policy issues have come […]

US president Barack Obama held his final press conference of 2016, and what will likely be the final news conference of his two terms in the White House, today (Dec. 16). He opened with observations about the improvement in the US economy over the past eight years, and the accomplishments of his administration in providing […]

Laszlo Bock, the head of human resources stepping down from Google, has a new mission: Find jobs for hundreds of unemployed Hillary Clinton campaign workers. The Wall Street Journal reports that Bock created a job board to match Clinton staffers as well as departing White House employees with tech employers. The service is open to […]

Although he didn’t mention Donald Trump by name, US president Barack Obama seemed to directly admonish his successor not to trust Russian president Vladimir Putin more than America’s own intelligence agencies. In a remarkable news conference a month before he leaves office, Obama became the first sitting US president in memory to offer such clear […]

When Ken Jue was the director of a community mental-health center in New Hampshire, he felt it was his obligation to attend the funerals of clients who had died. And he was attending a lot of funerals. “During one of the funerals when I was looking at pictures of the client who had died, I […]

Donald Trump will have a hard time making America great again if the bulk of Americans can’t afford to own a home. As interest rates creep up, home prices soar, and affordable housing dwindles, housing experts say next year could be a tipping point for renters outpacing home owners in the US. “Are we going […]

At a town hall in Wisconsin this week with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, Bernie Sanders made a powerful case for why the American dream has been eroded by a wealthy corporate assault on the middle class. In a forum that included both conservative and independent voters, Sanders deftly and empathetically answered concerns about raising the minimum […]

An ad for a local public health department in Opole, Poland hoped to encourage women to get breast cancer screenings by having men extolling the virtues of female busts, and emphasizing what a welcome sight they are for men’s eyes: “You know I like to watch them bounce when you run?” The public service announcement […]

It would be nice to believe that gifts are genuine tokens of affection, given without any expectation of recompense. (Indeed, Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “gift” as something “voluntarily transferred” and “without compensation.”) But if you’ve ever had the niggling sense that something other than selflessness drives the presents you dutifully exchange with friends and family, then […]Read More

It’s no secret that Russian president Vladimir Putin and Hillary Clinton share a strained history—dating back to the rockiest period of Putin’s presidency in 2011, when demonstrators filled the streets to protest allegedly fraudulent elections. Then-secretary of state Clinton seemed to side with the protestors, saying she had “serious concerns” about the elections and calling […]Read More

China has seized an American unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) in the South China Sea, raising tensions in the disputed waters, and triggering a demand by the Pentagon for the return of its drone. A US defense official told Reuters the incident happened on Thursday in international waters north of the Philippines’ Subic Bay, as a […]