Milwaukee Police Propose Trading Millions of Mugshots for Free Facial Recognition AccessThe proposal raises serious privacy and ethical questions.
Meet the City’s New Compost CopsChicken bones? Nope! Greasy pizza boxes? Uh-uh. For two weeks in April, the Department of Sanitation sent inspectors to rifle through your trash and fine landlords for failure to compost.
One Chart That Shows How China Seized the Lead in the Robotaxi WarsMore than half of the cars sold in China last year were equipped with advanced driver assistance tech, according to data compiled by AlixPartners.
From Lagos to Calgary the Resource Curse Condemns Nations to Corruption and AutocracyIn 2016, Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced, “We have developed a case of oil addiction in Saudi Arabia.” This was an understatement; the modern state was created solely by oil, its economy finan…
Box Office: ‘Minecraft’ Powers to $816 Million Globally, ‘Sinners’ Surpasses $161 Million“A Minecraft Movie” and “Sinners” remained atop global box office charts.
How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From ChinaProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
Buy That New Phone NowBut only if you absolutely have to. The tariff apocalypse is upon us. Should you buy an iPad?
How Trump Could Dethrone the DollarThe U.S. dollar has been the dominant currency in global trade and finance for more than seven decades. Over that time, little has ever truly threatened its position. Global economic systems operate with significant inertia.
Before a Fatal Helicopter Crash, 2 Midair Breakdowns and Unpaid BillsAs federal investigators began the long job of examining what caused a sightseeing helicopter to crash into the Hudson River on Thursday, killing all six people on board, details began to emerge about the small company that made the doomed flight — and its operator’s checkered history.
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Four Totally Logical, Sensible, Legit Explanations for Trump’s Tariff PlanHere’s how it works. You want to buy a thing. Let’s say you want to buy a suit of plate mail armor. Let’s say your favorite plate mail armor is made in Slovenia.
Smart home device manufacturers are bracing for chaos — againNew supply chain havoc caused by Trump’s latest tariffs could derail the industry’s growth. New supply chain havoc caused by Trump’s latest tariffs could derail the industry’s growth.
The ‘China Shock’ Offers a Lesson. It Isn’t the One Trump Has Learned.When Congress voted to normalize trade relations with China at the beginning of this century, U.S. manufacturers braced for a stream of cheap goods to begin flowing into U.S. ports. Instead, they got a flood.
China is not backing down from Trump's tariff war. What next?The trade war between the world's two biggest economies shows no signs of slowing down - Beijing has vowed to "fight to the end" hours after US President Donald Trump threatened to nearly double the tariffs on China.
Inside Maye Musk’s Cozy Relationship With ChinaIn January, with a nationwide ban on TikTok looming, hundreds of thousands of people in the US began flocking to another Chinese social media app called RedNote—only to find that Maye Musk, Elon Musk’s mother, had already established a relatively large audience on the platform.