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University College London professor Wendy Carlin explains that people work to earn income to spend on goods and services, and as they become better off, they want more free time and goods. Different societies make different choices, such as the contrast between European and American work-life balance. According to Carlin, the thing that's really scarce is time.

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Polestar, a premium EV brand, may not remain standalone as predictions suggest it could be folded back into Volvo. Peter Wells, a business professor, advises this move. Polestar started as a Volvo-tuning team in 2005 and became an EV marque in 2015. It has operated independently since 2017, with both brands sharing production facilities in Torslanda, Sweden, and being owned by Geely of China since 2010.

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The National Security Agency (NSA) has a podcast, and 31 years ago, a journalist attempted to speak to someone at the NSA for comment, but was met with a total blackout on information. The journalist eventually received an unsigned response in unhelpful bureaucratese, which didn't address their queries.

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Elon Musk's company X has lost access to its third largest market in Brazil, affecting over 40 million users, due to a conflict with the country's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) over content deemed a threat to election integrity. The court issued takedown orders, which X refused to comply with, allowing hate speech and disinformation to remain on the platform. Starlink, a product of X, was also affected, with the court freezing its assets.

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Léna Lazare, a 24-year-old, is the new face of climate activism. She is leading a group of people in a field in western France, where they are trespassing and preparing for potential trouble. The group is equipped with gas masks, balaclavas, and dark goggles to protect themselves from police drones. Léna is holding a pickax, which she uses to drive into the ground.

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Signal, an encrypted messaging app, was formed by merging RedPhone and TextSecure in 2014. Since then, it has grown to become a mainstream phenomenon with hundreds of millions of downloads. Its encryption protocols are also integrated into platforms like WhatsApp, used by billions of people. The app was created by an anarchist coder and is run by a team in San Francisco.

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Moqadi Mokoena, a security guard, was assigned to protect an electrical substation in Johannesburg, South Africa, where four other guards were previously beaten by thieves. He and a fellow guard were approached by a group of armed men, prompting Mokoena to call his wife. The incident occurred in May 2021.

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