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The US Department of Justice alleges that Tenet Media, a company, was financed and guided by a state-backed Russian news network. Right-wing influencers working for Tenet Media created hundreds of videos on YouTube, which were later taken down. The videos showed interest in specific topics, including free speech, illegal immigrants, diversity in video games, and supposed racism toward white people, and Elon Musk. Prosecutors described the content as consistent with Russia's aim of sowing political discord in the US.

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Apple is introducing a new feature called Distraction Control in iOS 18, which allows users to remove distracting items from a webpage in Safari. This feature is designed to help users focus on the main content of a page by cutting out images, menus, and other elements that may be distracting. iOS 18 is expected to be released this fall.

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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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