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In response to systematic censorship by social media, Palestinians and their allies have built a playbook of tactics to beat ...

As Nicholas Rudder built his last startup, an educational marketplace called ScholarSite, he kept running into the same problem: tax. “Marketplaces are liable for tax on their entire GMV (gross ...

Lowe’s ended Q3 with inventory at $17.2 billion, down approximately $400 million compared to the previous year, Sink told analysts. “This net decrease also reflects the inclusion of inventory from ...

New review in iOptics demonstrates how AI is overcoming key challenges in metasurface design, enabling advanced applications ...

The president is claiming a special U.S. sphere of influence in the Western Hemisphere. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. Even before it deployed a giant aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, ...

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...

Eagles fans still have time to catch the Rock & Roll Hall of Famers at Sphere in Las Vegas. After launching their Sphere residency on September 20, 2024, the band returned in 2025 and has now extended ...

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