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Why would anyone be against life-saving malaria bednets?

Vox

A young boy rolls up a mosquito net covering bedding at a refugee camp in 2023 in South Sudan. That mosquito nets are dangerous to people would be news to basically any public health professional who’s ever studied them. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets. lives for every 1,000 children protected by nets.

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Rivian goes public in one of the biggest IPOs ever

The Verge

That gave Rivian an overall valuation of nearly $80 billion and helped it net $12 billion in fresh cash, despite the fact that it only just recently started to make and ship its first electric pickup trucks. CEO and founder RJ Scaringe initially wanted to make an electric sports car more or less similar to the Tesla Roadster.

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Data mining for B2B churn and loyalty management in India and South Asia

TM Forum

Whereas postpaid customers may be characterized by their affordability, high propensity to call ‘on-net’, i.e., to their family or friends from within their network of provider, a rich residential location, etc. Telcos are vying for more exclusive tie ups in entertainment, sports, and news to attract more subscribers.

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Apple’s $64 billion-a-year App Store isn’t catching the most egregious scams

The Verge

They had *another* VPN scam that netted them over half a MILLION dollars before it was shutdown early 2020. But it’s only “quick” if you ignore that Apple didn’t stop the scammers for six whole months, even though they caught the exact same developer doing the exact same thing months before : It gets worse.

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Twitter is reinventing itself

The Verge

People are making that comparison very directly. I wouldn’t say that it was a net accelerant by any means. It’s been a taxing time for everyone, so I don’t think it was a net accelerant. If I made the comparison to Wikipedia, would that be directionally correct? But I’m looking at something like Spaces, for example.

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24 things we think will happen in 2024

Vox

According to Morning Consult’s weekly approval ratings of more than 20 democratic leaders, Modi’s net approval was a sky-high +60 among Indian voters as of late November, twice as high as the next most popular leader. is ultra-progressive by comparison, and it’s adorable beagles, rather than food animals, that are at the heart of the case.

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