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North Korean youth ditch tradition as “going Dutch” becomes the norm at restaurants

North Korean high school students in Hamhung have begun dining out with classmates multiple times a week, with splitting the bill evenly becoming the default practice, a sign of...

North Korea orders AI and new energy push, threatens managers who inflate results

North Korea has ordered industrial managers across the country to abandon inflated production statistics...

North Korea-China rail revival fuels trade surge, sanctions evasion attempts

Goods ranging from manufactured products to agricultural produce are moving through the newly resumed...

‘North Korea is not Iran’: Former Pyongyang envoy explains why Kim Jong Un isn’t losing sleep

The U.S.-Israel war with Iran shows no sign of a quick resolution. Washington’s bet...

EU extends free mobile roaming to 2032

European citizens will be able to use their mobile phones without excessive extra costs when traveling abroad in the EU, negotiators agreed Thursday morning. The...

Twitter’s content moderation on trial in Paris

PARIS — A French court on Thursday will hear a case aimed at shedding light on Twitter’s best-kept secret: Just how much the social network...

Italy fines Amazon €1.13B for abusing market dominance

Italy’s competition authority announced Thursday it was slapping a €1.13 billion fine on Amazon for abusing its dominant position in the market and harming...

What Caused Amazon’s Outage?

Robotic vacuum cleaners halted in their tracks. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and...

Wildfire smoke may ramp up toxic ozone production in cities

Wildfire smoke may ramp up toxic ozone production in cities https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 09, 2021 at 12:31AM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

Google Releases 2021’s ‘Most Searched’ Items

While the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on, one might not know it by looking at 2021’s most searched items on Google.  According to the list released...

These are Science News’ favorite books of 2021

These are Science News’ favorite books of 2021 https://ift.tt/2Z48v5E Published December 08, 2021 at 07:30PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

UK foreign secretary signals drive for strategic autonomy

LONDON — The world’s democracies must break their strategic dependency on energy, investment and technology from China and Russia, the British foreign secretary said...

Meet Germany’s new government 

BERLIN — It’s changeover time in Germany after 16 years of Angela Merkel. Social Democrat Olaf Scholz took over as chancellor on Wednesday, leading a...

Gut bacteria let vulture bees eat rotting flesh without getting sick

Gut bacteria let vulture bees eat rotting flesh without getting sick https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 08, 2021 at 05:30PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

Europe is fighting over roaming — again

If you thought cheap mobile roaming was a fait accompli in Europe, think again. European Union lawmakers are butting heads once again over what the...

Amazon Cloud Outage Hits Major Websites, Streaming Apps

A major outage disrupted Amazon's cloud services on Tuesday, temporarily knocking out streaming platforms Netflix and Disney+, Robinhood, a wide range of apps, and...

Artificial Intelligence Works to Outsmart Governments’ Internet Censorship

Two computer scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a new artificial intelligence system that evolves to detect and evade internet censorship in...

Physicists have coaxed ultracold atoms into an elusive form of quantum matter

Physicists have coaxed ultracold atoms into an elusive form of quantum matter https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 07, 2021 at 09:35PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

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