What Are Rare Earth Metals, the Exports Halted by China?
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For years, the Chinese government has worked to control the export of rare earths, a group of metals used in an array…
What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?
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In 2012, when Facebook’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, cut a $1 billion check to buy the photo-sharing app Instagram, most people thought…
Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly
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The Federal Trade Commission on Monday accused Meta of creating a monopoly that squelched competition by buying start-ups that stood in its…
How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda
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After a Honduran immigrant arrived in the United States in 2022, officials ordered him to use a government-issued app as part of…
The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom
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During a 24-hour swing through Copenhagen last month, Eric Slesinger met with engineers making maritime drones, developers of war-planning software and an…
Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.
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President Trump last week issued executive orders designed to revive the use of coal in power plants, a practice that has been…
Meta’s Antitrust Trial to Put Mark Zuckerberg, Serial Witness, to the Test Again
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Seven years ago, Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, testified for the first time in Congress. After a two-week boot camp…
What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Tech Giants
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The Trump administration isn’t letting up on the tech giants. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission will face off with Meta in…
U.S. Prepares to Challenge Meta’s Social Media Dominance
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Soon after Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in his Harvard dorm room in 2004, the social network skyrocketed in popularity. Roughly a decade…
Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics
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After more than a week of ratcheting up tariffs on products imported from China, the Trump administration issued a rule late Friday…
