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What I like about this text is a focus on what are positive goals, what is desired, and what is desirable.

Surveillance technology in Africa is increasingly being shaped by China.

Countries are growing uneasy about their dependence on U.S. technology firms.

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Lawmakers across Latin America are joining global efforts to rein in ultrafast fashion.

A few months old article regarding the downturn in fortunes of TATA group’s EV ambitions

A few months old article regarding the downturn in fortunes of TATA group’s EV ambitions

Oman’s dream for a spaceport sits in a swath of desert overlooking the Arabian Sea. If all goes according to plan, three separate complexes here will launch everything from small suborbital rockets for scientific experiments to superheavy behemoths into space, bringing payloads of satellites to the stars. There will be a large mission-control building, warehouses for rocket assembly and testing, and a business park. If the spaceport succeeds, by 2027 Oman will join the small number of countries — just a dozen to date — that possess the facilities to launch objects into space.

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Singapore doubles down on lab-grown meat as Silicon Valley backs off

Across China, queer college societies, which had been rare spaces to safely push boundaries, were being swiftly erased from the Chinese internet. In July, 14 of the largest and most prominent accounts were banned, cutting connections between thousands of members scattered across the country and casting them adrift.

Technology, finance, startup culture — all of these communities have developed their own language, with slang and jargon so common that they’ve passed into wider use. (What is a “platform,” anyway?)