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Play-to-earn gaming sounds too good to be true. It probably is.

Courtesy of Virtually Human The video game industry’s clumsy flirtation with Web3 doesn’t feel like it has actual players in…

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2 winners and 2 losers from the Pennsylvania and North Carolina primaries

Supporters celebrate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman’s win in Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate primary. | Getty Images The takeaways from the biggest…

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Social media platforms still can’t stop mass shooting videos from going viral

People attend a vigil for shooting victims in Buffalo, New York, on May 15. | Libby March/Washington Post via Getty…

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New York’s restrictive gun laws didn’t stop the Buffalo shooter

Buffalo police at the scene of the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, on May 15.…

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Finland and Sweden’s historic NATO bids, explained

Finnish soldiers participate in a training exercise with forces from the UK, Latvia, US, and Estonia, in Niinisalo, Finland, on…

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What Mariupol’s fall means for Russia — and Ukraine

A view of the city of Mariupol with the Azovstal steel plant in the background on May 10. | AFP/Getty…

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Where “replacement theory” comes from — and why it refuses to go away

White supremacists espousing replacement theory beliefs march with torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017. | Zach D. Roberts/NurPhoto via…

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Biden’s 3 choices on student loans

A person wearing a medical jacket holds a sign during a Cancel Student Debt rally outside the US Department of…

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From Ex Machina to Men, Alex Garland is always exploring original sin

Alex Garland’s new film Men is rife with Eden imagery — but that’s true of all of his work. |…

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The Philippine election is the latest example of illiberalism’s popularity

Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. waves a Philippine flag during his last campaign rally before the election on May 7 in…

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