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Elden Ring is almost impossible to explain, but so worth playing

Actual picture of me talking to anyone who will listen about Elden Ring. | Courtesy of IGDB It’s wildly difficult,…

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The simplest, most revolutionary approach to ending poverty

Martin Luther King Jr., testifying in 1966 before a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee studying urban problems and poverty, urged a…

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Why India isn’t denouncing Russia’s Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before a meeting in New Delhi, India,…

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The neon shortage is a bad sign

Josep Lago/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s war against Ukraine has ramifications for the chips that power all sorts of tech.…

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Are we done with face masks?

Mandates around the globe are ending, but don’t throw out your masks yet. Face masks were one of our earliest…

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Why Amazon is paying nearly $9 billion for MGM and James Bond

Daniel Craig as James Bond in No Time to Die, due out in October 2021. | MGM Amazon isn’t competing…

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Money Talks: Navigating unemployment two years into the pandemic

Getty Images / Christina Animashaun for Vox Ryan and Julie, a couple working in the entertainment industry, spoke with us…

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What’s the point of all these scammer stories?

Inventing Anna and Bad Vegan show us two approaches to the scammer show. | Netflix Bad Vegan, Inventing Anna, The…

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Pixar’s Turning Red is an unlikely culture war battleground

Turning Red is an unconventional coming-of-age tale from Pixar, and as such it’s attracting some unconventional criticisms. | Disney Plus…

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The biggest funder of anti-nuclear war programs is taking its money away

Thousands turned out in London, England, on February 6 to march for peace in Ukraine. | Kristian Buus/In Pictures via…

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