A scene from Mountains. Music Box Films hide caption toggle caption Music Box Films MIAMI — For decades a neighborhood in Miami known as Little Haiti has been the center of the Haitian community. But what’s made the area so unique now has the attention of developers. A filmmaker wanted to document the changes and…
Pictured are are crystals of the antimony ore stibnite (antimony sulphide). Universalimagesgroup | Universal Images Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s latest export controls has rattled insiders of the critical minerals industry, and some are concerned that Beijing will leverage its global supply chain dominance in unprecedented ways. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced Thursday…
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Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at the 46th International Convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Aug. 13 in Los Angeles. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images BEIJING — When Vice President Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running…
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The WNBA is already full speed ahead into the second half of the season, and it is going to be a sprint to the finish. Regular-season action ends in exactly one month, with each team packing 12-14 games in the final stretch. As players re-acclimate to following the Olympic break and make one last push…
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NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Jamila Wignot, the filmmaker behind a new documentary series called Stax: Soulsville USA, about the story of the legendary record label. (SOUNDBITE OF BOOKER T. AND THE M.G.S SONG, “GREEN ONIONS”) AILSA CHANG, HOST: You probably know some of the songs that came from Stax Records, like this one by…
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Nvidia is in a good position Nvidia’s incredible revenue growth is being driven largely by a handful of companies like Amazon and Microsoft that operate “hyperscale” data centers (or “hyperscalers”) — really, really, really big server farms. The companies are upgrading and expanding them in order to keep up with the massive and specialized computing…
Usually held in the two weeks after the Olympic Games in the same host city, the Paralympics showcase the best athletes with physical disabilities from around the world competing for their home countries. (The Paralympics are not to be confused with the Special Olympics, which feature athletes with intellectual disabilities.) This year, the Summer Paralympics…
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Maybe we should have known right from the start that this was going to take a while. Panathinaikos’ Argentinian midfielder Daniel Mancini stepped up to take the first penalty of their shootout against Ajax, the Greek side having scored a late equaliser to force the Europa League qualifying tie on Thursday night to go to…
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DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m TV critic David Bianculli. It must seem like every TV series ever made is available on some streaming service somewhere, but that’s not true. Try finding “WKRP In Cincinnati” or “China Beach” or “Frank’s Place” or “Brooklyn Bridge.” However, one show that has been missing from streaming…
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Bitcoin miner centralization threatens Bitcoin, but former President Donald Trump’s pledge to slash energy prices can ensure its decentralization. Bitcoin mining pools, the majority of Bitcoin mining being done, appear to be centralized in China around a handful of entities—with Chinese mining pools making up approximately 54% of the Bitcoin hashrate, according to blockchain analytics…
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