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The Week in Tech (so far) | Lights, Camera, Action! | AI Summit Takes Off in Paris
A quick Monday update and last week’s press review.
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Maya Plentz
The Week in Review | DOGE is Sued | Kara Swisher on Elon Musk | US Legacy Media Not Reporting on the Constitutional Crisis
You are forgiven for having whiplash. Here is what the independent news media is reporting in the US. The fake cost cutting to justify an assault in the…
Weekend Edition: The Comedy of IT All | Rindo Para Não Chorar | British Humour Takes the Oscar
Johnny English Strikes Again. Prescient. In 2018. We were asleep at the wheel. Woke? Not one bit. If we were awake none of this would be happening. :-)
Interview with Leiden University Professor Gianclaudio Malgieri on the EU AI Act
"When you buy a company’s stock, you buy its future earnings. It’s still amazing how much can be taken on trust." John Authers, Bloomberg
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Maya Plentz
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Weekend Edition: Wines of Portugal in Numbers | Gigondas: Côtes du Rhône Little Known Gems | Ballet and Power Brokers at the NYCB Gala …
Our weekly recommendations on Travel, Arts, Food and Wine.
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Maya Plentz
Women’s Rights are Human Rights are Elderly Rights | European External Action Service Ambassadors’ Conference in Brussels | Von der Leyen on…
The volume of global trade has doubled since the turn of the century. Within regional blocks and between them, says Von der Leyen.
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Maya Plentz
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OCHA: Crise en République démocratique du Congo | UNFPA: Toutes les deux heures, une mère meurt de complications évitables liées à la…
ONU mobilise pour la réouverture urgente de l’aéroport de Goma
Weekend Edition: Museums in Geneva | Gigondas: Côtes du Rhône Little Known Gems | Patek Philippe Museum | Ariana Museum
Our weekly recommendations on Travel, Arts, Music, Restaurants, Food and Wine.
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Maya Plentz
2025 Predictions: State of News Media
Predictions or prescriptions? In any case these are some of the finest.
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Maya Plentz

January 2025

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