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How Lula’s Social Media Campaign Helped Him Win Brazil’s Election

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won another term on Sunday, with the help of a seismic social media campaign that convinced Brazilians to reject his rival.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s army of supporters, mobilized over a WhatsApp chat group, delivered an unexpected victory over Flávio Bolsonaro, the right-wing challenger.

DraftKings Faces Growing Pressure Over How It Targets Customers

26 October 2026 at 15:53
In Congress and in several states, officials have been questioning online gambling companies about their use of artificial intelligence.

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The DraftKings headquarters in Boston. The New York Times reported last month that the company had used A.I. to target customers.

Why Some People Are Using Apps to Make Friends

26 October 2026 at 16:56
Apps that match personalities — for a price — have surged in popularity amid a loneliness epidemic.

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Strangers matched by the social app 222 spend a day together in New York’s Hudson Valley.

Meta and SpaceX to Raise Billions More to Fund A.I. Ambitions

26 October 2026 at 13:31
The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is consuming increasingly enormous amounts of cash at the biggest tech companies.

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Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta. The company aims to raise up to $95 billion to invest in A.I. infrastructure.

How to Straddle the MAGA Divide

25 October 2026 at 17:00
Beth Wilkinson is a Washington lawyer who has thrived representing the Trump administration’s enemies and allies alike. Does she represent a vanishing type?

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How the Decline of Western NY Defined Kathy Hochul’s Politics

23 October 2026 at 13:57
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vision for New York has been largely shaped by her upbringing in a failing western New York town and her family’s move up from a trailer park to affluence.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has won over the real estate community in New York City, but her politics and worldview remain products of her life in western New York.

How a Legal Backlash Against Big Tech Is Forcing Big Changes

22 October 2026 at 15:33
A series of lawsuits has created a new de facto regulatory regime as courts order companies like Meta and Google to change their business practices — and pay up.

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Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a record $25 billion penalty for abusing consumer privacy.

Google Eyes Large ‘Virtual Power Plant’ for Data Centers

22 October 2026 at 12:30
The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.

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A Google data center in Nevada.
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