Technology
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‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ Review: Tyler Perry Revisits a Jim Crow-Era Romance
“A Jazzman’s Blues,” Tyler Perry’s melodrama about ill-fated teenagers who fall in love in rural Georgia, marks the writer-director-studio head’s…
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With a Sound Forged in War, Iannis Xenakis Embraced Chaos
“Greeks are like that,” the composer Iannis Xenakis said in 1967. “They are a people continually in search of themselves,…
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Blackpink and the Limits of K-Pop Maximalism
As K-pop was broadening its global ambitions in the late 2000s and early 2010s, it was also expanding its appetite,…
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New York Drill Rappers Say They Were Removed From Rolling Loud Festival
At least three rappers with ties to the booming New York drill scene — which has risen in popularity in…
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‘Sidney’ Review: A Lovingly Assembled Career Portrait
“Sidney,” a documentary about the actor and filmmaker Sidney Poitier, who died in January, is a compendium of hero worship.…
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The Boss Said ‘Take Her Down.’ Was What Happened Next His Fault?
“If you are ever going to take her down .. now is the time.” Devin Wenig, the chief executive of…
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One Solution to the Digital Divide: Teens
Gisel Guerrero Zavala is a 15-year-old in El Paso who loves video games and computer programming. She is also playing…
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Apple, the Ad Critic, Now Embraces Ads
For years, Apple has been a loud critic of online advertising that relies on hogging as much information about us…
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Signal, the encrypted messaging app, appoints a president.
Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has tapped Meredith Whittaker, a former adviser to the Federal Trade Commission chair and an…
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Facebook, Twitter and Others Remove Pro-U.S. Influence Campaign
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Twitter have removed an influence operation from their networks that promoted U.S. foreign…