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Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising Global Anti-Semitism During 75th Anniversary of the Camp’s Liberation Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz Survivors Warn of Rising Global Anti-Semitism During 75th Anniversary of the Camp’s Liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of its liberation, returning Monday to the place where they lost entire families and warning about the ominous growth of anti-Semitism and ha…
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January 28, 2020
The Rise of Skywalker Is a Celebration of Star Wars’ Old Expanded Universe—and Its Greatest Repudiation Star Wars

The Rise of Skywalker Is a Celebration of Star Wars’ Old Expanded Universe—and Its Greatest Repudiation

The Rise of Skywalker’s comic adaptation takes some liberties.Image: Cam Kennedy (Dark Horse/Marvel Comics)Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, whether you ultimately liked it or loathed it, is a wildly messy movie. There is so much going on, so much nostalgia overload, it’s a testament to Star Wars’ best and…
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January 27, 2020
Historians Unmask Fourth Soviet Spy Who Worked on the Atomic Bomb Nukes

Historians Unmask Fourth Soviet Spy Who Worked on the Atomic Bomb

Photo credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory/Harvey Klehr/New York TimesFrom Popular MechanicsHistorians have unmasked a fourth Soviet spy who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory during nuclear bomb development in the 1940s.Los Alamos is still one of the foremost nuclear research facilities in the world.The fourth spy was much more involved…
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January 27, 2020
CES 2020: PEPCOM Digital Experience Has Robot Suitcases, Wireless Fall Detectors, and a Lot of Earbuds Android

CES 2020: PEPCOM Digital Experience Has Robot Suitcases, Wireless Fall Detectors, and a Lot of Earbuds

Hello from somewhere between Venice and Florence, where a train delay has provided more time to sit and write up what I saw at CES. This is my first trip to Europe when I’ve had affordable cell data service (see “Google Fi Comes to the iPhone… Mostly,” 7 December 2018),…
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January 27, 2020