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Fact check: The public funding of Elon Musk’s ventures

Elon Musk has entered into a Twitter debate with Existential Comics, a political-satire website with 197,000 Twitter followers. On May 11, Existential Comics claimed that libertarian support for Musk is misplaced because his ventures receive substantial funding from the U.S. government. Musk disputed the allegations, arguing his companies are actually subsidized less than his competitors. He ended the discussion by blocking Existential... 
Published•Updated 5 months ago | 17 Contributors

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What Brexit means for Gibraltar and the people of ‘The Rock’

Gibraltar’s lifeline to Spain means it faces challenges to its way of life from the UK leaving the European Union 
Published•Updated 4 months ago | 8 Contributors

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Cyberattacks cost Latin American banks over $800 million in 2017, says report

Large banks' digital security budget shot up by 65 percent compared to the previous fiscal year 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 3 Contributors

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Q&A: Compass Pathways’ Goldsmith on fighting depression with psilocybin

The British startup is about to begin the largest clinical trial ever to test whether psilocybin can be used to treat depression 
Published•Updated 9 months ago | 3 Contributors

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e-cigarettes
Tracking e-cigarette news around the world

Although once hailed as a partial solution to risks of smoking, there has been recent rollback on vaping. Add latest news. 
Published•Updated 3 months ago | 6 Contributors

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5G
UK’s first 5G trial set to launch

Latest network iteration will enable much faster mobile data download and upload speeds 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 2 Contributors

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The fight over fish is real, and it’s only going to get worse

Fish and other forms of sea life are already becoming another source of geopolitical competition, experts say 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 3 Contributors

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Cold War
Q&A with Marxist economist Richard Wolff

'People who are rich use their money to shape, to control, to manipulate our political democracy' 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 7 Contributors

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Worker cooperatives: Building democracy in the workplace

Workers often cite a lack of input in key decisions as a barrier, but the co-op movement tries to give everyone a voice 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 5 Contributors

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collaborative economy
Will worker cooperatives help stabilize wealth inequality?

Empowering employees to run the business is a complicated process 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 5 Contributors

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Tracking the four-day work week movement

UK trade union leader calls for a four-day work week. 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 5 Contributors

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digital revolution
Around the world, cities seek to be smarter

WikiTribune is tracking "smart cities," urbanization, communities and the changing nature of work 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 6 Contributors

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How effective have plastic bag fees been?

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said she is considering doubling England's plastic bag charge to 10p. What is the global picture? 
Published•Updated 8 months ago | 5 Contributors

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China
US-China trade war escalates with new tariffs

China says it must ‘continue to make the necessary counterattacks’ against U.S. tariffs 
Published•Updated 9 months ago | 1 Contributor

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Exclusive: NSA encryption plan for ‘internet of things’ rejected by international body

If the ISO had adopted ‘Simon’ and ‘Speck’ they would have been recommended as encryption technology for a huge range of products 
Published•Updated 1 year ago | 5 Contributors

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Advertising
Facebook commits to ending ad discrimination

The social media company faces a lawsuit over how advertisers were able to exclude minority groups from targeting 
Published•Updated 10 months ago | 2 Contributors

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Amazon
Fact check: Bernie Sanders during #CEOsvsWorkers

Help fact check claims made on Twitter in regards to wages and CEO salaries. 
Published•Updated 10 months ago | 9 Contributors

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Drones
Higher, faster, and more of them: the future of drones is flying ahead

Unmanned aerial vehicles are being used for freight delivery, dispatching medicines, and even delivering coffee 
Published•Updated 1 year ago | 4 Contributors

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Brexit
Find translation errors in the UK government’s Brexit White Paper

Language experts have pointed to errors in translations of the White Paper. WikiTribune is looking for more 
Published•Updated 10 months ago | 3 Contributors

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General
How California’s new privacy law will affect consumers’ personal data

The most comprehensive U.S. privacy law to date is a "terrible policy produced by a terrible process," say law experts 
Published•Updated 10 months ago | 3 Contributors

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Fact check: Kamala Harris’ Claim about number of veteran dying because of suicide.

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