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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Charged Over Alleged Criminal Activity on the App

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov is forbidden from leaving French territory after being charged for complicity in running an online platform that allegedly enabled the spread of sexual images of children, creating an...

The Paris Olympics Promised Flying Taxis—Here’s Why They Failed to Launch

In November 2022, Dominique Lazarski stood among a small crowd of people on the Pontoise airfield near Paris, watching a flying taxi trace wide circles in a clear blue sky, after taking...

Epic Games Challenges Apple’s Dominance With New iOS App Store

Epic Games today officially launched a rival app store for iOS in the European Union, marking the first time Apple’s own App Store has had to face a serious rival. The Epic...

The Olympics’ Hostile Architecture Is a Preview of What’s to Come

On a graffiti-stained sidewalk in Paris, a strange sight appeared days before the Olympic opening ceremony in July: Around 40 giant cement Lego-like blocks in neat rows beneath the Pont de Stains,...

AI Is Heating the Olympic Pool

In the suburbs of northeast Paris, there is a giant terra-cotta-colored warehouse with a labyrinth of windowless corridors inside. A deafening whir emanates from behind rows and rows of anonymous gray doors,...

At The 2024 Summer Olympics, AI Is Watching You

On the eve of The Olympics opening ceremony, Paris is a city swamped in security. 40,000 barriers divide the French capital. Packs of police, wearing stab vests, patrol pretty cobbled streets. The...

The Architect of Russia’s Google Is Back

The billionaire Arkady Volozh, known as the architect of “Russia’s Google,” valued at $30 billion at its peak, has long had an apolitical public persona. “I don’t have friction with the state,”...

The EU Is Coming for X’s Paid Blue Checks

Paid-for blue checks on social media network X deceive users and are abused by malicious actors, the European Union said today, threatening the Elon Musk–owned platform with millions of dollars in fines...

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