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Why Europe won’t have the new Siri

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I was wrong about the Knicks, and I’m giddy with joy

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The result of Trump’s civil-service reform is surprisingly modest

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With a ban, Canada joins the latest social media fad

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San Francisco votes for tax sanity

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As El Niño develops, climate scientists are losing the tools to study it

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