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Opinion | Water Is a Terrible Thing for California to Waste

The Golden State hasn’t built the storage to make use of winter rains. Source link

Opinion | California Floods and the ‘Megadrought’

Climate media narratives may be in danger. Source link

Opinion | The Year in Exaggeration

Correcting the record on democracy’s death, nasty railroads, killer hurricanes, etc. Source link

Opinion | The Cold Reality of Buffalo

The storm death toll is a reminder that reliable energy saves lives. Source link

Opinion | The Christmas Electric Grid Emergency

Strain caused by climate policies left too many Americans shivering over the weekend. Worse is coming. Source link

Opinion | China’s Revolt Against Zero-Covid

Protests across the country reveal deep anger and frustration at three years of lockdowns and social control. Source link

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iMessage had an outage, but now it’s back

On Thursday evening, many iPhone owners (including some here at The Verge) saw the “not delivered” flag when trying to send texts via...

North Koreans stole Americans’ identities and took remote-work tech jobs at Fortune 500 companies, DOJ says

The Justice Department on Thursday announced the arrests of three people in a complex stolen identity scheme that officials say generates enormous proceeds...

The ultra-exclusive $100 billion club has swelled to an unprecedented 15 members

The world’s super-rich club now has 15 members with fortunes over $100 billion, the most on record, as they ride the waves of...

Millennials and Gen Z are skeptical of traditional financial advice. Here’s how to reach them

When it comes to traditional financial advice and markers of success, millennials and Gen Z are a skeptical bunch. But that should help...

Sam Altman, leader of OpenAI and one of Reddit’s largest investors, is further aligning his interests with an alliance between the two

OpenAI unveiled a partnership with Reddit Inc. that will bring the social network’s content to chatbot ChatGPT and other products, and allow Reddit...