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Why Palestinians are drinking a Coca-Cola look-alike, Chat Cola

Chat Cola worked with chemists in France to produce the flavor, which is almost indistinguishable from Coke’s—just like its packaging.

Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly — or worse, mutter “shame, shame” in Arabic — before suggesting the popular local alternative: a can of Chat Cola.

Where to look for data on mass government firings

Federal employees who have lost their jobs are not included in state claims data.

Tens of thousands of U.S. government workers have been fired in recent weeks, according to a Reuters tally of announcements tracking President Donald Trump’s plan to shrink the federal workforce.

Why today’s youth need more math, logic, and grammar skills

To develop and optimize AI use, our educational system needs to promote these basics.

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5 time-saving Alexa commands you’re probably not using yet

If you use Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, take a minute or two to learn these tricks. Your future self will thank you.

Even if you’re a regular Alexa user, there’s a good chance you haven’t discovered some of its most efficient features.

Customer co-creation: The time is now

How Jaquet Droz sets an example for a customized and personalized approach

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The power of corporate philanthropy to engage employees

How companies can use purpose, profit, and passion to drive philanthropic impact.

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Underwater drones to help artificial reefs off Cyprus bring back sea life

The advantage of autonomous underwater vehicles lies in their ability to stay underwater for a time, providing continuous data while ‘protecting’ the reefs by alerting scientists to any disturbance in protected waters.

A first-of-its-kind project will use a swarm of small, independent submersibles to monitor, protect and provide data on offshore artificial reefs whose purpose is to attract new marine life in otherwise barren sections of sea, officials said Monday.

Here are crypto’s biggest heists after Bybit’s $1.5 billion hack

The crypto industry has suffered a series of thefts, prompting questions about the security of customer funds, with hacking hauls totaling more than $2 billion in 2024.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit said last week hackers had stolen digital tokens worth around $1.5 billion, in what researchers called the biggest crypto heist of all time.

A parliamentary petition to revoke Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship is gaining steam

Musk became a citizen through his Saskatchewan-born mother in 1989, but now a petition argues that his alliance with Trump goes against the country’s ‘national interest.’

Elon Musk is in hot water with our Canadian neighbors to the north.

Trump taps Dan Bongino for FBI deputy director. Here’s what to know

Bongino served on the presidential details for then-Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush before becoming a popular right-wing figure.

Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent who ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast, has been chosen to serve as FBI deputy director.