Conspiracy Theories Can Be Undermined with These Strategies, New Analysis Shows

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When someone falls down a conspiracy rabbit hole, there are very few proved ways to pull them out, according to a new analysis. The study is a review of research on attempts to counteract conspiratorial thinking, and it finds that common strategies that involve counterarguments and fact-checking largely fail to change people’s beliefs. The most …

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McCarthy juicht ‘vrede’ toe tijdens de ontmoeting met de Taiwanese Tsai terwijl China in rook opgaat

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Huisvoorzitter Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) zei woensdag dat zijn ontmoeting met de Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen “meer vrede en stabiliteit voor de wereld” had gebracht, zelfs toen China bezwaren uitte en waarschuwde voor escalerende spanningen in de Straat van Taiwan. McCarthy sprak met verslaggevers na een ontmoeting met Tsai in de Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in …

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This Part of the U.S. Will Suffer Most from Climate Change

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CLIMATEWIRE | Industrialized communities in the Deep South are the most vulnerable in the US to climate change, according to a new index created by the Environmental Defense Fund and Texas A&M University that analyzes climate impacts and neighborhood conditions such as poverty and health. Almost all of the most vulnerable communities are located along …

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Vijf doden door tornado in Missouri terwijl stormen meer verwoesting dreigen

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Een tornado in Missouri heeft woensdagochtend ten minste vijf mensen gedood, terwijl stormen in het middenwesten en zuiden dinsdag en woensdag vroege verwoestingen veroorzaakten. Vijf doden werden gemeld in Bollinger County, 50 mijl ten zuiden van St. Louis, waar de tornado rond 03.30 uur landde “Een zoek- en reddingsoperatie gaat door tot in de vroege …

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As the economy weakens, the inventory glut due to inflation is here to stay

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CHRIS J RATCLIFFE | AFP | Getty Images Bloated warehouse inventory is a costly pressure eating away at the bottom line of many businesses, and for many, oversupply and associated storage costs won’t go down this year, according to a new CNBC supply chain survey. Just over a third (36%) said they expected stocks to …

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The Download: Turkey’s EV ambitions, and making AI fair for artists

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This is today’s edition ofDownload,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How a Chinese battery company powers Turkey’s home-grown EVs 2023 is a big year for Turkey, with both the republic’s 100-year-anniversary and a high-stakes election coming up. It’s also the year when the country …

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Progressives kwamen in een stroomversnelling na een overwinning in Chicago, Wisconsin

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Progressieven kregen een grote boost na grote overwinningen in het Midwesten op dinsdag die tot 2024 nationale implicaties zouden kunnen hebben. De verstoorde overwinning van Brandon Johnson als burgemeester van Chicago heeft liberalen vertrouwen gegeven in hun benadering van grote steden na zorgen over politie en misdaad in New York. En in Wisconsin gebruikte rechter …

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Western Alliance shares cut losses after bank says deposit outflows are stabilizing

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A screen displays the Western Alliance Bancorporation logo and business information on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 14, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Shares of Western Alliance Bancorp cut steep losses on Wednesday after the regional bank released a new update showing deposit outflows were stabilizing …

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AI Videos Are Freaky and Weird Now. But Where Are They Headed?

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The short videos give the impression of a flipbook, jumping shakily from one surreal frame to the next. They’re the result of internet meme-makers playing with the first widely available text-to-video AI generators, and they depict impossible scenarios like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson eating rocks and French president Emmanuel Macron sifting through and chewing on …

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