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Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 2

From beaming actors into the class room to plucking things out of space, the second day of Y Combinator’s S21 Demo Day was a fresh snapshot of what nearly 200 startup teams believe is the future of innovation. Yesterday, the TechCrunch

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UK now expects compliance with children’s privacy design code

In the U.K., a 12-month grace period for compliance with a design code aimed at protecting children online expires today — meaning app makers offering digital services in the market which are “likely” to be accessed by children (defined in

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Taliban Battle Opposition Militias, Wield New Power in Kabul

Clashes flared in northern and central Afghanistan between the Taliban and local militias, as the Islamist movement continued to consolidate its grip on power in the Afghan capital.

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Supreme Court Does Not Act on Texas’ Near-Total Abortion Ban

The law, which prohibits most abortions after six weeks and went into effect on Wednesday, was drafted by Texas lawmakers with the goal of frustrating efforts to challenge it in federal court.

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Supreme Court denies request to stop Texas 6-week abortion ban, with John Roberts and liberals dissenting – CNN

Supreme Court denies request to stop Texas 6-week abortion ban, with John Roberts and liberals dissenting  CNN Susan Collins was astoundingly wrong about Brett Kavanaugh  Yahoo News They Laughed When We Warned A Ban On Abortion Was Coming. Now It’s Here  WBUR Opinion

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Supreme Court Leaves Texas Ban on Most Abortions in Place After 5-4 Vote

(WASHINGTON) — A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state. The court voted 5-4 early Thursday

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Majority of Interpreters, Other U.S. Visa Applicants Left Behind in Afghanistan

The U.S. still doesn’t have reliable data on who was evacuated from Afghanistan, a senior State Department official says.

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Taliban’s Promises of Tolerance in Afghanistan Often Don’t Match Reality

After seizing Kabul, the Taliban made initial displays of tolerance, pledging that Afghans have nothing to fear. But the country’s new rulers are already showing signs that they are unwilling to tolerate cultural or political expressions that conflict with their fundamentalist

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How the US created a disaster in Afghanistan

And what the US military was actually doing in Afghanistan all this time. On August 15, 2021, the Taliban took over Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. The Afghan president fled the country. Almost all of Afghanistan is now under Taliban control. It

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Taliban parade in Kandahar as it showcases military hardware seized during takeover

The Taliban has been showcasing military hardware it captured in its takeover of Afghanistan, during a parade in the southern province of Kandahar.

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