Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.

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Warsh Reiterates Fed’s Pledge to Get Inflation Down

By NYT Business · about 1 hour ago

Kevin M. Warsh, since becoming chairman of the Federal Reserve, has declined to say whether he supports higher interest rates to tame price pressures.

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US inflation rate eases to 3.5% as gasoline prices fall

By BBC Business · 33 minutes ago

While the US inflation rate fell in June, concerns remain over price rises increasing again due to the renewed conflict in the Middle East.

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Inflation Slowed During Pause in War With Iran

By NYT Business · 39 minutes ago

The Consumer Price Index fell to a 3.5 percent annual increase in June, and prices marked their biggest drop from a month earlier since 2020.

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75 Years Later, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ Remains a Great American Novel

By NYT Books · 40 minutes ago

Sure, “Catcher in the Rye” has its detractors. But the influence of its wised-up yet winningly innocent hero keeps it among the Great American Novels.

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AI & Tech

Sam Altman didn’t need another lawsuit

By The Verge · about 1 hour ago

OpenAI has spent the better part of the year involved in lawsuit after lawsuit, including one from the world's richest man. But last Friday, the company was hit with one of the highest-profile legal actions yet - from…

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ScienceEating chili peppers may raise the risk of one deadly cancer

Eating chili peppers may raise the risk of one deadly cancer

By Science Daily · about 2 hours ago

A major review found that people who consumed the most chili peppers had a substantially higher risk of esophageal cancer, though the evidence was less clear for stomach and colorectal cancers. Researchers emphasize…

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ScienceAre there aliens on exoplanet K2-18b? Scientists just scanned it for signals

Are there aliens on exoplanet K2-18b? Scientists just scanned it for signals

By Science Daily · about 2 hours ago

K2-18b is one of the most promising worlds for the search for extraterrestrial life, so astronomers conducted an unusually powerful radio survey using both the VLA and MeerKAT telescopes. Advanced software analyzed…

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Enid Marx: the maverick textile artist who changed tube commutes for ever

By Guardian Arts · about 4 hours ago

Her fabric designs jazzed up the London Underground and though Queen Elizabeth II rejected her idea for a stamp, her work made a permanent cultural imprint, as a new exhibition reveals Last time you travelled on the…

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Philosophies

The looting of science fiction

By Aeon Ideas · about 5 hours ago

Tech titans claim the genre inspired them. But all they’ve done is graft their politics onto stories of a better future - by Ali Rıza Taşkale Read on Aeon

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Book Review: ‘Cloudthief,’ by Nathaniel Rich

By NYT Books · about 6 hours ago

“Cloudthief,” by Nathaniel Rich, follows a dispirited writer into a scheme to get rich and find romance along the way.

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