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Merkel will enter history as UK’s Neville Chamberlain

There she was again, six months after exiting the German chancellery. Relaxed but pensive after long walks on blustering Baltic shores listening to Macbeth on audiobook, Angela Merkel had so much on her mind, so much she wanted to explain for posterity. But she didn’t come to offer apologies or mea culpas. Reflecting on decades of interactions with Russian President ...

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Kohl’s takeover saga nears conclusion

The six-month long saga over the fate of Kohl’s Corp is heading towards a conclusion. The department-store chain has entered into a three-week exclusivity period with Franchise Group Inc on a potential $60 per share cash offer, valuing the retailer at about $8 billion, the two companies said. Kohl’s shares rose as much as 11% before closing up 8%. But ...

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AI needs a babysitter, just like the rest of us

  Back in 2018, Pete Fussey, a sociology professor from the University of Essex, was studying how police in London used facial recognition systems to look for suspects on the street. Over the next two years, he accompanied Metropolitan Police officers in their vans as they surveilled different pockets of the city, using mounted cameras and facial-recognition software. Fussey made ...

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