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A new app for reading, watching, and listening to the internet

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 51, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I hope you love spy shows as much as I do, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)  This week, I’ve been reading about cobalt miners and religious AI and the …

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Japanese chip equipment firms count on China sales amid U.S. moves to block high-end exports to Beijing

This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows professors and students looking at a Minimal Fab, a small-scale semiconductor factory that does not require a clean room, at Tokyo University in Tokyo. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) (Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images) Yuichi Yamazaki | Afp | Getty Images Japanese semiconductor equipment providers have been counting on …

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‘Economic refugees’ flee from New Zealand as cost-of-living crisis deepens

A plane taking off from Queenstown Airport, New Zealand. Mrruj | Istock | Getty Images Once recognized by the world as a picturesque and progressive safe haven, New Zealand’s frail economy has pushed many of its citizens to leave the country. Amid high prices, steep interest rates and elevated unemployment, the government recently estimated that 131,200 people fled the country …

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