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Iran and six world powers announced on Tuesday they have reached a historic agreement for the future of Tehran’s controversial nuclear program. The deal comes after months of contentious negotiations, and will curb Iran’s nuclear capabilities in exchange for relief from crippling sanctions. Jubilant Iranians living at home and abroad took to social media in the wake of the announcement
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It’s no secret that terrorist groups know how to use technology. A March headline from The New York Times points toward the Islamic State’s adeptness at Twitter, and 16 people were arrested in Belgium last month after incriminating messages were sent through WhatsApp. Al Qaeda, al-Shabab and the Taliban all have an active web presence, a troubling notion when you
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JERUSALEM (AP) — With Iran and world powers close to a nuclear deal, Israel’s prime minister has launched a Twitter account in Farsi to reach out to the Iranian public. In his first tweet, Benjamin Netanyahu immediately criticized the ongoing negotiations. Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the emerging deal. Netanyahu’s office said Monday that the Farsi account will
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — Instagram appears to be back to normal in North Korea after a week of warnings on user accounts saying the popular photo-sharing app had been blacklisted for harmful content. Virtually no North Koreans have free access to the Internet or any kind of social media. But foreigners have been able since 2013 to use the
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Ijad Madisch knows how quickly things can spread — viruses, for example. The 34-year-old has studied pathogens, including at Harvard. Now he’s preoccupied with finding out the shortest amount of time it takes for knowledge to get from Toronto to Timbuktu, from Beijing to Berlin. That’s because Madisch, whose family comes from Syria, is using his Berlin-based startup, ResearchGate, to
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