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Voice of America 

Unpacking US campaign spending

Elections in the United States are some of the most expensive in the world. In 2020, more than $16 billion was spent on U.S. presidential and congressional races. 2024 election costs are likely to be higher. How do campaigns help finance these elections? Fundraising.

Engineeringnews.co.za 

New Oppenheimer research grant awarded to physicist, to develop medical technology

The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust has announced that the first winner of its New Frontiers Research Award is University of Cape Town (UCT) physicist, Dr James Keaveney. The trust created the award to help reinvigorate research excellence in South Africa (in 2021/22 the country spent only 0.62% of its GDP on research and development; in comparison, for example, in 2022 Türkiye spent 1.32%, Australia 1.66%, Portugal 1.7%, China 2.43%, Taiwan 3.96%, and South Korea 5.21%). The award has a value of R7.5-million... Читать дальше...

TheHill.com 

Biden’s immigrant amnesty scheme will cost taxpayers billions

President Biden's executive order allowing certain undocumented immigrants to receive temporary legal status and work permits will expand Affordable Care Act subsidies for health insurance, potentially costing taxpayers up to $4 billion per year.

NBC4i.com 

Columbus among major U.S. cities with highest birth rates, study finds

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recent study found Columbus has one of the highest birth rates out of America’s largest cities. SmartAsset, a financial technology company, examined U.S. Census Bureau data for 37 of the largest cities where data was available to determine where birth rates were the highest. The study found the birth rate [...]

The Verge 

The Boox Palma is an amazing gadget I didn’t even know I wanted

Imagine the exact middle between an iPhone and a Kindle. That’s the Palma. | Image: Boox

There are really only three things you need to know about the Boox Palma. One: it’s about the size of a smartphone. Two: it runs Android, with the Play Store. Three: it has an E Ink screen. There are other specs and features I’ll get to, but that combination — smartphone, Android, E Ink — is the Palma’s whole reason for existence.

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