A Chef’s Apron From Tom Colicchio

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A Sip of Paradise

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Oysters, in the Form of a C.S.A.

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Sensor Tower: Telegram crossed 1B global downloads, with ~214.7M installs in H1 2021, up 61% YoY, and 22% of total global downloads coming from India (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Sensor Tower: Telegram crossed 1B global downloads, with ~214.7M installs in H1 2021, up 61% YoY, and 22% of total global downloads coming from India  —  Popular instant messaging app Telegram has joined the elite club of apps that have been downloaded over 1 billion times globally, according to Sensor Tower.

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Russia has made steady progress toward its goal of weaning Russians off US tech, including by mandating Russian-made software in government offices and schools (Andrei Soldatov/The Moscow Times)

Andrei Soldatov / The Moscow Times:
Russia has made steady progress toward its goal of weaning Russians off US tech, including by mandating Russian-made software in government offices and schools  —  Using primitive methods, the Kremlin has made steady progress towards a goal that once seemed impossible — weaning Russians off foreign-made technology.

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Howie Rose Steps Away From Mets, but Plans to Return Next Year

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With a Tuesday withdrawal deadline for U.S. troops, hope dwindles for Afghans to flee via the airport.

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White House Weighs Clemency to Keep Some Drug Offenders Confined at Home

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Your Tuesday Briefing

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The world is still short of everything. Get used to it.

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A university in Bangladesh evacuates almost 150 young women from Kabul.

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New York’s Brief Hot Restaurant Summer: Bread Binges and Tabletop Coke

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E. U. Proposes New Travel Restrictions on Unvaccinated U.S. Visitors

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Afghanistan drone strike: 'Ten people died here.. including my daughter'

A family comb through rubble for remains of relatives they say were killed by a US drone strike.

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Kraken and others want access to Federal Reserve payment systems to process digital asset sales faster; ahead of the Fed's decision, traditional banks push back (Andrew Ackerman/Wall Street Journal)

Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
Kraken and others want access to Federal Reserve payment systems to process digital asset sales faster; ahead of the Fed's decision, traditional banks push back  —  Efforts by the new breed of financial entities, if successful, could create more competition for traditional banks

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La variante delta se infiltró en un aula de primaria. Así sucedió

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After Kabul Bombing, Some in the U.S. Feel Numbed, but Are Focused Inward: ‘Not Our War to Fight Anymore’

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What’s Better, a Prize or a Patent?

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When the ‘Silent Majority’ Isn’t White

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New data confirm Pfizer and Moderna vaccines bring a small risk of heart problems, especially for boys and younger men.

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Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’

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A new plant was supposed to help keep New Orleans’s lights on after storms. It didn’t.

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Afghan left behind by UK: I'm fighting to stay alive

An Afghan who had authorisation to fly to the UK speaks to the BBC about his struggle to escape.

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Ida leaves behind flooding and dangerous storm surge.

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At Least One Dead as Tropical Storm Nora Lashes Mexico With Heavy Rain

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When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights?

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Ed Asner: Lou Grant and Up actor dies aged 91

He'll be remembered for his roles as TV newsman Lou Grant and the lead voice role in Pixar hit Up.

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Most of the internet privacy proposals on the table today are in absolute, direct conflict with most of the proposals to increase competition in the markets (Benedict Evans)

Benedict Evans:
Most of the internet privacy proposals on the table today are in absolute, direct conflict with most of the proposals to increase competition in the markets  —  The consumer internet industry spent two decades building a huge, complex, chaotic pile of tools and systems to track and analyse …

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Two of the U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack were women.

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American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home.

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When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights?

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Biden Observes Return of Troops Killed in Kabul Bombing

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Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power. It could be weeks before they have it back.

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Jamaican reggae icon Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies aged 85

Perry, a legendary singer and music producer, is known for his pioneering experiments with dub.

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More than 300,000 customers are without power. It could be weeks before they have it back.

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After Katrina, New Orleans became a fortress. Ida is testing its strength.

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Sources: Apple Watch Series 7 will get an updated design, come in 41mm and 45mm sizes, featuring multiple new watch faces to take advantage of the bigger screen (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple Watch Series 7 will get an updated design, come in 41mm and 45mm sizes, featuring multiple new watch faces to take advantage of the bigger screen  —  This is the free version of Power On.  If you like it, consider subscribing to Bloomberg.com — you'll receive …

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Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4

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On the road to Kabul, hundreds of families can’t go home and wait for help.

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Ron DeSantis, How Many Covid Deaths Are Enough?

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As the virus surges in Oregon, counties are asking for mobile morgues to house the dead.

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Ida Strengthened Quickly Into a Monster. Here’s How.

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Winds whip through New Orleans’s deserted streets as the storm bears down.

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The E.U. is set to reimpose travel restrictions on U.S. visitors.

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Meteorologists were amazed by how fast Ida strengthened.

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Jack Dorsey and Mike Brock say Square's TBD is building a Bitcoin-centric decentralized exchange for digital assets (Andrew Hayward/Decrypt)

Andrew Hayward / Decrypt:
Jack Dorsey and Mike Brock say Square's TBD is building a Bitcoin-centric decentralized exchange for digital assets  —  Square's Cash App is a popular way for people to buy and sell Bitcoin, but CEO Jack Dorsey's love for the leading cryptocurrency is immense—and the financial services firm plans to do a lot more in the space.

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Unlike his predecessor, President Biden saw no middle ground in Afghanistan.

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Uh? Oh …

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In all, over a dozen countries have evacuated 240,000 people from Afghanistan.

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