Under a related deal, users who return devices by Aug. 9 can get an extra $100. As part of the recall, the company is offering repairs, replacements or refunds of the machines’ cost.
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Taxing the final frontier
Launches by commercial space companies are becoming more frequent. Last year, the Federal Aviation Administration licensed 117, an all-time high. But these spaceflight companies aren’t paying for all of the FAA’s services that they use.
Today, we explore why the government is looking to change that and dig into the larger debate over whether human activity in space is a public or private project.
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Economics in space
Planet Money goes to space
Space economics
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Negotiations on a deal to end Brown University encampment to continue Tuesday
Student protesters are negotiating with Brown University administrators over terms that could end a pro-Palestinian encampent at the school’s Providence campus and meet some of the activists’ demands, according to several students familiar with the discussions. On Monday at 3 p.m., a group of six student activists met with two administrators to discuss an offer […]
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Brown University issues warning to student protesters
Brown University has set a deadline for Monday at 5 p.m. for about 180 students identified during ID checks at a Pro-Palestinian encampment on campus to either accept responsibility for their alleged violations of the code of student conduct or face an administrative hearing that could result in “separation” from the university, a university spokesman […]
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One month after the Baltimore bridge collapse
It’s been a month since a cargo ship collapsed with the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six workers and effectively shutting down the Port of Baltimore. Crews are rushing to clear the debris.
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Ashley Judd says the #MeToo movement isn’t going anywhere
NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks with Ashley Judd, who came forward in 2017 with allegations about Harvey Weinstein, about the overturning of his 2020 rape conviction in New York.
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Israel prepares for Rafah offensive as U.S. plans to build new Gaza port
Aid groups draw up contingency plans as Israel plans assault on Rafah, where most people in Gaza are displaced. Meanwhile, the U.S. is building a pier to deliver aid.
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Here are the divestment demands that student protestors are making
At the heart of the student protests overtaking college campuses are demands that their universities divest from companies that do business with Israel.
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Video Game Industry Week: The Final Level
We wrap up our series on the economics of the video game industry with a triple roundup. Today, how the new ban on noncompete contracts could affect the gaming industry, whether young men are slacking off work to play games and the ever-controversial world of loot boxes.
Related episodes:
Forever games: the economics of the live service model (Apple / Spotify)
Designing for disability: how video games become more accessible (Apple / Spotify)
The boom and bust of esports (Apple / Spotify)
Work. Crunch. Repeat: Why gaming demands so much of its employees (Apple / Spotify)
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Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture sentenced to 60 days in prison
A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas’ Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.
