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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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There's no denying that Google's software products have become an indispensable part of people's everyday lives. The company's email service — Gmail — started as an April Fool's Day joke, but has been ...

The president has made misleading statements about the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, breakfast and gasoline and about prices in general. By Linda Qiu Ahead of Thanksgiving and amid frustration among ...

Facepalm: It's almost 2026 and the world's population has never been so tech-savvy. When it comes to passwords, however, a lot of people are stuck in the 1990s. Another study examining the most common ...