Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has advised Nigerians against spending lavishly on the newly released iPhone 17, stressing that even Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, uses a simple Android ...
The concept of “planned obsolescence” makes no economic sense and is often an excuse for governments to harass and shake down ...
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A new playground may soon be on its way to one of Corpus Christi’s parks. The equipment — catering to children between 2 and 5 years old — is planned for Oak Park, where there currently is no ...
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Planned Obsolescence Sucks - Here's Why It Still Exists

In this Our Changing Climate climate change video essay, I look at why planned obsolescence happens and how planned obsolescence creates waste and emissions. Specifically, I show how planned ...
Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University ...
The killing of a New Jersey man whose body has not been found was a “deliberately planned, brutally violent assassination,” a prosecutor said this week. Everton R. Thomas, 41, of Camden, is accused of ...