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Thandiswa Mazwai Is the Voice of South Africa’s First Post-Apartheid Generation

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Lynsey Chutel
Thandiswa Mazwai has sung of South Africa’s highs and lows since the country became a multiracial democracy 30 years ago. “My calling is to sing the people’s joy, to sing the people’s sadness.”

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Thandiswa Mazwai performing in Midrand, South Africa, in September. Ms. Mazwai has used her mezzo-soprano voice to amplify South Africa’s struggles.

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term

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Mike Isaac and Theodore Schleifer
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.

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Since the election, Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta executives have moved swiftly to try to repair their strained relationships with conservatives.

Meta to End Fact-Checking Program in Shift Ahead of Trump Term

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Mike Isaac and Theodore Schleifer
The social networking giant will stop using third-party fact checkers and instead rely on users to add notes to posts. President-elect Trump and his conservative allies said they were pleased.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Since the election, Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta executives have moved swiftly to try to repair their strained relationships with conservatives.

Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86

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Jim Farber
The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

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The folk group Peter, Paul and Mary — Peter Yarrow, left, Mary Travers and Noel Paul Stookey — in a publicity photo from the early 1960s, around the time their first album was released.

Dana White, U.F.C. Head, Joins Meta’s Board

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Kate Conger
Mr. White, a close ally of President-elect Donald J. Trump, further strengthens the social media giant’s connections with the incoming administration.

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Dana White, left, the chief executive of Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Mark Zuckerberg have bonded over their passion for professional fighting.

Winter Storm Snarls Travel in Mid-Atlantic With Snow and Ice

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Christine Chung
The storm caused thousands of flights and dozens of train trips to be delayed or canceled. At Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, all runways were closed Monday evening.

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On Monday, a plane was de-iced at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. A winter storm caused delays and cancellations at airports across parts of the country.

Where to Watch ‘The Brutalist’

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Annie Aguiar
Interested in watching the three-and-a-half-hour epic about a fictional Hungarian architect? Good luck if you don’t live in New York or Los Angeles.

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Adrien Brody and Felicity Jones in “The Brutalist.” Brody won a Golden Globe for best actor in a drama.

Solutions to Saturday Mac riddles 289

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hoakley

I hope that you enjoyed Saturday’s Mac Riddles, episode 289. Here are my solutions to them.

1: The most affordable Mac ever at under $500 has just shrunk further.

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Mac mini, 2005

The most affordable Mac ever (Apple’s tagline for it) at under $500 (its starting price was $499) has just shrunk further (the original Mac mini, released on 11 January 2005, in its latest M4 incarnation is even smaller).

2: Apple’s most personal device yet came in April with San Francisco Compact.

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Apple Watch, 2015

Apple’s most personal device yet (Apple’s tagline for it) came in April (although announced the previous September, it was released on 24 April 2015) with San Francisco Compact (the face in Apple’s new system font designed for use on it).

3: With four fonts and a canon inside, it co-founded a desktop revolution.

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LaserWriter, 1985

With four fonts (it came with just Times, Helvetica, Courier and Symbol with PostScript) and a canon inside (the print engine was made by Canon), it co-founded a desktop revolution (with the Mac and Aldus PageMaker, it founded the Desktop Publishing revolution when it was released on 1 March 1985).

The common factor

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They are major Apple products first released 10, 20 and 40 years ago.

I look forward to your putting alternative cases.

Can BAM Be a Trailblazer Again Through A.I.?

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Frank Rose
The Brooklyn organization, seeking new audiences and pushing boundaries, debuts Techne, four digital installations from the Onassis Foundation’s ONX Studio.

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“The Vivid Unknown,” by John Fitzgerald and Godfrey Reggio, 2023. It is part of Techne, a series of four digital installations developed at ONX and the Onassis Foundation, and seen at BAM Fisher.
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