David Malouf, Australian author of Remembering Babylon and Ransom, dies aged 92

David Malouf, the acclaimed Australian author of books including Ransom, An Imaginary Life and the Booker prize-nominated Remembering Babylon, has died aged 92. Malouf died on Wednesday, his publisher, Penguin Random House Australia, said in a statement on Thursday. “We are deeply saddened to share that author and poet David Malouf AO has passed away,”…

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Q&A with Lyft CEO David Risher on the company's turnaround, AI, paying drivers more, Uber, partnership with Tensor for autonomous vehicle tech, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

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