I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta have all set AI spending recordsCollectively, […]
A reality check on the AI jobs hysteria
But a closer look at the data shows that students are not necessarily turning away from AI-related careers. Rather, they…
The Download: Musk v. Altman week 3, and Trump’s tech trading
3 Chinese AI groups have pulled ahead of US rivals in video generationByteDance and Kuaishou’s models lead in realism and…
Brooklyn’s Barclays Center Is Going All-In On Art With a New Residency
LaToya Ruby Frazier’s The Liberty Portraits: A Monument to the 2024 Champions at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Courtesy of the…
Department of Holy War | Vox
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has a longstanding fascination with the Crusades. That’s right, the…
Met Gala Enters Its Billionaire Era With Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, are pictured at the 2024…
The anti-abortion movement after Dobbs: Why activists are disappointed in Trump
If you talk to folks in the anti-abortion movement, they’re pretty disappointed about the state…
Jony Ive-Designed Ferrari Luce EV Tests CEO Benedetto Vigna’s Big Bet
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna defended the Luce after critics said the brand’s first EV missed…
Humanoid robots: Can Tesla and other companies deliver on the hype?
Humanoid robots have been everywhere lately. They’re running half-marathons in Beijing. They’re chasing wild boars…
Australia becomes the 30th country to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Australia for eliminating trachoma as a public health…
Tulsi Gabbard’s Last Action Against the Deep State: What a FISA Court Declassification Could Mean
Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s (DNI) office says it is working to declassify…
Bessent: Trump Will Not Take Bad Deal on Iran
WASHINGTON—Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, filling in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, stressed at…
‘Ruthless’: Kimmel Joke Normalizes Trump Assassination Attempts
The Fellas don’t bruise easily. The four “Ruthless” hosts have all done their time in…
Booker: Iran’s Leader Had Fatwa Against Nukes Until Trump Blew Things Up, They Still Have Enriched Uranium
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said that the Iranian…
Spotify’s First Quarter Under New Co-CEOs Highlights Growth Strain
A soft forecast rattles investors despite user gains, as Spotify’s new co-CEOs Alex Norström (left) and Gustav Söderström (right) bet on content expansion to sustain […]
Mark Zuckerberg Signals Leaner Future as Meta Doubles Down on A.I.
Mark Zuckerberg is trimming headcount while pouring billions into A.I. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Meta’s upcoming 10 percent staff layoff is just […]
Meet the Man Who Turns Patagonia Profits Into a Climate Action Engine
Greg Curtis is shaping how Patagonia’s profits fund conservation and climate resilience at scale. Kyle Sparks/Courtesy Holdfast Collective As an avid runner growing up in […]
Stanford Economist Erik Brynjolfsson’s Mindful Take on A.I.’s Impact
From student anxieties to vibe-coding, Brynjolfsson frames A.I. as a tool that amplifies intention rather than replaces workers. Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Unfinished […]
‘Animal Farm’ Targets Capitalism, Not Soviet-Style Repression
The best Pixar movies are meant for children but evoke something special for adults. Look no further than the “Toy Story” franchise, a near-perfect case […]
VIDEO: Finnish Divers Locate Bodies of 4 Italians in Maldives ‘Shark Cave’
A team of Finnish diving experts have located the four bodies of the Italian divers who recently died in an underwater cave in the Maldives. […]
Jensen Huang’s A.I. Advice to College Graduates: ‘Run, Don’t Walk’
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, delivered the keynote address yesterday (May 10) at Carnegie Mellon University’s 128th commencement. Justin Merriman/Courtesy Carnegie Mellon University Fears that […]
How A.I. Trading Agents Are Changing Market Behavior
As A.I. gains autonomy in trading, the real insight lies in what it teaches us about ourselves. Unsplash+ The use of A.I. in trading has […]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 hates mass consumerism, but that’s why it exists
[ad_1] The Devil Wears Prada is one of the great millennial fairy tales.Released in 2006, the year before the financial crisis and Great Recession would come for us all, the…
What would J.R.R. Tolkien think of Palantir?
[ad_1] Peter Thiel and Alex Karp’s Palantir Technologies is one of the most powerful and mysterious tech companies in Silicon Valley. Its namesake is also one of the most powerful…
Green steel startup Boston Metal is doubling down on critical metals
[ad_1] In addition to steel, Boston Metal has also worked to use its technology with other metals, and a subsidiary (Boston Metal do Brasil) is setting up a commercial facility…
Data readiness for agentic AI in financial services
[ad_1] For a financial services firm, managing this can be very challenging. A Forrester study found that 57% of financial organizations are still developing the necessary internal capabilities to fully…
Did George Clooney Help Fund KKK, Unite the Right?
Celebrities routinely open their wallets for noble causes. Hurricane relief AIDS in Africa Disease prevention…
Message by the WHO Director-General to the people of Tenerife regarding the hantavirus response
To the people of Tenerife, My name is Tedros, and I serve as the Director-General…
What to expect from Google this week
But a foundation model’s reputation these days rests largely on its coding capabilities, and for…
Lululemon’s Boardroom Fight With Founder Chip Wilson Gets Personal
With U.S. sales under pressure and shares sharply down, Chip Wilson is recasting Lululemon’s slowdown…
Trump-endorsed Paxton knocks out veteran senator Cornyn in heated Texas Senate runoff
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily defeated four-term incumbent Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday in…
Can Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz Make Another ‘Barbie?’
CEO Ynon Kreiz is transforming the toymaker into an entertainment-driven IP company. Photo by Frederic…
Cate Blanchett Mourns MeToo’s End, Ignores Hollywood’s Role
Harvey Weinstein’s downfall had a profound silver lining. Two, actually. One, the mega producer could…
Mark Zuckerberg Signals Leaner Future as Meta Doubles Down on A.I.
Mark Zuckerberg is trimming headcount while pouring billions into A.I. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via…
The Download: inside the Musk v. Altman trial, and AI for democracy
Our reporter Michelle Kim, who also happens to be a lawyer, has been in court…
Trump Counterterrorism Strategy: Aggressive Response, Border Security, Hemispheric Safety
The new White House Counterterrorism (CT) Strategy document looks to seize the initiative from terrorists…
Is ‘The Christophers’ Ian McKellen’s Career-Best Performance?
Steven Soderbergh’s “The Christophers” showcases one of the best performances Sir Ian McKellen has ever…
A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean kills 3 people, WHO says
A suspected hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean has killed three…
Dave McCormick: U.S. Must ‘Create Energy Capability’ to Lead AI Race
The United States must rapidly expand its energy sources to beat China and lead the…
Is ‘Baywatch’ Reboot Another Blow to Body Positivity Movement?
There’s a throwaway moment in “The Devil Wears Prada 2” that might have been culturally…
Practicing today for tomorrow’s emergencies – WHO convenes countries and partners to simulate response to major disease outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) wrapped up Exercise Polaris II, a 2-day high-level simulation exercise, based around an outbreak of a fictional new bacterium spreading […]
Video of Israeli official taunting bound Gaza activists draws ire from foreign officials, Netanyahu
A video of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir that showed him taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists has drawn criticism from foreign leaders as well […]
World Health Assembly opens in Geneva, Switzerland
The elected Vice-Presidents are Dr. Mohamed Ali Al-Ghouj of Libya, Dr. Assa Badiallo Touré of Mali, Mrs. Katarzyna Drążek-Laskowska of Poland, Mrs. Neesha Mehta of […]
Birth rates keep falling. We need to plan for an older America with fewer kids.
Let’s face it: Another baby boom isn’t coming anytime soon. The latest round of US birth data, released earlier this month by the Centers for […]
Former Hartford police officer charged in fatal shooting of a Black man in mental distress
A white police officer in Connecticut who fatally shot a Black man suffering a mental health crisis has been charged with manslaughter after a state […]
Trump endorsement propels Texas GOP Senate runoff to its bitter conclusion
Voters in Texas head to the polls Tuesday to bring an end to one of the costliest and nastiest Senate Republican primaries in the Lone […]
Mike Collins headed to a runoff in Georgia’s GOP Senate primary
Rep. Mike Collins is headed for a runoff after placing first, but failing to beat the 50% threshold in Georgia’s hotly contested Republican Senate primary […]
Tulsi Gabbard’s Last Action Against the Deep State: What a FISA Court Declassification Could Mean
Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s (DNI) office says it is working to declassify a FISA Court opinion that could reveal how the government […]
Anthony Constantino: Democrats Have ‘Poisoned the Minds of Citizens’
Anthony Constantino, an entrepreneur and a Republican candidate running for New York’s 21st congressional district, said on Breitbart News Saturday that Democrats have poisoned the minds […]