Brittany Romano, 32, was not looking to start her own long-distance rom-com last September when she showed up to JetBlue’s lounge at Kennedy International Airport […]
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Direct action group Just Stop Oil holds final protest, claiming it has been ‘successful’ | Science, Climate & Tech News
“It has been a success.” Just Stop Oil (JSO) insists it’s been “successful” – as its members ceremoniously hang up their orange high-vis vests during […]
‘Bring on the fight’ over net zero, energy secretary Ed Miliband tells critics | Science, Climate & Tech News
The government is up for the fight over net zero every hour, day and month of the year, says Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. Amid growing […]
Robert S. Douglas, Founder of the Black Dog Apparel Company, Dies at 93
Robert Douglas, who built the Black Dog Tavern on Martha’s Vineyard and transformed its logo of his Labrador-boxer mix into an international emblem for summertime, […]
Is Google Breaking Up? + Seasteading Is Back + Tool Time
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio This week, with big developments in two antitrust cases against Google, […]
How the War in Gaza Drove Israel’s A.I. Experiments
In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. […]
The Best Artist Residencies to Escape and Focus on Creating
Many professional writers and artists dream of being chosen for a prestigious residency like Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., or MacDowell in Peterborough, N.H. But […]
‘Nervous wees’ of women at London Marathon ‘to be turned into something amazing’ | UK News
The urine of thousands of women taking part in the London Marathon this Sunday will be recycled and turned into fertiliser for wheat. More than […]
Tech firms face fines up to £60,000 for failing to remove knife crime content | Politics News
Social media companies will be fined up to £60,000 each time a post relating to knife crime is not removed from their sites in a […]
Saying ‘Thank You’ to ChatGPT Is Costly. But Maybe It’s Worth the Price.
The question of whether to be polite to artificial intelligence may seem a moot point — it is artificial, after all. But Sam Altman, the […]