‘Miles Walked, Miles Driven’: This Year’s College Essays About Money
Every year we search for college application essays about money, work or social class. Here are five of writers who are now students.
Doctors don’t tell Saudi crown prince to summit
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The powerful 37-year-old crown prince of Saudi Arabia will not attend an upcoming summit in Algeria after his doctors… Read More »Doctors don’t tell Saudi crown prince to summit
TikTok failed to stop most deceptive political ads in a test conducted by researchers.
YouTube and Facebook fared better in the experiment.
Families of Boeing crash victims can challenge US settlement, judge rules
He said the passengers who died on two 737 Max flights were crime victims, siding with family members who objected to a deal that saved… Read More »Families of Boeing crash victims can challenge US settlement, judge rules
Kremlin says everyone must suffer so Putin will win
Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via Reuters With dozens of newly deployed troops already dead and Russian troops laying the groundwork for a withdrawal from a key Ukrainian… Read More »Kremlin says everyone must suffer so Putin will win
The weekend’s best deals: Google Pixel 7, Apple MacBooks, 4K TVs and more
Ars Technica Another weekend, another rundown of the week’s best tech deals. Today’s Dealmaster offers generous gift card deals on the best Android phones available,… Read More »The weekend’s best deals: Google Pixel 7, Apple MacBooks, 4K TVs and more
Roger Welsch, ‘America’s Premier Storyteller’, has died aged 85
An author, humorist and tractor enthusiast, he left academia and rose to fame as a correspondent from the heart of Nebraska for the CBS News… Read More »Roger Welsch, ‘America’s Premier Storyteller’, has died aged 85
ex-president escorted from China party congress
Former Chinese leader Hu Jintao has been led away from the closing ceremony of the Communist Party Congress. The petite-looking 79-year-old was sitting next to… Read More »ex-president escorted from China party congress
Lenny Lipton, ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ lyricist and 3D film pioneer, 82, dies
He used the royalties he earned from the popular anthem, based on a poem he wrote in college, to fund decades of stereoscopic projection research.
An Activist Short Seller Gets His Day in Court
Nathan Anderson, who uncovered evidence of fraud at Nikola, says he feels justified by the founder’s conviction.
A woman hired a private detective after waiting months for a tiny house she paid $46,000 for but never got
Matt Sowash in one of his tiny houses.Holy Ground Tiny Homes Youtube Channel A woman hired a private detective after waiting months for her tiny… Read More »A woman hired a private detective after waiting months for a tiny house she paid $46,000 for but never got
AI tool automatically colors black and white photos
enlarge / Palette.fm performs AI photo coloring using text prompts for refinement. Benj Edwards / Ars Technica A Swedish machine learning researcher named Emil Wallner… Read More »AI tool automatically colors black and white photos
Twitch’s Relationship With Its Streamers Shows Its Cracks
The service recently said it would cost more of the money it shared with streamers. At an annual meeting in San Diego, they gave heart… Read More »Twitch’s Relationship With Its Streamers Shows Its Cracks
Generative AI is here. Who should check it?
Emad Mostaque, the founder of Stability AI, says his Stable Diffusion image generator is the key to unlocking creativity. Its critics say it is a… Read More »Generative AI is here. Who should check it?
Who has the final say on Steve Jobs? He can.
When Laurene Powell Jobs unveiled a website dedicated to her late husband’s story, historians wondered if it could change how influential people polish their legacy.
