Ten people were killed and nine injured when a fire broke out at an apartment building in Xinjiang, a region in China’s far west, where… Read More »Fire kills 10 in China’s Xinjiang, raising questions about lockdown
At the end of June, Microsoft released a new kind of artificial intelligence technology that could generate its own computer code. The tool, called Copilot,… Read More »Lawsuit focuses on how AI is built
Pablo Eisenberg was only 7 years old in 1939 when he boarded an American liner in Bordeaux with his parents and younger sister as the… Read More »Pablo Eisenberg, fierce critic of distant philanthropy, dies at 90
Calla Kessler/The Washington Post via Getty Images Continuing his path of complete self-destruction on Thursday night, Kanye ‘Ye’ West released a series of videos, including… Read More »Kanye ‘Ye’ West reveals Trump ‘yelled’ at him in Bombshell 2024 campaign video
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The crypto exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, says the company suffered a $51 billion collateral collapse, but he thinks filing Chapter 11 was a mistake.
Disney has increased the prices of its major parks this year.Amanda Krause/Insider Disney’s CEO was alarmed by rising prices at his theme parks, the Wall… Read More »It’s not just you. The CEO of Disney reportedly thinks his theme parks have become too expensive.
The early models of e-book readers, made about 25 years ago, weighed more than a pound and had to be connected to a computer. Those… Read More »How to get the most out of e-books and find them for free
Edward C. Prescott, whose work explaining the economic shocks of the 1970s led to new ways of thinking about fiscal and monetary policy, a breakthrough… Read More »Edward C. Prescott, 81, deceased; Won Nobel Prize for studying business cycles
The man accused of kidnapping, strangling and raping a 64-year-old Asian woman in Quincy, Massachusetts, earlier this month has been sentenced without bail. In a… Read More »Man held without bail for kidnapping, sexual assault of elderly Asian woman
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At an iPhone factory in central China, thousands of workers clashed with riot police and tore down barricades. In the southern city of Guangzhou, protesters… Read More »iPhone Factory Protest Challenges China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Rules
A man took off his pants and underwear and attempted to rape a woman on a Manhattan subway, police said Thursday. The 24-year-old victim was… Read More »Man takes off pants and underwear and tries to rape stranger on Manhattan subway
If you have braces, you may be wondering if you can still eat chips with your braces on. This is a very good question as… Read More »Can you eat chips if you have braces? What you should know in 2022
National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell flew to Sun Valley, Idaho, this summer for Allen & Company’s annual media conference, convinced the NFL was about… Read More »NFL sends Sunday ticket talks with Apple and Google to renewal
