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Matt Reynolds

The Uncomfortable Truth About the UK’s Climate Policies

Britain’s former climate adviser says the country’s future plans are weak, climate protests are no longer helpful, and working closely with Big Oil is a jarring necessity.

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Ricky O'Donnell

Bradley Beal had perfect response to Suns’ being swept in NBA Playoffs

At least Bradley Beal is self-aware in defeat.

Bradley Beal made a bold declaration with the Phoenix Suns trailing 3-0 in their first round series against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2024 NBA Playoffs. After the Suns’ Game 3 loss, Beal told reporters “I’ve never been swept a day in my life ... I’ll be damned if that happens.”

Beal’s quote always had the potential to go viral if the Suns lost Game 4. That’s exactly what happened. The Wolves finished off Phoenix,...

The Verge

Emilia David

ChatGPT’s AI ‘memory’ can remember the preferences of paying customers

Illustration: The Verge

OpenAI announced the Memory feature that allows ChatGPT to store queries, prompts, and other customizations more permanently in February. At the time, it was only available to a “small portion” of users, but now it’s available for ChatGPT Plus paying subscribers outside of Europe or Korea.

ChatGPT’s Memory works in two ways to make the chatbot’s responses more personalized. The first is by letting you tell ChatGPT to remember certain details, and the...

The Verge

Emma Roth

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish steps down as merger inches closer

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Paramount has removed Bob Bakish as CEO — and it doesn’t have plans to fill the role. The company announced the news as part of its earnings results on Monday, which will leave Paramount reliant on a committee made up of three executives.

The new Office of the CEO consists of George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, the president and CEO of Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios, and Paramount Media Networks; and Brian...

The Verge

Justine Calma

A new intergovernmental group will try to stem abuses tied to critical mineral mining

Trucks haul away ore from a pit in one of the largest copper and cobalt mines in the world in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on June 17th, 2023. | Photo: Getty Images

The United Nations launched a new panel to craft mining guidelines for critical minerals in high demand for electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies.

The newly established Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals includes representatives from close to 100 countries as well as nonprofit...

Fast Company

The Conversation

What a decaying El Niño has to do with the Midwest tornadoes

The better we understand these storms’ attributes, the better those forecasts and warnings can become.

Dozens of tornadoes hit the central U.S. April 26-28, 2024, tearing through suburbs and small towns and damaging hundreds of homes from Oklahoma to Nebraska and Iowa.

Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

Walgreens scores a viral candy TikTok hit with these peelable gummies

It’s a bit of much-needed sweet news for the drugstore chain, which has had more sour press lately.

Despite TikTok’s uncertain future, it’s still continuing to set social media trends, and the latest one is a mango gummy candy with a cultlike following from an unexpected source: Walgreens’ own store brand, Nice!, a maker of a variety of budget drinks and snacks.

Fast Company

The Conversation

Ghosted, orbited, breadcrumbed: Digital dating is hard. Here’s how to cope

A pair of studies in 2004 and 2005 showed people prefer receiving negative attention over being ignored entirely.

Buzzwords describing the digital dating scene are all over social media. Have you been ghosted? Is someone orbiting you? Are you being breadcrumbed? While these dating patterns may not be new, the words to describe them continue to evolve.

Fast Company

The Conversation

‘For you’: Teens like how social media algorithms mirror themselves, study finds

‘For you’ offerings create a private-public space through which teens can access what they feel is a largely accurate test of their self-image.

Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as “for you,” suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just “for you” but also “about you” – a mirror reflecting important signals about the person you are.

Fast Company

The Conversation

How China’s citizens are coping with digital surveillance

State surveillance of citizens is growing all over the world, but it is a fact of everyday life in China, where it has deep historical roots.

Do you ever think about the digital footprint you leave when you are browsing the web, shopping online, commenting on social networks or going by a facial recognition camera?

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ESPN Insiders

What has stood out so far during the NBA playoffs?

We're more than a week into the 2024 NBA playoffs, so let's take a look at how these first-round series are playing out and where they are going.

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Carlton Reid

Elon Musk Can’t Solve Tesla’s China Crisis With His Desperate Asia Visit

Tesla’s deal with Baidu isn’t new, the mapping data Tesla will collect likely can’t leave China, and Full Self-Driving can’t compete with the more advanced Chinese alternatives.

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Maggie Astor

Omar Draws Criticism for Suggesting Some Jewish Students Are ‘Pro-Genocide’

Representative Ilhan Omar made the comments at Columbia University, where her daughter was among the students arrested protesting against Israel’s actions in Gaza. The protests have drawn visits by leaders across the political spectrum.

The Verge

Allison Johnson

Can Rabbit’s R1 outsmart the smartphone assistants? Let’s find out!

Are any of them smarter than just googling the answer? | Photo: Allison Johnson / The Verge

Welcome to another episode of the fantastic new game show where we quiz virtual assistants! Say it with me, folks: “Are you smarter than just googling it?” Let’s welcome our contestants.

You probably know our first two contestants from such hits as “Set a timer for me” and “How much time is left on my timer?”: Siri and Google Assistant! Big round of applause for these...

The Verge

Lauren Feiner

FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data

Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Federal Communications Commission is fining the largest US mobile carriers a combined nearly $200 million for allegedly illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent.

The FCC says it found the carriers “sold access to its customers’ location information to ‘aggregators,’ who then resold access to such information to third-party location-based service providers.” The agency says the...

Fast Company

Associated Press

Hawaii macadamia-nut processors may soon have to disclose if nuts aren’t local

It’s the latest tussle over labels for agricultural products from a specific geographic area, a topic familiar to Hawaii due to long-running disputes over Kona coffee.

For decades, tourists to Hawaii have brought home gift boxes of the islands’ famous chocolate-covered macadamia nuts for friends and family, but these days many of the kernels in the package might not be Hawaii-grown.

Fast Company

Chris Morris

What’s going on at Paramount? Reports swirl about the CEO’s fate and ‘best and final’ offers

Paramount CEO Bob Bakish may be departing soon, according to reports, as the company considers a Skydance deal.

The saga of Paramount Global’s future is more exciting than a lot of the studio’s films. And with the company poised to report earnings Monday afternoon, things are taking even more unexpected turns. Reports emerged early Monday that the company’s board is preparing to announce the departure of Paramount CEO Bob Bakish as early as next week, while David Ellison’s...

Fast Company

Associated Press

‘This is a huge part of why I stay’: Corporate employees turn to workplace volunteering

More than 60% of respondents reported increased participation last year in employee volunteer activities.

Michelle Barbin’s job does not always fill her bucket. Yes, she likes her nine-to-five helping improve consumer experiences at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. She emphasizes she wouldn’t have spent nearly 19 years working for the health insurance provider otherwise.

ESPN.com

Ryan Clark

Kraken fire Hakstol after Year 3 dive, playoff miss

Dave Hakstol, who had a 107-112-27 record and took the Kraken to the playoffs in just the franchise's second year, was fired after not making the postseason in Year 3.

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