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Fast Company

Joe Berkowitz

How the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud is taking rap battles high tech

After a month of back-and-forth involving AI and other technology, the beef between the two rappers is still sizzling—and represents an evolutionary leap for how diss tracks are made and distributed.

The long-simmering battle between hip-hop heavyweights Drake and Kendrick Lamar escalated dramatically over the weekend. With a rapid-fire volley of deeply personal diss tracks, the feud has now left the realm of playful, mutually beneficial name-calling, and crashed, jarringly, somewhere...

Fast Company

Elizabeth Segran

Where were the politics on the Met Gala red carpet?

Fashion designers aren’t usually shy about their politics. So why didn’t they use the Met Gala to express their views on the Isreal-Gaza conflict?

Zendaya wore a blue layered gown, reminiscent of a peacock. Kim Kardashian wore a floral corset with an absurdly cinched waist. Lana Del Ray had branches in her headdress.

Fast Company

The Conversation

Trump wants to use Eisenhower’s strategy to deport undocumented immigrants. Here’s why it won’t work

Operation Wetback’s main objective was not to remove Mexican immigrants but rather to frighten U.S. farmers, especially in Texas, into hiring them legally.

While campaigning in Iowa last September, former President Donald Trump made a promise to voters if he were elected again: “Following the Eisenhower model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” he said. Trump, who made a similar pledge during his first presidential campaign, has recently...

Fast Company

Reuters

TikTok sues U.S. to block prospective ban or sale of the app

The companies argue that the law violates the U.S. Constitution on a number of grounds, including running afoul of First Amendment free speech protections.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 million Americans or ban its use.

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Associated Press

These schools provide teachers with daycare

Dropping out of the workforce can be an attractive option for educators with young children, which adds to retention challenges already facing schools.

When Christina Zimmerman returned to teaching last year after maternity leave, she grappled with postpartum depression that she says could have led to quitting her job.

ESPN.com

Miller on MSG return: 'The Boogeyman is coming'

Reggie Miller will be back at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, and he light-heartedly warned Knicks fans that "the Boogeyman is coming back."

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ESPN

Predicting conference semifinal matchups: Celtics-Cavs, Thunder-Mavs

Which teams will reach the conference finals? Our experts make their picks for each second-round matchup.

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Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon

Luka vs. Lu, backcourt battles: Biggest factors in Thunder-Mavs, Celtics-Cavs series

Our experts reveal the biggest factors to watch heading into the second-round playoff series between the Thunder and Mavericks and the Celtics and Cavaliers.

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Luke Broadwater

Senators Seek to Curb Facial Recognition at Airports, Citing Privacy Concerns

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to add language to the reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration that would halt expansion of the technology.

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Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

NYT > Home Page

Kate Christobek, Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich

Prosecutors Mine ‘How To Get Rich’ and Other Trump Books For Quotes

Donald J. Trump’s books provided prosecutors with passages they believe can help their case, as they argue that he knew that his company falsified business records to cover up a hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels.

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Jess Bidgood

Trump, Who Celebrated Jan. 6, Cheers Crackdown on College Protesters

The former president’s calls for order in college unrest contrast with how he talks about Jan. 6.

Wired Top Stories

Julian Chokkattu

Google Pixel 8A: News, Specs, Features, Price, Release Date

The company’s refined midrange Android phone packs its flagship Tensor G3 chipset. The handset was announced ahead of next week’s Google I/O conference.

SBNation.com

James Dator

Rudy Gobert missed NBA Playoffs game for child birth 9 months after joking he lost virginity

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Congrats on the sex, Rudy.

Rudy Gobert missed Game 2 of the Wolves series against the Nuggets to be there for the birth of his child, but it’s the interesting timing of the birth that has people a little curious on Tuesday morning.

That’s because nine months ago, almost to the day, he hit his first three pointer and had a curious quote about it.

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Mark Schofield

ESPN releases massive viewer numbers for F1 Miami Grand Prix

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Sunday’s Miami Grand Prix was a huge win on the track, and in the ratings

Formula 1 has seen tremendous growth over the past few seasons, particularly in the United States. The popularity of the Netflix docuseries “Drive to Survive” along with the expansion of the F1 calendar to three races in the United States — including last season’s debut Las Vegas Grand Prix — has helped create a new generation of F1 fans in...

SBNation.com

Mark Schofield

The real winner of the F1 Miami Grand Prix? Leo Leclerc

Leo Leclerc was the real winner of the Miami Grand Prix

Lando Norris stormed to the front at last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, beating Max Verstappen to the checkered flag for the first win of his Formula 1 career. That victory earned the driver praise from around the paddock, and touched off an epic celebration in the paddock at McLaren, one that even rival Team Principal Frederic Vasseur joined in on.

But while most weekends that would make Norris the biggest winner of the...

Mashable

Apple iPad Event: 4 AI features announced

At Apple's May 7 iPad event on Tuesday, the tech giant unveiled the iPad Air and iPad Pro with some snazzy new AI capabilities.

The iPad Air has an M2 chip, which offers AI features for design and photo editing. But the iPad Pro now comes with an M4 chip, confirming some last minute rumors, Apple leapfrogged over the M3 chip and, instead, packed the iPad Pro with an M4 chip. The chip has an upgraded Neural Engine for accelerating machine learning tasks, and can handle 38 trillion operations...

Mashable

How to preorder the new Apple iPad Pro (2024)

PRE-ORDER NOW: Shoppers can reserve the new Apple iPad Pro (2024) through the Apple Store as of May 7. The 11-inch model starts at $999, while the 13-inch version starts at $1,299. You can get them both as soon as May 15.

Where to preorder the Apple iPad Pro (2024): 11-inch model Apple iPad...

Mashable

Apple iPad event: Adaptive True Tone flash announced for better document scanning

Apple held a major iPad event on Tuesday and announced lots of new products and features. Among them was Adaptive True Tone flash for its newly announced iPad Pro. This is the sort of announcement that might not seem major but could be huge for folks using their iPad in a professional setting.

OK, so...what is Adaptive True Tone flash? It's a complicated-sounding name for an improved flash feature in the new iPad Pro's camera. It is primarily aimed at scanning documents. If you're trying to...

The Verge

Justine Calma

Can drones help the National Weather Service better predict a devastating tornado?

An aerial view shows homes destroyed by a tornado on March 15th, 2024, in Winchester, Indiana. | Photo by Scott Olson / Getty Images

Verizon’s first responder network inked a deal to share its drones with the National Weather Service in the hopes of “rapidly” deploying the drones to survey the aftermath of storms and tornadoes.

The US copes with more tornadoes than any other country, and millions of Americans have been under tornado watches this week as storms sweep across the...

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