Even as OpenAI debuted its flashy new chatbot, John Mulaney’s Saymo, a Serve Robotics delivery robot, presented a lovable side of technology.
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If Trump resurrects the Comstock Act, the tech sector can expect to see many more criminal subpoenas for our data.
Former President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to criminalize abortion, telling Time last month he would not intervene in decisions to monitor or prosecute pregnant people. Trump’s fervor to limit reproductive freedom is far from surprising—after all, he has repeatedly taken credit for overturning Roe v. Wade. But buried in the wide-ranging interview was a new...
If you play it just right, both your tea and your romance will be the talk of the ton.
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Sleep starting to feel less like a luxury? It might be time for a new mattress, and they’re often discounted.
And it's not just Netflix—Max, Disney+, and even YouTube are also turning their attention to series, sports, and shorts.
Plus, the grilling of Michael Cohen.
President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli opposition.
The Vipp Pedal Bin has been reinterpreted by artists including Damien Hirst and Yoko Ono. Now, contemporary artist Alice Ronchi is putting her own spin on the classic.
In the vast, ancient world of product design, there’s one 85-year-old classic so iconic that it’s served as a muse for dozens of artists, including Bono, Yoko Ono, Yves Behar, and Damien Hirst. This product has been turned into a car, a robot, and a grill; crushed in a hydraulic press; re-created into a tiny digital image...
In their new book, Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang explore what venture capitalists can teach us about working more efficiently.
“I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities—and found no statues of committees,” proclaimed the famous British writer G. K. Chesterton. VCs are well aware of inefficiencies and biases in groups; they also know that these biases are particularly dangerous in a highly uncertain world. And they know that team members with prepared minds can make the right...
Resilience is not something you have to practice or build. It’s not mental toughness or control. It’s not avoiding, denying, or fixing your feelings.
Opinions about resilience are like belly buttons—everyone has one. But whatever your view, there’s no denying we live in unprecedented times that require the best of us, which includes courage, clarity, compassion, and creativity.
As the government opens up investigations into multiple companies developing autonomous vehicles, some wonder whether the tech can really be slowed down.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s recently announced investigation into self-driving company Waymo is just the latest of many such probes.
As the Senate moves to consider banning forced arbitration in age-discrimination cases, it’s time for companies to act to support older workers.
For nearly 50 years, Joanne Grace served her Ohio community as a registered nurse and, later, as a patient advocate. She loved her job and her patients, who benefited tremendously from the care only someone with her deep experience can bring.
Upscale lets you say so long to old, low-res images.
These fancy-schmancy phones of ours sure can take some phenomenal photos, but you know what? That incredible quality also highlights just how awful our older images are in comparison.
I can't believe we've reached the point in society where a man not having dried pee on his floor is a "green flag," but here we are.
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A trillion cicadas are about to emerge. They’re a little early thanks to climate change.
This story was originally published by WBEZ and Grist and is reprinted here with permission.
The approach is controversial—but experts say the research shouldn’t be.
When it comes to curbing the climate crisis, reducing our emissions won’t be enough on its own. Experts say we’ll likely need to take additional steps, like carbon removal or reflecting sunlight back into space.
Ben Collins, a former political disinformation reporter at NBC News, is working to make satire great again.
As a political disinformation reporter at NBC News, Ben Collins spent the past six years investigating extremism and online conspiracies. He probed the darkest abysses of the internet to uncover QAnon theories, militia plots, and sometimes a disturbing manifesto posted “on the worst website you’ve ever seen in your life.” It was, he says, “gruesome.”
Managers new to leading their peers can re-create healthier power dynamics than what they experienced earlier.
When I managed an entire team of young employees as a first-time leader, I had no idea my desire to be liked, my need for affirmation, and my discomfort with conflict were directly impacting company culture. It wasn’t until after the firm was acquired that I began to connect my people-pleasing tendencies and my efficacy as a leader.
A new book by designer Jesse Reed gives unsung book covers their due.
In the age of fickle online trends, font horoscopes, and tiny mics, what room is there to engage with the humble mass-market paperback of yesteryear?
A new book, Second Hand, dusts off should-be-classic book covers that have largely been forgotten, and pulls out new design lessons from old tricks. Jesse Reed, the book’s author and cofounder of the design studio Order, compiled images of hundreds of secondhand modernist...
"To quote a Latvian woman I met on my trip: 'You hear Americans coming like the thunder.'
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