03-23 Saudi Arabia Joins Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Oman and More to Forge Stronger US Alliances, A Strategic Shift to Reshape Global Trade, Air Travel, and Energy Security (news.google.com)
02-07 YouTube Revenue for Full-Year 2025 Topped 60 Billion, Making Video Platform Bigger Than Netflix Ad revenue hit record 11.38 billion in Q4 but fell short of Wall Street expectations (old.reddit.com)
02-06 Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits / A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim 8.5 million in damages. (old.reddit.com)
02-06 After 3 years of negotiations with Microsoft, Blizzard QA workers win a new contract guaranteeing ''better working environment with increased pay, benefits, and layoff protections'' (old.reddit.com)
02-06 Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting (old.reddit.com)
03-23 Natural gas prices in Texas plunge deep into negative territory and producers are burning it off, while the rest of the world braces for shortages (finance.yahoo.com)
03-22 Nvidia To Deliver 1 Million AI Chips To Amazon Web Services By 2027 In Massive Multi-Chip Deal Set To Supercharge Inference And Cloud Computing (finance.yahoo.com)
15:00 Behind the rise of Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxing’ there are insecure young men who feel they don’t measure up Jason Okundaye (www.theguardian.com)
03-21 Ukraine says its ''red'' team forces beat NATO''s ''blue'' team forces in every combat scenario during recent naval drone drills (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 I adopted a new fitness strategy in my 40s that''s helped me run half-marathons, hold handstands, and do pull-ups as I age (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 An 80-year-old was scammed out of 285,000. His computer was accessed remotely, and his money turned into cryptocurrency. (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 My first performance review after maternity leave was disappointing. It was difficult to be a great mom and a great employee. (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 I thought using AI and vibe coding could protect me from job cuts, but Amazon still laid me off. Here''s what I learned. (www.businessinsider.com)
03-23 “Coots,” by Rosanna Warren - “Were they coots, those dark birds with flashy / white bills, swimming together in circles / on winter waves?” (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 “Midnight in the Pain-Relief Aisle of CVS Thinking About ‘The Cloud of Unknowing’,” by Donna Masini - “Pain ricochets around my skull / like an aspirin commercial from the sixties.” (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 Between Sting and the Deep Blue Sea - The Police front man’s 2014 musical, “The Last Ship,” was inspired by his gritty working-class childhood in England. Now a revamped production—featuring Shaggy—is docking at the Metropolitan Opera. (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 A Bingo Card for Spring in New York City - Do you have “UPS Guy in Shorts,” “Stoop Weirdo,” or “Park Teeming with Hinge Dates”? (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 Under the Influence at the Whitney Biennial - How the artists in this year’s survey do or, more often, don’t acknowledge those who paved the way for them. (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 Steve Zahn’s Father-Daughter Dance - At a Broadway studio, the actor busts a move with his daughter, Audrey, who also happens to be his inspiration (and co-star) for his new film, “She Dances.” (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 The “Baritenor” Michael Spyres Soars in the Met’s New “Tristan und Isolde” - At the Met, Michael Spyres uses his broad vocal range to stunning effect, but Lise Davidsen loses power when she leaves her brilliant upper register. (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Queuing up is the new normal, especially when it comes to the T.S.A. Fifty minutes, two hours, half a day—how much time is a flight (or a cronut or a ticket to a Harry Styles show) worth? (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 How Trump’s Iran War Could Torch the Global Economy - A conflict that was supposed to be brief has sent oil prices soaring and raised the risk of a worldwide recession. (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 The Return of Staten Island’s Secession Movement - For more than a hundred years, the city’s most isolated borough has threatened to leave. After the election of Zohran Mamdani, some on the island think it’s time. (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 Schools to Root for After Your Bracket Fails - To keep March Madness interesting, why not go with your mom’s alma mater? Or the college with a celebrity’s kid? (www.newyorker.com)
03-23 Does A.I. Need a Constitution? - Jill Lepore writes about “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist” and A.I. constitutions, like that of Anthropic’s chatbot Claude. (www.newyorker.com)
03-22 The Distant Promise of Iran’s Would-Be King - The U.S.-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic is Reza Pahlavi’s best chance to resume his family’s reign in nearly fifty years—will it pass him by? (www.newyorker.com)
03-22 How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really? - From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously blurry. (www.newyorker.com)
03-22 “Floating,” by Souvankham Thammavongsa - After he left, I said to my friend, “I like him. Is he single?” My friend said he’d never mentioned a partner. (www.newyorker.com)