This founder went from designing Happy Meal toys to making prosthetic skulls for a living—and her company now rakes in 20 million a year (finance.yahoo.com)
Job openings have plunged 32% since ChatGPT''s debut—now, 35K healthcare work is one career option left for Gen Z, according to a Stanford study (news.google.com)
Prompt engineering is evolving fast, and GitHub is where that evolution lives.If you’re serious about mastering how AI systems think, these 5 repositories will save you months of trial and error. (dev.to)
If someone told me a few years ago that I would publish 40 books on AI, coding, automation, and productivity, and many would become bestsellers, I would have laughed.Because I was not a traditional coder! (dev.to)
Inside Curtis Sliwa’s Never-Ending Campaign - The Republican candidate for New York City mayor has been aggressively ramping up his campaign, even if it’s to the benefit of Zohran Mamdani. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Trump and Hegseth’s vision of the military, Kelefa Sanneh’s review of two books about African decolonization, and Justin Chang’s review of “One Battle After Another.” (www.newyorker.com)
A Bulgarian Novelist Explores What Dies When Your Father Does - Writing about a son’s vigil at his dying father’s bedside, Georgi Gospodinov examines what parents and their children reap and sow. (www.newyorker.com)
“On Being Watched from Above,” by Carolyn Forché - “They see everything not only from the air but from the side and rear. / To help you stay invisible these tips have been compiled.” (www.newyorker.com)
The Remarkable Quotidian of Peter Hujar - In 1974, the photographer described his day to a journalist: a shoot with Allen Ginsberg, a chat with Susan Sontag. The delayed result: “Peter Hujar’s Day,” a film by Ira Sachs. (www.newyorker.com)
Mobsters We Have Seen on High - The jewel heist at the Louvre reminded Brooklynites of the time, in 1952, when two bejewelled crowns were swiped from a beloved local church—the one with a Mob boss on the ceiling. (www.newyorker.com)
Joachim Trier Has Put Oslo on the Cinematic Map - His new film, “Sentimental Value,” is another intimate character study set in the Norwegian capital. His approach to directing is as empathic as his films. (www.newyorker.com)
The Doctor’s Plan - I know why I’m here today, Mr. Secretary. An inquiry? Right. It’s a setup, but I got this place surrounded with nurses, and every last one knows how to apply a tongue depressor. (www.newyorker.com)
Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir - The actor recalls his life, from provincial Wales to Hollywood, in stop-start rhythms with curt, unflinching reckonings. (www.newyorker.com)
At Ninety, Arvo Pärt and Terry Riley Still Sound Vital - Both composers remain intriguing outliers, notable for the stubbornness with which they have held to their youthful convictions. (www.newyorker.com)
Staten Island’s New Oyster Cult - New York Harbor was once jammed with bivalves. Now the Billion Oyster Project seeds breakwaters with baby shellfish—not for eating but for purifying the local waters. (www.newyorker.com)
The Surprising Endurance of Martha Stewart’s “Entertaining” - Home-cooking culture has leaned into the loose and unfussy. Stewart’s 1982 classic, newly reissued, makes the case for hosting as an endurance sport. (www.newyorker.com)
Miss America Meets the Queen of Versailles - Cassie Donegan dreams of making it to Broadway. After seeing the new musical “The Queen of Versailles,” she got some tips from an old pal, the “Wicked” alum Kristin Chenoweth. (www.newyorker.com)
What Zohran Mamdani’s Bid for Mayor Reveals About Being Muslim in America - The Islamophobic attacks on the candidate carry the weight of history and the urgency of the present. (www.newyorker.com)
Abigail Spanberger Thinks That Democrats Need to Listen More - The front-runner for Virginia governor has long made the case for moderation. (www.newyorker.com)