Few birthday celebrations can ever match the surreal spectacle that the Iraqi state would enforce each year that Saddam Hussein would complete a lap around the sun. Since he took power in 1979, every corner of the country would be enveloped in a month-long period of celebration. One of the bizarre rituals enforced as part of the festivities was “draw day”, where...
Few Hollywood directors deserve a second chance more than Gore Verbinski. A man who had as much creative success as he did in the first decade-plus of the 21st century (kicking off the J‑horror trend with his brilliant remake of The Ring; raking in billions with his imaginative Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy; winning an Oscar for his debut animated feature Rango) did not deserve to...
On Wednesday, xAI took the rare step of publishing a full 45-minute all-hands meeting video on X, making it publicly accessible. Details of the Tuesday night meeting were previously reported by The New York Times, which may have influenced xAI’s decision to post the video online. The full video reveals significant new details about Musk’s plans for the AI lab,...
Samsung sent out invites Tuesday to its next Galaxy Unpacked event, scheduled for February 25 in San Francisco, where the company is expected to launch its Galaxy 26 series of smartphones. AI features will be at the forefront again, as the company said the upcoming phones are “built to simplify everyday interactions, inspire confidence and make Galaxy AI feel seamlessly...
The most seductive narrative in American work culture right now isn’t that AI will take your job. It’s that AI will save you from it. That’s the version the industry has spent the last three years selling to millions of nervous people who are eager to buy it. Yes, some white-collar jobs will disappear. But for most other roles, the...
Josh Miele explains the nuances of a tactile map of a Bay Area Rapid Transit station.Credit: Laurie UdeskyWorking scientist profilesThis article is part of an occasional series in which Nature profiles scientists with unusual career histories or outside interests.Fifty-seven-year-old Josh Miele is a blind scientist, an inventor of adaptive technology and a 2021 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ fellow. In the 1990s,...
Homeless shelter capacity has been increased following a period of freezing temperatures in the city. Source link...
Central Virginians are still experiencing the effects of January's severe winter weather. Data from state health agencies shows it's caused more injuries than any storms in the past several years. Source link...
(RNS) — Multnomah University was facing the end of its days. “We have cried, prayed, and walked a difficult path together as a community,” the Christian school’s president, Jessica Taylor, said in a 2023 video. “Without God’s provision, there was no path forward.” Then, in the fall of 2023, Taylor announced a new “transformative partnership” with Jessup University, a similarly...
Women who follow a Mediterranean-style eating pattern may face a lower risk of stroke, according to research published on February 4, 2026, in Neurology Open Access, a journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study found a strong relationship between this diet and reduced stroke risk, though it does not show that the diet directly prevents strokes. Instead, it...
