Dear Everyone Who Completely Ruined Their Gmail Thanks To Viral Posts And Articles
Google says that no, they’re actually not training their AI on your email. (And if they were, would opting out of “smart features” actually...
The Met Says There Was A ‘Security Lapse’ That Let Protestors Disrupt Carmen The...
A security guard (now suspended from his job) was not at his post. “That allowed the two protesters to walk on a narrow ledge...
The Words English Speakers Use Only In Highly Specific Circumstances
Diametrically together? Bode excellently? - Mental Floss
What The Ed Sheeran Documentary Shows About Culture Is, Honestly, A Little Depressing
Not because of the skill of the one-take camera crew. “We know, of course, that being a very famous person these days involves having...
So Long, Jim Henson Company Studio, And Thanks For All The Fraggles
No Muppets will be on sale - thanks to their purchase by HBO - but among the hundreds of items up for auction as...
More Than Half Of The Novelists In Britain Think That Software, AKA AI, Will...
“Many participants reported that their work had already been used without their permission to train large language models, and more than a third (39%)...
When Oprah Picks An Argument With You Even As She Picks Your Book
Novelist Ann Packer is OK with that. “As any veteran author knows, books that get people talking have a better chance of bubbling up...
Gamers Are Running Scenarios In Fortnite To Prepare For ICE Raids
One of the organizers: “It’s a way to get folks to know or get used to what might look like. … What their...
Protesters Interrupt Performance Of Carmen At The Met
“While it was not immediately clear what they were protesting, eyewitnesses said one of them had denounced David H. Koch, the billionaire industrialist, a...
The Wicked Sequel Is Doing Solid Box Office Numbers, But Can It Win Over...
“One oddly uniting factor among Best Picture sequels is how few of them managed to compete in the acting categories.” - Vulture
Ireland’s Alt-Music Scene Was Nowhere – And Now It’s Spreading Throughout The World
“A generation of gen Z and millennial artists are reckoning with what it meant to come of age through recession, austerity and the tail...
Who Is AI Nostalgia Slop Even For?
“It’s hard not to see the platform as a place where users are encouraged to double down on familiar archetypes instead of making something...
What Happened To Al Rockoff’s Historic Photos Of Cambodia Is A Cautionary Tale Of...
A man who said he would help Rockoff - one of the last photographers in Phnom Penh as the Khmer Rouge marched in -...
Top Hollywood Agency Takes On New Client: Parmigiano Reggiano. No, Not Some Drag King,...
“The Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium has revealed that United Talent Agency (UTA) has signed the governing body for ‘the king of cheeses’ to get the...
Superman Comic No.1 Sells For Record Price
A copy of Superman No 1 that was discovered in an attic in California last year has become the world’s most expensive comic book after selling...
How The New York Times Crossword Became Political
In an excerpt from his book Across the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle, crossword constructor and former Will Shortz...
BBC Is Now Losing $1 Billion/Year In Lost Licensing
The BBC is now losing more than £1bn a year from households either evading the licence fee or deciding they do not need one, according to...
Research: Students Learning With AI Say They Learn Less
The data revealed a consistent pattern: People who learned about a topic through an LLM versus web search felt that they learned less, invested...
Louvre President, Under Fire, Defends The Museum
Some, including a prominent art critic, have said she should lose her job, and she has been called to testify twice before Parliament. The...
Donald McIntyre, Great Wagnerian Bass-Baritone, Is Dead At 91
His powerful voice, authoritative presence and incisive musicianship led him to a major international career including the Met, Covent Garden, and La Scala. He...
Three Bids To Buy Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix, Paramount and Comcast submitted bids to acquire the Hollywood colossus, which owns the Warner Bros. movie studio, HBO, and cable networks like CNN...
Frida Kahlo Painting Sells for $54.7 — Most Ever For A Woman Artist
The 1940 canvas, “The Dream (The Bed),” topped the previous record held by a $44.4 million Georgia O’Keeffe, “Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1” that sold...
We Think We Need To Get Bigger To Be Happy. That’s Wrong
We tend to believe that to be happier, we need to become bigger in our own mind, and in the minds of others. But that’s wrong....
Biosensors Could Transform Medical Care For Dancers
“Biosensors are devices designed to measure real-time processes and responses within the body, like a person’s heart rate, blood oxygen level, and sleep quality....
Kennedy Center Boss Pushes Back Against NYT Story Of Gross Mismanagement
The NYT and the Senator’s letter writer are going to be embarrassed. We have a balanced budget, we’ve raised a whopping $117 MILLION under @realDonaldTrump -...
