Seventeen Percent of Voters Blame Biden for the End of Roe
Nearly one in five voters in battleground states says that President Biden is responsible for ending the constitutional right to abortion, a new poll found, despite the fact that he…
A.I. Program Aims to Break Barriers for Female Students
Over the last 10 months, Chelsea Prudencio, a junior at Baruch College in Manhattan, got a crash course in artificial intelligence through a new program for lower-income, Latina and Black…
Why Is Car Insurance So Expensive?
If your car broke down two years ago, it probably became a bigger problem than you bargained for. A confluence of forces were to blame: The Covid pandemic disrupted supply…
Emcee Squared: Joel Grey and Eddie Redmayne on ‘Cabaret’
Eddie Redmayne had never seen “Cabaret” when, as a 15-year-old student at Eton, he was first cast as the Emcee, the indecorous impresario of the bawdy Berlin nightclub where the…
The Old-Fashioned Library at the Heart of the A.I. Boom
The two-story library has Oriental rugs, shaded lamps dotting its desks and rows of hardbacks lining its walls. It is the architectural centerpiece of the offices of OpenAI, the start-up…
Senators Propose $32 Billion in Annual A.I. Spending but Defer Regulation
A bipartisan group of senators released a long-awaited legislative plan for artificial intelligence on Wednesday, calling for billions in funding to propel American leadership in the technology while offering few…
Antisemitism Accusations Against Staff Pose Dilemma for School Leaders
Throughout a series of congressional hearings about what public schools and universities are doing to combat antisemitism, Republicans keep hammering school leaders on one question. Why haven’t they fired educators…
‘Chelsea’ Asked for Nude Pictures. Then the Sextortion Began.
The Instagram message popped up from a girl named Chelsea: “Howdy.” David didn’t know anyone named Chelsea, but he clicked through her profile: She had brown hair and a nice…
What to Do if You Are Threatened With Sextortion
The picture-taker hits send. The threats begin. Take a breath; there are things you can do. 1. First of all, don’t pay the scammer. According to experts, it won’t help.…
What ‘The Wire’ Teaches About Institutions | naked capitalism
Yves here. Not being a TV watcher, I cannot opine on the use of The Wire as an example of how things work. But some shows have seemed to have…