Google and Microsoft's AI stress test
One of the hardest parts of life behind bars is going years without your favorite comfort meal.
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A campaign is pushing the New York Public Library to return the set of toys that inspired A. A. Milne to write the Winnie-the-Pooh stories to the United Kingdom once and for all. The NYPL owns the actual Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Kanga, and a cohort of British fans want…
The AI trade’s quarterly checkup
New York City had an electric summer following the Knicks victory in the NBA Finals, and that sweet victory was enjoyed by basically everyone, with a few exceptions. One of those exceptions is “people who work for New York Knicks owner James Dolan.” When and how you have heard…
Netflix’s Indian summer
The days of playing a housekeeper at the Airbnb you already paid a cleaning fee for are over.
Wall Street gets a peak inside Anthropic
The Los Angeles Dodgers were favorites to win this year’s World Series. And when they were surprisingly swept by the Milwaukee Brewers, it wasn’t just the team that lost – businesses around Dodger stadium also saw potential revenue evaporate.
Meta has billions riding on its Muse
Usually you want a taco that has some varying texture. A woman in Texas is suing a regional taco chain, Torchy’s Tacos, for $250,000 after nearly swallowing a cow tooth.
Soda streaming wars
Who’s for a game of six degrees of sartorial separation? Kevin Bacon, whose name lends itself to a game where people have to connect Hollywood figures back to the “Footloose” star in as few steps as possible, now hopes to be linked up with something much dearer to him: a box of…