A static electricity mystery comes to the surface
Seemingly random charging of identical materials depends on the carbonaceous molecules stuck to their surfaces
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OpenAI’s new frontier models mark a huge change in how AI will be built
I test drove both. Here’s what I learned. In early March, OpenAI unleashed a one-two punch, dropping two major frontier models just days apart.
The big hit? The WBC. Still looking for that big hit? Team USA.
MIAMI — The victors erupted onto the field and into multiple dogpiles. Some wore national flags around their shoulders. Within minutes, the Venezuelans wore T-shirts that read: “The Best Baseball in the World.” The players from the United States watched from their dugout. Within minutes, they trudged back onto the field so a silver medal could be…
Weighing the Costs of Corporate Silence
The days of the quarterly earnings report could be numbered as the Securities and Exchange Commission is said to weigh a rule change. What it could mean for investors is likely to stir debate.
Gabriel LaBelle Brings Charm To Dempsey Bryk’s Raucous Comedy
After making a film about an obsessive teenage wannabe Hollywood director, Gabriel LaBelle went from The Fabelmans (2022) — in which he starred as a thinly veiled version of its co-writer-director Steven Spielberg — to a film about an aspiring 30-year-old TV showrunner, playing SNL creator Lorne Michaels in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night (2024). Dempsey…
Over 200 Ukrainian Experts in Middle East to Help Fight Drones, Zelensky Says
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that 11 countries in the region have asked for Kyiv’s assistance. Russia has launched such drones against Ukraine for years.
A silent immune attack on the kidneys afflicts many people. New treatments could make early diagnosis lifesaving
This article is part of “Innovations In: Kidney Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. The man in his 50s arrived at Ellie Kelepouris’s office carrying a sheaf of medical records. They contained years’ worth of laboratory test results that showed microscopic traces of blood in his urine….
Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack
Marquis, a technology company used by hundreds of banks to analyze and visualize their customers’ data, says hundreds of thousands of people had their personal and sensitive financial information stolen in a ransomware attack last year. The Plano, Texas-based fintech company is notifying at least 672,075 people that hackers stole their information during the August…
Why Venezuela-Team USA WBC final is a win for all of baseball
MIAMI — Heartbreak fresh, emotional wound still gaping, epic home run for naught, Bryce Harper traipsed across the field at LoanDepot Park and into the middle of a celebration. Venezuela had just won the World Baseball Classic, the greatest victory in the country’s rich baseball history, and Harper wanted to pay homage. The game demanded…
bitchy | Prince William dropped by to ride a tandem bike with Greg James for Comic Relief
On Tuesday, Prince William decided to do something different. He joined a friend on a tandem bike ride for charity. The backstory: Radio deejay Greg James lost his father to a stroke very recently, and James decided to undertake a thousand-kilometer bike trek to fundraise for Comic Relief. James was also recently part of Prince…