Some South Korean Workers Return to Georgia Factory After U.S. Reissues Visas
The State Department has reissued visas for many workers detained in a September raid, lawyers said, as the Trump administration tries to undo damage from the operation.
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How to Identify a Prime Number without a Computer
Is 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727 prime? Before you ask the Internet for an answer, can you consider how you might answer that question without a computer or even a digital calculator? In the 1800s French mathematician Édouard Lucas spent years proving that this 39-digit number was indeed prime. How did he do it? Lucas, who incidentally also designed…
Microsoft’s plan to fix its chip problem is, partly, to let OpenAI do the heavy lifting
Microsoft is taking a page from OpenAI’s playbook, literally. Bloomberg first reported that the tech giant plans to leverage its partner’s custom chip development to bolster its own struggling semiconductor efforts, a move that looks increasingly pragmatic given Microsoft’s lackluster performance compared to rivals like Google and Amazon. The arrangement is straightforward: OpenAI is designing…
This Week in Sports Trivia: November 13, 2025
There is no denying that the New York Giants are a storied NFL franchise. Only two teams (the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears) have won more games, only three (the Steelers, Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys) have made more playoff appearances, and only four (the Steelers, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Cowboys)…
George and Amal Clooney’s children: Everything to know about twins Alexander and Ella, explained
They’re the children of a Hollywood megastar and his human rights lawyer wife. Despite famously declaring he would never again marry or have kids, George Clooney is now both a doting husband to wife Amal and father of their twins, Ella and Alexander. But while the very private pair never share photos of their children’s…
In the Faroe Islands’ Soccer Team, the Players Also Have Day Jobs
The Faroe Islands, rugged green specks in the North Atlantic, are an underdog. Most of the guys on the team have day jobs.
Sequencing Hitler’s genome teaches us nothing useful about his crimes
Adolf Hitler’s genome has been sequenced for a TV documentary Smith Archive/Alamy If you resort to mentioning Adolf Hitler, some say, you have lost the argument. If you resort to sequencing Hitler’s DNA to try to get more eyeballs for your TV channel, I would say you have just plain lost it. And yet the…
Google will let ‘experienced users’ keep sideloading Android apps
Google says that it’s softening its plan to require every Android developer — even outside of the Play Store — to verify their identity, a move which critics warned could kill sideloading for good. The company now says it’s developing a workflow to allow “experienced users” to install apps from unverified developers. Mandatory verification for…
2025 NFL rookie report: Best and most disappointing player for every team
Halfway through a rookie season is not a large enough sample size to make determinations on how a career will play out, but it is worthwhile to take inventory on immediate contributions provided by each draft class. Who has been the best rookie performer for each team? Most disappointing? CBSSports.com also recently graded each first-round pick,…
Dolly Parton has ‘no time’ to get old
13 November 2025 Dolly Parton hasn’t “got time to get old”. Dolly Parton turns 80 in January The Jolene singer will turn 80 in January but she isn’t worried about ageing because she feels like she is “just getting started” and has other things to focus on. She told People magazine: “People say, ‘Well, you’re…