El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods
The powerful weather pattern is expected to shift into gear again around June, NOAA said, though its strength this time remains a question.
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Why I’m still an environmental optimist – despite it all
It is easy to be defeatist about the fate of our planet. There is an ongoing climate crisis, extinctions are in overdrive, forests are disappearing, water cycles are collapsing and pollution is choking cities and creating dead zones in the oceans. And there is also US President Donald Trump, who thinks the science behind climate…
Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars
It still feels like a technological marvel: Waymo’s autonomous cars are now transporting passengers across six cities. Alas, this driverless future comes with its own set of problems. These vehicles can be rendered inert if a passenger accidentally leaves the door open. According to a Reddit post, one DoorDash driver discovered this issue when an…
Tatiana Huezo, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Levan Akin Among First Recipients
The Fondazione Prada has unveiled the feature film projects selected for the first funding round of its new film fund. Launched during the Venice Film Festival last September, the Fondazione Prada Film Fund marks a new phase in the Italian fashion’s house 20-year relationship with cinema, which sees it get behind feature films for the…
To Thrive in the AI Era, Companies Need Agent Managers
Zach Stauber’s day begins before the first customer support ticket even lands in the queue. Stauber, a support agent manager at Salesforce, a global company that provides businesses with a customer relationship management (CRM) platform, manages a fleet of generative AI support agents across support, sales, and marketing on a platform the company calls. Stauber…
Chloe Kim, once a teenage phenom, loses to a new one.
Kim was upset in heavy snow by a new star, 17-year-old, Choi Gaon of South Korea, in the women’s halfpipe.
The tunnel runway at the Super Bowl – and the rise of the ‘unicorn bag’ | Fashion
On Sunday night the Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, Bad Bunny put on a spectacular half-time show, and multiple players all walked down the tunnel from the car park to the dressing rooms carrying the same logo’d bag. The bag in question, by luxury French brand Goyard, isn’t part…
Ring calls off partnership with police surveillance provider Flock Safety
Ring has canceled its partnership with Flock Safety, after receiving backlash for running a Super Bowl ad touting its Search Party feature. If you’ll recall, Ring revealed back in October 2025 that it was entering a partnership with the surveillance company, which would make it possible for law enforcement to ask smart doorbell owners for…
bitchy | “Pam Bondi’s Congressional testimony should have been career-ending” links
Pam Bondi’s testimony before Congress did not go well. In the before-times, if an Attorney General had behaved like a drunk, racist, hysterical, frantic dumbass before Congress, it would have ended her career. But not these days. [Buzzfeed]Does Jacob Elordi have a legit shot at winning an Oscar? [LaineyGossip]Methinks the Trump people cooked the books…
Puravankara posts ₹58 crore net profit in Q3FY26, revenue up 231% | Company Results
Bengaluru-based real estate developer Puravankara Ltd reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 58.48 crore for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 ended in December, compared to a loss of Rs 93.73 crore in the same period last year. The company said the turnaround reflects a sharp recovery, driven by improved execution, timely project…