Trump Allies Look to Benefit From Pro Bono Promises by Elite Law Firms
Veterans, in particular, are seeking free legal work from firms that cut deals with the White House like Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul Weiss.
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Math Puzzle: Measure the Star
The regular dodecagon and the blue star inside it both have a side length of 1 unit. What is the area of the star? Show puzzle solution The regular dodecagon with side length 1 above is composed of a dark blue star and 12 light blue equilateral triangles with side length 1. The regular dodecagon…
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Just 24 hours left to lock in Early Bird pricing for TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 — happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. Save up to $900 on your pass, or bring someone brilliant with you for 90% off their ticket. This deal ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. PT. Grab your Early Bird discount…
Tatyana Ali Says Rose McGowan Stood Up To ‘Jawbreaker’ Set Bully
Although Courtney Shayne might be the ultimate onscreen mean girl, Rose McGowan was a fierce girl’s girl behind the scenes. More than 25 years after playing Brenda in Jawbreaker (1999), Tatyana Ali called McGowan “a real one” and reminisced about the actress standing up for her against an on-set bully while making the Darren Stein-helmed…
At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work
Pushed to use artificial intelligence, software developers at the e-commerce giant say they must work faster and have less time to think. Others welcome the shift.
Israel’s Campaign to Win Eurovision Went All the Way to the Top
Government social media accounts and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined a campaign to encourage people to vote for Israel’s entrant.
The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish
CT scan of the front of a skate, showing the hard, tooth-like denticles (orange) on its skin Yara Haridy Teeth first evolved as sensory organs, not for chewing, according to a new analysis of animal fossils. The first tooth-like structures seem to have been sensitive nodules on the skin of early fish that could detect…
The mystique of Chinese founders
This weekend: A Singapore startup that’s getting a lot of investor interest, the return of a Carousell co-founder, and a Chinese EV’s stunning surge in Southeast Asia.
bitchy | Prince William will want Beatrice & Eugenie to be working royals in his reign?
As we’ve discussed, the York princesses are slowly making some moves within the royal family. Both Princess Eugenie and Beatrice went to the royal Easter service in Windsor this year. Princess Beatrice attended a fundraiser for Queen Camilla’s late brother’s charity. Princess Eugenie attended the Buckingham Palace garden party hosted by Prince William and Kate…
South Korea frontrunner Lee suggests extending U.S. tariff talks
Lee Jae-myung, mayor of Seongnam city, on Nov. 23, 2016. Lee is rising in opinion polls with about a year to go until South Korea’s next presidential election. He wants to break up the country’s biggest companies, meet unconditionally with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and throw President Park Geun-hye in jail over an…