In the Pacific, Unkept U.S. Promises on Climate Cut Deep
Pacific island nations have seen American pledges and attention come and go with geopolitical winds. Recent U.S. pullbacks are met with disappointment but not surprise.
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OpenAI secures Microsoft’s blessing to transition its for-profit arm
OpenAI announced Thursday it reached a nonbinding agreement with Microsoft, its largest investor, on a revised partnership that would allow the startup to convert its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). The transition, should it be cleared by state regulators, could allow OpenAI to raise additional capital from investors and, eventually, become a…
Netflix Unveils Three New Japanese Series ‘Steel Ball Run,’ ‘Straight To Hell’ & ‘Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?’
Marking its 10th anniversary in the country this month, Netflix has unveiled three new Japanese series set to premiere next year. Comedy series Did Someone Happen to Mention Me? is in production, starring Koji Yakusho, who won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023 for his performance in Perfect Days. The Netflix series…
Air Mail, a Digital Weekly, Is Expected to Be Acquired by Puck
Graydon Carter, a former editor of Vanity Fair, had been shopping around his media start-up for a year.
Jair Bolsonaro Is Convicted
The 70-year-old former Brazilian president was sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting a failed coup.
Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the “green backlash”
“Disaffection with climate policies has two root causes: economic and cultural” Alex Ramsay/Alamy I have written before about the outcry in my home city of York, UK, when the council announced plans to increase parking fees to discourage people from driving on our polluted streets. In case you were wondering, the council eventually caved in…
Microsoft is making ‘significant investments’ in training its own AI models
Microsoft AI launched its first in-house models last month, adding to the already complicated relationship with its OpenAI partner. Now, Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman says the company is making “significant investments” in the compute capacity required to Microsoft’s own future frontier models. “We should have the capacity to build world class frontier models in…
Packers beat Commanders to maintain hot start as Love shines | NFL
Jordan Love threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns, and the Green Bay Packers defeated the Washington Commanders 27-18 on Thursday night. Tight end Tucker Kraft caught six passes for a career-high 124 yards to help the Packers go 2-0 for the first time since 2020. Love and Kraft connected for an eight-yard touchdown with…
bitchy | “Ben Affleck & Matt Damon’s new movie, ‘The Rip’, looks really good?” links
Netflix released the trailer for The Rip, the latest Matt Damon-Ben Affleck movie. This looks good? But I love copaganda and its underrated cousin, dirty-copaganda. [LaineyGossip]In a post dated September 8th, Jezebel said they paid Etsy witches to put a curse on Charlie Kirk. Jezebel has already put an editor’s note on the story. [Jezebel]MSNBC…
Hyundai I.C.E. Raid Detained Workers With Shor-Term Business Visas
Last week’s immigration operation at a battery plant highlighted a tactic that companies use to bring in foreign workers to establish new operations.