China’s Show of Military Might
Xi Jinping’s huge military parade in Tiananmen Square provided a rare look at China’s new weapons.
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We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI
If you are in your 70s, you didn’t fight in the second world war. Such a statement should be uncontroversial, given that even the oldest septuagenarian today was born after the war ended. But there remains a cultural association between this age group and the era of Vera Lynn and the Blitz. A similar category…
Florida moves to end all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren
State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo calls mandates ‘disdain and slavery,’ despite decades of research showing lives saved. Florida plans to become the first state in the country to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren, state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, announced on Wednesday.
bitchy | Duchess Meghan posted WLM’s behind-the-scenes photos of Archie & Lili
On Labor Day, the Duchess of Sussex posted a carousel of behind-the-scenes photos from With Love, Meghan. The photos were so cute, and she included pics of Archie and Lili on the “set.” She also included a pic of Jose Andres, and a pic with herself, Prince Harry and Clare Smyth. Smyth was their wedding…
Alphabet shares pop after Google avoids breakup in antitrust case
Alphabet shares rose 9.14% on Wednesday as investors viewed the result of Google’s antitrust case as broadly favorable to the tech giant. Wednesday’s gain added $234 billion to the company’s market cap. Apple closed 3.81% higher, adding $130 billion to its cap. The U.S. Department of Justice had proposed a sort of breakup of Google,…
U.S. and Mexico Vow to Cooperate Against Crime as Rubio Meets Sheinbaum
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with President Claudia Sheinbaum, after she pressed the Trump administration not to take unilateral action in Mexico.
CoreWeave acquires agent-training startup OpenPipe
CoreWeave, which provides cloud servers to large companies training AI models, has struck an agreement to acquire OpenPipe, a 2-year-old Y Combinator-backed startup that helps enterprises develop customized AI agents with reinforcement learning, the companies announced on Wednesday. “Reinforcement learning is emerging as a pivotal force to strengthen model performance on agentic and reasoning tasks,”…
The Legend of Shy Girl’
After a sold-out, five-star run at the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Wyld Woman: The Legend of Shy Girl arrives in London for its highly anticipated Southwark Playhouse Borough debut (23 October – 15 November 2025). Written and performed by Isabel Renner and directed by Cameron King, the solo comedy has already been hailed as “a…
US Open tennis 2025: Auger-Aliassime v De Minaur, Anisimova v Swiatek on day 11 – live | US Open Tennis 2025
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Oh! Felix quickly makes 0-30, and having commanded the set, he’s now in danger of tamely returning his advantage. And have a look! A terrific lob, beautiful disguised, takes control of the point, De Minaur flicking it over on the leap…
Deaths Reported After Lisbon Funicular Derails, Portugal’s President Says
The funicular line, one of three in Lisbon, is a popular tourist attraction.