Coming up on today's show: Shaun Abreu, Council Member for District 7 (Manhattan Valley, Manhattanville, Morningside Heights, Hamilton Heights), and Ligia Guallpa, executive director of the Workers Justice Project, talk about proposed changes to how tipping on delivery apps works—and Council Member Abreu discusses his plan to control the rat population. Now facing a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Dan Doctoroff, founder and chairman of the research foundation Target ALS,...
SINGAPORE’S Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon announced on Monday (Apr 15) that the two countries will start negotiations on a trade agreement on essential supplies, aimed at minimising disruptions during crises. at The Business Times.
Meta has made some major announcements on the AI front over the past week. It started with Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announcing the new Meta AI assistant built on Llama 3 which they believe can and will surpass the capabilities of ChatGPT. On the AI-powered hardware front, Mark Zuckerberg announced new functionality […]
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, April 11th, 2024 — Merlin Chain, a trailblazer in Bitcoin-native layer 2 (L2) protocols, has rolled out a comprehensive suite of security measures alongside revolutionary chain architecture. This initiative follows the platform’s remarkable achievement of securing a $3.5 billion Total Value Locked (TVL) just 30 days after its mainnet launch, attracting an […]
Using firm-level data from the global supply network, researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) quantified countries' exposure to production losses caused by firm defaults in other countries. According to their findings, wealthy nations are only exposed to supply chain disruptions from other high-income countries, while poor and developing nations are exposed to shocks from all countries.
Officer Cadet Tom Delaney is looking forward to marching on the new parade ground at the Australian War Memorial. It will be good for his feet and good for his honour. "It offers the opportunity to think deeply about why I am in the Defence Force," the 20-year-old said as he stood on the gravel of the expanded parade ground. "I joined the Defence Force to develop myself but also to defend Australia's national interest." And good for his feet? The gravel suits marching. He is used to the bitumen...
A CHINESE restaurant that painted parts of their building for good luck was ordered to return it to the original colours. The Casserole Wang on Edinburgh’s historic Candlemaker Row altered th
OpenAI continued a push to grow its business internationally with the opening of a new office in Japan, while pledging to collaborate with the government to develop the technology in the country.
President Stubb has begun a two-day trip to Sweden, his first state visit since taking office. He is meeting with the Swedish royals, Prime Minister Kristersson and others.
What a difference a ceiling makes. A high ceiling, that is. When Beth Bluestein moved her Middlebury store, Sparrow Art Supply, to 44 Main Street earlier this month, regular customers remarked on how much bigger it is than the previous location. "In fact, it's a little smaller," she said cheerfully. "The old space was 1,000 square feet; this one is 750." But the vertical airiness — and light from tall windows — has everyone pleasantly fooled. Perhaps more importantly, Sparrow's new...
The new cherry trees will replace those lost during construction on Washington, D.C.'s Tidal Basin, a popular destination during the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
While much has changed since 7 October, the horrific events of the past six months are not unique, and do not stand outside historyFor people everywhere, myself included, the awful images that have come out of Gaza and Israel since 7 October 2023 have been inescapable. This war hangs over us like a motionless black cloud that gets darker and more ominous with the passage of endless weeks of horror unspooling before our eyes. Having friends and family there makes this much harder to bear for many...