Meteor Just Seen in Portugal

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Trae Tha Truth Jumps Into Action To Support Those Affected By Recent Houston Storms

Trae Tha Truth has spent the weekend helping Houstonians impacted by a spate of storms that has left seven people dead, with more weather concerns looming.

Prayers and concern in Iran as Raisi's helicopter remains missing

Fear and worry weighed on Iran Sunday as the Islamic republic waited for news on the fate of President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter went missing in a foggy mountain area. Thousands of Muslim faithful prayed for his safe return in mosques nationwide -- including amid the

Cannes film follows Egypt feminists on brink of adulthood

Filmmakers Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir spent so much time following an all-girl theatre troupe in a remote Egyptian village that at one point someone tried to sell them a house. "He thought we were always there so we might as well live there," Riyadh told AFP after the

Taiwan swears in new president, stands up to Chinese aggression

Lai Ching-te has vowed to continue Taiwan’s defense and foreign policy of avoiding tensions with China while also standing up for the island democracy’s freedoms.

Here are the 7 states most likely to flip in the Biden-Trump race

The looming November rematch between President Biden and former President Trump could be decided by just a handful of states. Six months out from Election Day, all eyes are on seven toss-up states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

The Toilet Theory of the Internet

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/05/google-generative-ai-search-toilet-theory/678411/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409671 Points: 8 # Comments: 1

We don't have to live like this: you can set Chrome to default to Google's new nonsense-free 'Web' search, which also completely bypasses that awful AI answer box

Web search is great, and it's not too hard to set it to be your default.

Trump suggests he could be a three-term president if he wins election

Former President Trump suggested Saturday that he could be considered a three-term president if he clinches a win next November. Speaking to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Saturday, Trump questioned whether he would be a two-term or three-term president if he secures a

Marco Rubio clashes with Kristen Welker over accepting the 2024 election results

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results, instead pinning the blame on Democrats for creating doubts about election credibility. When asked on NBC News's "Meet the Press" whether he would accept this year's election outcome

Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘The Invasion’ Picked Up for France Following Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Atoms & Void, the Netherlands-based production and sales company run by Sergei Loznitsa and Maria Choustova, has closed a French sale on Loznitsa’s most recent feature documentary “The Invasion,” which premiered on Thursday as a Special Screening in Cannes. Potemkine Films has

Box Office: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Hits $237 Million Globally, ‘IF’ Nears $60 Million

Disney and 20th Century’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” conquered the international box office again with $40.6 million in its second weekend of release. So far, the fourth chapter in the “Apes” reboot franchise has generated $136 million overseas and $237 million

The stock market's bull rally could last another 5 years, but it'll end in a 'spectacular bursting of a bubble,' veteran tech investor Gene Munster says

Out with the old: Blue- and white- collar job labels aren't cutting it anymore, says researcher

The old way of classifying jobs as blue- or white-collar is no longer relevant in Canada's modern labor market. Our 21st century economy and workforce are too complex to boil jobs and work categories down to a simple blue- or white-collar contrast.

Unicode (1889)

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Lawmakers push to speed up NYC casino licenses timetable: ‘We’re leaving $2B on the table’

Two state lawmakers say it's time to roll the dice on awarding casino licenses in the New York City area and are backing a bill that would speed up the current much-criticized timetable.

A24 Closing U.S. Rights Deal on Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’

A24 is closing an eight-figure deal to acquire the U.S. rights to Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System Is Down,” Variety has confirmed. The deal was struck between A24 and Paris-based Co-Production Office, which launched international sales for the project at the Cannes

Lower Fifth Avenue retail scene thriving after several high-profile leases, expansions

Manhattan’s retail scene is such a mixed bag as to defy generalization.

Key moments in the life and presidency of Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi

The 63-year-old hard-liner is widely seen as a protégé and trusted confidant of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Stanford CS231n: Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition

Article URL: https://cs231n.github.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409405 Points: 27 # Comments: 2

New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii’s Lost Histories

Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation.

How Can Grantmakers Support Artists of Color?

Those of us in arts philanthropy need to redouble our efforts to fund artists and organizations of color and sharpen our grantmaking practices to advance racial justice.

New rules for NSW polluters to require ‘credible’ plan for mitigating climate impact

Exclusive: EPA chief executive says ‘foundational’ rule changes put climate impacts ‘front and centre' of planning process Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New coalmines, gas fields and other big sources of greenhouse gases in New South

Why Are Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints Still So Moving?

The artist subverts the status system of 19th-century Japan, foreshadowing the impact of modernization and industrialization.

Seattle International Film Festival Awards Top Honors to ‘Sing Sing,’ ‘Gloria!’

The 50th Annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) wrapped up on Sunday and announced the winners of the 2024 Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards. The festival began on May 9 and screened 261 films representing 84 countries with “62% of the

Meringue Philosophy

Article URL: https://meringue.readthedocs.io/en/latest/meringue_philosophy.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409309 Points: 10 # Comments: 1

Bezos's Blue Origin sends first crew to edge of space since 2022

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, sent its first crew into space in nearly two years, after a failed, uncrewed test flight in 2022 temporarily grounded passenger flights. The New Shepard rocket successfully completed its 25th mission into space Sunday. The 10-minute

Blue Origin flies thrill seekers to space, including oldest astronaut

After a nearly two-year hiatus, Blue Origin flew adventurers to space on Sunday, including a former Air Force pilot who was denied the chance to be the United States' first Black astronaut decades ago.

This Hack Lets You Use Your Own Wireless Earbuds and Bluetooth Headphones on the Plane

Travel season is in full swing and there are a few essentials you’ll need if you’re heading onto an airplane. Aside from things like a good travel pillow and a portable charger, one of the new must-haves for air travel is a wireless audio transmitter, like this one from Twelve

Updating from macOS Ventura to Sonoma Silently Enables iCloud Keychain

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How often is the wife taller than the husband?

Article URL: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/04/29/boris-and-natasha-in-america-how-often-is-the-wife-taller-than-the-husband/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409222 Points: 16 # Comments: 5

Tearful Kevin Costner Unveils Western Gamble ‘Horizon’ at Cannes: “Sorry You Had to Clap So Long”

Kevin Costner rode into Cannes with cowboy swagger, making finger pistols on the red carpet to cheers from the crowd ahead of the premiere for Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1, a partially self-financed western that is one of the biggest swings of his long career. Inside

Free Julian Assange

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Diddy Issues Statement Regarding Cassie Assault Video: "I Hit Rock Bottom, I'm Disgusted'

Diddy has taken to social media to address a video which surfaced last week, in which the embattled mogul could be seen physically assaulting ex-girlfriend Cassie.

Palantir: This Brilliant Strategy Could Pay Off Big-Time

Puzzle box game Machinika: Museum is free to keep on Steam

Visuals inspired by Myst with puzzle box unraveling gameplay.

Kevin Costner Can’t Hold Back Tears as His Western Epic ‘Horizon’ Earns 7-Minute Cannes Standing Ovation, Promises ‘ More’ Installments

“Horizon: An American Saga,” Kevin Costner’s risk-it-all Western epic, rode into Cannes on Sunday, earning a seven-minute standing ovation. Costner was visibly emotional as the film received huge applause and chants of “Kevin! Kevin! Kevin!” During his speech, Costner thanked

Julian Assange faces judgement day in years-long fight to stay out of US court

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will face a British High Court on Monday to ultimately decide whether the accused classified information leaker will be extradited to the U.S. after more than a decade of legal battles. Assange has been in British custody since 2019 after the

Amazon’s Latest Security Camera Deal Gets You Its Bestselling HD Cam for Under $20

It’s never been easier to keep an eye on your home thanks to the seemingly endless number of security camera brands available right now. If you’re looking for a great indoor security camera, you’ll want to take advantage of this new Amazon deal, which gets you the best-selling

Am I too old to create a popular programming language?

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First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/19/ed-dwight-blue-origin-first-black-astronaut-candidate Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409043 Points: 22 # Comments: 2