With Google Lens, Things get Strange in today’s New York Times
It’s 1985 in Hawkins, Indiana, and summer’s heating up. School’s out and the newly opened Starcourt Mall is center stage. Romance blossoms and complicates the group’s...
How AI could shape the future of journalism
Editor’s note: What impact can AI have on journalism? That is a question the Google News Initiative is exploring through a partnership with Polis, the international...
Hang Almost Any TV On the Wall For Just $15
You’ve been meaning to mount your TV to the wall for ages. Now, it’s time to stop putting it off. This tilting mount is only $15...
Voices in AI – Episode 91: A Conversation with Mazin Gilbert
[voices_in_ai_byline] About this Episode Episode 91 of Voices in AI features Byron speaking with Mazin Gilbert from AT&T Labs about the nature of intelligence and why...
Why Am I Getting Spam From My Own Email Address?
MicroOne/Shutterstock Have you ever opened an email only to find it’s spam or blackmail that seemed to come from your own email address? You’re not alone....
7 Novels that Make U.S. Foreign Policy Feel Real
My grandmother, who came to North America following the brutally thwarted 1956 Hungarian uprising, had a thick accent (think something along the lines of a Mrs....
Putting Together the Pieces of Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison knows how to tell a story. When she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993, she opened her lecture with a fable: Standing...
Meet the Most Promising New Voices of Nigerian Fiction
The next issue of McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Issue 56, publishes early July and includes a section featuring fiction by five outstanding new Nigerian authors—all alumni of...
‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 breaks viewership record, Netflix claims
Did you watch Stranger Things 3 over Fourth of July weekend? If so, you’re not alone. According to Netflix, the new season was such a popular...
Fans celebrate the USWNT’s World Cup victory, but call out double standards
While fans celebrated the team’s second consecutive World Cup win, a dialogue began regarding the team’s pay compared to their male counterparts. Read more here. Read...
