I left the classroom a couple of years ago. I told myself it was for good, but my husband made me promise him that I was really done. In return, I asked him not to let me go back if I ever tried to again. Deep down, I can still sense my love of teaching,
Last year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems. Today, those problems persist and are even more illuminated thanks to the FAA’s nationwide ground stop on Friday. Even Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy admitted last year that some of the decades-old computer equipment
I spend a huge portion of my life on airplanes as a frequent traveler and journalist, so I’m used to the usual delays, missed connections, and last-minute flight changes that come with commercial air travel. But I have never experienced anything like the crippling air traffic control outage on Friday, November 13, that displaced thousands
In January 1921, Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots) opened in Prague and dragged the word “robot” out of linguistic obscurity: robota, the Czech term for the forced labor a serf owed his lord. “Čapek’s robots, they’re serfs, essentially,” says Alisa Zhulina, an associate professor of theatre studies at New York University, affiliated with
As they watched Nvidia’s chaotic week unfold, many board members and executives may have found themselves wondering: “What if our CEO has an affair that gets us embroiled in a reputation-shaking scandal?” Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey, has some advice for them. The Nvidia crisis has highlighted the importance of corporate governance, Sternfels
Thirteen years after its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto VI finally arrives on Nov. 19. The sixth installment in Rockstar Games’ open-world crime series launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, and its pull is likely to be felt well beyond gaming, wherever other entertainment competes for the same audience’s time. When Grand Theft Auto
