After a tiring seven-hour flight from Boston to Frankfurt, a three-hour drive from the airport, and six flights of stairs to our apartment, we arrived in Düsseldorf and quickly learned air conditioning isn’t really a thing in Germany. The large tilt-and-turn windows in our place didn’t have screens, only metal rolling shutters. This meant we
The freakout over AI that started in Silicon Valley and led to growing American calls to pause development has swept Western countries. A new POLITICO Poll finds that pluralities of adults in the US, Canada, and Europe want to pause AI development regardless of their political leanings — and most believe there’s a real risk
David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has cleared the last major hurdle to closing its $110 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount has settled the lawsuit brought by 12 states, California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Monday. A key part of the settlement: Bonta said Paramount agreed to release 30 movies in theaters each of
Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master’s degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in an affordable apartment in a suburb, and road-tripping with friends on weekends. But her
The US has proposed a direct channel with China to notify both governments of major AI-related national security incidents even as their AI rivalry intensifies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the proposal was made during talks in New York on Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Their discussion came ahead of President Donald Trump’s
Sunday Night Football kicks off soon. We’ll show you everything you need to know about how to watch the Colts vs. Chiefs, including international streaming options. If you don’t want to read any further, you can catch the game live through a streaming service like Fubo, YouTube TV, or Peacock in the US. In most
