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Dogfight over California: The ugly battle between electric air taxi leaders Joby and Archer
Two California companies at the front of the global race to bring battery-powered air taxis to the public are trying to trip each other up…
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Disney accused of misusing facial recognition technology
A visitor has filed a $5-million lawsuit against Disneyland for allegedly failing to properly disclose the use of facial-recognition…
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Why the Best Writing Advice Is Often the Weirdest
In a talk on the “art of rough drafting,” George Saunders, the Phil Jackson of writing teachers, says he’s learned, through writing and…
Business
Online retailer Shein to acquire San Francisco-based Everlane
Shein, one of the largest fast-fashion retailers in the world, is set to acquire the “quiet luxury” apparel brand Everlane, media reports…
Business
Jury rejects Elon Musk’s lawsuit, sides with OpenAI in bitter feud over AI future
A federal jury sided with OpenAI and its top executives on Monday in a feud with Elon Musk, who accused them of betraying a shared vision…
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AI has invaded the L.A. mayor's race. Some fear it's just the beginning
The Hollywood sign is ablaze as Spencer Pratt, the reality TV star now running for mayor of Los Angeles, suits up as Batman, enters City…
Business
The Age of “Intentional” Drinking
One evening not long ago, I met Amanda Crawford, a professional wine adviser, at Vandell, a new but nostalgic cocktail bar on the east…
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Don’t Buy into Hantapanic | National Review
It’s extremely unlikely that the next pandemic is at hand. Source link
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Harvard and Yale Discover (Gasp!) the Importance of Viewpoint Diversity | National Review
But endowed chairs for conservative scholars won’t fix the problem. Source link
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“The Audacity” Is a Brutal Silicon Valley Satire with an Agenda
Midway through my watch of the new tech-satire series “The Audacity,” I received an e-mail from Google that I had received many times…
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How Garry Trudeau and William F. Buckley Bridged Partisan Divides | National Review
The two Yalies found common ground despite their generational and political differences. Source link
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The Generation That Will Always Be Too Young to Smoke
Like almost every smoker, I started when I was a child. Children aren’t supposed to smoke; it’s allegedly a part of the adult world,…
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Our Screen Culture Increasingly Can’t Read | National Review
Over the past ten years, reading scores have declined in 83 percent of school districts. Source link
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Rostam Batmanglij Wanders to the Edges of American Sound
Other songs on “American Stories” are more personal. “Like a Spark” opens with a blues riff played on a nylon-string guitar, offset by the…
Business
Gamers, developers protest Saudi Arabia's bid to acquire Electronic Arts
As Electronic Arts moves closer to closing a sale of the gaming company to Saudi Arabian investors, it’s facing backlash from a group of…
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Time for the Times to Retract the Israeli-Rape Column | National Review
The newspaper’s defense of Nicholas Kristof’s column is indefensible. Source link
Business
LinkedIn, Cisco and Amazon are the latest tech companies laying off more workers
Job cuts are hammering the tech industry as companies ramp up investments in artificial intelligence. This week, San Jose-based tech…
Business
Local Media Is Thriving in E-mail Newsletters
When I first moved to Brooklyn, in 2010, a small, stapled, glossy print product became my guide to my new neighborhood of Bushwick and…
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Anti-Populist Censorship Reigns in Europe | National Review
If Europe doesn’t ease up, it will have to learn the hard way that repression has its limits. Source link
Culture
Demi Moore says Hollywood has to ‘find ways’ to work with AI, not fight it
Demi Moore is weighing in about how Hollywood should respond to the growing influence of AI — and it starts with embracing the technology.…
Culture
Why 'House of David' director thinks AI can save Hollywood jobs
In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the…
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Buddy Bradley’s Legacy of Dance
The case that Ashton and Bradley heavily influenced each other is stronger, if also strained. They collaborated on the stereotype-sodden…
Business
EBay rejects GameStop's $56-billion takeover offer
California online marketplace EBay said Tuesday its board rejected GameStop’s unsolicited $56-billion takeover offer. The proposal was…