Would Mamdani proposal eliminate NYC’s $12B budget deficit? Yes, if it’s approved
The mayor’s budget relies on billions in help from New York state.
Is Trump allowing hunting in national parks? We tracked down the facts
The administration is easing restrictions for some NPS-managed lands, but the changes don’t apply to many major national parks, such as Yellowstone.
War criminal Ratko Mladić’s jail release request denied
A UN judge admits the 84-year-old is “in the final stages of his life”, but says prison conditions in The Hague ensure his maximum comfort.
Alleged vintage TV ad shows toothpaste tube squirting into toothbrush’s mouth. Is it real?
The supposed TV ad depicts a manly toothpaste tube shooting its product into the mouth of a womanly toothbrush.
Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand
The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.
Did Mark Carney mock Trump at G7 summit in Italy?
Italy last hosted the summit in 2024, over a year before Carney became Canada’s prime minister.
Cuba considers $100m US aid offer as energy crisis worsens
Cuba says it is unclear if the US aid offer would be in cash or assistance in-kind as shortages hit.
Warning of record global temperatures
Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows
Water drops on soap bubble films act like merging galaxies
Water droplets on soap films orbited and merged like colliding galaxies, a technique that could help scientists study the cosmos.
‘That is in fact untrue!’ Witness snaps back as Jim Jordan descends into shouting fit
A witness pushed back on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) after he suggested that Fairfax County, Virginia, had a policy of not prosecuting
AI can take the friction out of life, but some effort can be good
Technologies, including chatbots, promise to make life easier. But removing the friction, or effort involved in thinking, has costs.
Trump nominee busted selling out his own work to suck up for promotion
President Tweety McTreason’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives faced withering questions from a Democratic lawmaker, who busted him lying
97% of marketers use AI daily – 78% of consumers wish they wouldn’t
Nearly every marketer in the world is now using AI to make creative work. Nearly every consumer would still rather that a person had
BCG is training its AI sales agent on what not to do – and that might be the smarter bet
Boston Consulting Group is doing something slightly unusual with its new AI sales agent. It is teaching it how to fail. The agent, called