Litterbugs now face on-the-spot fines in Tokyo’s tourist hotspot
Dozens of officials will patrol world-famous Shibuya as Japan responds to the impacts of overtourism.
Iran stopping indirect talks with U.S. in protest of Israeli strikes on Lebanon
Iran is halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. after Israel ordered troops to push deeper into Lebanon to battle Tehran-backed Hezbollah, the Iranian news agency
“His brain is toast”: Trump appears to believe James Talarico is literally transgender
Republicans have been making jokes about Senate candidate and Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) being transgender, gay, and “low-T” this past week, an attempt
Three Ebola vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears
IAVI, Moderna and the University of Oxford are all working on new vaccines.
‘Don’t be too kind’: Maternity staff used offensive terms to refer to pregnant women
BBC Panorama has seen documents and spoken to former midwives from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
9 claims about Tweety McTreason Jr. we’ve researched since the start of his father’s 2nd term
We’ve fact-checked rumors about Tweety McTreason Jr.’s wedding, his connection with a company that received a Department of Defense loan and more.
Did Bill Clinton say Palestinians ‘never really wanted a homeland’ and ‘just wanted to kill the Jews’?
An altered quote spread online. The original had crucial differences.
Intel: Our upcoming AI chip will be cheaper, run cooler than Nvidia, AMD options
Intel plans to ship an AI chip by the end of this year that uses cheaper memory and cooling technology than rival offerings from Nvidia
Is A.I. Replacing Tech Workers or Providing an Excuse for Job Cuts?
Tech industry layoffs are accelerating, and executives have been quick to say it’s because their companies are doing more with artificial intelligence, even when there
Unpacking claim Trump personally paid to rebuild Central Park ice rink in the ’80s
Trump agreed to finish the rink’s construction using the city’s budget. He made no profit.
An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped
How Box Created 13 New Types of Jobs Because of A.I.
Box, a Silicon Valley software maker, expects to have more employees, not fewer, as it hires A.I. architects, A.I. solutions managers and other new A.I.-related
Ex-Republican flags ‘underplayed’ reason GOP lawmakers are about to walk away from Trump
New York Times columnist David French told MS NOW Monday morning that Senate Republicans are quietly reaching a breaking point with Tweety McTreason — not
Ex-Trump aide says president ‘punched farmers in the mouth’ and GOP should be worried
A former aide to President Tweety McTreason warned that his policies are fueling a rural collapse that could cost Republicans their Senate majority. For three