Twitter owner Elon Musk said Sunday that he was changing the social media brand’s logo to an ‘X’ and doing away with the platform’s iconic bird symbol. The announcement began with a series of cryptic tweets from Musk about the letter ‘X,’ including a message which shows off a shimmering ‘X’ logo. He eventually tweeted…
In the midst of an anti-democratic military coup against the pro-Western leader of Niger, the country’s population appears to be throwing its support behind . The country, located in the western Sahel region of Africa, has become a flashpoint for geopolitical tension between pro-Russian, -affiliated neighbouring nations and their democratic counterparts nearby. The former French…
Nine bodies have been found and two more people are feared dead after a fire erupted at a vacation home hosting adults with disabilities in France on Wednesday, local officials said. The fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. local time (12:30 a.m. ET) at the private cottage in La Forge in Wintzenheim, near the German…
We’ve heard a lot about inflation in recent years, but we might not be as familiar with two terms that describe phenomena that could be partly driving it: greedflation and wageflation. “When inflation took off in 2021 in the U.S., so did corporate profits,” said The Wall Street Journal. This raised some eyebrows. But just as profit…
Republican governor and presidential aspirant Ron DeSantis has made little secret of his political ambitions to turn Florida — and by extension, the whole of the United States — into the place where, in his words “woke goes to die.” DeSantis’ philosophy of aggressive culture war provocation has made his state the political ground zero…
This week’s question: Artificial intelligence is being used to extract John Lennon’s vocals from an unreleased demo tape to help create what Sir Paul McCartney is calling “the final Beatles song.” What would be an appropriate title for the Fab Four’s AI-enabled single? Click here to see the results of last week’s contest: Secondhand quitter Skip…
Innovation The Explainer ‘ChatGPT, tell me a story’: AI gets literary | Artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT can now produce convincingly human-sounding essays with minimal effort from users. It’s a massive timesaver – and an ethical quandary. How does ChatGPT work? ChatGPT is currently available for free at OpenAI’s website. About 100 million people used…
The mayor of Tampa, Florida, found a big catch of another sort while she was fishing off the Florida Keys: 70 pounds of cocaine floating in the Atlantic Ocean. Mayor Jane Castor made the discovery July 23 on a fishing trip with her family. Castor, a longtime Tampa police officer and the city’s first female…
Buses began moving tens of thousands of Scouts to inland venues Tuesday ahead of a tropical storm, bringing an effective end to a World Scout Jamboree that had already struggled with heat, hygiene and land use controversies. Known for its insatiable desire to host international events, the South Korean government scrambled to keep the Jamboree going as thousands…
Scrolling through social media is bound to lead you to a wide array of recipes, restaurants, and food ideas that are capable of launching a frenzy, inspiring countless home chefs to whip up their own versions. Some of the most viral food trends garner dedicated devotees, while others become polarizing love-it-or-hate-it topics of debate. Here’s…