Columbia Symbolized Campus Strife Over the Israel-Hamas War. What Changed?
In the weeks after Oct. 7, Columbia University was the scene of rising tensions over the Israel-Hamas war on American college campuses. A Jewish student said he was assaulted after putting up posters of hostages. Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian students accused one another of support for genocide in a series of heated protests and counter-protests. But […]
One dead following cheese recall over E. coli
A person dies in Scotland after an outbreak of the infection in the UK. Source link
CES 2024 Preview: Get Ready for a ‘Tsunami’ of AI
If you’re waiting for the hubbub over generative AI to die down, maybe pull up a chair. The buzz around artificial intelligence shows no signs of quieting—a fact that will become all too obvious at this year’s CES. CES, the consumer electronics industry’s largest annual gathering in the US, is returning to Las Vegas on […]
My Secret to Running in the Winter Isn’t Cheap—But It Keeps Me Motivated
RUNNING IN temperate seasons like spring and fall is easy. The discipline gets harder in the summer, when just being outside causes sticky sweat to fill my body’s nooks and crannies, but it’s not impossible. You just have to force yourself out of bed earlier. Come December and into January, however, I find jogging through […]
Why Oil Prices Never Surged to $100 This Year
Travelers, truckers and shippers worldwide can thank the U.S. for helping keep a lid on oil and gasoline prices this year. A year ago, Wall Street analysts were predicting the international benchmark for oil prices would surge from around $85 a barrel to well over $100 in 2023. Instead, Brent crude will likely enter 2024 […]
Canadians could see changes in banking next year. What to expect – National
The federal government approved RBC’s $13.5-billion takeover of HSBC Canada in the waning days of 2023, despite concerns from critics that it will stifle competition. Banking customers will start to see next year how the acquisition, expected to close in the first quarter, shakes out. Here’s a look at some of the other changes expected […]
Your Eco-Friendly Lifestyle Is a Big Lie
The data scientist and author Hannah Ritchie expands on these examples in her upcoming book, Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Future. Everything comes with a greenhouse gas footprint: watching Netflix, charging our phones, having a cup of tea. It’s no wonder that we […]
Carmakers Are Drowning in Cash
Most carmakers are ending the year with lots of cash and lots of worries. Share buybacks are an antidepressant, not a cure, but they are better than nothing. It has been a highly profitable year for the traditional car industry. Production recovered following the microchip-related supply constraints of 2021 and 2022. Having previously been starved […]
WIRED’s 2023 Year-in-Review Quiz | WIRED
2023 has been a year defined by artificial intelligence innovation, with OpenAI at the helm. An AI apocalypse didn’t collapse society into chaos, but everyone in Silicon Valley did try to add some sort of AI tool into their software, and it sure felt pretty chaotic. Keeping that in mind, AI isn’t the only important […]
The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. Extreme weather spun up storms and floods, unseasonal freezes and baking heat waves, and prolonged parching droughts. In parts of the world in 2023, tomato plants didn’t flower, the peach crop never came in, and the price of olive oil soared. To be a farmer right […]