Penn’s Chaos: What Led Up to Liz Magill’s Resignation After Antisemitism Hearings
The dissident trustees of the University of Pennsylvania’s board had decided to meet in secret over the weekend. They had spent months watching support for Penn’s president erode as pro-Palestinian students demonstrated on campus, donors threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars, and the advisory board of Penn’s influential business school demanded that the […]
How Elon Musk and Larry Page’s AI Debate Led to OpenAI and an Industry Boom
Elon Musk celebrated his 44th birthday in July 2015 at a three-day party thrown by his wife at a California wine country resort dotted with cabins. It was family and friends only, with children racing around the upscale property in Napa Valley. This was years before Twitter became X and Tesla had a profitable year. […]
‘It Snowballed’: How a Knife Attack in Dublin Led to a Riot
Soon after three children and a woman were wounded in a knife attack outside a Dublin school on Thursday, rumors about the perpetrator’s nationality began to proliferate online. The Garda Síochána, the Irish police force, declined to comment on the background of the suspect, who was taken into custody after being tackled to the ground […]
The Fear and Tension That Led to Sam Altman’s Ouster at OpenAI
“I’m sure you all are feeling confusion, sadness, and perhaps some fear,” Brad Lightcap, OpenAI’s chief operating officer, said in a memo to OpenAI employees. “We are fully focused on handling this, pushing toward resolution and clarity, and getting back to work.” On Friday, Mr. Altman was asked to join a board meeting via video […]
Lucky Find at Auction Identifies Man on Cover of ‘Led Zeppelin IV’
On Nov. 8, 1971, Led Zeppelin released its iconic fourth studio album, which was untitled but is widely known as “Led Zeppelin IV.” It features the band’s major hit “Stairway to Heaven,” and the wordless cover shows the framed image of a bearded, older man with a large bundle of sticks on his back against […]
How Years of Israeli Failures on Hamas Led to a Devastating Attack
Israeli officials have promised a full investigation into what went wrong. Even before that inquiry, it is clear the attacks were possible because of a cascade of failures over recent years — not hours, days or weeks. A New York Times examination, based on dozens of interviews with Israeli, Arab, European and American officials, as […]
Snooker match-fixing: ‘Perfect storm’ led to corruption scandal, say investigators
Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were both ranked in the world’s top 16 when suspended A ‘perfect storm’ of corruption, money troubles, cultural issues and the Covid-19 lockdown led to snooker’s biggest match-fixing scandal, investigators have told BBC Sport. Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were given lifetime bans and eight others – including major winners […]
The lone away fan who led his club to glory
Taking FC Santa Cruz to Qatar – Tiago Rech holds up a club flag at this year’s World Cup Tiago Rech has watched Santa Cruz for as long as he can remember, even when he was famously the only one. But right now, on the final day of the 2023 Campeonato Gaucho Serie A2, he […]