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I’m an American who went to Oktoberfest for the first time. Here are 5 things that surprised me most about the German festival.
As a beer aficionado, I’ve been to my fair share of brew festivals throughout the US, several of which were “Oktoberfest” themed. So, when I booked a trip to visit Oktoberfest in Munich a few years ago, I thought I had a pretty good idea of what to expect. However, after just a few steps
Trump says there are ways to ‘rein’ in AI ‘if we have to’
President Donald Trump said the Justice Department has the ability to “rein” AI if need be. “We will be careful, and that’s why we have the Department of Justice, and other Law Enforcement bodies, that will rein things in if we have to,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. While Trump mentioned…
How to stop Meta from training on your Muse data
Meta’s Muse AI agent is the talk of the tech world. As you’re using the popular new AI agent, there’s an easy way to keep your questions about reservations, managing your calendar, or searching your emails to yourself Muse offers users a way to opt out of having their data used to improve the…
These award-winning underwater photos provide a rare glimpse beneath the world’s oceans
There’s more to the world’s oceans than meets the eye. Presented by Oceanographic and Blancpain, the annual Ocean Photographer of the Year awards highlight photographs taken both above and below the water’s surface, raising awareness of ocean conservation and the scientific research that helps…
We asked 8 supply chain leaders what impressed and surprised them most about AI. Here’s what they said.
AI has been transforming functions across the supply chain. Seaports are exploring AI to plan complex movements from water to land, warehouses are flying AI-powered drones to reduce backorders and boost worker satisfaction, and logistics companies are using AI’s predictive capabilities to alleviate…
I thought I was hopeless at interior design. Picking a paint color for my daughter’s room gave me the creative spark I needed.
When I was expecting my first baby, I spent untold hours trying to decorate her nursery. Every time I sat down at the computer to pick out furniture and decor, I’d start strong: I’d find a crib I liked, then try to match it to a wallpaper that seemed to have the same “vibe.” It
Russia’s secret plan to supercharge kamikaze drone production
Moscow is moving to expand its capacity to make tens of thousands of the killer drones it deploys in attacks on Ukrainian cities, according to plans from a Russian state company obtained by POLITICO. The expansion of state firm Rosatom’s Alabuga-Volokno factory in Russia’s Tatarstan region would…
I’m a CEO who’s rejected tons of AI applications. AI writing isn’t an automatic disqualifier, but there’s a line.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Matt Stauffer, a 41-year-old CEO of Tighten, a programming company. He is based in Atlanta. His words have been edited for length and clarity. I’m the CEO of a small programming company. I recently did my first full round of hiring in the age of…
The new lands of opportunity
Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master’s degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in an affordable apartment in a suburb, and…
This artist hacked a CitiBike to make NYC’s affordability crisis harder to ignore
Justin Blinder was lugging Taco Bell burritos from neighborhood to neighborhood on his bike for his Uber Eats gig in 2020, watching as skyscrapers and modular apartment buildings gave way to brown-bricked housing projects and cracked streets. It made the Brooklyn-based artist and software developer…