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When my college friend invited me to Sweden for her 30th birthday, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. In fact, I booked my flight to Europe within an hour of receiving her invitation in the mail.Her camp-themed celebration was set to take place over a summer weekend in the small,…
Slavery had been made illegal in 1865 by the ratification of the 13th Amendment, and, in 1870, the US government passed the 15th Amendment, which granted African Americans the right to vote, although many were still unable to do so due to other discriminatory laws in place.The 15th Amendment states,…
NATO unveiled plans on Tuesday for a fivefold increase in trained drone operators by the end of 2027, part of efforts to prepare allies for the kind of conflict that’s unfolding in Ukraine.Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, announced the new “Drone Edge” initiative, which will include more than $40 billion…
Rafael Nadal, 40, says constant self-doubt and competing against tennis’s greatest players made him a better athlete.On Monday’s episode of Bloomberg’s “Leaders with Francine Lacqua” podcast, the tennis legend spoke about the mentality that kept him going throughout his tennis career.”I always had doubts, and for me, the doubts are…
One robotaxi provider is picking up speed against the competition.Amazon-owned Zoox grew its share of monthly active users to 25% from 15% during the first half of 2026, according to data from Apptopia.Waymo, which has long been the largest self-driving taxi service in the US, had about 69% of monthly…
Your programmer friend is thrilled — and tired.Midjourney founder David Holz summarized the feeling among many programmers in an X post. His friends are “all feeling extremely productive and also extremely drained with the latest coding models,” Holz wrote.”This makes me feel like something is wrong, and also that there might…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sabrina Lim, a 28-year-old former engineer based in Singapore. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I tried salt bread for the first time while visiting a bakery in Korea, and it was life-changing.It was my first experience with a dish where…
My family is in its natural state when we’re in debate, not just about what should happen, but what has happened.Growing up, before my grandparents gave in and wired their home for the new millennium, their full set of encyclopedias proved the only way to settle disputes. Many arguments, particularly…
Vercel’s CEO said companies are no longer relying on a single AI lab for all their needs.”Last year, there were a lot of people picking one lab partner — saying they would build everything on OpenAI or Anthropic,” chief executive Guillermo Rauch said in a Monday interview with TechCrunch.But he…
Ukraine struck Russia’s largest oil refinery, located in the city of Omsk, on Monday, marking what its forces say was its furthest-ever drone attack in the war.The Omsk facility, which processes about 21 million tons of oil a year, is in Western Siberia and about 1,700 miles from Ukrainian territory…
