Baking – The New York Times
2024-03-26 02:00:18 “The simple act of baking can conjure unexpected delight,” writes the Times Food columnist Genevieve Ko, who has been baking since she was eight. She writes: When you’re preparing a meal and starting with salmon and potatoes, you end up with cooked salmon and potatoes. But when you’re baking, you start with a…
Are Teenagers Obsessing Too Much About Skin Care?
2024-03-25 04:01:55 Is anyone you know especially interested in skin care? Do they seem to know, or want to know, everything about various products, skin types and beauty treatments? Are you someone who fits into this category? The New York Times recently reported that beauty stores like Sephora and Ulta are seeing a surge in…
‘Suika Game – Aladdin X’ Review – Merging Multiple Melons is Marvelous on Mobile – TouchArcade
TouchArcade 2024-03-28 14:15:03 It sure has been wild watching Suika Game ($2.99) and its growth over time. Its roots are apparently in some kind of game made for a projector, with a Switch port released exclusively on the Japanese eShop languishing for a couple of years without getting much attention at all. Then halfway through…
How a Second-Grade Teacher is Using the Solar Eclipse to Inspire Her Students
2024-03-26 10:54:32 It’s an experience she expects them to remember for the rest of their lives. “This is a story you’re gonna be able to tell,” she reflects before class. “You, as a second grader, you experienced this totality.” In a grassy area outside the school, Cummings’ eclipse simulation begins: Students take turns holding the…
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Sentence: How It Compares With Bernie Madoff’s and Others
NYT > Top Stories 2024-03-28 10:53:10 Two years in prison for tax and securities violations. Eleven years for deceiving investors. A 150-year sentence for the largest Ponzi scheme in history. The country’s most notorious white-collar fraudsters — like Bernie Madoff and Elizabeth Holmes — have received a range of punishments for their crimes, from relatively…
310 Prompts for Argumentative Writing
2024-03-14 10:05:11 Does social media harm young people’s mental health? Do video games deserve the bad rap they often get? Should parents track their children? Who is the greatest athlete of all time? Every school day, we publish new questions for students based on the news of the day, including prompts, like these, that inspire…
LinkedIn targets users caught between TikTok and what used to be Twitter | TechCrunch
TechCrunch 2024-03-28 10:01:35 Two weeks ago, TechCrunch broke the news that LinkedIn was getting into games, helping users “deepen relationships” through puzzle-based interactions. And on Wednesday, TechCrunch reported that the Microsoft-owned social network was experimenting with short-form videos. It’s as if LinkedIn is targeting a whole new “type” of user — one caught in limbo…
Google.org launches $20M generative AI accelerator program | TechCrunch
TechCrunch 2024-03-28 09:05:53 Google.org, Google’s charitable wing, is launching a new program to help fund nonprofits developing tech that leverages generative AI. Called Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI, the program is to be funded by $20 million in grants and include 21 nonprofits to start, including Quill.org, a company creating AI-powered tools for student writing feedback,…
Diddy’s L.A. Mansion Surveillance Video Disabled and Seized by Feds in Raid
TMZ.com 2024-03-28 09:01:16 There should have been video of an army of federal agents barging into Diddy‘s L.A. mansion, but none exists, because the first thing the feds did was beeline it for the security system, disable it and seize the hard drive … TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Diddy…
AI21 Labs’ new AI model can handle more context than most | TechCrunch
TechCrunch 2024-03-28 09:00:06 Increasingly, the AI industry is moving toward generative AI models with longer contexts. But models with large context windows tend to be compute-intensive. Or Dagan, product lead at AI startup AI21 Labs, asserts that this doesn’t have to be the case — and his company is releasing a generative model to prove…