Donald Trump’s new tech company has raised $1 billion from investors, according to a press release from the former president and a report from CNBC. But there’s no way of independently checking whether Trump, a man known for lying about literally everything, has actually been able to secure such a huge sum in a…
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Have you heard about the September exodus? More than four million Americans quit their jobs that month, shattering the record for resignations previously set the month before. And some 40% of remaining employees are thinking of quitting, too, according to a Microsoft report.
Читать дальше...Democratic Secretary of State candidate Alexi Giannoulias wins backing from Illinois Federation of Teachers.
Teens taking taxis home from school over fear of more violence.
Gathering will bring together world leaders, civil society, and the private sector to counter authoritarianism, fight corruption and promote respect for human rights Producer: Bakhtiyar Zamanov
Mini is introducing a new special edition version of its Electric hatch. TED WELFORD sees if it’s worth considering There are some cars that are just meant to be EVs, and the Mini is one of those cars. As they’re mainly used around the city, the thought of being able to buzz about without contributing any emissions appeals, while the zippy nature of an electric motor makes it a perfect match for darting through narrow streets. It’s no surprise Mini’s Electric is proving such a hit, then – and... Читать дальше...
War Is Boring
Anti-Submarine Warfare, soviet union
NATO needed a new tool to track the hundreds of Soviet diesel-electric submarines during the Cold War. But these magnets proved too difficult to train with.
Here's What You Need to Know: The floppy-magnets worked exactly as intended, but they were simply too messy to train with to be practical on a large scale. It seems NATO deployed them only a few times.
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Last word of “Ulysses”: three letters.
Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer?
Cartoons from the magazine.
This hilarious, oddly literary satire, now in its second season on HBO Max, brings the bite of Norman Lear to outlandish reflections on American inequality.
An enigma onscreen and off, the actress only magnified her celebrity by suddenly renouncing it.
Cartoons from the magazine.
For years, a Welshman who threw away the key to his cybercurrency stash has been fighting to excavate the local landfill.
How Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya came to challenge her country’s dictatorship.
A new book casts a mostly skeptical eye over the tales long told about Christopher Columbus, Captain Cook, and many more.
The artist discusses the pleasure of directness and efficiency in drawing, and his love of Christmas in England.
“Under Jerusalem,” “The Amur River,” “The Island of Missing Trees,” and “Yellow Rain.”
Poetry by Christian Wiman: “All morning gently swimming / in the misery of a dead writer.”
Shouts & Murmurs by Meghana Indurti: An unasked-for sliced banana? Jumbo packs of Ziplocs? Jesus memes? These are the ways your immigrant parents say “I love you.”
Fiction by Colin Barrett: “Dylan Judge was from Ballina town. He was what you would call ‘known to the police.’ ”
The author discusses “A Shooting in Rathreedane,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine.
Andrew Kuo and Ben Detrick, the authors of the new book “The Joy of Basketball,” watch the Knicks play a lousy game against the Rockets and expound on why the team, like Fran Lebowitz and the bacon, egg, and cheese, reflect New York’s id.
The installation envelops you in ferocious bass frequencies—but it’s no dance party.