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By itself, the prospect of seeing Sir Ben Kingsley play Salvador Dalí would be enough to get more than a few moviegoers into the theater (or onto their couches, streaming). But then, so would the prospect of seeing him play practically anyone: Mahatma Gandhi (as the Academy acknowledged), or Georges Méliès, or Dmitri Shostakovich, or […]

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4. Earth's most powerful telescope just captured stunning images of the sun. Here are the otherworldly photos.  CBS News
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There’s a lot of good economic news out there that the media underreports. The Biden administration and congressional Democrats need to brag more often and louder.

As someone who is generally against borders that are too open, I found Sal Rodriguez’s May 16 column, “Open the borders to those seeking a better life,” worthwhile.

How wonderful it was to attend a city council meeting for something positive and encouraging.

If you don’t have a gun, you cannot shoot anyone.

We all want babies to have the best possible start in life.

A knowledge purge is underway in Florida. The targets: History lessons that politicians want hidden. Perspectives that make parents uncomfortable. Truths that ideologues find inconvenient.

Lost amid all the attention to the partisan standoff over raising the nation’s debt limit is the insanity of a big part of the Republicans’ bargaining position.

This company’s tackling T.P. inefficiency with a whole new geometry.

Toilet paper, in its current form, has too much air, according to Roy Shihor.

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The chemicals that make food spicy don't target taste receptors, but rather temperature receptors in the tongue.

Software developers are the engine of growth and innovation that powers the products on which everyone relies. Developers are a company’s most valuable resource. The demand for software engineers worldwide will rise by 22% between 2020 and 2030, even with recent cutbacks. Yet there remains a tremendous squandering of this precious resource.

When I wrote about GitHub Copilot in November 2021, Copilot was one of only a handful of AI code generation technologies available. I tested it as a Visual Studio Code extension. At the time, Copilot didn’t always generate good, correct, or even running code, but it was still somewhat useful. The great promise behind Copilot (and other code generators that use machine learning) is that it was designed to improve over time, both by incorporating user feedback and by ingesting new code samples into its training corpus. Читать дальше...

The people who maintain traditional data center systems have always objected to having IT assets managed by systems outside their firewalls. Years ago, when I predicted that this would happen, people would often laugh and not believe me. The signs were clear, even back then.

A common leftist tactic is to cry “authoritarian theocracy” whenever a devout Catholic is considered for a position of influence. But another tactic consists of quietly invading and infiltrating Catholic institutions.

Resilience is one of those nebulous concepts that can be difficult to manage within a business setting. It’s seen as a personal thing, something that is within the remit of the individual alone. And while enhanced personal resilience is clearly beneficial to the organization that any given individual works with, it’s not typically the role […]

Harry Kane has admitted that Tottenham Hotspur have struggled to cope when they have been put under any sort of pressure for the majority of the campaign. The campaign continues to go from bad to worse for Tottenham, who lost 3-1 to Brentford on Saturday in their final home game of the season. The match […]

It's official. HBO Max is Max. Despite having gone through a tumultuous time, this streamer still has an astounding catalog of original shows and streaming favorites. So astounding, in fact, that when it came time to make a list of the best TV shows on Max, the task was kind of impossible. Some of the best TV shows ever made are HBO originals, and telling people to watch The Sopranos, The Wire, Sex and the City, The Leftovers, Barry, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Succession, Big Little Lies, Insecure...... Читать дальше...

The big day has arrived. HBO Max is now simply Max. What does this mean for subscribers? Well, first off, this rebranding comes with a collection of new shows, premieres, and seasons. Whether you love juicy reality TV shows, twisted espionage dramas, cuddly creature features, tasty food docs, or quirky comedies — or if you've been waiting 20 years for the resurrection of Clone High — Max has got something new for you.