Новости за 19.12.2024

“I simply no longer know what to do. The situation is an absolute catastrophe.”

If Tilda Swinton hadn’t been born in time to play the androgynous protagonist of Sally Potter’s Orlando (1992), the director would have had to invent her. Ever since the beginning of her career as a cover girl for the British avant-garde, Swinton has seemed strangely ageless: a protean figure projecting a beguiling mix of Sphinx-like wisdom and fairy-tale whimsy; an alabaster statue granted benevolent sentience. In Orlando, Potter’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel, Swinton is a shape-shifter... Читать дальше...

A free VPN app called Big Mama is selling access to people’s home internet networks. Kids are using it to cheat in a VR game while researchers warn of bigger security risks.

If you’re reading this, you probably know there’s no shortage of advice — good, bad, middling — in our digital landscape. Influencers are always peddling one weird trick to help you “hack” your health; many people on the internet won’t bat an eye before telling you to “divorce him,” and Reddit has become the de facto […]

At the age of 29, Jeremy Bray can no longer move his face, arms, hands or legs. The only thing that can stop or even reverse the weakening of his muscles is a treatment the Manitoba government is refusing to pay for.

Entertainment Today: Watches television shows about people gossiping, fighting, and having sex. Entertainment in 1884: Gossiping, fighting, and having sex.

Across culture and politics, 2024 was a year of great expectations followed by disastrous misses. What space might these upsets open up in their wake?

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This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. The vibes in the climate world this year have largely been … less than great. Global greenhouse-gas emissions hit a new high, reaching 37.4 billion metric tons in 2024. This year is…

Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace are putting their moon landers on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is scheduled to lift off in January.

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Penguins head south for a meeting with the Predators and Pens Points has all the headlines to catch up on before puck drop.

There may be more families in need than people realise, says founder and chairman of Neighbour Neighbour charity Errol Griffith. That’s why he is encouraging more Barbadians to give what they can throughout the year and not just during the holidays. “The demand for our assistance increased during COVID and it never dropped. It increased […]

Much of the failure of American schools is due to the adherence to a flawed system of teaching students how to read. Homeschoolers often don‘t seem to have that problem, and there is a good reason why.

As fatal familial insomnia progresses, patients completely stop sleeping and enter a coma-like state that results in death within months.

Among the most valuable commodities today in the fashion and textiles business is sustainability data. For one, data is necessary to guard against greenwashing allegations, backing up claims and allowing companies to speak more credibly about the provenance of their materials. Metrics are also critical in meeting a growing spate of regulatory requirements that make […]

Amazon’s new in-office mandate takes effect in January. But the Strategic Organizing Center’s survey of more than 1,000 corporate employees indicates that many may already be out the door.

The veteran AI researcher was a key developer of OpenAI’s o1 model, which ‘thinks’ longer and harder about problems.

Why forgettable shows like Netflix's The Perfect Couple have come to dominate

Members of Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee have visited Mowi's salmon farm in Loch Erisort, on the Isle of Lewis, as part of a fact-finding visit to the Western Isles.

Fintechs and their partner banks are keen to hold the industry to high standards of regulatory compliance in the interests of everyone's reputation.

ESPN is assembling a new team. Today, the sports network announced the debut of the ESPN Squad, four animated characters that viewers see when watching ESPN's content. ESPN Squad was developed by ESPN Creative Studio and is designed to bring fun and entertainment to audiences, while introducing something unexpected to the ESPN ecosystem. The main...

Nonprofit newsroom The Baltimore Banner will bring in more than $13 million in revenue in 2024, a year-over-year increase of 37% for the startup publisher. The news outlet, which launched in June 2022 with $50 million in backing from businessman Stewart W. Bainum, generates revenue from three primary sources: subscriptions (45%), advertising (35%), and philanthropy...

When it launched its retail-media platform in 2018, Home Depot called it Retail Media+. Leaving aside its decidedly meh name, the platform has become an increasingly important piece of Home Depot's revenue picture, judging from recent events. In March, the home-improvement colossus rebranded the platform with a catchier handle--Orange Apron Media. The platform allows suppliers...

The adtech industry made strides in 2024. Companies beyond the sell-side, like Coca-Cola, got excited about curation. M&A started to get a bit more strategic. Google shared a tad more about its post-cookie plans. And bad actors using techniques like ID bridging were shown the light. But it's not all upside. This year also brought...

In 2024, chief marketing officers (CMOs) wore many hats as their remit continued to evolve. For some, this expanded scope laddered up to a promotion to the corner office. Over the last 12 months, senior marketers including Starbucks' Brady Brewer and GE's Linda Boff have made the leap from CMO to chief executive officer (CEO)....