Silicon returns to Silicon Valley
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Tag Archives: September 2024
The Economist Magazine – September 21, 2024 Preview
The breakthrough AI needs
A race is on to push artificial intelligence beyond today’s limits
Let Ukraine hit military targets in Russia with American missiles
Hitting back at the forces blasting Ukrainian cities is legal and proportionate
Saving Britain’s universities
Domestic students have been paying less in real terms every year
How the world’s poor stopped catching up
Progress stalled around 2015. To restart it, liberalise
Who’s winning in Pennsylvania?
A flood of money, advertising and consultants have left the race for the state a virtual tie
Peak woke: the numbers
Our statistical analysis finds that woke opinions and practices are on the decline
News: More Explosions In Lebanon As Israel Targets Hezbollah Leadership
The New York Times — Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024
Second Wave of Blasts Hits Lebanon as Hand-Held Radios Explode
At least 20 people were killed and more than 450 others wounded, Lebanese officials said, a day after pagers exploded across the country and killed 12 people, in an attack widely attributed to Israel.
Waves of Small Explosions Cause Chaos Inside Hezbollah
Two series of coordinated attacks targeting the group’s wireless devices caused thousands of injuries, piercing the group’s rank and file and raising questions about how it will respond.
The Fed Makes a Large Rate Cut and Forecasts More to Come
Fed officials kicked off rate cuts with a half-point reduction, confident that inflation is cooling and eager to keep the job market strong.
Trump’s Talk of Prosecution Rattles Election Officials
The former president has long claimed, despite evidence to the contrary, that elections are corrupt. What if he carries through with threats to prosecute the officials who run them?
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Sept. 19, 2024
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Brain region boosts avoidance of unpleasantness and pain — in mice
Discovery could help to identify ways to prevent relapse into opioid usage.
The Amazon’s gargantuan gardeners: manatees
The aquatic mammals disperse seeds of their favourite foods as they migrate, according to a serendipitous study of their poo.
Plagued by mosquitoes? Try some bite-blocking fabrics
Scientists create textiles with just the right weave and yarn to keep biting insects at bay.
Islands are rich with languages spoken nowhere else
Extremely remote islands are more likely than less isolated ones to have a high number of endemic languages.
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Sept. 20, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (September 18, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Autumn Fiction’ – Rachel Kushner, Olga Tokarczuk, László Krasznahorkai and Sally Rooney; Craig Brown on The Queen; A very Yorkshire horror; China’s Britain complex and The Looting of America…
The New York Times — Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024
Exploding Pagers Targeting Hezbollah Kill 11 and Wound Thousands
The Iranian-backed militant group, which uses pagers to safeguard communications, blamed Israel for the attacks in Lebanon. Israel declined to comment.
Secret Service Told Trump It Needs to Bolster Security if He Keeps Golfing
The agency’s acting director, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., met with Donald J. Trump on Monday in the aftermath of the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday.
What We Know About the Deadly Floods in Central Europe
At least 17 people have died and thousands have been displaced. “Relief is not expected to come before tomorrow, and more likely, the day after,” an official in Austria said.
Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes
The app, which is popular with teenagers, introduced new settings and features aimed at addressing inappropriate online contact and content, and improving sleep for users under 18.
Generative AI: Speeding Up Amazon Package Delivery
Chapters: 2:14 Two-day to same-day 5:51 Robot revolution 9:18 Predicting orders 12:11 Routes and personalization
CNBC got an exclusive look at Amazon’s use of generative AI to optimize delivery routes, make more intelligent warehouse robots, and better predict where to stock new items.
Country Life Magazine – September 18, 2024 Issue
Country Life Magazine (September 17, 2024): The latest issue features…
The legacy
Amie Elizabeth White hails king of cutlery Harry Brearley, whose stainless-steel invention was — like himself — ‘made in Sheffield’
Country Life’s little-known gems of the Cotswolds
Jane Wheatley swerves the honeypots to share some of the region’s lesser-known places to eat, shop, stay or unwind
Dem bones, dem bones
The world’s first named dinosaur was found in the beautiful Oxfordshire village of Stonesfield. Ben Lerwill meets the Megalosaurus
A taste of the exotic
From coatimundis in Cumbria to scorpions in Kent, Victoria Marston introduces some of Britain’s most exotic residents
One bray at a time
The stoic and devoted donkey is often misunderstood, but it is capable of melting the hardest of hearts, as Katy Birchall learns
Marking time in the Cotswolds
Penny Churchill showcases the best country houses for sale in this sought-after region
Out of the ordinary
Annunciata Elwes scours the Cotswolds property market for something a little different
Geraldine Collinge’s favourite painting
The art-gallery director chooses a spectacular, nightmarish work
Revealing the Roman Cotswolds
Clive Aslet investigates the role of antiquarian Samuel Lysons in recording the excavation of Roman villas in the Cotswolds
Love in an elevator
Country house lifts have been going up in the world ever since Queen Victoria’s day, as Melanie Cable-Alexander discovers
Interiors
Ideas and inspiration for your kitchen, with Amelia Thorpe
Where the north wind doth blow
Tiffany Daneff is blown away by panoramic views and weatherproof planting in the garden at Coates Barn in Warwickshire
Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson pairs pears with both sweet and savoury
Foraging
Oyster mushrooms are a woodland delicacy, but vegans might be put off by their carnivorous tendencies, reveals John Wright
The good stuff
Hetty Lintell is on the prowl for luxurious leopard-print pieces
Travel
Steven King heads to Hungary to discover how autumn mists make Tokaji wine irresistible
We band of brothers
Octavia Pollock marvels at the medals of yesteryear, finding that many of their mottos and motifs are works of art in their own right
Right as rain
Michael Prodger dodges the showers to examine drizzle, downpour and deluge in art
The spy who came onto the stage
The first stage adaptation of a Le Carré novel is compelling viewing, says Michael Billington
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