The NBA kicked off its All-Star weekend with a celebrity game where influencers, NFL players, and WNBA stars got to attempt the sport’s first-ever eight-point shot. But the real “innovation” for basketball came hours before Stephen A. and Shannon Sharpe’s teams took the LED court. Hey Shannon Sharpe, the Memphis Grizzlies are the NBA’s Kings…
European Union regulators on Thursday opened investigations into the American tech giant Meta for the potentially addictive effects Instagram and Facebook have on children, an action with far-reaching implications because it cuts to the core of how the company’s products are designed. Meta’s products may “exploit the weaknesses and inexperience of minors” to create behavioral…
To the political strategy that might in the future be called “transparent efforts to change the narrative and repair the damage done to Joe Biden in the first presidential debate,” add the dress that Jill Biden wore to accompany her husband to his next-day rally in Raleigh, N.C. As President Biden attempted to address some…
Jul 11, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Atlanta Braves pitcher Max Fried (54) throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the first inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Although things have not gone the Atlanta Braves’ way lately, manager Brian Snitker found something positive about the weekend series against the Colorado Rockies in…
I don’t really know how to do my hair that well. I don’t blow dry it or anything like that. I just started seeing Dana Ionato at Sally Hershberger for my color and I’ve liked working with her because the color grows out well. Stay Here In Oxford, England, a Hotel Opens in an 18th…
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Will Benson (30) reacts as he crosses home plate with Cincinnati Reds third baseman Noelvi Marte (16) after hitting a 3-run home run in the second inning of the MLB game between Cincinnati Reds and Colorado Rockies at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. Rookie Rece Hinds…
For more than two decades, Yeana Ahn, a co-founder of a lifestyle publicity company in New York City, has worn the same watch every day: a 36-millimeter Rolex Datejust in stainless steel and 14-karat gold with an Oyster bracelet. Strictly speaking, however, it isn’t her watch. It belongs to her husband, James Ahn, who received…
Q: A cocktail or glass of wine helps me fall asleep on long flights. But are there downsides to drinking on a plane? After the bustle of boarding and the effort of squeezing your body and baggage into compact spaces, a drink or two may feel like just the ticket. But the results of a…
In a 1991 segment of “60 Minutes,” the CBS correspondent Morley Safer asked how it could be that the French enjoyed high-fat foods like pâté, butter and triple crème Brie, yet had lower rates of heart disease than people in the United States. “The answer to the riddle, the explanation of the paradox, may lie…
Ahead of the U.S. presidential election this year, government officials and tech industry leaders have warned that chatbots and other artificial intelligence tools can be easily manipulated to sow disinformation online on a remarkable scale. To understand how worrisome the threat is, we customized our own chatbots, feeding them millions of publicly available social media…
