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Jess Weatherbed

ChatGPT’s ‘canvas’ interface makes it easier to write and code

Canvas should make it easier for ChatGPT users to make alterations to code and text without rewriting entirely with additional prompts. | Image: OpenAI

OpenAI has launched a new “canvas” interface for ChatGPT that allows users to adjust sections of text or code generated by the chatbot in a side-by-side collaboration. Canvas opens a separate editing window next to the existing ChatGPT chat box, which can be used to manually change text or code, or highlight specific sections to...

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Tracy Mumford, Megan Twohey, Kate Lanphear, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

Oil Prices Rise on Biden’s Offhand Remarks, and U.S. Ports Reopen

Plus, the top trends from fashion month.

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Sadiya Kherani

Here’s what it is like to be a Hurricane Helene first responder

First responders across the country are providing assistance to communities impacted by Hurricane Helene. Here’s what their work involves.

On September 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida. Since then, Helene has swept across the Southeast, demolishing homes, and leaving many cities without water and electricity. According to NBC News, more than 200 people have died as a result of the hurricane’s destruction.

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Chris Stokel-Walker

We’ve entered the AI grift era

Buoyed by big valuations, companies like PearAI are trying to capitalize on the massive hype around artificial intelligence—sometimes in a shady way.

For years, Y Combinator has been revered as a highly selective startup accelerator with a hit rate that far exceeds the law of averages. But one of its latest companies has raised a few eyebrows, and prompted questions about whether AI grifters have caught up with the innovators.

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Rob Walker

Waymo’s fortune cookies reveal just how far ahead of Tesla’s robotaxis it is

As Tesla gears up to finally unveil a robotaxi prototype, Waymo is already expanding to a fourth city.

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Henry Chandonnet

I’m addicted to TikTok. I’m begging the government to ban it

With its endless scroll of content, TikTok quickly became a dependence: It helped me relax, helped me sleep, helped me pass by three hours without a semblance of connection. 

I downloaded TikTok back in 2020, by which point it had moved from cringe teen fad to pandemic must-have. Since then, I’ve seen my attention span fracture and metastasize. The endless scroll subsumed me, along with some 48 million others in my Gen Z cohort.

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Hunter Schwarz

Target’s new expandable sneakers do away with pinched toes for good

Think of it as an elastic waistband for your feet.

The footwear budget for Target shoppers who are the parents of young children just got a little smaller. Footwear designer D’Wayne Edwards‘s new patented shoe for the retailer can expand a full size for adults and half a size for children, giving kids some room to grow before the need new shoes.

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Recipe for Innovation: Claudette Zepeda

From Tijuana to San Diego and the borderlands in between, see how Chef Claudette Zepeda continues to pioneer culinary innovation with five recipes inspired by companies in Invesco QQQ ETF.

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37 Travel Products You Won’t Regret Buying For Your Next Trip

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David Gilbert

Neo-Nazis Are Fleeing Telegram for Encrypted App SimpleX Chat

Neo-Nazis are joining SimpleX Chat, a relatively unknown app that received funding from Jack Dorsey and promises users there is no way for it or law enforcement to track their identity.

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Chris Stokel-Walker

Wastewater Offers an Early Alarm System for Another Deadly Virus

A surveillance system proven during Covid-19 is now being used to track outbreaks of RSV.

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Andrew J. Hawkins

Waymo is adding the Hyundai Ioniq 5 to its robotaxi fleet

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Waymo has its sights set on its next robotaxi: the Hyundai Ioniq 5.

The Alphabet company announced that it was entering a “multi-year, strategic” partnership with the Hyundai Motor Group that will result in the Ioniq 5 eventually joining its robotaxi fleet.

But first, the Ioniq 5 will need to undergo on-road testing with Waymo’s self-driving technology, which the company says will begin in late 2025. Waymo wouldn’t specify when the Ioniq 5 will be used for...

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Stephen Castle

The U.K. Has a More Working Class Cabinet. It’s Still Seen as Out of Touch.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s top team contains more lawmakers from poor backgrounds, and fewer from elite schools, than any in recent memory. Voters haven’t noticed.

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Tim Arango and Matt Stevens

Los Angeles District Attorney Says He Is Reviewing Menendez Brothers Case

Interest in the Menendez brothers has intensified after the release of a new Netflix drama about the case. A separate documentary is forthcoming.

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David Brooks

A Recipe for a Striving America

The question is not whether to do industrial policy, but how.

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Kenneth Cuccinelli

In Death Penalty Cases, Courts Should Listen When Prosecutors Admit They Were Wrong

When prosecutors admit they were wrong in a death penalty case, courts should listen.

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Alison Fragale and Adam Grant

Kamala Harris Is Walking a Tightrope That Few Women Survive

She’s strong. But she’s warm. That makes all the difference.

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Bret Stephens

The Year American Jews Woke Up

American Jews need to recover their instinct for danger.

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Jennifer Schuessler

Oliver Sacks Archive Heads to the New York Public Library

The voluminous papers of the celebrated neurologist include letters, notebooks, drafts and other traces of a man who couldn’t stop writing.

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Lola Fadulu

How an Uber Eats Order Unraveled a Couple’s Injury Lawsuit

A New Jersey couple sued Uber after a crash left them severely injured. An appeals court ruled that they had agreed to settle disputes out of court when they used the Uber Eats app.

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