People cross a street while a traffic light is off in Havana on October 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. | Photo: Getty Images
Cuba lost power across the nation on Friday after a major power plant failed, according to the country’s energy ministry. Blackouts have been a recurring problem for Cuba’s aging power grid, the New York Times reported, noting the country has lacked fuel to run the gird fully for weeks.
Its national electricity system was...
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Book publisher Penguin Random House is putting its stance on AI training in print. The standard copyright page on both new and reprinted books will now say, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems,” according to a report from The Bookseller spotted by Gizmodo.
The clause also notes that Penguin Random House “expressly reserves this work from the text...
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Her advisers say the empathy she has expressed for Palestinians as vice president should not be confused with any willingness to break from U.S. foreign policy toward Israel as a presidential candidate.
Israel’s killing of the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is the latest expression of Israel’s belief that regional acceptance will be achieved only through strength.
Assassinating Yahya Sinwar was Israel’s Osama bin Laden moment. But getting a cease-fire deal done in the last three months of the Biden presidency is a much bigger reach.
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Yet another PlayStation blockbuster is making its way to PC. Sony announced that Spider-Man 2, one of the PS5’s biggest exclusives, will hit PC on January 30th. It’ll be available via both Steam and the Epic Game Store.
The PC port will include the base game and all of its subsequent DLC, like New Game Plus mode and extra spider suits, along with PC-specific features like “keyboard and mouse controls, ultra widescreen support, and numerous...
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Though Shinichir? Watanabe’s new animated series Lazarus still doesn’t have a solid release date, Adult Swim has just dropped a wild new clip from the project showcasing its parkour-friendly vision of the future.
Along with giving New York Comic Con attendees a chance to see Lazarus’ first episode, Adult Swim revealed today that Koichi Yamadera and Megumi Hayashibara — the Japanese actors who voiced Cowboy Bebop’s Spike Spiegel and Faye Valentine — are part of...
The Chevy Equinox is one of the cheapest EVs available. | Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The Verge
GM is about to start making money on its electric vehicles by the end of this year, right on schedule, CEO Mary Barra told The New York Times. Barra also told the publication that GM will still phase out the sales of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035, a goal it set in 2021 alongside a promise to be carbon neutral by 2040. GM faced manufacturing and supply chain issues affecting its...
This parenting thing is no joke — these toys will take some of the pressure off.
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Lauren Greenfield, director of the docuseries Social Studies, says we have to have empathy for teens growing up online. “It's not fair to ask them to self-regulate when the apps have been designed to be addictive.”
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At the United States Grand Prix Friday McLaren CEO Zak Brown outlined his simple message for the team
AUSTIN — During the FIA Press Conference on Thursday, McLaren driver Lando Norris declared that regardless of how the season ends, it will be a year for himself and McLaren to be proud of.
On Friday his boss echoed that sentiment.
Speaking in the FIA Press Conference on Friday here in Austin, McLaren CEO Zak Brown outlined that whether McLaren wins...
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Friday in Austin VCARB Team Principal Laurent Mekies addressed Daniel Ricciardo’s departure from F1
AUSTIN — Formula 1 is in Austin for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix, but during the FIA Press Conference on Friday featuring three team bosses, a now-former driver, and his departure from the grid, was a topic of discussion.
Laurent Mekies was asked about the decision by Visa Cash App RB F1 Team to part ways with Daniel Ricciardo following...
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If you’ve been waiting to pick up one of the all-time great games for the Nintendo Switch, you can do so now for as cheap as it gets. Woot is offering first-time customers the chance to buy a physical version The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for $39.99 ($30 off) when you use code ZELDAWELCOME at checkout. If you’ve purchased from Woot before you can still buy the game for a solid $49.99 ($20 off) — or just make a new Woot...
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Worldcoin, the cryptocurrency / human identity network / UBI project co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is now known as World. Along with the name change, World introduced an updated version of its eyeball-scanning Orb device which is designed to solve a problem that does not currently exist: authenticating that someone is human “in the age of AI.”
People registered to the system get a World ID that they can use to “securely and anonymously” prove their...
Interim Jets coach Jeff Ulbrich says wide receiver Davante Adams will play a significant role when he plays his first game for New York against Pittsburgh.
The Wings have fired coach Latricia Trammell after the team went 9-31 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2020.
Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers didn't remember the end of the play two weeks ago when he suffered a concussion against the Cowboys.