On June 8, 1023, 1,001 years ago, King Cnut took a bath. In itself this was not particularly remarkable. Contrary to the image of a ubiquitously grubby middle ages that dominates film and television, there is evidence to suggest that among the upper classes, at least, bathing was a regular pleasure. On June 8, 1023, 1,001…
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry. Artificial Intelligence, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Computers and the Internet, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Inflection AI Inc, Microsoft Corp, NVIDIA Corporation, OpenAI Labs, United States, Kanter, Jonathan S,…
When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the vast expanse of the universe. We call them “radio transients”: some erupt only once, never to be seen again, and others flicker on and off in predictable patterns. When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out…
Federal regulators said that the portable bed rails posed a serious entrapment hazard and a risk of death by asphyxiation. Recalls and Bans of Products, Beds and Bedding, Deaths (Fatalities), Asphyxiation, Choking, and Suffocation, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Medline Industries Inc, United States, Canada, Medline Bed Assist Bar Federal regulators said that the portable bed rails posed…
She takes office immediately. The previous leader of Actors’ Equity, Kate Shindle, had been president since 2015, and did not run again. Shields, Brooke, Actors Equity Assn, Actors and Actresses, Organized Labor, Appointments and Executive Changes, Shindle, Kate, Theater, Theater (Broadway), Theater (Off Broadway) She takes office immediately. The previous leader of Actors’ Equity, Kate Shindle, had…
Tens of millions of farm animals cross state lines every year, traveling in cramped, stressful conditions that can facilitate the spread of disease. Disease Rates, Livestock, Chickens, Avian Influenza, Swine Influenza, Law and Legislation, Animal Abuse, Rights and Welfare, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Bacteria, Factory Farming, Meatpacking Plants and Slaughterhouses, Pigs, Antibiotics, Cattle, your-feed-science, your-feed-health, your-feed-animals Tens…
The island democracy was early to ban TikTok on government phones, and the ruling party refuses to use it. But a U.S.-style ban is not under consideration. Computers and the Internet, Social Media, Computer Security, Rumors and Misinformation, Politics and Government, Mobile Applications, International Relations, TikTok (ByteDance), Beijing Bytedance Technology Co Ltd, China, Taiwan The island democracy…