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These famous Chicago landmarks will play host to the DNC
Chicago has a rich architectural heritage built into its skyline. This is where Frank Lloyd Wright got his start, where the world’s first skyscraper was built, and where this week, Democrats are...
View ArticleWho is Mike Lynch? ‘British Bill Gates’ missing after luxury yacht disaster,...
U.K. tech tycoon Mike Lynch is missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily early Monday morning. The yacht, which records suggest belonged to Lynch, sank after encountering a storm....
View ArticleBiden’s citizenship program for immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens launches
Miguel Aleman, a 39-year-old who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 4, is among hundreds of thousands of immigrants hoping to find a path to citizenship through a new Biden...
View ArticleLay the PR groundwork before your moment comes
Just when we think the news cycle can’t get any wilder, it does. Before the election kicked into high gear, we navigated round-the-clock requests surrounding a presidential trade mission and a Senate...
View ArticleTravelers are turning to package deals more after the pandemic
Sun seekers are turning to package holidays in Europe as soaring hotel and flight prices revive demand for the all-inclusive deals that had fallen from favour, bolstering the balance sheets of some...
View ArticleOpenAI just shut down an Iran-linked disinformation campaign involving...
As concerns about foreign interference in the 2024 election linger and politicians continue to worry about the potential negative impacts of artificial intelligence, OpenAI, late last Friday,...
View ArticleMaternal healthcare sees a surge in venture capital
After working as a doula for 10 years, Kortny Feutardo took her first Maryland Medicaid patient in January, providing the new mom with care coordination and counseling. Feutardo is one of many...
View ArticleRemote workers are lonely, but returning to the office isn’t the solution
A recent Gallup poll found that 1 in 5 workers worldwide feel lonely. This number is even higher—1 in 4—among fully remote workers. Just last year, a Bright Horizons survey revealed that more than 40%...
View ArticleAI startup Anthropic gets sued on allegations of ‘large-scale theft’
A group of authors is suing artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, alleging it committed “large-scale theft” in training its popular chatbot Claude on pirated copies of copyrighted books.While...
View ArticleVermont businesses in this popular destination are struggling to rebound from...
Two bouts of flooding from storms in July has hampered businesses and destinations in an economically depressed section of northern Vermont, with some still closed as they continue to repair damage...
View ArticleWill China be able to wean itself off from coal? Experts weigh in
Approvals for new coal-fired power plants in China dropped sharply in the first half of this year, according to an analysis released Tuesday, after a flurry of permits in the previous two years raised...
View ArticleThis JD Vance-founded donor organization has big plans and a million dollar...
Before JD Vance began his rapid rise to vice presidential candidate, he co-founded a Silicon Valley-backed donor organization to finance right-wing news stories, voter turnout operations and election...
View ArticleIs generative AI headed for a model collapse? Here’s what companies are doing...
Artificial intelligence (AI) prophets and newsmongers are forecasting the end of the generative AI hype, with talk of an impending catastrophic “model collapse”. But how realistic are these...
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Why countries use volcanic heat to make geothermal energy
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Could we use volcanoes to make electricity? –...
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Why a 10,000-year-old building material is making a comeback in NYC high-rises
Terracotta’s traditional place in the urban landscape—adorning classic, turn-of-the-20th-century towers—gives it a sense of history, of being handcrafted, and of heft. But today’s use of architectural...
View ArticleThe Olympic muffin was a TikTok microtrend. Now it’s a global phenomenon
Chocolate muffins blew up on TikTok during the Olympics, and their staying power has surpassed the Paris Games themselves. Norwegian swimmer Henrik Christiansen became TikTok’s “muffin man” throughout...
View Article10 new states join the monopoly suit against Ticketmaster
Attorneys general from 10 new states have joined a civil antitrust lawsuit against Live Nation and its ticket-selling unit, Ticketmaster, for allegedly monopolizing markets across the live concert...
View ArticleGold bars hit $1 million in value. Why does the price keep rising?
The TV show Gold Rush may be in its 14th season, but evidently, the mother lode of investors is only now catching on. The price of gold is at record levels, with spot gold prices having eclipsed the...
View ArticleDisney backpedals its bid to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit after backlash
Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in...
View ArticleEU slashes tariffs for Teslas made in China
The European Union has slashed its planned extra tariff on Tesla electric vehicles imported from China by more than half, the bloc’s executive said on Tuesday, following further investigations...
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