Meta unveils Movie Gen, an AI model that can generate video with sound
Facebook owner Meta announced on Friday it had built a new AI model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts, claiming it can rival tools...
View Article‘Discover the rabbit hole’: Conspiracy theories about Hurricane Helene are...
Conspiracy theories have a habit of spiking following natural disasters, and Hurricane Helene is no exception. As the death toll topped 200 on Friday morning, the conspiracy theorists are out in full...
View ArticleCongress wants to force carmakers to keep AM radio, but it needs to rebuild...
A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford, have decided to stop putting AM radios in their electric vehicles. They...
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How chemicals spread after the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment—and...
On February 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling chemical fires at the foothills of the...
View Article10 years in, the Try Guys expand their universe with a new streaming platform
Ten years ago, four Buzzfeed staffers took the site’s pivot to video as an opportunity to film themselves trying things they’d never done before. With a video of them trying on women’s underwear that...
View Article3 reasons people don’t do what you want (and how to get them to)
Many leaders are perplexed when their people don’t do what they want. They usually blame it on the employee. But that is not always the case. When employees don’t do what you want, it comes down to...
View ArticleLGBTQ+ youth see content creators—and even AI chatbots—as social lifelines,...
Social media and the internet are getting the blame for much of the youth mental health crisis, but for LGBTQ+ youth they may provide an important source of social connection. Hopelab, a company that...
View ArticleHow to solve complex, real-world problems using applied math
You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the square footage of a room. But what role does math play...
View ArticleWhy this tiny tribe’s $600M casino in California’s wine country may not happen
For decades a small, landless tribe in Northern California has been on a mission to get land, open a casino, and tap into the gaming market enjoyed by so many other tribes that earn millions of...
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WhatsApp vs. Apple Messages: Which is the better messaging app in 2024?
Messaging apps are one of the most frequently used apps on our phones. There’s probably not a day that goes by when most people don’t hear a ding alerting them to a new text. There’s also no shortage...
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Famed designer Stefan Sagmeister shares 35 years’ worth of his...
Stefan Sagmeister is one of the most famous designers in the world, known for projects ranging from album covers for the Rolling Stones and David Byrne to branding for Levis and BMW to his...
View ArticleWhy the UAW is threatening strikes against Stellantis again
The United Auto Workers is taking steps toward holding strikes that could interfere with some of Stellantis’s operations in the United States. Stellantis, formed in 2021 through a merger, is the...
View ArticleThis German startup uses hops to reduce waste from beer and construction
Two students in Munich, sipping beers on their dormitory couch in 2022, chatted about a recent lecture describing the use of banana fibers in Colombia to make sustainable building materials. Wouldn’t...
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This slick tool monitors any web page for updates
Email newsletters are great. When there’s an update, it comes straight to your inbox. You don’t have to check a web page over and over again. But many websites don’t offer email updates. You may find...
View Article4 things executives could learn from top freelancers
I am not a business coach. But as life in corporate America shifts, I’ve become a version of one to many of my C-suite clients who now find themselves in a career holding pattern. As the ground shifts...
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Housing market update: More than 4 million homeowners could refinance their...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported another increase in its weekly...
View ArticleA brief guide to affording eldercare for aging parents
As an adult, you’ve gotten used to certain things about your parents that your childhood never prepared you for—like your mom’s affinity for pickleball or your dad’s sudden fascination with ancient...
View ArticleHow to keep your jack-o’-lantern from rotting before Halloween
For many Americans, pumpkins mean that fall is here. In anticipation, coffee shops, restaurants, and grocery stores start their pumpkin flavor promotions in late August, a month before autumn...
View ArticleHow business schools can show they’re making a positive societal impact
Back in 1970, the economist Milton Friedman famously argued that businesses have a single responsibility: to increase profit. For decades, the so-called “Friedman doctrine” amounted to dogma in...
View ArticleHow rockets could travel to Mars in half the time with nuclear thermal...
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet could take several months to years round trip. This...
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