Ukraine’s drone jammers are proving decisive amid a new push on Russian soil, pro-Kremlin milbloggers say
A Ukrainian soldier controls an FPV drone using a special controller in Donetsk. Ukraine launched a renewed offensive in Russia’s Kursk region on Sunday, where Russian pro-war bloggers say Kyiv’s drone jammers have been working exceptionally well. The “Operation Z” channel, a collection of dispatches from Russian war correspondents, wrote that the attack had focused…
A sober bar manager says every bar will have to serve non-alcoholic options to remain competitive. Here’s how he keeps things fun.
Eliott Edge pours a booze-free drink behind the bar at Hekate. Tucked away in Manhattan’s East Village, a sober bar offers an alternative to the rest of the boozy scenes in New York City. On a Saturday night, Eliott Edge, the bar manager at Hekate Café and Elixir Lounge, welcomed patrons, telling newcomers that: “Everything…
Fear and coding in Las Vegas
Inside the gambling industry’s big bet on AI Narrativa is among a crop of startups seizing on the artificial intelligence boom to enthusiastically automate writing tasks that would once have fallen to humans. From penning regulatory documentation for Pfizer to zhuzhing up marketing copy for insurance and e-commerce firms and helping generate breaking news articles…
Inside the history of Xbox, Microsoft’s gaming console that owns franchises like ‘Call of Duty,’ ‘Halo,’ and ‘Minecraft’
Microsoft launched Xbox nearly 25 years ago as a competitor to Sony’s PlayStation. Since its debut in 2001, Microsoft’s Xbox has become a cornerstone in the gaming industry, quickly coming to rival and challenge the market dominance of the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo. The Xbox brand has evolved through multiple console generations, introducing innovations that…
Meet the leaders of the Big 4, who jointly employ 1.5 million staff
Joe Ucuzoglu, Janet Truncale, Bill Thomas, and Mohamed Kande — the leaders of the Big Four. EY, Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG make up the world’s largest accounting and consulting firms, known as the Big Four. They’re billion-dollar companies with a collective 1.5 million staff and influence over hundreds of industries. In recent years, the Big…
Klarna’s CEO says AI is capable of doing his job — and it makes him feel ‘gloomy’
Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said AI has the building blocks to replicate today’s jobs. Sebastian Siemiatkowski has said AI is capable of performing his job as CEO of Klarna — but he’s not thrilled about the prospect. The cofounder of the buy-now, pay-later firm said Monday in an X post that “AI is capable of…
I worked at Boeing for over 30 years. I witnessed the fallout of outsourcing firsthand.
A former Boeing engineer shares what 30 years at the beleaguered plane company was like. This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Douglas Dorsey, who lives in Washington state, about his career as a manufacturing engineer at Boeing. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I started my career at…
Taiwan believes China is behind damage to one of its crucial undersea cables
A beach anti-attack barrier in Kinmen, Taiwan. Taiwan suspects China of being behind damage to a crucial subsea communications cable just off its northern coast. The damage occurred on Friday near Keelung, according to The Taipei Times, with Taiwanese coast guard officials believing a Cameroon-flagged vessel, the Shunxin 39, was responsible. Despite being Cameroon-flagged, the…
Dollar tumbles on report of watered-down tariffs despite Trump pushback
The US dollar fell on Monday after a report from The Washington Post said the incoming Trump administration would issue watered-down tariffs. The article was followed by a rebuke from President-elect Donald Trump himself, who denied the report in a post on social media and caused the dollar to recover some losses. The US dollar…
