The Gambling Companies Need Their Customers’ Misery

The Gambling Companies Need Their Customers' Misery

Over the weekend, The New York Times published an investigation into DraftKings. The upshot of the investigation is that this obviously exploitative, for-profit company exploits its customers for profit in all the ways you might have feared. The story features official testimony from former DraftKings employees who say the company not only created tools to … Read more

I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops

I got to see Google’s wild ideas about the future of laptops

Hay algunas cosas acerca del uso de un Googlebook que inmediatamente parecen correctas. El hardware está pulido (ya que está basado en los portátiles actuales). El sistema operativo le resulta familiar (si alguna vez ha usado una Chromebook). Pero lo más impresionante es que integra tu teléfono Android con tu PC para que se sientan … Read more

Baker Mayfield: Loss stings because we’re 0-2, not because it was to Browns

Baker Mayfield: Loss stings because we're 0-2, not because it was to Browns

After the schedule for the 2026 season was released in the spring, Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield said he had the team’s Week 2 game against the Browns circled. Mayfield began his career with the Browns and was traded after Cleveland opted for Deshaun Watson as their quarterback. Mayfield was excited for the opportunity to hand … Read more

People think Earth dies when the Sun becomes a red giant in five billion years — the more likely end is a billion years from now, when a star already 30 percent brighter than at birth pushes CO₂ too low for C3 plants, then a moist greenhouse strips the oceans of hydrogen and leaves a sterile Venus

People think Earth dies when the Sun becomes a red giant in five billion years — the more likely end is a billion years from now, when a star already 30 percent brighter than at birth pushes CO₂ too low for C3 plants, then a moist greenhouse strips the oceans of hydrogen and leaves a sterile Venus

The Sun is approximately 4.6 billion years old and is about halfway through its main sequence lifespan. The popular conception holds that the destruction of the Earth will occur when the Sun becomes a red giant in about 5,000,000,000 years, but the Earth may become uninhabitable billions of years earlier, not due to a sudden … Read more

Live Updates: Iran warns “geography of the war” would expand in response to any new U.S. assault

Live Updates: Iran warns "geography of the war" would expand in response to any new U.S. assault

US embassies in the Middle East early Sunday morning local time issued security alerts for US citizens in the region. “Due to tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex with the potential for unforeseen escalation,” read the alerts issued by embassies in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan, Bahrain, the United … Read more

German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay on – BBC

German Chancellor Merz calls state election a 'disaster' for his party but vows to stay on - BBC

German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay BBCMerz holds on after German election ‘disaster’ ReutersAfD makes gains in election but has no choice of government DW.comChancellor Merz calls German state election results a ‘disaster’ as far-right rises again CNNGerman far-right sets sights on replacing Merz’s party Bloomberg.com

Trump and Xi dine with AI titans and Meta takes the stage: What to watch this week

Trump and Xi dine with AI titans and Meta takes the stage: What to watch this week

With the Federal Reserve’s decision and most of earnings season behind us, the last full week of September features lighter financial programming, opening the door to whatever unexpected news the universe has in store. For example, a gigantic essential meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in which the most important figures … Read more