How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files

Two dozen journalists. A pile of pages that would reach the top of the Empire State Building. And an effort to find the next ...
The Spokesman-Review

Faith and Values: Amid current national issues, it’s important to remember the interconnectedness of humanity

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves; FāVS News editor ...
The Washington Post

You don’t need Trump to cap your credit card interest. Just use this script.

It was a ridiculous demand and dead on arrival. President Donald Trump called for a one-year cap of 10 percent on credit card interest rates, effective Jan. 20. “Please be informed that we will no ...
Yahoo Finance

AI Is Now Able To Extract Value From Trash While Tariffs And Environmental Pressures Mount. 'We Shouldn't Expect People To Do That'

AI is stepping into one of the dirtiest jobs in the recycling business: sorting through trash to find what’s actually worth something. And with tariffs, environmental laws, and labor shortages piling ...
MIT Technology Review

Using unstructured data to fuel enterprise AI success

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...
AOL

Licorice Extract Can Fade Dark Spots (Yes, Really)—Here's Exactly How Derms Say to Use It

Licorice extract inhibits tyrosinase production to effectively minimize dark spots and even out skin tone. It's safe to use licorice extract up to twice daily, though it may irritate sensitive skin.
Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeologists Are Using Lasers to Clean Decades of Grime Off a Towering 1,800-Year-Old Marble Column in Rome

Built between 180 and 193 C.E., the column depicts the battles of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, with more than 2,000 highly detailed figures spiraling around the shaft. Stefano Venturini / REDA / ...
Ars Technica

How do AI coding agents work? We look under the hood.

I am a doctor with lots of hobbyist enthusiasm. My programming was typically done in Stata for data analysis. Additionally I used to study code written by others to understand how it was working for ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
Reuters

Fact Check: Sweden does not use new beet extract salt to de-ice roads and nourish birds

Sweden uses common salt to de-ice its roads in winter, contrary to online posts that say it uses a new beet extract salt, the country’s Transport Administration has said. Posts shared on social media, ...
New York Post

Would you use a garlic mouthwash? Scientists say it provides the freshest breath yet

Death to bad breath comes in cloves. Garlic — that pungent, bulb-shaped veggie that gives food a kick and vampires the ick — is now being crowned a possible cure for halitosis, per a new report.