1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (761+ words) Zhao, a 30-something woman living in Beijing, says she lost over $100,000 in May to a romance scammer who claimed to be a researcher working for Microsoft. After initially chatting Zhao up on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, he asked…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (592+ words) The situation is relatable to anyone who has been in a parent WhatsApp chat: one person says something ridiculous, and everyone else has to react with varying degrees of politeness or directness. Side chats ensue, tensions start to boil. Oreogate…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (365+ words) Chadwick, who is also a model and influencer with millions of followers, made the cryptic announcement on Tuesday in an Instagram post. “Some personal news. As of last week, I’ve stepped away from Goose,” Chadwick wrote. “This was not a…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (340+ words) The AI industry is reaping what it sows, as far as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is concerned. Abbott said the sharp criticism Americans are lobbing at AI data centers is well-earned during an interview on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1408+ words) The fight over data centers is suddenly at the epicenter of the midterm elections. “It’s very much a bottom up, organic movement,” said Anna Greenberg, a veteran Democratic pollster, who said that while people’s views on data centers were largely…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (705+ words) This spring, I saw a TikTok that intrigued me. Befuddled me, maybe I should say. A woman sat on her bed and screamed into a pillow. The text across the middle of the screen read, “this feels worse than texting…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1016+ words) The carrier pigeon was halfway across the Atlantic Ocean, soaring toward Toronto. Its message, sent from London, would take more than a day to arrive. But when the letter landed, it was not untied from a spindly leg but rather…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (614+ words) The gadget that pings you on Slack when your colleague has a question is the same one that alerts you when your friend has just outscored you at Wordle. That blurring of boundaries can be a problem. There is actually…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (757+ words) Is it a Chinese Psy-Op? Are Americans ignorant? Or are tech bros just completely out of touch? Tech leaders across the country are full of ideas about why Americans are in a furor against data centers, positing theories on social…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (242+ words) This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Do the words “data center” make you want to drop everything and call your congressional representative?...