Last year we discovered a COVID relief fund meant for struggling arts venues had given $200M+ to wealthy musicians. But we didn't know HOW they spent it — until now. We got the literal receipts, with @TheNewsHam and @ByKLong reviewing thousands of pages of accounting docs
Thing about 1500 meters is that it offers a really, really long time to be alone with your thoughts in the pool knowing there is absolutely nothing you could possibly do to catch Katie Ledecky
RIP Shelley Duvall, one of the most unique and expressive actors in all Hollywood history, seen here in (arguably) her greatest role as Millie Lammoreaux in 3 Women (1977).
Evening viewing recommendation? Only a few more days to watch Ken Russell's X-rated spectacle THE DEVILS ('71)—a deliriously overheated, blasphemous tale of sexual frenzy & demonic possession in a 17th-century convent—before it leaves the @criterionchannl! https://t.co/QwNoMNR0Tu
@TheRecord_Media@RecordedFuture@NPRDina@willyfrederick@SeanCPow@jadeabdulmalik Virtual private networks allow people to skirt government censorship and get unfettered access to the Internet. But as the Iranian government cracked down on both in-person and online dissent, users got creative.
LISTEN: https://t.co/24rE1ktWY4
It isn't just AI generated text that is starting to bleed over into search results.
The main image if you do a Google search for Hawaiian singer Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (whose version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow you have probably hear) is a Midjourney creation right from Reddit.
⚠ Confirmed: Live network data show a collapse in connectivity in the #Gaza Strip with high impact to Paltel, amid reports of heavy bombardment; the company is the last remaining major operator to supply service as connectivity declines amid ongoing fighting with Israel 📉
In a remarkable mobilization, Ukraine's tech community, from secret factories to entrepreneurs, is burgeoning, contributing directly to military efforts against Russia. https://t.co/MTRWccNIPO
Russia has targeted cultural heritage sites in Ukraine as part of the war, including a historic library in Chernihiv.
Now, 3D scanning has helped answer the question: “How can you preserve a culture against such a formidable foe?”
READ: https://t.co/to14jrhoAS
NEW: We traveled to Ukraine to get the inside story of a hunt forward operation carried out by @US_CYBERCOM and Ukrainian cyber operators before the war.
This is the first time the Ukrainian side of the mission has been revealed publicly.
LISTEN: https://t.co/E8Z6iIpdbd
Here’s the final @nytimes sports section written and produced by the NYT’s sports department, which our company has closed. I started working in the section 19-1/2 years ago, and this moment is breaking my heart.