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How Sutton Foster Juggled ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘Once Upon a Mattress’

February 19, 2024|Categories: NY Region|

How the Broadway star simultaneously mastered leading roles in “Once Upon a Mattress” and “Sweeney [+]

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Overlooked No More: Pierre Toussaint, Philanthropist and Candidate for Sainthood

February 18, 2024|Categories: NY Region|

He became wealthy working as a hairdresser in New York, then used his funds to [+]

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Business

A.I. Frenzy Complicates Efforts to Keep Power-Hungry Data Sites Green

February 29, 2024|Comments Off on A.I. Frenzy Complicates Efforts to Keep Power-Hungry Data Sites Green

Artificial intelligence’s booming growth is radically reshaping an already red-hot data center market, raising questions about whether these sites can be operated sustainably. ​Read More Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet, Sustainable Living, Alternative [+]

Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat

February 29, 2024|Comments Off on Biden Calls Chinese Electric Vehicles a Security Threat

The president ordered an investigation into auto software that could track U.S. drivers, part of a broader effort to stop E.V. imports from China. ​Read More Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Biden, Joseph R Jr, Raimondo, Gina [+]

U.S. Proposes New Rules to Ease Flying for Travelers in Wheelchairs

February 29, 2024|Comments Off on U.S. Proposes New Rules to Ease Flying for Travelers in Wheelchairs

The Transportation Department said the proposed regulations would make it easier to hold airlines accountable for mishandling passengers’ wheelchairs. ​Read More Airlines and Airplanes, Disabilities, Discrimination, Wheelchairs, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, United States Politics and [+]

Inquiry Into Ouster of OpenAI’s Chief Executive Nears End

February 29, 2024|Comments Off on Inquiry Into Ouster of OpenAI’s Chief Executive Nears End

WilmerHale, the law firm investigating Sam Altman, could present its findings to the company’s board as soon as next month. Mr. Altman was reinstated as chief executive. ​Read More Artificial Intelligence, Computers and the Internet, Start-ups, [+]

Why Microsoft Has Accepted Unions, Unlike Its Rivals

February 29, 2024|Comments Off on Why Microsoft Has Accepted Unions, Unlike Its Rivals

Once again a juggernaut thanks to artificial intelligence, Microsoft has worked to shed its strong-arm image. Is there a catch? ​Read More Microsoft Corp, Organized Labor, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Corporate Social Responsibility, Labor and Jobs, [+]

China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public

February 29, 2024|Comments Off on China Has Thousands of Navalnys, Hidden From the Public

China has no dissident with the kind of public profile that Aleksei A. Navalny had. The government has many critics, but they all disappear from view. ​Read More Politics and Government, Political Prisoners, International Relations, Social [+]

Economy

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