[ad_1] I was already familiar with the mechanics of goal setting when I started using Noom, a weight loss app, to prep for my daughter’s wedding. My graduate work in…
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Review: ‘Turning Red’ Doesn’t Follow Pixar’s Rules. Good
[ad_1] In 2017, director Domee Shi had just finished Bao, a Pixar short in which a woman’s bao bun lunch comes to life and grows from an adorable dumpling into…
Activists Are Reaching Russians Behind Putin’s Propaganda Wall
[ad_1] René has nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine. The 34-year-old lives more than 1,000 km away in Nuremberg, Germany. He has no family there, and he’s never…
How a Plucky Robot Found the Long-Lost Endurance Shipwreck
[ad_1] Photograph: Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust / National Geographic Sabertooth’s tether makes it unlike other Antarctic ocean robots, which tends to be fully autonomous; scientists give them orders to explore…
Beware the Never-Ending Disinformation Emergency
[ad_1] “If you put up this whole interview, ”Donald Trump said during a podcast livestream on Wednesday afternoon,“ let’s see what happens when Instagram and Facebook and Twitter and all…
How a New Digital Dollar Could Shake the US Financial System
[ad_1] The Federal Reserve says it has not decided whether to pursue a digital currency but notes that a CBDC “could provide households and businesses a convenient, electronic form of…
Review: ‘After Yang’ Will Make You Grieve For a Robot
[ad_1] Someone at a robot company once told me a story about one of its bomb disposal machines. The soldiers who had been using the robot in Afghanistan were dismayed…
The Situation at Chernobyl Is Deteriorating
[ad_1] Two weeks ago, Russian forces seized control of the Chernobyl defunct, once the site of the world’s worst nuclear meltdown, and Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest active nuclear power plant, raising…
Can sanctioning Russian oligarchs influence Putin’s war in Ukraine?
[ad_1] Sanctions are one of the key ways the US and Europe are retaliating against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. These sanctions are throttling the Russian economy, and they’re…
The Spectacular Collapse of Putin’s Disinformation Machinery
[ad_1] For decades now, Vladimir Putin has slowly, carefully, and stealthily curated online and offline networks of influence. These efforts have borne lucrative fruit, helping Russia become far more influential…