On Board Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas for its First Cruise
One man got down on his knees and kissed the rug emblazoned with the ship’s logo. Another lifted his wife…
Hard Fork: Bluesky’s Big Bet, and Are Deals Dead in Silicon Valley?
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Bluesky, the Twitter spinoff, is now open for public…
Rome Hotels – The New York Times
While Rome’s charms may be, as they say, eternal, it’s never been a city particularly prized for its hotels. Until…
C.D.C. Investigating Gastrointestinal Illness on Queen Victoria Luxury Cruise Ship
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating an outbreak on a luxury cruise ship after more than 150…
F.C.C. Bans A.I.-Generated Robocalls – The New York Times
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed unwanted robocalls generated by artificial intelligence, amid growing concerns over election disinformation and…
Google Releases Gemini, an A.I.-Driven Chatbot and Voice Assistant
First, there were talking digital assistants like Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant. Then there were online chatbots like ChatGPT and…
After Figma’s $20 Billion Windfall Evaporated, It’s Picking Up the Pieces
On Dec. 18, a $20 billion deal by Adobe, the software giant, to buy Figma, a San Francisco start-up darling,…
In the 49ers building, Kyle Shanahan is always watching: ‘It’s like Big Brother’
In spring 2010, Washington’s new offensive coaching staff met for the first time. Coordinator Kyle Shanahan was leading a conversation…
Inside the Raptors’ ‘Puzzlepalooza’: Trust, egos and trash-talk thanks to Wordle and more
HOUSTON — An issue of trust threatens to tear a small portion of the Toronto Raptors asunder. Accusations are flying.…
Inside the Christmas Day wakeup call that saved the Chiefs’ season
LAS VEGAS — The thought has been bouncing around in Brett Veach’s mind for a week now, the what-ifs that…