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- Boeing says thousands of union workers will likely go on strike after rejecting ‘the richest contract offer’ that would have upped wages by 20%
Union leaders recommended approving the offer, but members overwhelmingly voted against it.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says he’s created more billionaires than any CEO in the world: ‘Don’t feel sad for anybody at my layer’
The tech executive is worth a staggering $151 billion—and luckily for staff, Nvidia’s unique stock option allows them to reap the gains of the $4 trillion company too.
- After ‘MAGICMAN 2,’ Jackson Wang Is Done With The Magic Tricks
Global artist Jackson Wang talks about finding himself in new album 'MAGICMAN 2,' his new fearless approach to life, and how he is ready to move on to his next act.
- A Family Dollar store’s roof collapsed and killed a 68-year-old man two days after someone reported the building ‘slowly tilting’
Three people were also injured by the partial collapse of the building.
- ‘The Home’ Director James DeMonaco On Showing A Different Side Of Pete Davidson In Senior Citizen Thriller: ‘We Knew He Could Do More Than Comedy’
Directed and co-written by 'The Purge' franchise creator James DeMonaco, the film unfolds at a retirement home containing dark secrets.
Technology
- Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet
Researchers reconstruct ancient diets by studying stable nitrogen isotope ratios.
- A secretive space plane is set to launch and test quantum navigation technology
"Testing this tech will be helpful for navigation in contested environments."
- F1 in Belgium: The best racetrack in the world
Changeable conditions usually make for exciting races, but 2025 was a bit dull.
- The Download: how China’s universities approach AI, and the pitfalls of welfare algorithms
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less Just two years ago, students in China were told to avoid using AI for their assignments. At the time, to get around a…
- Ars spoke with the military’s chief orbital traffic cop—here’s what we learned
"We have some 2,000 or 2,200 objects that I call the 'red order of battle.'"
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