A state budget late by a few days, even a few weeks, may be no big deal — but the current standoff in Albany, the fifth straight of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s tenure, is a glaring sign of New York’s political dysfunction. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and others complain that the big problem is Hochul’s insistence on making “policy” issues part of the…
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0 claims checkedAd budgets aren't being cut — and the reason why tells us something uncomfortable about how companies are making decisions right now. Marketing is historically the first budget to go in a crisis like…
Predicting Colorado’s volatile weather has long challenged even seasoned forecasters. Now, meteorologists say artificial intelligence is reshaping how they anticipate the state’s rapid swings, a…
There's a big reason Anthropic beat OpenAI and others to superhuman AI coding skills: simplicity. It simplified its AI obsession to mastering coding and business needs first.
The legal dispute between former Gauteng ANC secretary Thembinkosi “TK” Nciza and arts activist Bandile Magibili has escalated to the KuGompo City high court, where Nciza is seeking a default…
Federal immigration agents arrested three times more people in Colorado per day on average last year compared with 2024, marking an aggressive shift in enforcement under President Donald Trump,…
So far, three people have died on a cruise ship amid a suspected hantavirus outbreak. But what is hantavirus and how does it spread? A rodent-borne disease is suspected of causing an outbreak aboard…
Diners can’t eat these 4 pancakes in 18 minutes as Long Island challenge goes viral This breakfast will break you. Hundreds have tried, but fewer than 50 succeeded in scarfing down an epic stack of…
Fuel prices in May hit new highs for the second month in a row, driven by high international oil prices due to the Iran war. On Wednesday the retail price of both petrol grades will rise by R3.27 a…