The Viral Backwards Calendar Prompt That Fixes Your Whole Week (With ChatGPT)

A viral ChatGPT prompt plans your week backwards, starting from Friday's results. Here is how it works and the prompt to ...

On the prowl for Florida’s invasive pythons, these guys are interrupting snake orgies

Burmese pythons are an invasive nightmare in Florida. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times ...
TechCrunch

Is Silicon Valley ready to put robots in people’s homes? Hello Robot is.

Martinez, California, is about as far as you can get from Silicon Valley and still be in the San Francisco Bay Area. Perched on the northeast edge of the bay, the small city is home to Hello Robot, a ...
CNBC

Student loan forgiveness paths have changed under Trump. How to navigate them

There are new rules for the U.S. Department of Education's income-driven repayment plans, or IDRs. Those changes can impact when and if a student loan borrower is eligible for debt cancellation. "We ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Loop Alliance expands 2025 programming, as several projects transform downtown

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CNBC

Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot

Google is rolling out new Gemini-powered Android features, ahead of its developer conference next week. The AI can understand screen context and complete multi-step tasks like building shopping carts ...
New York Post

SPLC hits back at DOJ indictment, says its informant program put dangerous racists behind bars

The Southern Poverty Law Center hit back at Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche over the indictment filed against the group last week — saying it has repeatedly sent info from its informant program ...
The Conversation

What can you actually put in your yellow recycling bin? An environmental scientist explains

Most of us want to recycle, but it can sometimes be hard to know exactly how. Do jar lids and bottle caps go in the yellow bin? What kinds of plastic can be recycled? And given that food residue can ...
TweakTown

Sony to put fans in first-party PlayStation games as part of new Playerbase program

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Sony will scan gamers and put them into PlayStation games as part of a new initiative, The Playerbase. PlayStation fans will soon have the chance to appear ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Teen killed, 8 wounded in shootings during 'teen takeover' in Loop after tree-lighting ceremony

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The Atlantic

When Mentally Ill Teenagers Ask to Be Put to Death

Dr. Menno Oosterhoff leaned forward in his living-room chair, took a sip from his coffee mug, and told me about the first time he ended a patient’s life. She was 18 years old and had been diagnosed ...