Author: Elon Mark
Spain’s top security and defense officials were meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula this week, which halted critical infrastructure for up to 18 hours in some areas.The authorities in Spain and Portugal are under pressure to figure out what caused the power grid to shut down. The Spanish government has asked European regulators and various domestic agencies to investigate what happened.Spain’s National Security Council convened in Madrid at 9 a.m. local time to discuss the blackout. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the chief of his Defense Staff and the directors of the country’s National Intelligence…
It’s often said that when you’re stuck on a challenge, you should try approaching it from a new perspective. But that’s sometimes easier said than done. After all, where do new perspectives come from? While it can be difficult for individuals to gain fresh insights into a problem or situation, organizations that embrace diversity are better positioned. By designing teams that include people from different backgrounds, genders, cultures, ages, career stages, physical abilities, and lived experiences, you build a variety of perspectives to draw from. That diversity can be a competitive advantage against uniform teams who tend to think alike.…
While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800 episodes over three years.Hulu has continued to make TV history in the years since, most notably in 2017 when it became the first streamer to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series with The Handmaid’s Tale (which just dropped its long-awaited final season). In…
Less than a week after President Trump signed an executive order to accelerate seabed mining, the U.S. government received its first permit application from the Metals Company, one of the most ardent proponents of the as yet unproven practice.On Tuesday, the company’s chief executive, Gerard Barron, was also on hand in Washington for a contentious hearing in front of the House Natural Resources Committee. He likened Mr. Trump’s move to a “starting gun” in the race to extract minerals like cobalt and nickel from potato-size nodules lying in the frigid, pitch-black, two-and-a-half-mile-deep sands of the Pacific Ocean floor.Republican and Democratic…
As the US struggles to contain its worst measles outbreak in years, cases have spilled over into Mexico. In an April 25 report, Mexico’s Ministry of Health reported there have been 583 confirmed cases in the country this year, with 560 recorded in the border state of Chihuahua. On April 27, the Chihuahua Health Secretariat pushed the state’s number of confirmed cases even higher, to 713. In comparison, the Pan American Health Organization reported only 7 confirmed cases in the whole of Mexico in 2024.The outbreak in Chihuahua is partly due to its proximity to Texas, which it borders to…
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada won a new term on Monday night, the national broadcaster CBC/Radio Canada projected, a remarkable turnaround for his Liberal Party, owed in large part to President Trump’s aggressive stance toward the country.After midnight Eastern time, it was still unclear whether the Liberal Party would secure a majority of seats in the House of Commons or have to form a minority government. Preliminary results were likely to be available overnight Tuesday. A minority government would require support from other parties to pass legislation and would be weaker and less stable than a majority.But the voters’…
OpenAI announced today that users will soon be able to buy products through ChatGPT. The rollout of shopping buttons for AI-powered search queries will come to everyone, whether they are a signed-in user or not. Shoppers will not be able to check out inside of ChatGPT; instead they will be redirected to the merchant’s website to finish the transaction.In a prelaunch demo for WIRED, Adam Fry, the ChatGPT search product lead at OpenAI, demonstrated how the updated user experience could be used to help people using the tool for product research decide which espresso machine or office chair to buy.…
Dozens of people were killed on Monday in an attack that hit a migrant facility in an area of northern Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia, according to the group and aid officials.The Houthi militia, which is backed by Iran, said that an American strike hit what the group called a migrant center in Saada, killing at least 68 African migrants. A U.S. Defense Department official said that Central Command was “aware of the claims of civilian casualties related to the U.S. strikes in Yemen, and we take those claims very seriously.” The official said it was conducting a damage…
The Leonids’ radiant is the constellation Leo, which rises around midnight local time and is highest in the sky around dawn.The Geminids (December)The Geminids are active from about December 4 to December 17, peaking overnight from December 13 to December 14. They have a sharp peak, so the night of the 13th is the best time for skywatching.The Geminids are the most spectacular meteor shower of the year. In addition to boasting up to 120 or even 150 meteors per hour during its peak, this meteor shower is also the brightest and most colorful of the year.The Geminids are bright,…
One family had come to India for a daughter’s marriage. Another came so their young children could meet their grandparents for the first time. A woman traveling alone had arrived for the funeral of her mother, whom she had not seen in years.At the border where Pakistan was cleaved from India decades ago, they pleaded with anyone and everyone for a little more time: to complete the marriage that was just two days away, or to mourn at a grave that was still fresh.It was not allowed.India has ordered almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country, part of the…