2024-04-12 Near-miss Cyberattack Worries Officials, Tech Industry
German software developer Andres Freund was running performance tests last month when he noticed strange behavior in a little-known program.…
2024-04-12 In Tokyo Neighborhood, Artistic Toilets Get Attention
Tokyo visitors can now join a special tour of one of the Japanese city’s modern wonders: its public toilets. Penelope…
2024-04-12 Misinformation, Disinformation
Hello! This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from a reader in South Korea. Question Hello, dear…
2024-04-11 Floods Hit Russia, Kazakhstan after Dam Failure, Heavy Rains
Cities and towns in western Russia and Kazakhstan are facing heavy flooding. Europe’s third-longest river, the Ural, burst a dam…
2024-04-11 Globes Remain Popular, Even with Google Earth
Next time you see a globe, close your eyes, and turn it quickly so it spins. Then stop it with…
2024-04-11 Tech Companies Want to Build Artificial General Intelligence
In the middle of the 20th century, computer scientists dreamed of building a computer as smart as humans. Now, tech…
2024-04-11 More Writing Feedback: What Is Your National Dish?
In this week’s Everyday Grammar, we continue a trip around the world. But, instead of seeing famous places, we will…
2024-04-10 OpenAI Introduces Voice Cloning Tool, But Waits for Public Release
ChatGPT developer OpenAI has introduced a new tool that it says can reproduce human voices with just a short audio…
2024-04-10 Peru Claims World’s Oldest Person Ever at Age 124
Peru’s Andes Mountains might be home to the oldest person ever to have lived — at the age of 124.…
2024-04-10 Where Will China Sell Its Electric Cars, Solar Panels?
China can produce and sell a lot of very low-cost electric vehicles and solar panels. This worries the U.S. Treasury…
2024-04-10 Report Finds Amazon Tribe Has High Mercury Levels
The Yanomami tribe of Brazil is the largest native tribe in the Amazon rainforest. The group has little contact with…