As the calendar inches closer to March, the NCAA tournament picture for men’s college basketball is becoming slightly clearer — with “slightly” being the key word. Auburn has strengthened its grip on the No. 1 overall seed, though Duke and Cooper Flagg continue to pile up wins. Programs like Wisconsin and Missouri are surging at…
It feels as if time has stopped, frozen in the swinging 1960s, as you pass through the pristine gate that opens on to this enchanting lakefront building. The lake in question is the magical and wild Mergozzo, tiny, utterly charming and yet still rarely visited by tourists. The house was built in 1963. Its equally…
Russia says it has resumed fighting after ‘Easter truce’ in Ukraine In a freshly issued statement, the Russian military has confirmed that its forces have resumed strikes on Ukraine after the surprise “Easter truce”. “With the end of the ceasefire, the armed forces of the Russian Federation continued to conduct the special military operation,” the…
Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a “point of no return” leading to “total chaos”, the UN special representative to the troubled Caribbean nation has warned. “As gang violence continues to spread to new areas of the country, Haitians experience growing levels of vulnerability and increasing skepticism about the…
People love to tell singles to “put themselves out there” like they’re bits of fishing tackle. What does that even mean? Dress in something shiny, submerge yourself in murky water and hook the first unsuspecting vertebrate that comes to investigate? Actually, dating can feel that way sometimes. But it doesn’t have to. Experts say finding…
Another week, and there’s another new AI model ready for public use. This time, it’s Anthropic with the introduction of Claude 3.7 Sonnet. The company describes its latest release as the market’s first “hybrid reasoning model,” meaning the new version of Claude can both answer a question nearly instantaneously or take its time to work…