A version of this story appears in the September 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. Philadelphia detected its first case of a deadly, fast-spreading strain of influenza on September 17, 1918.

Police have admitted that finding alleged police killer Dezi Freeman will rely on a public tip-off, after making no progress since he vanished into bushland near Mount Buffalo in late August. The ...

At the end of 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT and opened up an easy-to-access interface to large language models (LLMs) for the first time. The uptake was stratospheric. Since the explosive launch, ...

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Seth Clausen’s trademark curve ball goes back to playing catch in the backyard with his dad.

An initiative praised by clients, industry peers, partners and academics (detailed quotes at the end of this release) Eviden, Atos Group Authentrend Capgemini ColibriTD FortifyIQ Inc Granite River ...

Early voting begins for the 2025 General Election today, Saturday, October 25. You can find your counties’ early voting locations at elections.ny.gov. Saturday is also the last day to register to vote ...

Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months — where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's ...

On October 12, 2025, in Zhejiang, China, @Zuǒshǒuzìxíngchēshuāidǎo shared a video showing a cyclist losing balance while navigating a steep mountain curve. In the video, two cyclists maneuvering a ...

With the Trump administration staving off some of the most painful impacts of the government shutdown, and a federal court ruling pausing layoffs for thousands of federal workers, the sense of urgency ...