Walking my dog in Miami the other day, I spotted something both funny and unsettling: A robot cruising down the sidewalk delivering food — and it had my name on it. The sight immediately took me back to a few years ago when I was behind the wheel with my pup in the back seat, delivering meals as my side gig.
At the time, I had just quit a toxic job with very little financial cushion and no clear
Tron: Ares has arrived to smother a confounding sci-fi franchise in star power, sex appeal, and nostalgia, hoping for fresh relevance. But right out the gate, it already feels behind the times.
Sure, back in 1982 when Tron hit theaters, it was groundbreaking with its flashy visual effects and delving into the AI discourse well before it was part of our everyday news cycle. But now, 43 years later
Babygirl and Triangle of Sadness star Harris Dickinson makes his directorial debut with Urchin, a raw, humanising portrait of homelessness and the cycle of addiction, which he also wrote and cameos in.
In the film, we meet a valiantly optimistic young Londoner called Mike (Frank Dillane, Fear the Walking Dead, The Essex Serpent), whose attempts to find and maintain secure housing are undercut by a
How do you encapsulate the life of work of John Candy in a single film? The Canadian comedian, who first thrilled TV audiences on SCTV, made a slew of deeply hilarious and heartfelt movies like Splash, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, The Great Outdoors, and Cool Runnings. He was a comedy titan beloved on and offscreen.
John Candy: I Like Me attempts to explore all this through a
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Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't her age, health, or pregnancy complications — it's the C-section rate at the hospital where she delivers.
One of the best ways to avert an unnecessary C-section is to
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The Free Press pegged its Wednesday night gathering in Washington, DC, as an exegesis on "the Future of American Power," featuring Palmer Luckey, the conservative, firebrand founder of weapons manufacturer Anduril Industries. But it was also of a coronation of sorts for the once-scrappy publication's cofounder and editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.
Two
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Today's Connections: Sports Edition features athletes with talented feet.
As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.
Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of
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It's a
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times' revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe.
With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who play it.
So, when a tricky clue disrupts a player's flow, it can be
