Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have tightened their grip on Goma, the biggest city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), signalling a major blow to the Congolese army and a serious escalation in a years-long conflict that has seen hundreds of people killed and millions displaced. March 23 Movement (M23) fighters entered Goma on Sunday and claimed to have taken control of the city a day later. Three days of clashes between Congolese armed forces and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have killed more than 100 people and wounded nearly 1,000 people in Goma. On Wednesday, while fighting in the…
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The three-point contest between Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu was the highlight of an otherwise abysmal 2024 NBA All-Star weekend. The event was so successful that chatter ensued of another intergender three-point contest in 2025, this time pitting Curry and Klay Thompson against Ionescu and Caitlin Clark. With the All-Star weekend looming, Thompson recently admitted that “it’d be fun” to participate in an NBA versus WNBA shootout. Even Ionsecuo has shared her enthusiasm about returning to the NBA stage after wowing fans last year by outscoring many male players with a score of 26. Clark, though, is not enthused about the idea.…
This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.” You can listen to the conversation by following or subscribing to the show on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcasts.Second terms are usually intellectually exhausted. And maybe if Trump had been re-elected in 2020, that’s how it would be. But he wasn’t. So between 2021 and 2025, the ferment driving MAGA’s ideas deepened quite a bit. The nature of its coalition expanded quite a bit.I’m not sure Trump himself cares much about this fight over ideas, these…
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Is space-time the fabric of the universe, or is there something deeper?Shutterstock/Mohd. Afuza What is the structure of our physical reality? Physicists have long imagined space and time interweaving into “space-time”, the metaphorical fabric that underlies the cosmos. But there may be something even more fundamental. Instead of space-time’s three spatial dimensions and one of time, the physics of our world could be encoded into a set of odd geometrical shapes – and studying them may chart a new, space-time-free path towards a theory of everything. “The idea is that space-time somehow has to go, that it has to… Source…
An industry behemoth for a reason, Dyson always sets the tone for appliance innovation, and its most recent vacuum is its latest example. The Dyson Car+Boat Handheld Vacuum, which launches today, has one of the longest runtimes and strongest motors compared to most other handheld models on the market today. Designed for cleaning car interiors, pet hair, bedding and, yes, even your boat cabin, the $279.99 vacuum is also on of the most affordable appliance in Dyson’s vacuum lineup to date. Below, I breakdown the details on Dyson’s brand new handheld vacuum, including where to purchase it, when it’ll be…
When a small Chinese company called DeepSeek revealed that it had created an A.I. system that could match leading A.I. products made in the United States, the news was greeted in many circles as a warning that China was closing the gap in the global race to build artificial intelligence.DeepSeek also said it built its new A.I. technology more cost effectively and with fewer hard-to-get computers chips than its American competitors, shocking an industry that had come to believe that bigger and better A.I. would cost billions and billions of dollars. But A.I. experts inside the tech giant Meta saw…
It was only a matter of time before an innovative mind created the next mainstream AI tool to compete with ChatGPT. In a massive step toward AI advancement, Liang Wenfeng of China launched DeepSeek, an open-source large language models (LLM) intended to compete if not one day overshadow ChatGPT. The launch immediately wiped $1 trillion off the US stock exchange and the tech competition between China and the US is coming to a head. ChatGPT is run by OpenAI. Its creation marked the dawn of a new way of interacting with the internet and accessing information. Users can ask AI…
It is safe to say that Joe Rogan is a big fan of Vice President JD Vance. During a recent episode of his podcast, Rogan praised Vance’s performance in his interview with CBS News hack Margaret Brennan, in which she repeatedly and smugly tried to hurl gotcha questions at him. It’s amazing that Brennan was even allowed to do this interview, given her performance in the VP debate before the election. The Daily Caller reports: ‘Thank God For That Guy’: Joe Rogan Heaps Praise On JD Vance After ‘F*ckin’ Amazing’ CBS News Interview Podcast host Joe Rogan on Tuesday praised…
Due to several seasons of extremely problematic behavior between castmates, Bravo decided to shelve the Jersey iteration of their popular series after Season 14.During a new interview, Teresa Giudice updated her fans on life after “RHONJ” and shared how she felt about not filming for Season 15.Article continues below advertisementJersey’s Pause Has Been Good For Teresa GiudiceMEGABravosphere fans know that Giudice is the breakout star of “RHONJ.”The series OG has been center stage since the beginning, arguing with friends, enemies, and, yes, even her family members.Watchers have become familiar with Giudice’s strained relationship with the Gorgas, as the family of…