Typhoon Kong-rey makes landfall in Taiwan from the BBC
The storm is the largest typhoon to directly hit Taiwan in nearly 30 years.Read More
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2 killed, 10 wounded in shootings near New Orleans parade route from NPR The Associated Press
Two people were killed and 10 others were wounded in two separate shootings along a New Orleans parade route and celebration attended by thousands on Sunday, authorities said. There were no immediate arrests. (Image credit: David Grunfeld) Read More
GOP takes aim at Harris — even though she doesn’t have the nomination yet from NPR Franco Ordoñez
While Vice President Harris has yet to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination, Republicans are already trying to tie her to President Biden’s biggest troubles, including immigration and inflation. Read More
In a historic election, South Africa’s ANC loses majority for the first time from NPR Emmanuel Akinwotu
In South Africa, a seismic moment comes as the ruling African National Congress party loses its absolute majority for the first time. (Image credit: Zinyange Auntony) Read More
NYT Connections today: See hints and answers for April 10 from Mashable
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the…
Medical debt snares millions of people. States, red and blue are passing laws to help from NPR Noam Levey
State lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt. (Image credit: Ash Ponders for KFF Health News) Read More
Tesla’s first 500kW V4 Superchargers are coming next year from the Verge Umar Shakir
New V4 cabinet and Supercharger stalls. | Image: Tesla Tesla will launch fully realized V4 Supercharger stations that support up to 500kW charging for EVs and 1.2MW for Tesla’s commercial Semi trucks next year. Sites with new V4 cabinets are going into permitting now. When they open next year, they’ll connect the charging stalls EVs…
Georgia’s parliament speaker signs divisive foreign influence bill into law from NPR The Associated Press
Opponents have denounced the legislation as “the Russian law” because it resembles measures pushed through by the Kremlin to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists. (Image credit: Zurab Tsertsvadze) Read More
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ review: ‘Grand Theft Auto’ meets Shakespeare in hilarious, moving doc from Mashable
There could not be a more mismatched pair of subjects than Shakespearean tragedy and rocket launchers fired at police choppers by men in silly hats. However, Grand Theft Hamlet explores this unique combination of past and present while revealing new and unexpected narrative layers at every turn. The animated documentary follows two actors’ ill-advised attempts…
More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI from the Verge Jay Peters
Illustration: The Verge Google is building a bunch of AI products, and it’s using AI quite a bit as part of building those products, too. “More than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers,” CEO Sundar Pichai said on the company’s third quarter 2024…