DECEMBER 23, 2023
There is this evergreen joke. When Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon, there was a Malayali (a person from Kerala) welcoming him there.
The migrating Malayalis are creating mini Keralas across the world, but the impact of the migration is being felt back home.
Keralites are currently working in 182 of the world's 195 countries, according to...
DECEMBER 23, 2023
Our undeniable fascination with everything extreme is evident in the following that Indian mukbangers have. In the Korean tradition of eating humongous amounts of food on camera for people to watch, comment on and, perhaps, derive an inexplicable satisfaction from, Indian YouTubers hit incredible numbers with their mukbang videos.
A 12-minute video of someone eating buckets of mutton,...
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Holiday shopper crosses First Avenue in the Cherry Creek North shopping district late Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
NEW YORK — The holidays are supposed to be a joyful time, but they can also be financially stressful. With gifts, social gatherings and plane tickets home, the costs can start piling up.
Household expenses continue to...
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Edward Blum, a long-time opponent of affirmative action in higher education and founder of Students for Fair Admissions, leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina on October 31, 2022. - Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images
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DECEMBER 20, 2023
RUSH CITY, Minn. — Before the guards let you through the barbed-wire fences and steel doors here at the Minnesota Correctional Facility, you have to leave your phone in a locker. Not a total inconvenience when you’re there to visit a prolific iPhone thief.
I wasn’t worried that Aaron Johnson would steal my iPhone, though. I was there...
DECEMBER 20, 2023
In this undated stock photo, a security camera is seen in a store. - STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images
Drugstore chain Rite Aid has accepted a ban of its use of facial recognition software for five years due to false accusations stemming from the technology that disproportionately affected people of color, the Federal Trade Commission said.
The retailer failed to impose...
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, required multiple catalysts. One was the willingness of some of those present to engage in violence: small-scale violence like upending barriers or aggressive violence like attacking law enforcement with blunt objects. Another was the mass of people who were surrounding the building and its defenders, a mass that...
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Abusive Images.
Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built.
Those same images have made it easier for AI systems to produce realistic and explicit imagery of...
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In a bombshell decision, Colorado's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump's candidacy in the state's primary next year is prohibited on constitutional grounds.
The first-of-its kind ruling stems from a lawsuit that focused a little-known provision in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Similar challenges in other states have proven unsuccessful.
"A majority of...
DECEMBER 19, 2023
A coalition of U.S. and European law enforcement agencies has disrupted a ransomware operation, one of the largest currently active, that uses malicious software to lock up victims’ computer networks and demand payment, according to the Justice Department.
The department said Tuesday that it was releasing a decryption tool to help victims free their computer systems from the...
