Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says
The renowned mountaineer was known for scaling the world’s 14 highest peaks in just over six months in 2019.
How a Rikers book club is giving incarcerated women a second chapter
What started as a small book club has grown into a program serving dozens of women at Rikers Island. Rosebuds Reading Collective uses books and creative writing workshops to create community and encourage self-expression among incarcerated women.
Google Briefly Turned Google Earth Into an AI Slop Factory
On Thursday, Google released a new AI feature that allowed anyone to create fake images in Google Earth. Naturally, people used the AI to put a fake nuclear plant in Iran and show a plane crashing into One World Trade
Local nonprofit helps children get eye exams
August is National Eye Exam Month.The local nonprofit Helen Keller International aims to help underserved youth in New York and
US embassies urge citizens to ‘consider departing’ Middle East
Iran’s military, meanwhile, has accused Washington of ‘escalating tensions’ in the region
I knew caring for my 88-year-old mom would be hard. I didn’t expect to spend so much time on tech support.
My mom was fiercely independent into her 80s, but recently moved into an assisted living facility. I didn’t anticipate how helping her manage her digital life would be such a big part of her care. Two-factor authentication has left my