Author: KnowledgeHippo
Due to a rental car accident, it was too late when Catherine Dupree and her father arrived in Canakkale, a town in northwestern Turkey, during a vacation in 2006. As they drove through town, trying in vain to navigate their way to the hotel (this was very before the age of reliable mapping apps like Waze), Ms. Dupree’s father spotted a man walking his dog and called him for help.”He kind of let us know that he had to bring the dog home and then he could show us the way,” said Ms. Dupree, now 51, who lives in Los…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week has been engaged in increasingly public spats with his military, his right-wing coalition partners and his most powerful supporter, the White House. The successive clashes – all with allies standing by his side in the battle against Hamas – have renewed difficult questions about the future of the war and about the Israeli leader’s own political survival.”We are fighting on many fronts,” Mr Netanyahu said in a statement this week to his embattled coalition partners – whom he told to “behave” – but he could just as easily have been describing himself.In the ninth…
When it comes to banning cell phones in schools, success could be determined by the details.Do the bans only apply to classrooms, or also to hallways, bathrooms and cafeterias, where students are far more likely to be absorbed in TikTok or texting?Do teachers have the freedom to circumvent the bans if phones are used as part of a lesson? Should school districts buy devices to lock or hide phones? What about distractions from other types of screens — laptops, tablets and smartwatches? And what about some parents who like the idea of being able to reach their children 24/7?Those were…
Robert Winnett, the editor chosen to run the Washington Post, will not take the post after reports raised questions about his links to unethical newsgathering practices in Britain.Mr. Winnett will remain at the Daily Telegraph, where he is deputy editor, according to emails sent Friday to employees of the London-based paper and The Post staff.”I am delighted to report that Rob Wynnett has decided to stay with us,” read a message to Telegraph staff from the paper’s top editor, Chris Evans. “As you all know, he’s a talented kid and their loss is our gain.”Will Lewis, chief executive of The…
Listen and follow “Hard Fork”Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeSurgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms: Should Congress Give His Proposal a Like? Next, former Stanford researcher Renée DiResta comes to talk about her new book on modern propaganda and whether we’re losing the war on disinformation. And finally, Times reporter David Yaffe-Bellany stops by to tell us how crypto could reshape the 2024 election.Credits“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Rouse and Casey Newton and are produced by Davis Land and Rachel Conn. He edits the show Jen Poyant. Engineering from Alyssa Moxley and original music…
If you’ve ever had trouble getting a prescription drug, chances are you’ve encountered a pharmacy benefit manager.These companies, known as PBMs, play a critical but often hidden role in deciding which drugs you can get and how much you’ll have to pay personally. They are intermediaries in the highly complex American health care system, working on behalf of your employer or government insurance programs like Medicare, which cover most of the cost of prescription drugs.The PBM’s job is to save you money on your drugs. But the New York Times found that the three biggest PBMs often make you pay…
Two climate activists have been arrested in England after spraying an orange powder on the monoliths at Stonehenge in what they said was an attempt to draw attention to the climate impacts of fossil fuels. The attack on the prehistoric site came on Wednesday as the stones would draw attention to people marking the arrival of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.The organization that oversees the prehistoric site of Stonehenge in England said on Thursday it had removed the bright orange dust ahead of preparations for the important day at the site.There appears to be no visible damage to…
Growing divisions between Israel’s military commanders and the civilian government over the war in Gaza spilled into the open this week, raising questions about how Israel will conduct the next phase of the war.The rift has quietly grown for months, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies appeared at times to blame Israeli security services for failing to prevent a surprise attack by Hamas on October 7. More recently, the military has been frustrated by the Netanyahu government’s struggle to maintain the exemption from service enjoyed by ultra-Orthodox Jews at a time when Israeli forces are weak.But the sharpest…
Donald J. Trump said he would push for a program that would automatically give green cards to foreign students in America after they graduate, reversing restrictions he placed as president on the immigration of highly skilled workers and students to the United States.Appearing with host David Sachs, a Silicon Valley investor who is backing the former president’s 2024 campaign, in a podcast broadcast on Thursday, Mr Trump repeated his frequent criticism of high levels of immigration as “an invasion of our country”. . He was then pressed by Jason Calacanis, another investor who hosts the podcast, to “promise us that…
TikTok explained Thursday why it believes the new federal law that could lead to a ban on the popular video app in January is unconstitutional, calling the legislation an “extraordinary restriction on speech.”The company said Congress did not consider the law — which would have forced TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the popular social media app or face a ban in the United States — with nearly enough scrutiny and attention.TikTok made the arguments in a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where the company sued to block the law in May.”This law…