Robot Puppies Will Soon Be Man’s Best Friend
Good boy!Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sony ended production of its robot dog, Aibo, more than a decade ago, but now it’s back and better than ever. The robotics are better, the intelligence is better, and—well, let’s allow Washington Post tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler to explain:…
North and South Korea Make Modest Progress in Latest Talks
Pyongyang Press Corps/Xinhua via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. North and South Korea have signed a series of agreements designed to ratchet down tensions between the two countries: But more eye-catching to Washington was his promise to dismantle a missile engine-test facility and a missile launchpad in northwest North…
Even Before Florence’s Floods, North Carolina’s Factory Farms Were Deadly to Their Neighbors
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While Hurricane Florence’s floodwaters rise on North Carolina’s coastal plane, inundating massive hog and poultry farms, the question arises: Why on earth would the meat industry alight upon such flood-prone territory in the first place? After all, last week’s mega-storm comes hot on the heels of…
For the Middle Class, Wages Are Pretty Much the Whole Story
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As I mentioned a few days ago, benefits have risen a little faster than cash wages lately: U.S. employers are boosting benefits—including bonuses and vacation time—at a faster pace than salaries, a move that gives them more flexibility to dial back that compensation if the…
California Kindergarteners Need to Pick Up the Pace
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This caught my eye in the LA Times this morning: When students enter school in California, they learn at a pace on par with — if not better than — those in other states. The problem is that they arrive far behind their national peers,…
Rich People Can No Longer Hide Their Political Contributions
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sad news for rich people today: Advocacy groups pouring money into independent campaigns to impact this fall’s midterm races must disclose many of their political donors beginning this week after the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to intervene in a long-running case. The high court…