François Picard is pleased to welcome Kurdish humanitarian activist Arya Jemo amid the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic dynamics in Syria. Mr. Jemo shares themes of political betrayal, ter...
Graffiti reading "ICE out now!" is seen on the exterior wall of a Target store in Minneapolis. Kerem YUCEL / AFP via Getty Images Target sent a memo to staff acknowledging the stress workers m...
A social media account called "Raise the Colours Operation France" late last year posted videos of far-right activists on France's northern coastline....
Lindsay Grippo, 28, credits AI for helping her practice big-picture strategic thinking. Jamel Nelson A new study found that 68% of Gen Z is anxious about AI's automation capabilities. It also shows th...
OpenAI now uses behavioral signals to identify accounts likely belonging to minors and automatically apply content limits, while experts warn of errors and bias....
Guterres also used his wide-ranging remarks to urge action against the abuse of artificial intelligence and to call for efforts to fight inequality....
The UK is weighing an Australia‑style ban on social media for under‑16s, as regulators ramp up enforcement of the Online Safety Act....
The author raised her kids in Chicago. Unaihuiziphotography/Getty Images I knew many people who moved away from Chicago to raise their kids, but I stayed. In Chicago, my kids had access to parks, muse...
For the second time this month, a U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal agent in Minneapolis when 37-year-old Alex Pretti was killed during a federal immigration operation — sparking a candlel...
A Chinese phone application called “dead or alive” that helps users check in daily has become a top-ranked app, reflecting the trend of solo living among the country’s young people. The Sileme app, or...
Government offices, the stock market and many schools are closed Monday in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but most businesses are open...
Aman Goyal Aman Goyal After being laid off last year, Aman Goyal faced pressure during his job search due to his visa status. Within two months of searching, he landed his dream role as an associate p...
The social media platform X said it was further limiting Grok’s image generation tool after outrage over sexualized images and allegations of profiting from the problem....
Diversity groups say the EU has weakened its newly-released policy to tackle discrimination. But was it due to fears of negative reactions from the Trump administration?...
US President Donald Trump threatens to deploy military forces to quell protests in Minnesota, as tensions run high over the role of ICE officers in the city....
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46758450 Points: 16 # Comments: 2...
Magic: The Gathering has kicked off 2026 with a return to Lorwyn, and Lorwyn Eclipsed might be the most excited I've seen the community since, well, Edge of Eternities (the last Universes Within set)....
New York state judge orders the state must redraw its congressional map by early February because the current map’s 11th District dilutes the votes of Blacks and Latinos....
Nobel prize title 'remains inseparably linked to the person,' organizers of the prize said in statement, after Maria Corina Machado gifted her peace prize medal to Donald Trump....
Federal officials have charged a man with setting fire to the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, claiming that the suspect did so because of the building's "Jewish ties."...