October, 2024

• 5 October

  How a Nuclear Plant Is Dividing a Community in Poland

  A plan to place American-made reactors on a picturesque coastline has broad support in Poland — and in Washington — but the geopolitical calculations have run into local opposition. Source link

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• 5 October

  Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to Disrupt 2024

  

  Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million AI fund that was betting big on large language model companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. In fact, the plan was to …

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• 5 October

  Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for Oct. 5, #482

  

  Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles. Need the answers for the New York Times Connections puzzle? To me, Wordle is more of a vocabulary test, but …

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• 5 October

  How to Watch Horror Movies Without Being Too Scared

  How to get into the season, even if you’re squeamish. Source link

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• 5 October

  There’s a simple reason one of Wall Street’s most bullish strategists expects a 40% rise in the S&P 500 by 2030

  

  Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI Ed Yardeni predicts the S&P 500 could reach 8,000 by 2030. Yardeni’s prediction is based on a simple analysis of historical growth rates. His bullish projection is supported by a “Roaring 2020s” scenario in which productivity grows. There’s a simple reason one of the most bullish …

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• 5 October

  Still Searching for Their Loved Ones, a Week After Hurricane Helene

  The storm’s death toll has climbed past 225, but many people remain unaccounted for and searching for them is complicated. Their families are desperate for answers. Source link

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• 5 October

  Making an RSV Vaccine Was Hard. Getting People to Take It Is Even Harder

  

  Carina Marquez, an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, is a big believer in prevention. So she was delighted when, last year, health authorities in the US and Europe approved the first vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus. RSV vaccines hold the potential to reduce the …

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• 5 October

  NFL players say more money, second bye week needed to approve 18th game: Poll

  

  The handwriting is on the wall. NFL owners want to eventually expand the regular season from 17 games to 18. The owners usually get what they want, so it seems like a matter of when, and not if, we see an expansion. The current collective bargaining agreement runs through 2030, …

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• 5 October

  Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for Oct. 5, #216

  

  Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections puzzles. Strands doesn’t get as much attention as its New York Times game siblings Wordle and Connections, but it can be just …

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• 5 October

  Atlanta Opera Is Growing, and Bucking Trends

  Under the leadership of Tomer Zvulun, Atlanta Opera powered through the pandemic, has tripled its budget and is producing ambitious work. Source link

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