September, 2024

• 13 September

  Reflecting on Alex Morgan’s career: The athlete, the fighter, the human

  

  SAN DIEGO — Last week, I tossed out my plans to be in Washington D.C. for a different NWSL match and booked a last-minute flight to San Diego. I then stood on the field at Snapdragon Stadium, staring through my camera lens at Alex Morgan, the athlete, one more time. …

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• 13 September

  Best Wordle Tips and Tricks: Everything I Learned Playing for Almost Three Years

  

  It’s been almost three years for Wordle. Software engineer Josh Wardle made the game public in October 2021, and The New York Times bought it for a whopping seven figures in January 2022. I don’t think I’ve started a day without it since. Or ended a day, I should say… …

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• 13 September

  ‘Counting and Cracking’ Review: One Family’s Tale Fit for an Epic

  No theatrical wizardry is needed for this compelling drama about a woman’s journey to Australia from war-torn Sri Lanka and the generations that follow. Source link

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• 13 September

  Warren Buffett’s $13 billion bet on Occidental Petroleum turns sour as oil prices hit a 3-year low

  

  Occidental Petroleum shares have dropped 29% since mid-April, impacting Warren Buffett’s stake in the company. The decline aligns with a 23% drop in crude oil prices on concerns about demand and excess supply. Berkshire Hathaway’s $13 billion stake in Occidental Petroleum may be underwater, based on estimates. A steady decline …

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• 13 September

  Their School Has Yet to Reopen After a Shooting. They’re Unsure What to Expect.

  The 1,900 students at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., were just settling into the rhythms of a new year before a shooter killed two teachers and two students. Source link

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• 13 September

  Apple Vision Pro’s Eye Tracking Exposed What People Type

  

  The GAZEploit attack consists of two parts, says Zhan, one of the lead researchers. First, the researchers created a way to identify when someone wearing the Vision Pro is typing by analyzing the 3D avatar they are sharing. For this, they trained a recurrent neural network, a type of deep …

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• 13 September

  Robert Kraft a no-doubter for Hall, but discussion is a win for NFL’s owner glorification

  

  Robert Kraft’s candidacy for the Pro Football Hall of Fame has become a sort of annual tradition throughout New England, not unlike Opening Day at Fenway Park and Marathon Monday. And now, thanks to Don Van Natta Jr.’s exhaustively reported piece at ESPN, the entire world of football has been …

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• 13 September

  Cloverlane Mattress Review 2024: Resident’s Alternative to the Saatva Classic Put to the Test

  

  7.2/ 10 SCORE Cloverlane mattress Pros Multiple firmness options Accommodating pillow-top feel Hybrid design is supportive for all body types Affordable luxury bed Cons Surprisingly poor edge support Not ideal for those on a tight budget Smaller-size people might not need added support Resident is a mattress company that owns …

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• 13 September

  Review: Patti LuPone and Mia Farrow Clean Up in ‘The Roommate’

  A Bronx grifter and an Iowa homebody share a house and eventually learn from each other in this Broadway star vehicle. Source link

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• 13 September

  Meet the 15 members of the $100 billion club — who are jointly worth more than Amazon or Google

  

  Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos are all members of the $100 billion club.Scott Olson/Getty/Mark J. Terrill/AP/Drew Angerer/Business Insider Composite The elite group worth more than $100 billion includes Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates. The 15 members have grown about $280 billion richer this year and are …

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