Animated movies, like those from the famed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, are not made in a hurry. The intricate hand drawings and attention paid to every single detail can make for a slow, potentially yearslong process. Or, you could simply ask ChatGPT to turn any old photo into a facsimile of Mr. Miyazaki’s work in…
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So much had been heaped on JuJu Watkins from the start — from the moment she set foot on USC’s campus, she was the one who would bring the program back to the mountaintop. This season, she was the player who would carry the star power in women’s college basketball in the wake of Caitlin…
A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: Different people have different reference points for John Green. He is most famous as the young adult author who wrote the massively popular book The Fault in Our Stars, which was turned into a movie by the same name. But then there are the millions of people…
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(Bloomberg) — Some investors are betting the good times are only beginning for emerging markets as worries over the US economy boost the allure of the long-suffering asset class. Most Read from Bloomberg Fueling the shift are expectations that President Donald Trump’s tariff policies will weigh on US growth and force traders to look abroad,…
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Password managers are the vegetables of the internet. We know they’re good for us, but most of us are happier snacking on the password equivalent of junk food. For nearly a decade, that’s been “123456” and “password”—the two most commonly used passwords on the web. The problem is, most of us don’t know what makes…
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MIAMI — After two decades of professional tennis, 99 career singles titles and 24 Grand Slam triumphs, Novak Djokovic has become a mystery — to tennis fans and to himself. Both parties are trying to answer the same question, from match to match and tournament to tournament, as his career moves towards an as-yet unknown…
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Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday. Raviv Rose/AP hide caption toggle caption Raviv Rose/AP JERUSALEM — Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land on Monday…
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Paris Blockchain Week (PBW) returns for its 6th edition from April 8-10, 2025, at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Recognized as one of the most significant blockchain and Web3 events globally, PBW brings together industry leaders, investors, developers, policymakers, and innovators to discuss trends and advancements in blockchain, artificial intelligence, tokenization, digital assets, and…
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The numbers of Americans learning Mandarin Chinese has declined dramatically, but one elementary school in Washington DC is seeing more demand for Chinese language education than ever. STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: When you travel in China – as our team has been doing – you meet a fair number of people who know English. Millions of…
As winter drags on and Spring Training gets underway, I’m itching to start thinking about baseball again. Too bad watching the games can still be an ordeal. In 2025, Major League Baseball has yet to rally its teams behind a cohesive strategy for streaming local ballgames. While some teams are partnering with the league on…
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