Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton
In 1977, Andrew Barto, as a researcher at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, began exploring a new theory that neurons behaved like hedonists. The basic idea was that the human…
Trump Says Japan and South Korea Want to Invest in $44 Billion Gas Project
President Trump said on Tuesday that Japan and South Korea want to work with the United States on a $44 billion plan to produce and export natural gas from Alaska,…
Judge Denies Musk’s Request to Block OpenAI’s For-Profit Plan
In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company. On Tuesday, a federal judge in San…
Judge Denies Musk’s Request to Block OpenAI’s For-Profit Plan
In November, Elon Musk asked a federal court to block OpenAI’s plan to transform itself from a nonprofit into a purely for-profit company. On Tuesday, a federal judge in San…
Al Green Removed From House Chamber for Heckling Trump During Speech
President Trump got barely two minutes into his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night before Representative Al Green, Democrat of Texas, stood to protest, disrupting the…
Wednesday Briefing: Canada and China Strike Back at Tariffs
Canada and China retaliate against Trump’s tariffs Canada and China yesterday condemned the sweeping tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and said they would retaliate against U.S. exports. President Trump…
Justices can find these speeches to Congress to be a trial.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. makes a point of going to the State of the Union address. But he does not enjoy it, once calling it “a political pep…
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Review: Can You Fight City Hall?
None of this makes the story, with its simplistic dynamics of criminal violation and righteous retribution, come alive, though; for that, some of the straightforward comic-book energy of the original…
Trump’s Latest Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Could Be His Biggest Gamble
President Trump made one of the biggest gambles of his presidency Tuesday by initiating sweeping tariffs with no clear rationale on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, triggering a trade…
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a ‘Free Cuba’ Republican in Congress, Dies at 70
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a staunchly anti-communist Florida Republican who helped enshrine into law the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba and who defended immigrants’ rights during his nearly two decades in Congress,…