As Meta launches its new “superintelligence” initiative, the tech giant is pouring billions into talent and infrastructure in a race to develop advanced A.I. before its competitors. But how consumers will ultimately engage with this technology is still an open question—one that CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes he has the answer to: smart glasses. “I feel…
By CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL, Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street A big bowl of steamed clams and juicy-crisp corn is summer eating at its finest. The combination is fresh, sweet and briny, almost like a chowder made for eating with your fingers. Related Articles Summer berry bars with lemon glaze easier than pie 3 delicious dishes you can…
Today, A.I. is embedded in nearly everything we do, whether it’s household names like OpenAI to niche applications like cancer detection. Historically, healthcare has lagged in adopting new technologies, especially in care operations. That’s changing. Within the next five years, A.I. technologies available today are projected to generate between $24 billion and $48 billion…
Sixty percent of the total U.S. population takes at least one prescription drug. Separately, but not coincidentally, 60 percent of the population has a negative view of the pharmaceutical industry. The reason may often be a result of the sticker shock and frustration patients experience when a pharmacist reveals the price of the prescription. Questioning…
By Fiona Rutherford and Micah Barkley, Bloomberg News Nonalcoholic beer needs a second act. The category boomed in recent years as the likes of Anheuser-Busch InBev, Heineken NV and Diageo Plc poured in money. But after those gains made it one of brewing’s few bright spots, it’s still just 2% of the global beer market’s…
Summer heat often makes baking less than desirable, so if you’re going to heat up the kitchen to make dessert, you gotta make it worth every bead of sweat that collects on your forehead. These berry crumb bars are worth it and then some. Built on a forgiving shortbread-like crust (it’s supposed to be crumbly)…
These aren’t my mama’s olives. Not the pickle-like sharpness of the pimiento-stuffed olives that swam in Mom’s occasional martinis. Not the pitted crow-feather black olives that cuddled between gherkins and pickled watermelon rind in our holiday relish dish. Today’s marketplace is filled with olives of a much hipper sort. Intense, flavor-packed Mediterranean-style beauties — bronze,…
A staggering 3 percent of the world’s population now subscribes to Spotify. But the Stockholm-based streaming giant isn’t satisfied. Besides revamping its struggling advertising business and enhancing its music offerings with A.I. features, Spotify is betting that non-music content—like podcast videos and audiobooks—will help drive further growth. The company’s shares fell more than 11 percent…
By mid-2025, more than $260 billion in stablecoins—cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a stable value by being pegged to a traditional currency or basket of assets—moved through exchanges, lending desks and retail rails. What began as a crypto workaround became a key tool for businesses to bypass slow banks, reduce counterparty risk and move dollars across…
There is a saying, “Paris au printemps,” which means “Paris in springtime.” Perhaps there should also be a saying “Italia d’estate,” which means “Italy in summer,” because if my social media means anything, almost everyone that I know is there right now. One great thing about having friends who travel is that they send you…
