Tens of millions of tourists visit Turkey each year, most of whom are there to see the convergence of East and West. It’s a place where Europe meets Asia, where history collides with modernism, where you can find a dazzling combination of culture and cool unlike anywhere else on planet Earth. But among those millions…
Vox reader Jen Hawse asks: Why do hotels pump in very strongly smelling perfume into their lobbies and sometimes their guest rooms? What we think of as a “nice” hotel often comes down to a certain je ne sais quoi. Sure, it has all the amenities — a luxe restaurant and bar on the premises,…
No one likes it when their flight is delayed. For flight attendants, though, a delay isn’t just a hassle – it’s a lot of unpaid work. You’re at the airport, in your uniform, yet the pay clock doesn’t start until the plane is pulling out of the gate. “I don’t know another job in the…
The aftermath of an earthquake on April 4, 2024, in Hualien, Taiwan. A 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Taiwan, triggering a tsunami warning for coastlines in Taiwan, the Philippines and Japan. | Annabelle Chih/Getty Images Earlier this year, projections from UN Tourism put international travel on track to recover to pre-pandemic levels — putting a…
The results of Meta’s full-throttle hiring push to achieve advanced forms of A.I. is finally beginning to materialize. A new team at the Mark Zuckerberg-led company will be known as Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), according to an internal memo first reported by Bloomberg. Much to the frustration of Meta’s rivals, the team is stacked with…
Netflix’s catalog includes everything from films and original series to reality shows. Soon, it will also offer a look at life beyond Earth. The streaming giant is teaming up with NASA to launch live space programming on its platform. Starting later this year, Netflix users will be able to watch rocket launches, astronaut spacewalks, real-time…
After a busy start to summer, the space industry is likely to hit a lull in July. Only two missions have confirmed launch dates so far, though several more could take flight if tentative timelines hold. SpaceX, coming off a packed June that included multiple Falcon 9 launches and continued Starlink expansion, is slated for…
Once a far-fetched dream in Elon Musk’s head, space travel is now a high-stakes reality and big business. What began as a bold experiment in 2002 has grown into SpaceX, a powerhouse of over 13,000 employees and a $427 billion valuation. In just two decades, the company has redefined the limits of private spaceflight, becoming…
As generative A.I. tools continue to proliferate at a rapid pace, lawsuits from content creators concerned about how these systems are trained have followed just as swiftly. While two rulings this week favored Anthropic and Meta, upholding their use of copyrighted books to train large language models (LLMs), they also spotlighted unresolved issues, including the…
From Biden-era visa rules to the current administration’s escalating restrictions on both undocumented and legal foreign nationals, immigration lawyers are scrambling to keep up with constantly shifting policies. Amid the growing uncertainty, a new wave of technology startups is emerging to help ease the burden for those navigating the U.S. immigration system. “Things are changing…
