For the ’Gram: NYC’s best new selfie spots include ‘Alice in Wonderland’ garden, historic theater Forget Dumbo’s Washington Street and the top of the Edge. The sun is out, and the city has a number of exciting, photogenic new spots for snapping pictures that aren’t already all over Instagram. From ... 05/20/2024 - 11:46 am | View Link
Manhattanhenge 2023: How to see New York City’s famous sunset on Memorial Day "Find a spot as far east as possible that still has views of New Jersey across the Hudson River," deGrasse Tyson wrote in the American Museum of Natural History. 05/28/2023 - 9:12 pm | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."