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FIFA accidentally gives fans free 2026 World Cup tickets — and then backtracks

Less than one week from the kickoff of the World Cup, there are still ticketing problems.

The Nova Knicks epiphany that has striking parallels to this NBA Finals run

SAN ANTONIO — They’d had little problem dismissing the first seven teams on the schedule, a collection of outmanned and undertalented pretenders. Those Villanova Wildcats of 2015-16 were trying to shake their label as perennial March chokers, but so far it was hard to dispute they were the kings of November and December. Well, until...

Iran's World Cup players granted visas to play in the US

Secretary of State Marco Rubio indicated last week the Trump administration had "no problem" with providing visas to Iran's team.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Teach You A Lesson’ On Netflix, About A Government-Backed Squad That Fights Bullying And Other School Problems

In every episode, members of the Educational Rights Protection Bureau goes to a school to enforce law and order any way they can.

Aging and Eye Problems

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50 Years of The Institute

The Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Launched in 1976, the publication was designed to keep members informed about IEEE and what its constituents were doing, as well as to report on the organization’s initiatives, technical standards, products, and services. That directive expanded over the years to include our reporting on key historical technical achievements recognized as IEEE Milestones and support for young professionals with career-guidance articles and information about educational resources. The Institute has gone through many iterations in the past 50 years. What began as a monthly four-page insert in the print edition of IEEE Spectrum became a separate newspaper published six times a year and mailed along with Spectrum in 1977, and then a monthly publication the following year. Today we publish all of The Institute’s articles online, with a curated selection appearing in our 16-page quarterly printed in the March, June, September, and December Spectrum issues. To provide members with a quick summary of the latest online news, in 2003 a bimonthly newsletter, The Institute Alert, began appearing in your inbox. You also can stay up to date by following our Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn pages. Although much has changed, an original subsection from 1976—“IEEE People”—has been maintained for the past five decades. We continue to celebrate IEEE members from around the world through our profiles, which are among our most popular articles. As the longest-serving editor in chief for The Institute, it is a privilege for me and my staff to chronicle the stories of remarkable IEEE individuals. They are often-unseen visionaries and problem-solvers who work tirelessly behind the scenes on technologies that are reshaping the world. By highlighting their careers and how IEEE has played a role in their professional growth, we hope to inspire the next generation of engineers and technologists to continue a legacy of innovation and service to humanity.

Model routing is a fix for AI overspending. That's a problem for OpenAI and Anthropic

Companies are shifting from running everything on the most powerful AI model to matching each task to the right one, a practice called model routing.

Director Nick Holt on Exploring AI’s Origins in Tribeca Doc ‘AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About’: Film Is About ‘the Creation of a Sort of Species’ (EXCLUSIVE)

AI as we know it has been used for everything from making full-length feature films to solving nearly impossible math problems. But today AI is also, relatively speaking, just a child. That said, AI is a child that has learned languages, how to play games, how to blackmail people, how to power robots and, in […]

How businesses with ties to Jeffrey Epstein saw norms – and even share prices – suffer

The more Epstein-connected directors a company had, no matter its size, the more likely it was to have governance problems.

No tech, no problem. Dow makes record and traders think these stocks can lead now

Traders bought about 5,300 calls in the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) on Thursday, compared to just over 1,000 puts, according to data from ThinkOrSwim.

Maine Has a Platner Problem

Campaign autopsy? James Carville gave Democrats the only one they needed

"You can’t address a problem unless you're honest about a problem."

Bulls declare victory in AI debate, but two classic signs of a market top are looming

The trend of ‘capex recycling’ is considered a problem by a TS Lombard analyst

The contradiction of ‘monoculture’: the word Americans now use to mourn Colbert’s finale and describe how AI is damaging creative output

Algorithms promised infinite variety. A new AI study finds they're producing "visual elevator music" instead, and that's only half the monoculture problem.

After the Invasion: China Considers the Problem of Ruling Taiwan

In August 2024, scholars at a Xiamen-based think tank published a paper urging Beijing to immediately establish a shadow Taiwan government on the Chinese mainland in preparation for a full takeover of the island. “It is imperative to prepare a plan for the comprehensive takeover of Taiwan after unification,” they said. The scholars were writing at a fraught moment for Beijing.Only months earlier, the anti-China Democratic Progressive Party had taken office after a third consecutive presidential election win. Unusually for a Chinese publication on such a sensitive topic, the paper made several frank admissions: that opposition to unification within Taiwan The post After the Invasion: China Considers the Problem of Ruling Taiwan appeared first on War on the Rocks.

Dropbox called hybrid work ‘the worst of both worlds.’ New research suggests it’s down to ‘paradox management fatigue’

A three-year study finds hybrid's growing adoption masks a churn problem: half of employees who preferred hybrid in 2022 switched sides by 2025.

Lululemon admits far more work is needed for a turnaround, and its stock sinks

Problems continue to add up for Lululemon, as the yoga-wear maker on Thursday trimmed its full-year forecast to account for a potential dip in sales this year.

DHS watchdog finds problems with Louisiana ICE center and makes nine recommendations

A Department of Homeland Security watchdog report noted some operational issues with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana, raising some humanitarian concerns about ICE practices. The DHS inspector general reviewed Winn Correctional Center, which it said holds 1,576 males, in central Louisiana. In the report released this week, the watchdog determined that staff […]

Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds

Scientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.

Anderson Cooper on Trump's latest Kaitlan Collins remarks: ‘That doesn't happen to men’

Anderson Cooper late Wednesday defended Kaitlan Collins after President Trump verbally attacked his CNN colleague in the Oval Office, saying she has “hatred in her eyes” and needs to smile more. “That’s the president of the United States, a nearly 80-year-old man who has no problem commenting on her physical appearance and telling her she...