UNN News Desk 
Our planet’s hottest January on record also helped global warming pass a different, unwelcome milestone, according to data released on Thursday by the European Union climate monitor: Over the past 12 months, the average temperature worldwide was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, higher than it was at the dawn of the … Read more
Big Tech and other AI stakeholders have officially been tapped by the Biden-Harris administration to address the safety and trustworthiness of AI development. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the creation of the AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC). The consortium, which is housed under the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and … Read more
This Friday, February 9, Noah Kahan will release the extended version of his breakout album Stick Season, Stick Season (Forever), with remixes featuring Brandi Carlile, Gracie Abrams, Hozier, Kacey Musgraves, and Post Malone. While the original 2022 version featured 14 songs and the (We’ll All Be Here Forever) version released in 2023 added an additional … Read more
The Lakers did not make a trade at Thursday’s noon PST deadline, a move that at once signals they’re comfortable enough with their current roster, that they weren’t compelled by any perceived pressure from LeBron James and that their current roster is good enough to help push a .500 team into better position to contend. … Read more
When it comes to originals, Netflix and Amazon have the deepest libraries of prestige movies. But ever since CODA won the Best Picture Oscar, it’s become clear that some of the best movies are on Apple TV+. As with any streaming service, not every film on the roster is a winner, but from Billie Eilish documentaries to Sundance darlings, Apple’s … Read more
This week, Yinka Elujoba covers Hunter Amos’s paintings and Wawi Navarroza’s self-portraits in Chelsea, as well as Nathaniel Oliver’s fantastical worlds in the East Village. Chelsea Hunter Amos Through Feb. 24. Anna Zorina Gallery, 532 West 24 Street, Manhattan; 212-243-2100, annazorinagallery.com. Perhaps it is the colors — tones of a reddish brown almost the shade … Read more
It has taken perseverance, extraordinary musical gifts and a little luck for Usher to land where he is right now. At 45, the R&B singer and songwriter Usher Raymond is releasing his new album, “Coming Home,” just two days before he will headline the Super Bowl halftime show. In December 2023, he completed an acclaimed … Read more
Over 100 million people will watch some of the best athletes in the world compete for the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, but there will be a select group of observers who remember those athletes when they were less famous. High school coaches or teachers of … Read more
Hershey CEO Michele Buck opened up the company’s earnings call (pdf) Thursday (Feb. 8) by talking about “historic” cocoa prices. Thanks to speculators taking advantage of back-to-back West African rains and droughts, a metric ton of the brown stuff costs more than $5,400 for one contract traded out of New York, more than double what … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) directive issued last month concerns Paytm Payments Bank, not the Paytm app, the banking regulator clarified in a press conference on Thursday. This was after the RBI, after a meeting of its monetary policy committee (MPC), announced the status quo on policy rates earlier in the day. The … Read more