NYTIMES (Sarah Kessler) - Software? No Way. We’re an A.I. Company Now!
As their stocks tank, software makers are rebranding themselves as A.I. innovators. Sparkle emojis are everywhere, but some efforts have been more successful than others.
NYTIMES (Anupreeta Das and Saif Hasnat) - Islamist Party’s Rise Overshadows Student Revolution in Bangladesh
The party is dedicated to running the country under Islamic law, but ran on a more moderate platform. It gained far more seats in last week’s election than it ever had before.
NYTIMES (Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon) - Iran Protester Dies in Custody, Raising Fears of Execution
Rights groups are investigating the death of Ali Rahbar as a potential extrajudicial killing. Iran denies executions have taken place.
NYTIMES (Miya Lee and Jake Michaels) - Making the Dancing Lions for Lunar New York Celebrations
In a San Francisco garage, Corey Chan and his team create giant, spectacular lions that will lead the festivities.
NYTIMES (Andrew Keh) - You’d Be Surprised to See Where Many Olympians Keep Their Medals
Athletes train and sweat for years in pursuit of the glittering prizes. Many store them in the least glamorous places.
NYTIMES (Neil Vigdor) - Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On
Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.
NYTIMES (David W. Chen and Tierney L. Cross) - Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators
South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.
NYTIMES (J. David Goodman, Mary Beth Gahan and Callie Holtermann) - Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats
In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.
NYTIMES (Charles Homans) - More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.
In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.
NYTIMES (Peter Baker) - Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality
President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.