The AI engine pipeline: 10 gates that decide whether you win the recommendation

AI recommendations are decided upstream. Understand the 10-gate pipeline, where brands fail, and how small improvements ...
Los Angeles Times

What happened to all the good dim sum in L.A.? Here’s our guide

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A. dim sum restaurants have lost precision in execution and ingredient quality, though the euphoric chaos of ...
Los Angeles Times

A dim sum cheat sheet: What to look for in five core items

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. There’s no wrong way to eat dim sum. But the right way involves a group, and ordering as much as possible.
ZDNet

I tried a Claude Code rival that's local, open source, and completely free - how it went

Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy ...
TechCrunch

Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

Has AI coding reached a tipping point? That seems to be the case for Spotify at least, which shared this week during its fourth-quarter earnings call that the best developers at the company “have not ...
The New York Times

2 to 3 Cups of Coffee a Day May Reduce Dementia Risk. But Not if It’s Decaf.

One to two cups of caffeinated tea per day helps too, researchers found after following nearly 132,000 people for 40 years. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck wrote this while drinking three cups of ...
PBS

Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far in immigration crackdown

Americans largely disapprove of the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as recent enhanced enforcement operations spread to new cities across the country, a new PBS News/NPR/Marist ...
The New York Times

U.S. Hiring Starts the Year at a Strong Pace

The unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent and the economy added 130,000 jobs in January. The gains were powered, once again, by health care. +400,000 The average job gain over the last three months ...
Reuters

What do the numbers show about Trump's immigration enforcement record?

WASHINGTON, February 24 - U.S. President Donald Trump has stepped up arrests of immigrants in the U.S. illegally, cracked down on unlawful border crossings and stripped legal status from hundreds of ...
ESPN

How does Olympic bobsled work? Format, scoring, rules

One of the most thrilling competitions at the Winter Olympics is bobsled. The 2026 Milan-Cortina Games will feature athletes from around the world speeding down narrow, icy tracks in mechanically ...
CNN

Tracking measles cases in the United States

Recent outbreaks of measles in the United States are driving up case counts and raising alarm among public health experts, especially as vaccination rates among children lag. US cases surged to a ...