Bring Nature Inside With Amazon’s Big Spring Sale: Shop Deals on Plants, Indoor Gardens and More

As days warm up and green sprouts appear outside, it’s apparent that spring is finally here. Even while temperatures linger on the cooler side and you’re staying indoors dreaming of more sunshine, your home may be calling out to you for a spring refresh. A home decor trend that’s here to stay is to add life to your … Read more

Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu on the nature of startups: ‘Grow faster, or die faster,’ just don’t give up

Rabbit co-founder and CEO Jesse Lyu isn’t afraid of death … the death of the company, at least. He told TechCrunch that the company is a startup whose fortunes may be swayed by the whims of multibillion-dollar rivals — but that’s no reason to give up and go home. Appearing onstage at StrictlyVC LA, Lyu … Read more

EU legislature backs a major plan to better protect nature and meet climate goals

STRASBOURG, France — The European Union’s legislature on Tuesday approved a watered-down plan to better protect nature and fight climate change in the 27-nation bloc, despite opposition from the biggest party in parliament and fierce protests from the farming community. The plan is a key part of the EU’s vaunted European Green Deal that seeks … Read more

In a Violent Nature Turns the Slasher Genre on Its Head

Ever wondered what a masked maniac in the vein of Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees does in his downtime—or what it might be like if Terrence Malick made a slasher movie? In a Violent Nature, which just debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and will stream on Shudder, sets out to answer both questions. As … Read more

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ new titans were inspired by the weird, freakiness of nature

Though Godzilla looms very large in Apple TV Plus’ Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, it isn’t the only gargantuan kaiju whose presence keeps the series’ human characters living in a constant state of fear. Along with the big man itself, and many other classic Toho creatures, Legacy of Monsters also introduces a number of original titans … Read more

Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez’s Christmas Eve Nature Stroll with Family

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez touched down in Miami just in time for Christmas — but their “Winter Wonderland” looks like a regular summer day … just peep their walking attire. The couple went for a stroll with their family members Sunday at a park near their Indian Creek Island property — which is now … Read more

Nature groups go to court in Greece over a strategic gas terminal backed by EU

ATHENS, Greece — Five Greek and international environmental campaign agencies have launched legal action against a major natural gas project supported by the European Union as a regional alternative to Russian energy. Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature led the request at Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, against a planned … Read more

These Clues Hint at the True Nature of OpenAI’s Shadowy Q* Project

There are other clues to what Q* could be. The name may be an allusion to Q-learning, a form of reinforcement learning that involves an algorithm learning to solve a problem through positive or negative feedback, which has been used to create game-playing bots and to tune ChatGPT to be more helpful. Some have suggested … Read more