The Russian Way to Multiply Is So Much Cooler Than Ours

Try this ancient multiplication trick—halves and doubles, also called Egyptian or Russian math—where you repeatedly halve one ...
Newsweek

Fact Check: Is Mamdani Introducing Arabic Numerals To New York Schools?

Posts circulating on social media claim Mamdani is expected to introduce new rules when he becomes New York Mayor in 2026 that will require all public elementary schools in the state to learn Arabic ...
The New York Times

U.S. Labor Market Stalled This Summer, With August Data Adding to Slowdown

Employers added only 22,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.3 percent. Revised data also showed that employment fell by 13,000 jobs in June, the first net loss since ...
The New York Times

Employers Pull Back on Hiring as Uncertainty Weighs on Plans

The labor market showed signs of weakening, with 73,000 jobs added in July and gains for the previous two months revised significantly lower. Monthly change in jobs +73,000 jobs in July +300,000 ...
techtimes

Apple Integrates Japan's My Number Card Into iPhone Wallet: How to Add it?

Apple has officially revealed that Japan's My Number Card can now be included in the Wallet app on iPhones with iOS 18.5 or later. The integration was first announced in May 2024. The new feature is ...
MacRumors

Apple Wallet App on iPhone Now Lets You Add Japan's My Number Card

Apple today announced that Japan's My Number Card can now be added to the Wallet app on an iPhone XS or newer running iOS 18.5 or later. The card can be added to the Wallet app via the latest version ...
New York Magazine

All of Trump’s Tacky and Trollish White House Renovations

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Aside from adding a Diet Coke button and displaying the occasional Sharpie-scrawled map, during Donald ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

LDS Church reports adding the most converts in nearly three decades, so why are there nagging ‘concerns’?

Convert baptisms surged last year to the highest level seen in nearly three decades, propelling global membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints past 17.5 million. The Utah-based ...
Seattle Times

Balance the budget? Trump’s numbers don’t add up

In President Donald Trump’s speech, personalities loomed large. Whether it was George Washington’s second best presidency or Elon Musk’s brilliant work at the Department of Government Efficiency or ...
CNN

DOGE’s claim that it saved $8 billion by canceling an $8 million contract raises questions about its ‘wall of receipts’

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency disclosed for the first time this week a snapshot of some of the government contracts it has canceled, claiming to have saved taxpayers about $55 ...