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Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things that Indiana Jones did and go on exciting adventures. I even dreamed up ideas for movies […]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:17 — 22.5MB) | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Pandora | Blubrry | TuneIn | Deezer | Youtube Music | Do the double: In this football language podcast we look back at a weekend full of cup finals across Europe as many teams tried to do the […]
7. Unlock convenience with digital car key — coming to more vehicles Digital car key is now available on select MINI models and will expand soon to select Mercedes-Benz and Polestar vehicles. You’ll be able to lock, unlock and start your car with just your phone, or securely share your digital car key with family […]
By its very nature, science fiction encompasses a vast and sprawling world of stories, from the galaxy-spanning novels of Iain M. Banks and Ursula K. Le Guin to the dystopias of Margaret Atwood and Kazuo Ishiguro. Asking our team of dedicated staff here at New Scientist to pick their personal favourite, then, has created an […]
“You know how your iPhone cycles through photos for you? Recently, a picture came up of me as a five-year-old holding an American Girl doll with such a thrill on my face, and it reminded me that even at a young age, I was obsessed with the fashion world. After studying communications at the University […]
News Read this post in other languages: This special edition of the Kotlin Roundup is dedicated exclusively to KotlinConf 2024. At the opening keynote, Egor Tolstoy, Michail Zarečenskij, Ekaterina Petrova, Sebastian Aigner, Vsevolod Tolstopyatov, and Svetlana Isakova announced a plethora of exciting updates, addressing JetBrains’ recent work on the Kotlin language. Meanwhile, our guest keynote […]
Don’t judge a book by its cover, the saying goes. Frankly, though, if I were assessing Fatou Diome’s The Belly of the Atlantic, translated by Lulu Norman and Ros Schwartz, on its appearance, I probably wouldn’t have picked it up. The pictures of the figure in the boat and the foot on the ball feel […]
JUAN MARTINEZ: All right, Tom, how many collaboration technologies do you think we used to make this show? TOM STACKPOLE: All right, I’m just going to count them off. Let’s start with Slack. JUAN MARTINEZ: One. TOM STACKPOLE: Microsoft Outlook, email. JUAN MARTINEZ: Two. TOM STACKPOLE: We use Google docs, don’t tell our bosses. JUAN […]
Uganda men’s cricket captain Brian Masaba on making their debut at the World Cup. Show more Alison Mitchell, Sunil Gupta and Brett Sprigg look back on the IPL final and the tournament as a whole and reflect on the dominance of the Kolkata Knight Riders in this year’s tournament. Plus, we hear from Uganda men’s […]
English Listening Practice: The Good & Bad of Smartphones Do you find yourself or your child spending endless hours on a smartphone? Is this constant phone use affecting your daily life and social interactions? Discover how smartphones are changing our habits and mental health, and improve your English language skills in the process. Ready to […]