Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier arrested in gambling inquiries - ESPN
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and former Cleveland Cavaliers player and assistant coach Damon Jones have been arrested as part of a pair of wide-ranging investigations related to illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities announced Thursday.
Project Indigo - a computational photography camera app — My new favorite photo app.
“Apocryphal Inventions,” an exploration of Generative AI — Jonathan Hoefler
The objects in the Apocryphal Inventions series are technical chimeras, intentional misdirections coaxed from the generative AI platform Midjourney. Instead of iterating on the system’s early drafts to create ever more accurate renderings of real-world objects, creator Jonathan Hoefler subverted the system to refine and intensify its most intriguing misunderstandings, pushing the software to create beguiling, aestheticized nonsense.
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College? - The New York Times — This sounds like a fun way to retire.
ESPN NFL Primetime Music Compilation (24 Tracks) - YouTube
My favorite starts are 8:41.
Apple is the exclusive new broadcast partner for Formula 1® in the U.S. - Apple
Apple TV will deliver comprehensive coverage of Formula 1, with all practice, qualifying, Sprint sessions, and Grands Prix available to Apple TV subscribers.
Some N.F.L. Players Are Finding Second Careers as Nurses - The New York Times
The path from a bone-crunching contact sport to a healing profession may seem odd at first, said Patrick Hill, a former fullback and running back for the Tennessee Titans who described his roles as two of “the most violent positions on the field.”
But a football career is actually solid preparation for nursing, he explained; players learn “mental toughness and resiliency.”
Heist at Louvre Leaves Museum Missing Priceless Jewels - WSJ
Over the course of only seven minutes, three or four individuals used a truck-mounted elevator to reach a balcony outside the Galerie d’Apollon, which houses France’s crown jewels, French officials said. There, the thieves used an angle grinder to cut a hole in a window to get inside, they added.
The thieves smashed display cases, and early indications were that they took Napoleonic jewels and jewels related to French royalty, a police official said. The thieves fled via the roads along the Seine River, the official added.
When to Claim Social Security: How Much Does It Matter, Anyway?
If you’ve paid attention to this matter, you’d know Open Social Security. It’s the best tool for a Social Security claiming strategy, and it’s completely free.
Lost in AirPod Translation - The Atlantic
Apple promises to put an AI interpreter in everyone’s ears. It couldn’t even help me order tamales.