The new Minnesota law that would ban apps and websites that can generate nonconsensual intimate imagery can take effect today, after xAI's last-minute effort to stop it from being enforced failed to convince a federal judge. (Moon, Engadget)
Read MoreA total of 32,600 people attended weekly services – such as Evensong, Morning and Evening Prayer or Sunday Eucharist - at Church of England cathedrals in 2025. Sunday attendance was up notably among adults, at eight per cent higher than in 2024. (The Church of England)
Read MoreBars are courting a reliable generation of alcohol consumers with nostalgia theme nights and events that end way before midnight. (Groff, Washington Street Journal)
Read MoreOver the course of one frantic, late-July weekend, 98 teens representing all 50 states put their busy lives on hold to try to do something remarkable.
The students, most of them high school juniors and seniors, gathered in a precise replica of the U.S. Senate chamber and attempted what the real, adult Congress has largely failed to do: draft and pass "legislation" to help the nation's K-12 schools navigate the questions and chaos created by artificial intelligence. (Turner, NPR)
Read MoreDwindling congregations and rising repair costs mean more former p-laces of worship are going on the market — but conversion is not always easy. (Jack, The Times)
Read MoreTo meet the growing needs of his congregation, a pastor created an A.I. duplicate of himself. Every day he sees more people using it. (Saslow, The New York Times)
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