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Though Bali remains the most popular Indonesian destination for surfing, for those in search of somewhere off the beaten path (that’s still only a one-hour flight from Bali), the ethereal island of Sumba awaits. This private villa is perched on the foothills of the Dassang coastline and looks out at rice fields and endless stretches of ocean. When you’re ready to hit the beach, the home offers for-hire modern scooters fitted with surfboard racks.Rooms: 2 bedrooms, 2 bathroomsAmenities: Outdoor shower, washer/dryer, mosquito net, AC.Surf Tip: Occy’s Left is one of Asia’s most iconic breaks and offers a chance to catch…

An FTC regulation that makes online age restriction rules tricky in service of the wider goal of keeping companies from gathering any data about children has just been downplayed via a policy statement from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).No law is being changed, but the move is expressly designed to “incentivize the use of age verification technologies,” and creates an environment where sites and services can more easily employ restrictive age checks online that may arguably violate the letter of the law.If you were ever thinking of rolling out some legally questionable age restriction tech on a website, in other…

We’re a week into spring training games getting underway now, and the Yankees have some interesting highlights develop already. Perhaps the most intriguing name on everyone’s tongue after his first appearance has been Ryan Weathers, the left-handed arm that proved to be one of the few new faces the Yankees brought on board over the course of the offseason.Weathers landed in New York via a trade with the Marlins for a package of four minor leaguers with the main purpose of boosting the early season rotation while several key arms finish up recovery from surgery and go through rehab stints.…

Google is moving further into physical AI by bringing a familiar robotics software platform under its wing. Alphabet-owned Intrinsic, which builds AI models and software designed to make industrial robots more accessible, is joining Google, the companies announced on Wednesday. Intrinsic will remain a distinct entity within Google but will work closely with Google DeepMind and will tap into Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud services. Alphabet declined to share information regarding funding or purchase price. Intrinsic “graduated” into an independent Alphabet-owned company in 2021 after five years of development within Alphabet’s X, the company’s moonshot research division. Other companies…

There is a $3 trillion opportunity for Black and other minority entrepreneurs to become business owners as part of the “Great Business Transfer,” according to a new report from McKinsey.”This is the largest ownership transition in modern US history,” said Shelley Stewart, a co-author of the report, senior partner and Chair of the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility. “This is a huge opportunity but there is also a challenge, the issue is many viable businesses may not successfully transfer because the market to connect buyers, sellers and capital is not built at scale.”Researchers forecast 6 million small- and medium-sized businesses,…

If you experience discomfort after long hours behind a desk, simply slapping an and keyboard on your desk won’t solve the problem. First, you have to address the root issue of by standing up and walking around each hour or so. But after that, it’s worth considering your workstation ergonomics. An ergonomic keyboard can prevent the hunching, twisting and contorting that leads to discomfort. With split, tilt and angled keys, these boards help keep your shoulders and chest more open and your forearms and wrists more aligned. One ergonomic board won’t work for everyone, so I tested out 15 different…

HARTFORD, Conn. — It was the kind of victory that can give a team ultimate belief, because it might be the definitive evidence, that it can win a national championship.It was also the kind of loss that can kill a team’s hopes and spirit for the remainder of the season.What sixth-ranked Connecticut did to No. 15 St. John’s at PeoplesBank Arena on Wednesday night was more than just a record-setting 32-point evisceration. It was an emphatic socking, the likes of which the Red Storm might not shake off the effects from for weeks, if not until next season. The Huskies’…

Mobile World Congress is right around the corner, but Samsung got out ahead of many rivals that will be showing off new handsets at that event by running the latest edition of Unpacked on Wednesday. At its event in San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts, the company revealed the Galaxy S26 lineup, which includes the base S26, the S26+ and the S26 Ultra. We’ve got some hands-on time with all three handsets as well, and you can read about our in-person experience with the Galaxy S26 Ultra, as well as our S26 and S26+ impressions in those articles.In addition to…

Members of the CCC network facing police blockade while demanding dignified wages in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo: Clean Clothes CampaignNGOs say that funders now prefer program-specific funding over general year-round support. “Across the sector, core funding has become harder to access, with most money now tied to specific projects,” says Shruti Singh, director of Fashion Revolution India. “That means the organization is in a constant state of shorter fundraising cycles for projects, and that can limit their ability to build stable capacity and systems.”With project-based financing, salaries and overheads are scrutinized more heavily, says Singh, with funders now looking for “demonstrable,…

On Saturday afternoon, Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old golf course groundskeeper and illustrator, left his home in North Carolina and began a 10-hour drive south to president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. Early Sunday morning, Martin reportedly walked into Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a can of fuel; he was then shot and killed by Secret Service agents and officers from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office.Martin was, according to friends, a vocal Trump supporter. His cousin told the Associated Press, “We are big Trump supporters, all of us”—though they added that Martin rarely discussed politics.Law enforcement…