Switzer Daily

What is Palantir? Understanding big tech’s newest villain

Seen this way, the villain tone and the Cicero-like register are two expressions of the same underlying move. It is an effort ...
Greek Reporter

The Story of the Ancient Greek Metropolis of Syracuse

The ancient Greek city-state of Syracuse on the eastern coast of Sicily started as a colony and became a Greek metropolis.
Greek Reporter

Sulla’s Sack of Ancient Athens and the Bloody End of Greek Sovereignty

In 86 BC, Roman General Sulla unleashed a brutal siege on ancient Athens, permanently transforming the sovereign state into a museum city.
The Bookseller

Simon & Schuster UK acquires Alice Roberts' debut novel The Goddess Queen

Simon & Schuster UK has acquired The Goddess Queen, the first novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Alice Roberts. The synopsis says: "There was a moment, just over 2,000 years ago, when the ...
La Brújula Verde

Inscriptions from ancient Teos honoring the market supervisor show the activity of Roman negotiatores’ associations in greek cities in the 1st century BC

Excavations in the ancient Greek city of Teos, in present-day Turkey, have brought to light two inscriptions from the 1st ...

Quote of the day by William Shakespeare: 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but…'

The quote suggest that people tend to believe that destiny determines whether they will succeed in different areas of life.
The Conversation

Supervillain or Cicero? Why Palantir’s manifesto has such sinister vibes

Earlier this month, multibillion-dollar US tech company Palantir posted on X a summary of its chief executive Alex Karp’s recent book, the portentously titled The Technological Republic: Hard Power, ...
Scientific American

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will begin its revolutionary mission in September

GREENBELT, Md.—On Tuesday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman set an early September launch window for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope—a multibillion-dollar “flagship”-class observatory that is ...