Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Makes His Debut on ‘Tiny Desk’ After Sending Audition Tape: ‘It Only Took 12 More Years’

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...
The New York Times

18,000 Reasons It’s So Hard to Build a Chip Factory in America

The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan’s TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States. Supported by The transformation of Phoenix into a ...
The New York Times

50 Pianos Rumble With the Sound of ‘11,000 Strings’

Performances in N.Y.C. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous scale and complexity. The effect is awe-inspiring. Georg Friedrich Haas has written a piece of almost ridiculous ...
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How to Build a DIY Solar Array at Home That’s Safe, Simple, and Actually Works for Beginners

A beginner-friendly approach to solar that cuts through the confusion and gets you started today. #DIYSolar #SolarMadeEasy #GoSolar Florida driver was going 135 mph in fatal crash that split car in ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wins IBMA Entertainer of the Year: ‘I Haven’t Abandoned Bluegrass’

The 36th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards show felt a little different this go-round. Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time ...
Lansing State Journal

Billy Strings' mother, Debra Apostol, dies hours after son played show back in Michigan

Correction: Billy Strings' mother is Debra Apostol. Her name was misspelled in an earlier version. LANSING - Debra Apostol, the mother of Grammy-winning artist Billy Strings, died Friday, June 20, ...
The Verge

Microsoft is moving its Build conference out of Seattle for 2026

Microsoft isn’t saying where it will host Build next, after holding it in Seattle since 2017. Microsoft isn’t saying where it will host Build next, after holding it in Seattle since 2017. is a senior ...
Nasdaq

ARRAY Technologies Appoints Nick Strevel as Senior Vice President of Product Management and Technical Sales

Veteran solar executive to lead global product strategy and build ARRAY’s new technical sales function, enhancing innovation and customer engagement ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) ...
Los Angeles Times

Strings attached: Huntington Harbour Yacht Club members to create ‘oyster condos’

A single adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water per day. Huntington Harbour residents are now doing their part to restore a native population of Olympia oysters while cleaning up their ...
Scientific American

Black Holes May Be ‘Supermazes’ of Many-Dimensional Strings

Black holes, the densest objects in the universe, eat up anything that comes too close, even light. Is there anything left inside these behemoths that could reveal what they devoured in the first ...
Runner's World

What’s the Build Phase of Running and How Does It Lead to Better Race-Day Performance?

Training for a race comes with many moving parts, both figuratively and literally. You have to maintain a healthy diet, build mental toughness, and of course, run. When it comes to running, you can ...
Live Science

China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'

China has announced plans to build a giant solar power space station, which will be lifted into orbit piece by piece using the nation's brand-new heavy lift rockets. When you purchase through links on ...