Facebook Seeks to Stop Asking Users to Wish Dead Friends Happy Birthday

The company said it had improved artificial intelligence to stop dead people’s profiles “from showing up in places that might cause distress.” Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/technology/facebook-dead-users-happy-birthday.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

He Blames the Police for His Sister’s Death. Now He’s Bringing Her Home.

After a woman working in a Queens massage parlor fell to her death during a police raid, her brother and mother rushed to Flushing. In the months since, the brother has conducted his own investigation into the November 2017 death. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/nyregion/jane-doe-song-yang-flushing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Past Tense: A Talking Dog, a Loch Ness Family: 15 Fantastical, Amusing Tales From the Times Archives

Ghosts! Billygoats! Lazy men and thirsty thieves! All these stories — and more like them — as they were dutifully reported in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/reader-center/april-fools-day-a-stranger-times.html?partner=rss&emc=rss