How AI could make wars go nuclear
We had a plan to prevent World War III. AI could break it.
How Americans got hooked on “drive-thru” healthcare
These online appointment services, personified by the Hims and Hers brands, are making medical services more available — but at…
What just happened in California?
How to make sense of a very messy election.
How Trump is justifying new tariffs
The Trump administration’s newfound concern for forced labor, briefly explained.
The Supreme Court’s new decision tilting the midterms toward Republicans, explained
The Republican Party just keeps winning election cases in a Supreme Court controlled by Republicans.
American cities are paying too much for sprawling housing
A new report finds that homes built near existing infrastructure cost cities much less to build and maintain than homes…
AI can replicate human-made art. Here’s why it can never replace it.
We can learn a lot from what the camera did to painting.
The very casual fan’s guide to the NBA Finals
It’s a David-versus-Goliath battle between underdog Jalen Brunson’s long-suffering Knicks and “alien” Victor Wembanyama’s resurgent Spurs.
How generosity became cringe
The internet once enabled our culture of giving. Now it just makes us angry.
Trump’s least qualified appointee yet
Trump’s mortgage fraud czar is about to be overseeing America’s spy agencies.