X’s Chatbot Started Undressing Women. Was This What A.I. Wanted All Along?
Sometime in the remote 2000s, the faceless users of a website called Encyclopedia Dramatica handed down a rule for the...
Running on Rage Bait
The crowd on the back patio of the sports pub milled about anxiously. Some 200 or so Floridians, many in...
Inside the Steve Jobs meeting style that Apple still uses
Steve Jobs' meetings at Apple would get intense. Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesSteve Jobs' meeting style defined Apple's culture, fostering collaboration at...
To Pay the Bills, a Cult Band Becomes a Doors Tribute Act
When the musicians Peter and David Brewis wrote on Facebook that they’d formed a tribute band to The Doors, the...
Tehran Has Long Suffered Filthy Air. Fuel Called ‘Mazut’ Is to Blame.
The people of Tehran have long suffered from some of the dirtiest air in the world. It’s largely because Iran’s...
Trump Directs War With the Markets Top of Mind
President Trump’s fixation on financial markets as the measure of his stewardship of the economy came into focus again this...
The nightmare of the best actor waiting game
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences first tried to give Peter O’Toole a trophy, the then 70-year-old...
Princess Cruises quietly hikes daily service charge — drawing backlash from passengers: ‘Unchecked greed’
Princess Cruises is under fire for quietly jacking up a service charge under passengers’ noses. The cruise line, which operates...
Skirting Through Time
What do you do with 632 wool skirts? That’s the question Mae Colburn, a New York-based artist and weaver, is...
Trump Has Declared War on Cheap Gas. Again.
For President Trump, lower energy prices haven’t been just a nice bit of relief for American consumers. They’ve been a...
