Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper...
The signs of educational decline are now impossible to ignore
Some years ago, during a dinner party, our smoke detector started beeping while we were broiling steaks. I dashed into...
What do you do when an ex takes out credit cards in your name?
Dear Liz: My ex-husband took out a credit card in my name without my knowledge. By the time I discovered...
This L.A. car wash depends on immigrant labor. Can it survive Trump?
The car wash hadn’t yet opened for the day, but its owner was already on edge. He scanned the street...
A good résumé and cover letter are no longer enough. These are the creative ways job seekers are getting to the front of the line.
Lileth Greenwood, a recruiter for Fort Lauderdale Behavior Health Center, speaks to job seekers at a job fair Thursday, Aug....
Scientists Discover Universal Jailbreak for Nearly Every AI, and the Way It Works Will Hurt Your Brain
Even the tech industry’s top AI models, created with billions of dollars in funding, are astonishingly easy to “jailbreak,” or...
California is having its most wide-open governor’s race in decades. Why’s that?
Today we discuss Texas, overreaction and the voluminous field of candidates for California governor. Is there anyone who is not...
Officially, Sacramento still bans the sale of comic books to kids. Officials move to change that
SACRAMENTO — On a recent day at Sacramento native Lecho Lopez’s comic shop in the city, his 5-year-old nephew read his first...
‘Walking Tall’ sheriff Buford Pusser was hailed as a crime-busting hero. What if he was the killer all along?
One of many photos of Buford Pusser on display at the Buford Pusser Home & Museum. Ray Di Pietro for...
With great presidential power comes great presidential blame
A year after his election to a second term in office, Donald Trump has concentrated more of the federal government’s...
