Australia Bans Generative A.I. From Official Music Charts
Songs that are wholly or largely created by generative A.I. will be banned from Australia’s music charts under new rules...
Ananta Release Date Reportedly Leaked for 2027
The Ananta release date has reportedly leaked online ahead of Gamescom, with the RPG potentially launching in 2027. If the...
Target says it’s sorry for selling an ‘offensive’ Halloween clown costume
Target has pulled an "offensive" kids' Halloween costume off the shelves. Kevin Carter/Getty ImagesTarget has apologized for selling what it...
She Was Absolved of a Heinous Crime. Why Won’t They Leave Her Alone?
In 1990, Nancy Smith, a divorced mother of four, took a job as a bus driver in Lorain, Ohio, a...
Trump cut grants for Hispanic-serving colleges. Now California campuses are losing programs
Moorpark College ended a program offering for Latino students pursuing a science degree. Cal State Bakersfield, for the first time...
What Lafayette’s 1824 Tour Can Teach Americans
This summer, the National Park Service ordered the removal of quotes referring to abolitionism, immigration and the Vietnam War at...
JD Vance vs. King Dollar, revisited
Three stories about the United States economy converged in mid-August. In decreasing order of importance: The official federal debt hit...
Is Mojtaba Khamenei Dead?
Last Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei hosted a wake for his father and predecessor, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Among the...
Less than 300 million barrels left: the engineering limits threatening the American Strategic Petroleum Reserve
In ancient legend, 300 Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force, relying on a...
Silence, Wolves and the Wild East: Hiking in Portugal’s Côa Valley
The flashlight flicks on and carvings appear out of the darkness. They are 20,000 years old. Engravings of ibex, horses...
