Getting New York’s Piers Ready for the ‘Semiquin’ on July 4
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll find out why the group planning a parade of tall ships on July 4 is...
At Netflix Is a Joke, the Attention Economy Rules the Festival
Introducing a characteristically tight set of dark jokes about Charlie Kirk, A.I. pornography and other hot-button subjects at the Netflix...
Trump Is Fighting the World’s Stupidest Culture War
On the day our oil-stained president returned to the White House, he began an all-out assault on clean energy. Today,...
Kevin Warsh Is Already Getting It Wrong
Steam-powered looms, railroads, the internet: Technological breakthroughs such as these have powered economic growth by increasing efficiency, enabling people to...
Britain’s Starmer Faces Calls to Resign. What Options Does He Have?
Facing calls to resign from dozens of Labour Party lawmakers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain told ministers at a...
The Iran War Is Taking the Color Out of Japan’s Best-Known Snack Bags
The Iran war has wreaked havoc on global supply chains, caused a spike in oil prices and scrambled international trade....
China Sought Access to Anthropic’s Newest A.I. The Answer Was No.
A representative from a Chinese think tank approached officials from Anthropic at a meeting in Singapore last month to insist...
Start-Up Raises $1.3 Billion for an A.I. ‘Grid’
The world’s leading artificial intelligence companies are spending hundreds of billions of dollars on the computer data centers needed to...
Barney Frank, in Hospice, Has Advice for the Democrats
Barney Frank, the retired Democratic congressman who represented Massachusetts’ Fourth District from 1981 to 2013 and is now in hospice...
Russia Keeps Attacking U.S. Firms in Ukraine. The White House Is Silent.
The Russian drones slammed into the American-owned warehouses one after another. Each announced its arrival with an eerie whine. Then...
Steel Tariffs Are Harming Tin Can Makers and Lifting Food Prices
The simple tin can is proving to be one of the toughest tests for President Trump’s tariffs. Just over a...
After Deaths, Lawsuits Against A.I. Companies Test a New Strategy
Sam Nelson began using ChatGPT when he was a high school senior to answer random questions and help with his...
Why So Many Men Are Obsessed With Testosterone
In January, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined Katie Miller, the wife of Stephen Miller, the White House deputy...
Texas Banned Rainbow Crosswalks. San Antonio Found a Workaround.
Wearing a pink hat adorned with the logo of the San Antonio Spurs, Robert A. Chavez smiled at the rainbow...
How an ‘Impossible’ Idea Led to a Pancreatic Cancer Breakthrough
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most dire diagnoses in medicine. There are few available treatments, and they do little...
