‘Zodiac Killer Project’: Hooked on True Crime
True-crime documentaries, especially the kind that pop up regularly on streaming services, are defined by their tropes as much as...
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This Hacker Conference Installed a Literal Anti-Virus Monitoring System
Hacker conferences—like all conventions—are notorious for giving attendees a parting gift of mystery illness. To combat “con crud,” New Zealand’s...
Sequoia Capital partner Shaun Maguire shares 3 ways to succeed at one of Elon Musk’s companies
Maguire revealed what Musk looks for in capital investors. Win McNamee/Getty Images; BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesVC partner Shaun Maguire...
Pop Culture Got Stale. Counterculture Went Right-Wing.
Once upon a time in Canada, a weird little subculture was born. In the early 1990s, a couple of Quebec...
‘Opportunity for change’: Barack Obama shares what Dems can do to take down Trump
Former President Barack Obama has shared what Democrats can do to start fighting back against Donald Trump. According to Politico,...
Ann Packer Welcomes an Argument, Even With Oprah
It was the biggest moment of Ann Packer’s career, and Oprah Winfrey was on an exercise bike. She pedaled away...
America Is Setting a Trap for Itself
In Washington, a decade of rancorous polarization just gave us the longest ever government shutdown. But one belief has endured...
Chocolate Grows Up in the Land of Its Birth: the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest, origin of the cacao bean, is giving life to a nascent craft chocolate movement in Brazil. Global...
Trump’s All-but-Forgotten Border Wall Reaches an Angry Laredo, Texas
Roque Haynes aimed his appeal directly at the mayor of Laredo last Friday as the border city in South Texas...
A Gay Woman Becomes New York’s Lutheran Bishop
Good morning. It’s Friday. We’ll meet the new Lutheran bishop of New York, the first woman and the first openly...
6 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Who can say if it’s been changed for the better? ‘Wicked: For Good’ Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande return as...
Western soldiers are turning to Xbox controllers to fight a new kind of drone war. The pilots love them.
The Surveyor interceptor drone at a demonstration this week. Artur Widak via Reuters ConnectWestern soldiers are using Xbox controllers to...
Why ‘Surveillance Pricing’ Strikes a Nerve
If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product, as the refrain goes. In other words, many social...
Obama Gives House Dems a Battle Plan to Take Down Trump at Secret Meeting
Former President Barack Obama has met with the party’s newest leaders and outlined a plan to win power from Donald...
Who Is ‘More MAGA Than JD Vance’? 2 Conservatives on Marjorie Taylor Greene, Trump and the G.O.P.
Is there a civil war in the Republican Party? In a written online conversation, the Times Opinion editor John Guida...
