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Megyn Kelly’s Extreme Makeover

Do you remember Megyn Kelly? I once walked past her in a Chicago O’Hare bathroom in 2016, shortly after Donald Trump had won his first presidential election, and was momentarily stopped in my tracks by both her nuclear-grade charisma and her pixie cut. For a woman to have short hair

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Our minds aren’t equipped to handle AI

Norbert Wiener, godfather of cybernetics, once said, “The thought of every age is reflected in its technique.” For the past century, our thought has been reflected in our computers, including by those in the AI industry. Google’s Demis Hassabis calls the brain “a biological approximation to a Turing machine.” Elon

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The Vertiginous Revelations of “You Can See Everything”

The Current Cinema Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s interrogation of Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced Theranos founder, is a compelling spectacle of manipulation, suspicion, and apparent sincerity. October 9, 2026 Fielder has built a career on merciless, confrontational questioning, but Holmes’s notoriety has its own power.Illustration by Harol Bustos Nathan Fielder

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I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken

What I’m about to tell you has, I realize, become something of a cliché: I resigned this week from OpenAI. I led the writing of the safety reports we published with each major launch. Now I’m joining a parade of former colleagues—at OpenAI and the industry’s other leaders—who have decided

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My Second Child Is Perfect. He Ruined My Life

Recently, I began taunting colleagues with an idea. I say “taunting” because the idea was not really an idea at all. It was not even a proper sentence. It was just a couple of words: two kids. The magazine professional in your life will be reading this and shaking their

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The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared

Guest Essay Oct. 6, 2026 Credit...Kevin Van Aelst Listen · 9:54 min See more of our coverage in your search results.Encuentra más de nuestra cobertura en los resultados de búsqueda. Add The New York Times on GoogleAgrega The New York Times en Google On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard

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Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Earlier this year, FBI Director Kash Patel vowed before God, Fox Nation, and Donald Trump that he would punish the “deep state” for its manifold transgressions, especially the (actually nonexistent) conspiracy to steal

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We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash

I talk to a lot of old people, those who were born in the 20th century, and if I ask them what the word “unalive” means, they usually have no idea what I’m talking about, except for some of them who have kids or who study Internet culture. This will,

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Apple and a Hacker’s Future

Listen to this post: Log in to listen My computer got hacked, which is always embarrassing to admit, because it was my fault; the vulnerability that was exploited is detailed in this Ars Technica story: Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious

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Is There Anything Kash Patel Won’t Do for Trump Before the Midterms?

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Earlier this year, FBI Director Kash Patel vowed before God, Fox Nation, and Donald Trump that he would punish the “deep state” for its manifold transgressions, especially the (actually nonexistent) conspiracy to steal

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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Times Exclusive Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. Listen · 13:53 min Sept. 30, 2026 Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s A.I. push is a tremendous success. “Our investments in A.I. are accelerating every major part of

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Why Adults Are Playing with Toys

The Lede After decades of depending on customers who had to beg their parents for pocket money—and who would eventually grow up—the toy industry has found a savior in “kid-ults.” October 3, 2026 Illustration by Nick Little We might call it the Great Regression. This summer, the toy industry hit

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The Great Data-Center Rebellion

Clinton, Iowa, is topographically flat and economically declining. The sawmills that made the city rich in the late 19th century have been repurposed as a museum. One of the Victorian mansions long since abandoned by the old lumber barons is open for tours, but tourists are scarce. Clinton has shrunk

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The rise, fall, and rise of portable MP3 players

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the collapse and the resurgence of the portable media player, follow Terrence O’Brien. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here.

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Why Adults Are Playing with Toys

The Lede After decades of depending on customers who had to beg their parents for pocket money—and who would eventually grow up—the toy industry has found a savior in “kid-ults.” October 3, 2026 Illustration by Nick Little We might call it the Great Regression. This summer, the toy industry hit

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