Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published in 2020. It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of […] Read more ›
0
Getty ImagesPublic opinion about AI can be summed up in two words: Slow. Down. Five months ago, when I published a big piece laying out the case for slowing down AI, it wasn’t exactly mainstream to say that we should pump the brakes on this technology. Within the tech industry, it was practically taboo. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has argued that Americans would be foolish to slow down OpenAI’s progress.... Read more ›
80
Im Yoon-ah (Yoona) and Lee Jun-ho star in King the Land, currently streaming on Netflix. | NetflixCan romance’s fantasy of wealth survive the labor rights movement? Let’s ask, uh, this frothy K-drama. As the WGA/SAG-AFTRA double strike wears on, the constant flow of brand-new, original Hollywood content seems headed toward a dripping, dribbling end. With many shows and movies delayed, viewers are already feeling the lack, which in turn means... Read more ›
0
Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend Sony Pictures’ “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019, in Hollywood, California. | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicWhere does Britney’s marriage and divorce fit in with the pop star’s conservatorship? Britney Spears and husband Sam Asghari are separating after one year of marriage, reports NBC News. Asghari has moved out of Spears’s home and has filed for divorce. The pair’s marriage... Read more ›
106
LGBTQ activists rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018, in New York City. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesRepublicans in the NC legislature recently overrode the Democratic governor’s veto. The North Carolina legislature has overridden the veto of Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and passed multiple laws specifically targeting trans youth on issues including gender-affirming care, sports, and education. It’s the latest of... Read more ›
188
Hunter Biden arrives at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, DC, on July 4, 2023. | Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWhat happened: incompetence, malfeasance, or politics? What in the world is going on with the Justice Department’s Hunter Biden investigation? Political controversy has loomed over this probe at every turn, but the strange twists and turns of the past few months could give anyone whiplash — from whistleblower allegations, to... Read more ›
91
An aerial view of Lahaina after a wildfire tore through the town last week. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIncluding how you can help. The search for survivors is far from over, yet it’s already clear: The Maui fires are the nation’s deadliest wildfire event in more than a century. The blazes burned thousands of acres and killed more than 110 people — a greater death toll than any wildfire in California,... Read more ›
32
Overseeing 2024 election coverage, national politics Today, Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma announced that Patrick Reis is joining Vox as senior politics editor, overseeing 2024 election coverage and the team of writers focused on national politics and ideas. “In Patrick Reis, Vox is getting an editor with deep experience in politics and policy coverage, someone whose track record of connecting what’s happening in the political conversation to how Americans lives will... Read more ›
36
Michael Oher, whose story was depicted in the book and film The Blind Side, is pictured in 2016 on the field in Charlotte with the Carolina Panthers football team. | Scott Cunningham/Getty ImagesMichael Oher says the story of his adoption by a white family was never true and that they exploited him. The 2009 film The Blind Side tells the story of a white family on a heartfelt mission: to... Read more ›
128
A customer pays after buying fruits and vegetables at a street market in High Wycombe, in the United Kingdom. | Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty ImagesAlicia Kennedy’s new book explores the tensions and triumphs of leaving meat behind. There has never been a better time to ditch meat. Climate change, health, and animal cruelty are among the many reasons why some leave animals (partially or entirely) off their plates. Luckily, folks... Read more ›
99
Photo by Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty ImagesTechnology improves over time, but it’s hard to know what that means when it comes to calculating the social cost of carbon. How good at genetically engineering improved crops will we be in the year 2300? How expensive will air conditioning be? How many people will live on the planet? These are fairly impossible questions to answer, of course. Technology improves over time,... Read more ›
0
Trump supporters near Mar-a-Lago on April 1, 2023. | Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe Trump cases help us understand how America’s democracy can be both strong and weak at the same time. After Monday’s late-night filing in Georgia, we have finally seen them all: Every single known criminal investigation into Donald Trump has produced an indictment. The former president is now facing four trials on 91 separate counts whose maximum sentences, put... Read more ›
248
Alex Fine for VoxThe billionaire’s heroic image is built on media praise, breathless fans, and … romance novel tropes. Elon Musk is an Ozymandias for our moment. He’s got wealth and influence. His place as the richest man on earth fluctuates with the market, but he consistently cycles among the top three slots. He’s the CEO of two major companies and the owner of what was, up until he bought... Read more ›
263
A cabinet containing boxes of mifepristone, seen in Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper, Wyoming. | Rachel Woolf/Washington Post via Getty ImagesA far-right court just tried to ban an abortion drug. Here’s why you can ignore that decision. On Wednesday, the far-right United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit handed down an opinion claiming that mifepristone, an abortion drug that has been legal in the United States since... Read more ›
140
The Inflation Reduction Act’s biggest impact one year in is on US manufacturing announcements. Biden marked the anniversary at Ingeteam Inc., an electrical equipment manufacturer, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe average American probably doesn’t know about all the free money in the Inflation Reduction Act. The Inflation Reduction Act turns one year old this week. The law is President Joe Biden’s biggest climate achievement to date, with... Read more ›
154
Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fair on August 12, 2023. | Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesA quick guide to Trump’s 4 indictments and why they matter. Donald Trump’s legal web has grown more tangled than ever. The former president is facing 91 criminal charges across four jurisdictions — Georgia, Florida, New York, and the District of Columbia. He has two trial dates set for 2024 so far. And all this is... Read more ›
393
Barricades are placed near the Unification Bridge, which leads to Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone on July 19, 2023 in Paju, South Korea. | Chung Sung-Jun/Getty ImagesNorth Korea commented publicly on his crossing for the first time this week. On Wednesday, North Korea commented publicly for the first time about a US soldier who made an unauthorized crossing into the country roughly a month ago. In the statement, they claimed... Read more ›
0
Michael Oher, whose story was depicted in the book and film The Blind Side, is pictured in 2016 on the field in Charlotte with the Carolina Panthers football team. | Scott Cunningham/Getty ImagesMichael Oher says the story of his adoption by a white family was never true and that they exploited him. The 2009 film The Blind Side tells the story of a white family on a heartfelt mission: to... Read more ›
30
An aerial view of Lahaina after a wildfire tore through the town last week. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesIncluding how you can help. The outbreak of wildfires last week in Maui, Hawaii — a state known for its beaches and rainforests but typically not fire — is now the nation’s deadliest such event in more than 100 years. The fires burned thousands of acres and killed more than 100 people, a... Read more ›
38
Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty ImagesOnline, women eat “girl dinners” and go on “hot girl walks.” Welcome to the girlouboros. “What kind of insufferable girl are you?” my TikTok algorithm asked me the other day. The options were “femcel,” as in someone who’s pathologically unlovable because she’s a radical feminist; “coquette,” as in, someone who wears bows and listens to Lana Del Rey, or “blogger,” as in, I guess, me. The original... Read more ›
48
A young beagle mix at an animal shelter in Central Islip, New York. | John Paraskevas/Newsday RM vis Getty ImagesHow animal shelters are coping with a crisis of abandoned cats and dogs. Lonely and stuck at home, millions of Americans turned to animals for comfort in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, adopting and fostering cats and dogs from shelters at record rates. Videos of empty animal shelters went... Read more ›
1,286
Most popular sources
Business Insider
|
34% 1 |
Tom's Hardware
|
12% 1 |
Slashdot
|
6% 0 |
Mashable
|
6% 3 |
Gizmodo
|
5% 5 |
| View sources » | |
LIKE us on Facebook so you won't miss the most important news of the day!
02.01.2026 07:59
Last update: 07:50 EDT.
News rating updated: 14:51.
What is Times42?
Times42 brings you the most popular news from tech news portals in real-time chart.
Read about us in FAQ section.