FTC chair Lina Khan gained widespread notoriety for criticizing how Amazon uses its power to harm competition and consumers. | Vox; Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move. The Federal Trade Commission thinks the Everything Store is an illegal monopoly, and it’s suing the company to stop it — which could mean breaking up the company. In its lawsuit filed... Read more ›
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Min Heo for Vox“Young blood,” starvation, fruit-only diets: How the rich are striving to “age in reverse” Rich tech entrepreneurs are by all accounts a hyper-competitive bunch. Whether it’s taking a shuttle to the edge of space, buying the biggest yacht, or challenging one another to a cage fight, with great wealth and power seems to come a voracious desire to engage in games of one-upmanship. The Rejuvenation Olympics, an... Read more ›
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American Fiction and Perfect Days are two standouts on the fall festival circuit. | Toronto International Film FestivalIt’s a great time to be at the movies. Every fall brings its crop of new movies from around the world — comedies, dramas, documentaries, and more uncategorizable films that capture what it is to live in this historical moment. Audiences around the world get to see them at festivals first, whether they’re... Read more ›
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Former Soviet Col. Stanislav Petrov, the man who prevented a nuclear war, pictured in his home in 2004. | Scott Peterson/Getty ImagesOn September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov saved the world. On September 26, 1983, the planet came terrifyingly close to a nuclear holocaust. The Soviet Union’s missile attack early warning system displayed, in large red letters, the word “LAUNCH”; a computer screen stated to the officer on duty, Soviet Lt.... Read more ›
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US House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (left) talks to Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) in the House Chamber after Gaetz voted present during the fourth day of voting for speaker of the House at the US Capitol Building on January 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA rundown on the factions involved in the disarray. This month, due to House Republican in-fighting, the US government is on the... Read more ›
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FTC chair Lina Khan gained widespread notoriety for criticizing how Amazon uses its power to harm competition and consumers. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission, led by longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan, finally makes its move. The Federal Trade Commission thinks the Everything Store is an illegal monopoly, and it’s suing the company to stop it. In its lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the antitrust agency, joined by 17 states,... Read more ›
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Justice Elena Kagan laughs during her confirmation hearing. | AFP via Getty ImagesThe Alabama GOP will have to comply with a Supreme Court order striking down its racially gerrymandered map. The Supreme Court handed down two very brief orders on Tuesday, informing the state of Alabama that no, it is not allowed to defy one of the Court’s decisions on gerrymandering. In June, in one of the most surprising decisions... Read more ›
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Migrants gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel on August 2, 2023, where dozens of recently arrived migrants have been camping out as they try to secure temporary housing in New York City. | Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty ImagesWhy New York City is struggling to house thousands of arriving migrants. New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently warned that the city could be “destroyed” if it doesn’t get more help to support an... Read more ›
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Renee Bach in fundraising materials for her NGO, Serving His Children, as seen in the new HBO documentary series Savior Complex. | HBOSavior Complex, The Mission, and the culture behind toxic missionary work. We aren’t born knowing who the heroes are. We’re taught to see them, instilled with desires to wear their cape, don their uniform, doff their 10-gallon hat, slip into their well-worn shoes. I don’t know who your... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesAre we living through a uniquely brain-breaking era? Ask someone who went deep into the “mirror world.” One of the things I try to do on my podcast The Gray Area is sort through all the political and cultural confusion in our society. To say that our world is becoming deranged by our technologies and media ecosystem might be a little much, but I do think that we’ve scrambled... Read more ›
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What to worry about if you’re in the mood to worry about the economy. | Klaus Vedfelt via Getty ImagesThe economy’s “hold your breath moment,” explained Let’s get this out of the way: the economy is not in bad shape at the moment. The red hot labor market is cooling off a little, but it remains resilient. It’s the type of thing you’d want to see if the “soft landing”... Read more ›
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Taylor Swift in Travis Kelce’s private viewing suite at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on September 24, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri. | David Eulitt/Getty ImagesMiss Americana is a master of weaving her love life into her art. Taylor Swift is a master of weaving her public-facing love life, her star image, and her art together, and she’s in the middle of an incredible maneuver. Did you ever see a... Read more ›
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A man fills out a ballot at a voting booth on May 17, 2022 in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. | Sean Rayford/Getty ImagesThe GOP-dominated state legislature wants more power over the 2024 contest. Last week, North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a striking new bill that could, under the right circumstances, empower them to weigh in on the state’s election result if the presidential race is contested in 2024. It’s a... Read more ›
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife Nadine Arslanian arrive for the State Dinner in honor of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. | Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesProsecutors claim the senator searched “How much is one kilo of gold worth?” on the internet. Will this indictment finally take Menendez down? Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been indicted — again.... Read more ›
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Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty ImagesThe longest strike in Hollywood history may finally be coming to an end. After almost five months of labor stoppage, the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) announced that a tentative agreement had been reached. However, the deal does not include SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists), whose writers... Read more ›
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The longest labor strike in Hollywood history may be ending. | Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty ImagesWhat to know about the WGA’s tentative deal to end the longest labor stoppage in the industry’s history. Hollywood’s longest and most costly labor strikes may finally be coming to an end. Late in the day on Sunday, September 24 — after 146 days of labor stoppage, the longest strike in... Read more ›
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An Armenian tank is displayed in an open-air museum in Azerbaijan called the War Trophy Park, where weapons and armored vehicles captured by the Azerbaijani army during the Second Karabakh War are exhibited. | Resul Rehimov/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesThe latest struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh, a majority-Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, will ripple throughout the region. A decades-long conflict in the Caucasus flared up last week, as Azerbaijan launched an “anti-terror” strike... Read more ›
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Ariel Davis for VoxThe founders of Anthropic quit OpenAI to make a safe AI company. It’s easier said than done. The scientists want the AI to lie to them. That’s the goal of the project Evan Hubinger, a research scientist at Anthropic, is describing to members of the AI startup’s “alignment” team in a conference room at its downtown San Francisco offices. Alignment means ensuring that the AI systems made... Read more ›
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (left) talks with Chief Justice John Roberts on the steps of the Supreme Court following his official investiture at the Supreme Court on June 15, 2017, in Washington, DC. | Win McNamee/Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court hears a civil rights case straight out of a right-wing fever dream. Deborah Laufer has filed more than 600 different lawsuits — many of which, according to a federal court... Read more ›
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After severe damage from Hurricane Maria, the Caribbean island of Dominica is building up an early warning system to protect residents from disasters. | Alejandro Cegarra/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThis tiny Caribbean country shows why early warnings are an essential climate change adaptation. WOTTEN WAVEN, Dominica — This lush, leafy village of 200 residents, known for its hot springs, is less than 6 miles from the shore, but when Hurricane Maria... Read more ›
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