Former special counsel Jack Smith's probe into President Trump and Republicans collected "communications" from members of the news media, including major networks and newspapers, the Senate's senior lawmaker revealed Tuesday.
In the span of a few months, advanced AI systems from three leading American laboratories crossed the boundaries of safety tests and affected real systems. Google’s Gemini accessed systems at three companies. An Anthropic model published malicious code that reached 15 outside systems. And as revealed last week, these are creating international incidents, with OpenAI’s […]
When Europe’s leaders gathered in Yerevan, Armenia, in May, the sharpest words about Europe’s view of the South Caucasus came from a leader who was not in the room. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, speaking by video link from Baku, used his allotted time at the European Political Community summit to rebuke the European Parliament for […]
Everyone knows that Johannes Gutenberg, he of the Gutenberg Bible, invented the movable-type printing press, suddenly making the mass production of books possible and, therefore, books themselves affordable for nearly all. But hardly anyone thinks about all the technological developments and all the stages of human inventiveness that made possible those 180-odd copies of the […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald told us that the very rich are different from you and me. The main character of Teddy Wayne’s sixth novel, who gains admittance to a rarefied realm of the super-wealthy near Cape Cod, is acutely aware of how far he stands apart from those sitting pretty. But instead of keeping his distance, […]
NBA Hall of Fame center Bill Walton, who died of colon cancer last month, was the best player in the world at his peak. As described in David Halberstam’s book The Breaks of the Game, a merely somewhat healthy Walton led the Portland Trail Blazers to an NBA championship in 1977, defeating fellow former all-everything […]
In 2022, John Kaag and his family bought an old farmhouse near the Concord River in Massachusetts. Attracted by the history of the area, Kaag, a philosophy professor, was also drawn by its proximity to the homes and haunts of those Kaag calls his “intellectual heroes,” Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and […]
Caitlin Clark is bringing much-needed eyeballs to the WNBA after its long history of being an afterthought in the sports landscape. And WNBA players cannot stand it. Clark has been the target of sustained media criticism from WNBA players even before she was drafted as jealousy over her high profile took root around the league. […]
Between its unnerving cartoon animatronics, quirky theme song, and the very steep and wet drops that earned the attraction its name, Splash Mountain was one of the Disney theme park rides that had a unique character and attraction that could not be missed. I shamefully admit that despite making a handful of trips to Disney […]
Years ago, California was considered a leader in governance. Thanks to the size of its markets and the perception of being on the cutting edge of technology, California standards often became national standards. But no more. After a decade of solid Democratic Party control, California is now a basket case. From homelessness to crime to […]
Somewhere, amid its fart jokes, Netflix’s new comedy series Tires explores the daily struggle for contentment, or whatever passes for it in the meantime. Tires, the brainchild of comedian Shane Gillis, co-written and co-produced alongside frequent collaborators Steve Gerben and John McKeever, follows the troubles of a failing branch of Valley Forge Automotive, located in […]
Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, the illegal immigrant accused of shooting two cops, reportedly admits he’s a member of the murderous Tren de Aragua gang:...
