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Honestly, what’s hotter than a real person?
The former Instagram VP is departing the ChatGPT-maker, which is folding the AI science application he led into Codex.
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
Alex Bores, a former Palantir employee, helped pass one of the country’s toughest AI laws. Now Silicon Valley’s biggest names are trying to stop his rise to Congress.
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How to Clean Your Vinyl Records (Because They're Filthy!)


AI Drafting My Stories? Over My Dead Body
AI-assisted writing is creeping into newsrooms under the guise of efficiency. But the tradeoff may be more profound than publishers are willing to admit.

The Online Fiction Boom Reimagining China’s History

MAGA Is Starting to Look Beyond Trump

In July 1993, a disguised player entered the World Open chess tournament in Philadelphia using the name of a mathematician who died in 1957. His real identity remained unknown—until now.

As ships return to the Strait of Hormuz, mines, sonar, and congestion continue to reshape the Gulf beneath the surface.

Your Push Notifications Aren’t Safe From the FBI

Things Fall Apart

23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century

The Greatest Successes and Worst Flameouts of 2025

How Citizen Surveillance Ate San Francisco
Originally published November 2023: When a homeless man attacked a former city official, footage of the onslaught became a rallying cry. Then came another video, and another—and the story turned inside out.



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