Featured Podcasts Hard Fork: Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe to Hard Fork. Access: Why the […]
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Perhaps you’ve seen the poster for Ella McCay and marveled at its title character, a woman who’s clearly trying to Have It All—by which I mean she’s futzing with a high heel while wearing a sensible overcoat and dress. James L. Brooks’s new film, his first in 15 years, feels like a throwback to the […]
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It’s official, Total War: Warhammer 40k is real, and at some point in the next few years, we’ll be dropping into the Imperium of Man to fight and conquer our way across the stars. It’s been a long-time coming, frankly, as people have speculated about this combo of strategy titans for years at this point. […]
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Consumers are still dining out, but instead of higher-priced entrees, many are ordering more appetizers. As food inflation and affordability dominates the conversation about the U.S. consumer, new restaurant purchasing data shows even among Americans who are going to restaurants, many are in the mindset of cutting back. “Appetizer orders are up 20% year over […]
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Here are some data points that Republicans ought to bear in mind as they contemplate their health-care strategy. Donald Trump is unpopular for many reasons, not least of which is the public perception that he has failed to bring down costs, as promised. Next month, more than 20 million Americans may see their health-insurance premiums […]
Read MoreTICKET TO CHIDE One week on, and the unedifying spectacle of the Geopolitics World Cup tombola has faded, overtaken by the club game’s relentless news cycle. Mohamed Salah has taken a blowtorch to his immediate hopes of returning to the Liverpool starting XI; Real Madrid are apparently in crisis; and Celtic are bad again, their […]
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Leavitt tried to deflect, saying that Trump actually meant that he wants products made in America by American small businesses, even if they cost more, because Americans would get a better-quality product and would be supporting their fellow Americans. “Again, with respect to affordability, every economic metric, Kaitlan, and I wish you would report more […]
Read MoreThe scene opens on the interior of an aeroplane. A suited man in a luxurious seat looks pensively out the window, his face partially obscured, his chin delicately resting on his hand. Dreamy synths reverberate as the camera pans to show a fighter jet, hovering above the clouds just past the plane’s wing. It turns […]
Read MoreBy almost every measure, from commercial reward to creative reach, Pink Floyd scaled its peak on Dark Side of the Moon. But, when I asked drummer Nick Mason how he would rank the album in their catalogue, he slotted it below the set that came next, Wish You Were Here. Speaking of Dark Side, he […]
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First: I do not understand why the Democrats haven’t been shouting about Grijalva nonstop, making sure America knows how many days it’s been since her election, and why this is happening to her. They do it, sort of, in the same way that they do a lot of things, sort of. Senators Mark Kelly and […]
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2m ago Trump, Clinton seen in pictures produced by Epstein estate At least three of the images released by the Oversight Committee show either President Trump or former President Bill Clinton. The photos were released without context, and it’s unclear where or when they were snapped. Neither of them has been accused of wrongdoing. […]
Read MoreSometimes three-in-one type things are good. Phone chargers with lots of leads for all your devices that have stupidly different ports. Those woolly hats that cover your neck and lower face, so you look daft but are impregnable to winter cold. The Nars blusher stick that is also a lipstick and eyeshadow. When it comes […]
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The U.S. Space Force is getting serious about drone threats. Space Force is looking to boost its ability to deter and defeat uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in the vicinity of Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Eastern Range, the 15-million-square-mile (39 million square kilometers) stretch of airspace over the Atlantic Ocean through which the […]
Read MoreIt’s two days before Thanksgiving and Hillary Cohen and Samantha Luu are trying to figure out how they’re going to cook 120 turkeys with limited oven space in their food warehouse in downtown LA. “We’re going to have to do a bit of spatchcocking. It’s not very showbiz,” Cohen says. It’s the busiest time of […]
Read MoreFeatured Podcasts Hard Fork: Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe to Hard Fork. Access: Why the […]
Read MoreNicolás Maduro’s political downfall is inevitable, the Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has claimed, rejecting claims that the dictator’s demise would plunge Venezuela into a Syria-style civil war. Speaking to journalists in Oslo two days after being awarded the Nobel peace prize, Machado voiced confidence that her country was on the cusp of a new […]
Read MoreThe Barbican is aptly named. From the Old French barbacane, it historically means a fortified gateway forming the outer line of defence to a city or castle. London’s Barbican marks the site of a medieval structure that would have defended an important access point. Its architecture was designed to repel. Some might argue, as they […]
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Brandon Moreno will look to remove the sour taste from his mouth quickly after a disappointing loss at UFC 323. Moreno (23-9-2 MMA, 11-5-2 UFC) was finished by second-round TKO loss to Tatsuro Taira this past Saturday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas – a stoppage he immediately protested. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Now the former […]
Read MoreHello Yahoo! I’m Derek Carty of EV Analytics and the creator of THE BLITZ projection system, which if you have Yahoo+, you’ll notice is available this year to help you manage your teams. Each Friday morning, I’ll be digging into three players projected to play above their usual level, and three players projected to play below […]
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Almost exactly 10 years ago, OpenAI was founded. The AI outfit’s CEO, Sam Altman, has marked the anniversary with a retrospective blog post which concludes much as the company’s original mission statement began, with a call to “benefit all humanity.” Question is, how well has that ambition aged? Specifically, Altman signs his latest blog post […]
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Before each NFL season, NFL media releases its list of top 100 players as voted on by NFL players. It’s an undeniably flawed voting process that generates a lot of buzz without generating a reliable top-100 list. Part of the reason the list gets a little weird is because not every player takes it with […]
Read MoreA man who was previously cleared of killing his wife on the grounds of self-defence has been found guilty of her murder after their child came forward with new evidence under double jeopardy rules. Robert Rhodes, 52, from Withleigh, Devon, was convicted unanimously at Inner London crown court of murdering his wife, Dawn nine years […]
Read More“There’s a lot of people playing darts who haven’t got no character,” Stephen Bunting says in a matter-of-fact tone, his voice still a little croaky from the cold that has been laying waste to him for the last week. “They’re boring to watch. And that’s probably why they’ll never be in the Premier League. You […]
Read MoreFeatured Podcasts Hard Fork: Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped The future is already here. Each week, journalists Kevin Roose and Casey Newton explore and make sense of the latest in the rapidly changing world of tech. Subscribe to Hard Fork. Access: Why the […]
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The therapists are being gaslit by gaslighting—they’re being told that it’s happening, but it’s not. Jonathan Alpert, a therapist in New York and Washington, D.C., told me he saw a couple recently who used the term gaslighting to describe nearly every disagreement they have had. “Let’s say one person forgot to pick up groceries or […]
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Portugal’s consumer price inflation moderated slightly as initially estimated in November to the lowest level in seven months, the latest data from Statistics Portugal showed on Friday. The consumer price index rose 2.2 percent annually in November, slower than the 2.3 percent increase in October. That was in line with the flash data published on […]
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I did not expect to be talking about PhysX in 2025. The technology came out when I was still in school and today I’m at an age where buying a motor vehicle could be described as a midlife crisis. No, PhysX hasn’t been relevant for a while. Or so I thought… Earlier this year, Nvidia […]
Read MoreOne of the most senior figures in global anti-doping has warned that too many drug cheats in sport are evading detection – and criticised the current system as “ineffective”. David Howman, the former director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) and the chair of the Athletics Integrity Unit, urged anti-doping bodies to be more […]
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Leavitt tried to deflect, saying that Trump actually meant that he wants products made in America by American small businesses, even if they cost more, because Americans would get a better-quality product and would be supporting their fellow Americans. “Again, with respect to affordability, every economic metric, Kaitlan, and I wish you would report more […]
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“I don’t want to file perjury charges against you, but I’m of the opinion that the Trump administration—DHS, your DHS—approved the asylum application,” Thompson said. THOMPSON: You blamed the shooting of Guardsmen solely on Joe Biden. Who approved the asylum for this same person? KRISTI NOEM: This individual that came in— THOMPSON: No. I want […]
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