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True Patriots Are Cashing In on the Apocalypse

Staying Alive

True Patriots Are Cashing In on the Apocalypse

Jasper Craven

The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump’s Retro Coup in Venezuela

Flashback

The 3 Keys to Understanding Trump’s Retro Coup in Venezuela

Garrett M. Graff

Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful

SOS iOS

Phone Updates Used to Be Annoying. The Latest iOS Is Awful

Sloane Crosley

DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed To

Fireable Offense

DEI Died This Year. Maybe It Was Supposed To

Jason Parham

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

Body Politic

Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

David Ferry

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Speak Freely

A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

Andy Greenberg

Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?

Sound On

Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?

Steven Levy

The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution

Shots Fired

The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution

Manisha Krishnan

The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem

Corpus Incognita

The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem

Casey Johnston

OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It

The Big Interview

OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It

Zoë Schiffer

All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives

The Life Agentic

All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives

Evan Ratliff

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

Book Excerpt

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

Mary Roach

Alex Karp Goes to War

The Big Interview

Alex Karp Goes to War

Steven Levy

The Mathematician Who Tried to Convince the Catholic Church of Two Infinities

Book Excerpt

The Mathematician Who Tried to Convince the Catholic Church of Two Infinities

Jason Socrates Bardi

The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

Digital Democracy

The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

Tulsi Rauniyar

How KPop Demon Hunters Star EJAE Topped the Charts

The Big Interview

How KPop Demon Hunters Star EJAE Topped the Charts

Manisha Krishnan

Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That

AI as Emotional Check

Divorced? With Kids? And an Impossible Ex? There’s AI for That

Anthony Lydgate

AI Is Not God

AI as Religion

AI Is Not God

Lauren Goode

Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI

AI as PR

Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI

Tommy Craggs

The End of Accents

AI as Americanizer

The End of Accents

Sheon Han