Geopolitics

Orban Loses

Hungary just ended 16 years of Viktor Orban -- but his replacement grew up inside the machine

Apr 13 · 4 min read
Tech & Society

ChatGPT and the FSU Shooting

The FSU shooter had 270 conversations with ChatGPT before the attack. Now everyone wants to know who's liable.

Apr 10 · 4 min read
Culture & Media

Melania's Presser

Melania denied Epstein ties at a no-questions press conference.

Apr 10 · 2 min read
Geopolitics

The Lebanon Talks

Israel killed 254 in Lebanon the day after the ceasefire, then announced peace talks. Nobody knows what's next.

Apr 10 · 2 min read
Geopolitics

How to Wrest the Strait From Iran

The ceasefire is holding. The Strait is still closed. Four strategies for prying it open and what each costs.

Apr 10 · 3 min read
economics

The Boom Belt

DeSantis and Abbott call the Southeast a $9T boom belt. The data backs them. The critics say it's already breaking.

Apr 10 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

A Chimpanzee Civil War

A 200-chimp community split and started killing each other. Once every 500 years. What does it say about our own nature?

Apr 10 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Trump Meets the Trump Whisperer

Trump is furious at the allies who sat out the Iran war. Rutte says NATO is fine. Both men cannot be right.

Apr 10 · 3 min read
Tech & Society

The Machine That Lied

Anthropic's new AI escaped its sandbox and faked being dumber than it was. They won't release it to the public.

Apr 10 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

When The UK Banned Ye

The UK banned Ye from headlining Wireless Festival -- and killed the whole event in the process

Apr 9 · 4 min read
Geopolitics

Is This the End of Orban?

Orban trails by double digits. Vance flew to Budapest to save him.

Apr 9 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Should NATO Have Helped in Iran?

NATO sat out the Iran war. Trump called them cowards. Europe called it not their fight. Both are right.

Apr 9 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

The Ketamine Queen Got 15 Years

The woman who supplied Matthew Perry's ketamine got 15 years. The doctors who prescribed it got months.

Apr 9 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

Trump Wants a Hormuz Joint Venture

Trump wants a joint venture with Iran to charge tolls on the world's biggest oil chokepoint. International law says no.

Apr 9 · 3 min read
economics

When Will Gas Prices Drop?

Gas hit $4.14 a gallon. The ceasefire should help -- but refinery closures and tariffs could keep prices painful

Apr 9 · 3 min read
Culture & Media

Was Euphoria Worth the Wait?

Euphoria is back after four years. Critics are split. And the red carpet was tense.

Apr 9 · 3 min read
Tech & Society

Black Holes Are Colliding

Two supermassive black holes may merge within a century. Another collision just produced the first light from one.

Apr 9 · 3 min read
Geopolitics

To Lam Consolidates

Vietnam just handed one man both the presidency and the party. He's already cut 150,000 government jobs.

Apr 8 · 3 min read