admin Clapback to the Future
Henry Alford humorously captures the evolution of technology and culture, from the development of language to the ascendancy of smart…
Refik Anadol, The Art World’s Happy Warrior for A.I.
Max Norman writes about a visit to Dataland, a new, A.I.-inspired museum in Los Angeles established by the Turkish artist…
Everyone Wants to Touch the Blue Coating in the Reflecting Pool
How the President’s stalled renovation projects inspired a wave of Schadenfreude sightseeing. Jesús Rodriguez writes.
How Bad an Idea Was Brexit?
Ishaan Tharoor on how Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union has reshaped politics not only in the U.K. but across…
America’s Last Bookie Goes Down
Tim Pughsley built a sports-betting website that moved billions, then the I.R.S. got involved. In the age of FanDuel and…
The A.I.-Design Aesthetic That’s Taking Over the Internet
Anthropic’s new tool, Claude Design, is creating overnight web-design clichés, writes Kyle Chayka.
Fantasia for Piano
Mark Singer on how the pianist Joyce Hatto became a sensation owing to deceptions by her husband, William Barrington-Coupe, known…
Mr. Men I’ve Dated
Liana Finck jokingly riffs on exes and the “Mr. Men” series, by Roger Hargreaves.
Who Killed Carol Jenkins?
Mark Singer on the 1968 murder of Carol Jenkins, a Black woman selling encyclopedias in Martinsville, Indiana, a small town…
Trump Solo
Mark Singer on Donald Trump and his divorce from Marla Maples.