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How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump
At President Trump’s inauguration, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, was relegated to the overflow room while other tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg took prime...
Why Are People Wearing Apple Watches on Their Ankles?
“But then my other arm would always get tired from pushing the stroller,” she said. “So I was like, ‘You know what? Let me put it on my ankle.’”Ms....
How Going to Commercial During the Super Bowl Works
Television commercial breaks are the bane of every N.F.L. fan. They interrupt a game already riddled with stoppages, bombard viewers with come-ons and force fans and players in the...
Trump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts
President Trump has made clear his animus toward mainstream media organizations. Now he’s getting more personal.Mr. Trump and his key lieutenant, Elon Musk, who has been empowered to run...
Trump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded states, which had been allocated billions of dollars...
Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors millions of dollars to travel to Ukraine appeared to...
The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked
Here is my annual critical ranking of the Super Bowl commercials. This is the pregame edition, with all the available national ads that I could track down; the list...
DOGE Staffer Who Quit Over Racist Posts Is Already Coming Back to Work
Elon Musk announced Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency employee who quit for a range of racist social media posts will be reinstated.Musk made a series of social...
Chicks Raised to Lay Eggs Are Lost in Fire at a Large Farm in Ohio
A fire tore through a large commercial farm in western Ohio this week that was housing hundreds of thousands of chickens raised to lay eggs, dealing another blow to...
Trump Has Disturbing Response to DOGE’s Massive Overreach of Power
Donald Trump doesn’t care that Elon Musk and his nerd squad have access to the private information of millions of Americans.During a press conference Friday, Trump was asked about...
