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Sam Altman and Jony Ive Will Force A.I. Into Your Life
Last Wednesday, OpenAI announced that it was acquiring a company called io, an artificial-intelligence-forward product-development firm co-founded, last year, by Jony Ive, the vastly influential designer known for his...
Can the Southern Baptist Convention Survive Without Women Pastors?
In a few weeks, members of Southern Baptist churches from across the country will convene in Dallas for their annual convention. These gatherings, which attract thousands of people each...
Jafar Panahi’s Cannes Triumph Sends a Warning to Authoritarians Everywhere
When “It Was Just an Accident,” a new movie from the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, on Saturday, Panahi responded in...
“Your Friends and Neighbors” and the Perils of the Rich-People-Suck Genre
The first episode of the new Apple TV+ drama “Your Friends and Neighbors” takes pains to explain how one can rake in master-of-the-universe money yet never feel financially secure....
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Torture and Tres Leches in Iran’s Most Notorious Prison
The Evin House of Detention, in Tehran, is among the world’s most infamous prisons. It was built by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, to hold around...
Kadir Nelson’s “Major Taylor, a Champion Who Led the Way”
For the cover of the June 2, 2025, issue, the artist Kadir Nelson features Marshall W. (Major) Taylor leading a parade of bicyclists from eras past and present. “I...
The Finale of “The Rehearsal” Is Outlandish and Sublime
Nathan Fielder, like Andy Kaufman before him, makes performance-art comedy that does not only poke fun at the world but experimentally perturbs it, and he plies this trade in...
Alba de Céspedes’s Broadcasts Against Fascism
On September 8, 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies, and the Germans, who already effectively controlled the north of Italy, turned on their former partners and moved to take...
Why Tom Cruise Will Never Die
By constantly putting his life at risk, Cruise has saved his career. The stunts have become so vital to the franchise that Cruise and McQuarrie have taken to planning...
How American Photography Came Into Its Own
The earliest photography was voracious and encyclopedic. There was a whole world of things that had never been seen in this particular, startlingly realistic way. People were especially intrigued...
