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The modern era of cheating in chess began on a Thursday in July 1993, when a man with shoulder-length dreadlocks…

To roll out its new mixed-reality headset, the Vision Pro, Apple devised a plan almost as intricate as the device…

Early editions of the index were a tabbed notebook. “I still have some of the original versions of it,” Boyer…

Listening to this implausible scheme added to my growing sense that Concepcion was fraying around the edges. Aside from dealing…

In early December, Ahmed recalls, “we heard tanks advancing from the edge of the yellow line.” Soon, a 14-year-old girl…

The design students didn’t start out in the field or on a hunting range. “You start in your Adobe suite,…

Know thyself. It’s an old adage that has new resonance in the digital age. Today, you can buy smart devices…

The ICE raids in Chicago that have terrorized immigrant neighborhoods like Ava and Sam’s have been both highly performative and…

Walz was criticized for hyperbole after his remarks comparing Minneapolis to Fort Sumter. But what happens if tensions between state…

In the early morning dark, Abeer Skaik turned to her husband, Ali Al-Qatta, and said that today would be the…

Nearly a year later, on a hot day in the high summer of 2025, I stepped into NGA’s headquarters at…

Katy Shi, a researcher who works on Codex’s behavior at OpenAI, says that while some folks describe its default personality…

No matter what mechanism, there’s still a bet made. Maybe you are offering a better deal. As far as the…

The invention that turned Apple into a world-beating, billion-selling, society-changing colossus was not a laptop or a music player; it…

More recently, Iran has been a regular adversary in cyberspace—and while it hasn’t demonstrated quite the acuity of Russia or…

Chet Kittleson, 38, is the cofounder of Tin Can and a father of three kids, 10, 8, and 5. I…