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An Emersonian Guide to Taking Control of Your Life
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An Emersonian Guide to Taking Control of Your Life
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The great American thinker never pretended that true independence of
mind was easy, but he made a thrilling case for its rewards.Want to
stay current with Arthur's writing? Sign up to get an email every time
a new column comes out.
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Ask Ethan: Could gravitational waves collapse into a black hole?
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Back when Einstein’s general relativity first came out, there was a
fascinating consequence that was recognized almost immediately: that
masses didn’t just move through curved space, but as they did so,
they would be compelled to emit gravitational radiation. Orbits
between gravitationally bound masses would no longer be eternally
stable, but would slowly decay over time, as the energy carried away
by this radiation — gravitational waves — would have to be
“stolen” from the moving masses themselves. Over time, all objects
that were bound in a co-orbiting gravitational dance would eventually
inspiral and merge.with gravitational waves detected directly for each
one. In fact, the first black hole-black hole merger ever seen emitted
so much energy in gravitational waves that for a few tens of
milliseconds, they emitted more energy than all the stars within the
observable Universe combined. With so much energy there, one can’t
help but wonder about what could be possible, which inspires this
week’s Ask Ethan question from Patreon supporter Chad Marler:
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She studied extreme psychopaths. Here's what it taught her about human
nature
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Abigail Marsh, a psychology and neuroscience professor at Georgetown
University, explains how the world is impacted by those with
psychopathy, and, additionally, those who practice extreme
altruism. Psychopathy, she says, is a neurodevelopmental disorder
affecting a small percentage of people, who are different from a very
early age due to their unique brain development. Conversely, she talks
about people who are exceptionally altruistic—those who go out of
their way to help others, often at great personal risk. These
individuals are humble, believe in the goodness of others, and are
highly empathetic.
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Everyday Philosophy: Thanos and an economist debate overpopulation
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I’ve always wondering if we are controlled by an unknown force, not
discovered or recognized, that prevents the overpopulation of the
earth and performs this feat by causing us to war with each other?One
of the most common motifs in mythology is the epic flood. If you dip
into almost any tradition in world history, you will find a story
about a great flood or an apocalyptic deluge. One of the earliest
recorded examples is the Akkadian myth of Atra-Hasis, from around 1700
B.C. Atra-Hasis has the gods flood the earth not because of any
sinfulness on humanity’s part (as the Genesis story has it) but
rather as a conscious act of population control. Atra-Hasis tells us
that “the land was bellowing like a bull” under the stress of an
overpopulated world. The epic ends with the argument that stillbirth
and natural disasters were all part of a cosmic order to balance the
numbers on land.
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Presidential Debate Prep Ramps Up, Focused on Mental Sharpness
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President Joe Biden is hunkered down with aides at Camp David for
several days to get ready to debate rival Donald Trump, who is
eschewing traditional preparation and instead holding informal policy
discussions between campaign stops."It's an incredible test of their
cognitive competence," said Patrick Stewart, a political science
professor at the University of Arkansas who has written a book on
presidential debates. "This is our chance to see how much they've
declined or if they've declined."
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Amazon: 'Alexa, Charge People Money to Use Your AI'
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Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa
service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of
service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the
superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the
company's plans. Known internally as "Banyan," a reference to the
sprawling ficus trees, the project would represent the first major
overhaul of the voice assistant since it was introduced in 2014 along
with the Echo line of speakers. Amazon has dubbed the new voice
assistant "Remarkable Alexa," the people said.
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Boeing Nears Deal to Buy Back Supplier Spirit Aero Systems
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Boeing is nearing a deal to buy back Spirit AeroSystems after its
former subsidiary made substantial progress in separate talks with
Airbus over a transatlantic breakup of the struggling supplier, people
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.Boeing initiated talks
earlier this year to buy back the Wichita, Kansas-based supplier it
spun off in 2005, seeking to stabilize a key part of the supply chain
for its strongest-selling jet following a mid-air blow out on a new
737 MAX in January. However, talks hit a stumbling block over Spirit's
work for Airbus, with the European group threatening to block any deal
that involved Boeing building parts for its newest models.
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A Closer Look at Trump's Tax-Free Tips Proposal
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Former President Donald Trump's new proposal to exclude tips from
federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican
lawmakers, though major questions remain about the impact of the
policy and how it would work.What's certain is that a change in the
taxation of tips would affect millions. The U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates there are 2.24 million waiters and waitresses
across the country, with tips making up a large percentage of their
income.
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AT&T Wanted to Stop Landline Service in Some California Areas. The
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The California Public Utilities Commission said in rejecting AT&T's
request that the decision did not prevent AT&T from retiring copper
facilities or from investing in fiber or other facilities or
technologies to improve its network.AT&T California President Marc
Blakeman said "we are fully committed to keeping our customers
connected while we work with state leaders on policies that create a
thoughtful transition that brings modern communications to all
Californians."Â
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For Small Businesses, a Lack of Affordable Child Care Stifles Growth
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Hiring is challenging for any business -- but particularly for small
businesses that lack the resources to offer child care benefits,
according to a new survey by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small
Businesses Voices, the investment banking company's support program
for small businesses.The April 2024 survey, which polled more
than 1,200 small business owners across nearly every state, reported
that most small and medium-sized businesses can't provide subsidized
child care the way many larger businesses can, and it's affecting
their ability to recruit and retain talent.
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OpenAI Acquires Database Analytics Startup Rockset for an Undisclosed
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A technology Rockset offers called vector search has benefited from
increased adoption as more applications use artificial intelligence to
power recommendation engines, voice assistants, chatbots and detect
anomalies.This means Rockset's expertise in real-time data processing
and vector search will enhance OpenAI's ability to quickly access and
analyze vast amounts of information, likely leading to faster and more
accurate responses from AI models.
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Disney Workers Sue, Say They Were Misled Into Leaving California for
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Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were
fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work
in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a
fight between the entertainment giant and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.In
July 2021, the Disney Parks' chief told workers in California that
most white-collar employees would be transferred to the new campus in
Orlando to consolidate different teams and allow for greater
collaboration.
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Virtual Queuing Software Company QLess Files for Bankruptcy
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The Pasadena, California-based company, a key player in the
fast-growing market for queuing management software, filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Wednesday. According to court documents,
its liabilities total $13.5 million, over double its total assets.On
its website, QLess lists several colleges as clients, including the
University of Florida, University of California Berkeley, and NYU. It
also provides services to small businesses, as well as healthcare,
education, and government organizations, according to
its LinkedIn profile. QLess also has a mobile app that allows users
to join virtual lines at businesses near them. The company did not
make a public announcement about whether the bankruptcy procedings
would affect its services.
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How Micro-Choices and Games Motivate Gig Workers
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As gig work grows ever more prevalent, critics have voiced major
issues with these jobs, from their lack of labor protections to income
instability and more. But if gig work is so bad, why do so many people
do it? Platform companies tout its flexibility, but in the author’s
recent series of articles — in which she coupled her own experience
driving for ride-hail companies with more than 100 interviews and a
review of online discussion boards — suggests it’s more
complicated than that. Specifically, the author identified two reasons
why ride-hail drivers feel motivated to work despite the known
pitfalls of gig work: First, drivers’ ability to make micro-choices
about when, where, and how they work helps them feel a sense of agency
and fulfillment. And second, platforms’ structures enable workplace
games (whether motivated by a desire to maximize customer satisfaction
or earnings), which also helps drivers find meaning in their work.
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Research: Warehouse and Logistics Automation Works Better with Human
Partners
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A study of automation usage in warehouse and logistics companies
around the world suggests that blending human labor with robotics
leads to greater efficiency than full automation alone. While scalable
robotic systems can handle up to 1,000 tasks per hour, they often face
limitations where additional robots don’t improve performance.
Human-robot collaboration, employed by companies like DHL and CEVA,
enhances productivity, reduces worker fatigue, and increases job
satisfaction. The incremental approach of integrating human roles with
automated systems not only keeps operations cost effective but also
leverages human adaptability for continuous improvements.
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How to Vet Information Before Making a Decision
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The daily decisions modern leaders face are increasingly complex. But
executives have a tool to combat these challenges – information. At
the click of a mouse or the press of a thumb, they can call up cutting
edge research on virtually any topic. With so much information
available, how do we know what to trust? What executives need is a
simple taxonomy of misinformation so they know what to look out for.
Drawing on the tools of social science research we can categorize
misinformation into four missteps. This framework can be useful to
leaders of all kinds who need to ask better questions to manage their
own information onslaughts.
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When It Comes to Long-Term Value, Incumbents Should Think Like Digital
Disruptors
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Measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and
amortization (EBIDTA) profits may be the gold standard for assessing
traditional companies, but it is not the way digital businesses think.
Successful digital disruptors focus on creating long-term value
through two distinct levers: customer lifetime value (CLV) / customer
acquisition cost and the end-to-end customer experience. While digital
disruptors have pioneered this approach, established companies are
actually often better positioned to take advantage of this “digital
growth engine” because they have one thing startups lack: customers.
To kickstart their own digital growth engine, companies should: 1)
Align their customer experience ambition with financial ambitions and
operational reality, 2) Optimize their customer data strategy, 3)
Differentiate engineering for experience, data and AI, and enterprise,
4) Develop an “electronic brain” powered by predictive AI models
(with feedback loops). 5) Launch a data and AI-enabled omnichannel
customer outreach program, and 6) Transform KPIs, structure, and
incentives.
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Before Smartphones, an Army of Real People Helped You Find Stuff on
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The Eiffel Tower is 330 meters tall, and the nearest pizza parlor is
1.3 miles from my house. These facts were astoundingly easy to
ascertain. All I had to do was type some words into Google, and I
didn't even have to spell them right.For the vast majority of human
history, this is not how people found stuff out. They went to the
library, asked a priest, or wandered the streets following the scent
of pepperoni. But then, for a brief period when search engines existed
but it was too expensive to use them on your shiny new phone, people
could call or text a stranger and ask them anything.
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Green Chef's Meal Kit Makes Dinner Delicious--and Organic
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If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a
commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDGreen Chef (owned by HelloFresh) is a
great meal kit subscription for beginners. I said as much in our Meal
Kit Buying Guide. The recipe cards are full of helpful pictures, and
the intuitively grouped instructions don't skip important steps.
Iâ™ve spent weeks testing meal kit subscriptions during my
tenure at WIRED, but weâ™re testing them again in order to
give them individual reviews. Green Chef has been an honorable mention
in our guide since I first tested it, and I still think itâ™s
a good option for anyone looking to build up their culinary prowess.
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Best Apple Watch (2024): Which Model Should You Buy?
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If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a
commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDWe on the WIRED Gear team agree: If you
have an iPhone, the Apple Watch is the best wearable to go with it.
But which version should you buy? This question has recently gotten
more complicated. Last year, a court ruling dictated that Apple could
no longer sell its two latest watches, the Series 9 and the Ultra
Watch 2, with the blood oxygen sensor. The medical technology company
Masimo alleged that Apple had infringed on its patent. (Apple later
defeated a lawsuit alleging that it had a monopoly on heart rate apps,
but a larger antitrust lawsuit is ongoing.)
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Dnsys X1 Exoskeleton Review: A Great Idea In Need of Finesse
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If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a
commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDFrom the Matrix via Alien to Starship
Troopers and Iron Man, exoskeletons have littered sci-fi (and adorable
dog-based animations) with the promise of superhuman power for all.
While medical, industrial, and military exoskeletons are advancing
rapidly, nobody has managed to bring this branch of wearable tech to
the masses.
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My Memories Are Just Meta's Training Data Now
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In R. C. Sherriff's novel The Hopkins Manuscript, readers are
transported to a world 800 years after a cataclysmic event ended
Western civilization. In pursuit of clues about a blank spot in their
planet's history, scientists belonging to a new world order discover
diary entries in a swamp-infested wasteland formerly known as England.
For the inhabitants of this new empire, it is only through this record
of a retired school teacher's humdrum rural life, his petty vanities
and attempts to breed prize-winning chickens, that they begin to learn
about 20th-century Britain.If I were to teach futuristic beings about
life on earth, I once believed I could produce a time capsule more
profound than Sherriff's small-minded protagonist, Edgar Hopkins. But
scrolling through my decade-old Facebook posts this week, I was
presented with the possibility that my legacy may be even more drab.
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Sony Bravia 7 mini LED TV Review: A Lovely Screen From Center Stage
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If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a
commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDIt's a great time to buy a new TV. Never
in my years as a reviewer have I been flanked by so many fantastic
options, from the brightest OLEDs ever made to mid-tier mini LED TVs
that perform more like premium models. You can easily spend a mint on
a killer flagship display, but with so many choices, you can tailor a
great buy to your needs and budgetâand save a lot of cash in the
process.
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Polyend Tracker+ Review: Powerful but Niche
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commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDPolyend's Tracker+ is a significant
update to its powerful (if somewhat anachronistic) sample-based
groovebox, the Tracker. What made the Tracker so unique, and also
confounding, was that it was a tracker (small t), but in hardware
form. Trackers were an early form of music-making software that
emerged in the late '80s. They were initially used mainly for video
game music but eventually found favor with a certain strain of
electronic musicians, most famously Aphex Twin.
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7 Best Mechanical Keyboards (2024): Tested and Reviewed
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commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDYour keyboard is the most direct line of
communication between yourself and your computer âwhether gaming,
working from home, or doing anything else in front of a screen. Why
not invest in one that's reliable, fun, and enjoyable? I love
mechanical keyboardsâI even open up boards and tinker with them. Over
the past few years, I have tested dozens, ranging from the fastest
gaming keyboards to those offering elevated typing experiences. These
are the best mechanical keyboards of the hundreds you can find online.
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Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit
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Earlier this week, WIRED published a story about the AI-powered search
startup Perplexity, which Forbes has accused of plagiarism. In it, my
colleague Dhruv Mehrotra and I reported that the company was
surreptitiously scraping, using crawlers to visit and download parts
of websites from which developers had tried to block it, in violation
of its own publicly stated policy of honoring the Robots Exclusion
Protocol.Our findings, as well as those of the developer Robb Knight,
identified a specific IP address almost certainly linked to Perplexity
and not listed in its public IP range, which we observed scraping test
sites in apparent response to prompts given to the company's
public-facing chatbot. According to server logs, that same IP visited
properties belonging to Condé Nast, the media company that owns
WIRED, at least 822 times in the past three monthsâlikely a
significant undercount, because the company retains only a small
portion of its records.
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The Studio Executive Who Wants Hollywood to Get Real About Bad
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Hollywood has an inclusivity problem. How is this possible, in 2024,
you wonder, when films like King Richard or Sound of Metal or
Everything Everywhere All at Onceâall nominated for Best Picture
Oscarsâsuggest otherwise. They are films rich in story, dimension,
and purpose. They are also exceptions to a long-established rule:
White men still run Hollywood. Women remain almost entirely shut out,
compared to their male colleagues, while disabled and Black actors are
underrepresented in all major employment arenas for theatrical film,
according to UCLA's most recent Hollywood diversity report.In the face
of this, Kamala Avila-Salmon wants better for Hollywood and its
storytellers. Avila-Salmon is the head of inclusive content at
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, where she began her stint in 2020 and
has since leveraged her experience as a marketing savant (she has held
top-level roles at RCA, Universal Pictures, Google, and Facebook) to
shift how the studio makes movies. At Lionsgate, her main directive is
simple: to create a creative economy that allows for more attentive
storytelling. Stories of magnitude and conviction, yes, but also ones
with as much reach as possible. It begins, she tells me, by having an
"audience-first" mindset.
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Open the Door Wider for Refugees
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I'm here today only because of the kindness of strangers who fought to
open the door for those fleeing unthinkable circumstances. Others
should have the same chance.Of the many titles I holdâcongresswoman,
mother, sister, organizerâone represents a part of my identity that I
hold particularly close to my heart: refugee.
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The 1970s Movie That Explains 2020s America
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Chinatown, released 50 years ago today, shone a bleak light on the
machinations of money and powerâa theme that still animates U.S.
politics.This spring, I went to see Chinatown in a theater for the
first time since its release, on June 20, 1974. The movie was
headlining at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Hollywood
Boulevard. Inside, every seat in the huge IMAX theater was taken. When
Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway kissed for the first time, they filled
the towering screen with every bit as much star power as Humphrey
Bogart and Lauren Bacall did in Hollywood's golden age. But the rapid
descent into tragedy during the film's second half had the audience
rapt, eliciting audible gasps when the film's director, Roman
Polanski, in a cameo role, slit open the nose of the private eye J. J.
Gittes (Nicholson) in one of the movie's more notorious moments. In
the scene when Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) admits that her daughter is
also her sister, conceived through incest with her father, Noah Cross
(played by John Huston), the auditorium was utterly silent.
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S30
Trump Dreams of a Swifter Death Penalty
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In recent speeches, the former president has been praising China's
approach to criminal justice.During a recent campaign event in
Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump mused about capital punishment. "We've
never had [such] massive amounts of drugs pouring into our country,"
he said. "And by the way, you'll never solve the problem without the
death penalty." Trump also said he had made a deal with Xi Jinping
prior to the end of his term that would have seen China executing
anyone found to be manufacturing fentanyl for sale in America, though
the only verifiable fact related to this claim is that China cracked
down on fentanyl sales to America under pressure from the Trump
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The 2024 Audubon Photography Awards
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The winners of the 15th annual Audubon Photography Awards were just
announced. Photographers competed for nine prizes, submitting more
than 2,300 entries depicting birdlife from all 50 U.S. states and nine
Canadian provinces and territories. The National Audubon Society was
once again kind enough to share some of the winning photographs with
us. Red-necked Grebe. Youth Honorable Mention. Two red-necked grebe
chicks ride on the back of an adult, as another adult feeds one of the
chicks at Colonel Samuel Smith Park in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. #
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How a Band Falls Apart, According to 'Stereophonic'
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The Tony-winning play explores the heartbreak and turmoil that
sometimes accompany great music.Like the members of Fleetwood Mac, or
the Mamas & the Papas, or the Beatles, or Van Halen, the rock band at
the center of the Broadway play Stereophonic can't seem to keep its
act together. The bassist stumbles drunk and late into a recording
session; the guitarist keeps futzing with the tempo on a song. The
musicians are clearly close with one anotherâlots of inside jokes,
lots of casual touchingâbut that only makes the bickering more
personal.
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S33
The Books The Atlantic Loved--And Hated
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This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The
Atlantic's archives to contextualize the present and surface
delightful treasures. Sign up here.Working on the Books desk of a
167-year-old publication offers incredible opportunitiesâand dredges
up some insecurities. Will our judgment hold up to future readers'
evaluations? Is the work we're putting out worthy of the magazine's
illustrious traditions? Over the years, The Atlantic's literary
coverage has taken on both the task of criticismâor situating a work
in its era, evaluating its ideas, and considering its symbolsâand of
reviewing which titles are worth people's time and why. Today, my job
includes editing book recommendations and essays on new releases, and
contributing to avowedly ambitious projects such as our recent list of
great American novels. This involves listening to the opinions and
disagreements of our contemporary readers. But there's also an entire
archive full of people who talk back, disagree, and weigh in, too.
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The Flimsiness of Trumponomics
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Trump's latest reported idea would result in massive tax cuts for the
ultrarichâat the expense of other Americans.This is an edition of The
Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest
stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the
best in culture. Sign up for it here.
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An Attack on Free Speech at Harvard
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Universities require a culture of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity,
and constructive disagreement.In a recent op-ed in The Harvard
Crimsonâ"Faculty Speech Must Have Limits"âthe university's dean of
social science, Lawrence Bobo, made an extraordinary set of claims
that seriously threaten academic freedom, including the chilling idea
that faculty members who dare to criticize the university should be
punished. Bobo is a senior administrator at Harvard, overseeing
centers and departments including history, economics, sociology, and
African and African American studies. When he writes about faculty
free speech, those within and outside his division listen.
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Dog Food Is So Fancy Now That I Ate Some
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Canumi's yellowfin tuna is caught in the Atlantic and then gently
steamed and packed with fresh water in a storied factory in Galicia,
Spain. A tin costs about $6 and comes inside an Instagram-ready,
peach-colored box designed with spunky typefaces. (The brand also
makes tote bags.) I am, honestly, desperate to try it, but it's been
sold out in America for weeks. Also, it's for dogs.If you are old
enough to be reading this and you grew up with a dog, he probably did
not eat anything that would appeal to a human adult with a reasonably
sophisticated palate. What he ate, in all likelihood, was kibble:
hard, stinky, cereal-like pellets of grains and a small amount of
meat, processed at high heat and pressure and sold by a global food
mega-conglomerate in a big, unphotogenic bag. Whoever was in charge of
buying the kibble may have had a choice among, say, salmon, chicken,
and beef, but those distinctions were less about a meaningful
difference in taste or composition than about the feeble work of
flavoring agents. Your dog might have liked the food; your dog might
have hated the food. He almost certainly didn't know anything better.
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'The Party of the Ultrarich and the Ultra-poor'
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When the Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel
student debt, his administration hurried to find a work-around. Less
than a year later, Biden has now forgiven more than $160 billion in
college loans for nearly 5 million borrowersâtotals that, as he often
notes, would be much higher if not for the Court.To Representative
Seth Moulton, the policy that Biden tried so hard to implement is a
prime example of how the Democratic Party has gone astray and why
Biden might lose to Donald Trump. "In many ways, we have become the
party of the ultrarich and the ultra-poor, and a lot of people in the
middle think Democrats are out of touch," Moulton told me.
Student-debt relief is "a terrible priority because it sends a message
to everyone who didn't get the opportunity to go to college that
they're less important than the people who did."
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'Kinds of Kindness' May Test Your Patience
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With his new film, Yorgos Lanthimos returns to his freaky-deaky
rootsâwith mixed results.When I saw Yorgos Lanthimos's breakout 2009
film, the surreal and violent fable Dogtooth, I did not think the
director was destined to grow into a Hollywood brand. Yet that's
exactly what has happened to the Greek filmmaker, whose fascination
with human brutality has not stopped him from becoming a recurring
Oscar favorite who makes crossover art-house hits. Lanthimos's steady
rise culminated in last year's Poor Things, which was somehow one of
the feel-good hits of the fall: a freaky tale set in steampunk
Victorian England about a woman's corpse that is revived with a baby's
brain.
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Aileen Cannon Is Who Critics Feared She Was
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The judge handling Trump's classified-documents case has shown that
she's not fit for the task.One year ago, when former President Donald
Trump was indicted on charges related to his hoarding of classified
documents, the case was randomly assigned to Aileen Cannon, a federal
judge for the Southern District of Florida.
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Google Is Turning Into a Libel Machine
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A few weeks ago, I witnessed Google Search make what could have been
the most expensive error in its history. In response to a query about
cheating in chess, Google's new AI Overview told me that the young
American player Hans Niemann had "admitted to using an engine," or a
chess-playing AI, after defeating Magnus Carlsen in 2022âimplying
that Niemann had confessed to cheating against the world's top-ranked
player. Suspicion about the American's play against Carlsen that
September indeed sparked controversy, one that reverberated even
beyond the world of professional chess, garnering mainstream news
coverage and the attention of Elon Musk.Except, Niemann admitted no
such thing. Quite the opposite: He has vigorously defended himself
against the allegations, going so far as to file a $100 million
defamation lawsuit against Carlsen and several others who had accused
him of cheating or punished him for the unproven
allegationâChess.com, for example, had banned Niemann from its
website and tournaments. Although a judge dismissed the suit on
procedural grounds, Niemann has been cleared of wrongdoing, and
Carlsen has agreed to play him again. But the prodigy is still
seething: Niemann recently spoke of an "undying and unwavering
resolve" to silence his haters, saying, "I'm going to be their biggest
nightmare for the rest of their lives." Could he insist that Google
and its AI, too, are on the hook for harming his reputation?
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An Emersonian Guide to Taking Control of Your Life
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The great American thinker never pretended that true independence of
mind was easy, but he made a thrilling case for its rewards.Want to
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a new column comes out.
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Ask Ethan: Could gravitational waves collapse into a black hole?
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Back when Einstein’s general relativity first came out, there was a
fascinating consequence that was recognized almost immediately: that
masses didn’t just move through curved space, but as they did so,
they would be compelled to emit gravitational radiation. Orbits
between gravitationally bound masses would no longer be eternally
stable, but would slowly decay over time, as the energy carried away
by this radiation — gravitational waves — would have to be
“stolen” from the moving masses themselves. Over time, all objects
that were bound in a co-orbiting gravitational dance would eventually
inspiral and merge.with gravitational waves detected directly for each
one. In fact, the first black hole-black hole merger ever seen emitted
so much energy in gravitational waves that for a few tens of
milliseconds, they emitted more energy than all the stars within the
observable Universe combined. With so much energy there, one can’t
help but wonder about what could be possible, which inspires this
week’s Ask Ethan question from Patreon supporter Chad Marler:
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She studied extreme psychopaths. Here's what it taught her about human
nature
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Abigail Marsh, a psychology and neuroscience professor at Georgetown
University, explains how the world is impacted by those with
psychopathy, and, additionally, those who practice extreme
altruism. Psychopathy, she says, is a neurodevelopmental disorder
affecting a small percentage of people, who are different from a very
early age due to their unique brain development. Conversely, she talks
about people who are exceptionally altruistic—those who go out of
their way to help others, often at great personal risk. These
individuals are humble, believe in the goodness of others, and are
highly empathetic.
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Everyday Philosophy: Thanos and an economist debate overpopulation
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I’ve always wondering if we are controlled by an unknown force, not
discovered or recognized, that prevents the overpopulation of the
earth and performs this feat by causing us to war with each other?One
of the most common motifs in mythology is the epic flood. If you dip
into almost any tradition in world history, you will find a story
about a great flood or an apocalyptic deluge. One of the earliest
recorded examples is the Akkadian myth of Atra-Hasis, from around 1700
B.C. Atra-Hasis has the gods flood the earth not because of any
sinfulness on humanity’s part (as the Genesis story has it) but
rather as a conscious act of population control. Atra-Hasis tells us
that “the land was bellowing like a bull” under the stress of an
overpopulated world. The epic ends with the argument that stillbirth
and natural disasters were all part of a cosmic order to balance the
numbers on land.
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Presidential Debate Prep Ramps Up, Focused on Mental Sharpness
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President Joe Biden is hunkered down with aides at Camp David for
several days to get ready to debate rival Donald Trump, who is
eschewing traditional preparation and instead holding informal policy
discussions between campaign stops."It's an incredible test of their
cognitive competence," said Patrick Stewart, a political science
professor at the University of Arkansas who has written a book on
presidential debates. "This is our chance to see how much they've
declined or if they've declined."
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Amazon: 'Alexa, Charge People Money to Use Your AI'
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Amazon is planning a major revamp of its decade-old money-losing Alexa
service to include a conversational generative AI with two tiers of
service and has considered a monthly fee of around $5 to access the
superior version, according to people with direct knowledge of the
company's plans. Known internally as "Banyan," a reference to the
sprawling ficus trees, the project would represent the first major
overhaul of the voice assistant since it was introduced in 2014 along
with the Echo line of speakers. Amazon has dubbed the new voice
assistant "Remarkable Alexa," the people said.
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Boeing Nears Deal to Buy Back Supplier Spirit Aero Systems
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Boeing is nearing a deal to buy back Spirit AeroSystems after its
former subsidiary made substantial progress in separate talks with
Airbus over a transatlantic breakup of the struggling supplier, people
familiar with the matter said on Thursday.Boeing initiated talks
earlier this year to buy back the Wichita, Kansas-based supplier it
spun off in 2005, seeking to stabilize a key part of the supply chain
for its strongest-selling jet following a mid-air blow out on a new
737 MAX in January. However, talks hit a stumbling block over Spirit's
work for Airbus, with the European group threatening to block any deal
that involved Boeing building parts for its newest models.
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A Closer Look at Trump's Tax-Free Tips Proposal
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Former President Donald Trump's new proposal to exclude tips from
federal taxes is getting strong reviews from some Republican
lawmakers, though major questions remain about the impact of the
policy and how it would work.What's certain is that a change in the
taxation of tips would affect millions. The U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics estimates there are 2.24 million waiters and waitresses
across the country, with tips making up a large percentage of their
income.
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The California Public Utilities Commission said in rejecting AT&T's
request that the decision did not prevent AT&T from retiring copper
facilities or from investing in fiber or other facilities or
technologies to improve its network.AT&T California President Marc
Blakeman said "we are fully committed to keeping our customers
connected while we work with state leaders on policies that create a
thoughtful transition that brings modern communications to all
Californians."Â
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For Small Businesses, a Lack of Affordable Child Care Stifles Growth
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Hiring is challenging for any business -- but particularly for small
businesses that lack the resources to offer child care benefits,
according to a new survey by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small
Businesses Voices, the investment banking company's support program
for small businesses.The April 2024 survey, which polled more
than 1,200 small business owners across nearly every state, reported
that most small and medium-sized businesses can't provide subsidized
child care the way many larger businesses can, and it's affecting
their ability to recruit and retain talent.
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OpenAI Acquires Database Analytics Startup Rockset for an Undisclosed
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A technology Rockset offers called vector search has benefited from
increased adoption as more applications use artificial intelligence to
power recommendation engines, voice assistants, chatbots and detect
anomalies.This means Rockset's expertise in real-time data processing
and vector search will enhance OpenAI's ability to quickly access and
analyze vast amounts of information, likely leading to faster and more
accurate responses from AI models.
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Disney Workers Sue, Say They Were Misled Into Leaving California for
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Disney workers are suing their employer, claiming they were
fraudulently induced to move from California to Florida to work
in a new office campus only to have those plans later scrapped amid a
fight between the entertainment giant and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.In
July 2021, the Disney Parks' chief told workers in California that
most white-collar employees would be transferred to the new campus in
Orlando to consolidate different teams and allow for greater
collaboration.
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The Pasadena, California-based company, a key player in the
fast-growing market for queuing management software, filed for Chapter
11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Wednesday. According to court documents,
its liabilities total $13.5 million, over double its total assets.On
its website, QLess lists several colleges as clients, including the
University of Florida, University of California Berkeley, and NYU. It
also provides services to small businesses, as well as healthcare,
education, and government organizations, according to
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How Micro-Choices and Games Motivate Gig Workers
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As gig work grows ever more prevalent, critics have voiced major
issues with these jobs, from their lack of labor protections to income
instability and more. But if gig work is so bad, why do so many people
do it? Platform companies tout its flexibility, but in the author’s
recent series of articles — in which she coupled her own experience
driving for ride-hail companies with more than 100 interviews and a
review of online discussion boards — suggests it’s more
complicated than that. Specifically, the author identified two reasons
why ride-hail drivers feel motivated to work despite the known
pitfalls of gig work: First, drivers’ ability to make micro-choices
about when, where, and how they work helps them feel a sense of agency
and fulfillment. And second, platforms’ structures enable workplace
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Research: Warehouse and Logistics Automation Works Better with Human
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A study of automation usage in warehouse and logistics companies
around the world suggests that blending human labor with robotics
leads to greater efficiency than full automation alone. While scalable
robotic systems can handle up to 1,000 tasks per hour, they often face
limitations where additional robots don’t improve performance.
Human-robot collaboration, employed by companies like DHL and CEVA,
enhances productivity, reduces worker fatigue, and increases job
satisfaction. The incremental approach of integrating human roles with
automated systems not only keeps operations cost effective but also
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How to Vet Information Before Making a Decision
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The daily decisions modern leaders face are increasingly complex. But
executives have a tool to combat these challenges – information. At
the click of a mouse or the press of a thumb, they can call up cutting
edge research on virtually any topic. With so much information
available, how do we know what to trust? What executives need is a
simple taxonomy of misinformation so they know what to look out for.
Drawing on the tools of social science research we can categorize
misinformation into four missteps. This framework can be useful to
leaders of all kinds who need to ask better questions to manage their
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When It Comes to Long-Term Value, Incumbents Should Think Like Digital
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Measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and
amortization (EBIDTA) profits may be the gold standard for assessing
traditional companies, but it is not the way digital businesses think.
Successful digital disruptors focus on creating long-term value
through two distinct levers: customer lifetime value (CLV) / customer
acquisition cost and the end-to-end customer experience. While digital
disruptors have pioneered this approach, established companies are
actually often better positioned to take advantage of this “digital
growth engine” because they have one thing startups lack: customers.
To kickstart their own digital growth engine, companies should: 1)
Align their customer experience ambition with financial ambitions and
operational reality, 2) Optimize their customer data strategy, 3)
Differentiate engineering for experience, data and AI, and enterprise,
4) Develop an “electronic brain” powered by predictive AI models
(with feedback loops). 5) Launch a data and AI-enabled omnichannel
customer outreach program, and 6) Transform KPIs, structure, and
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The Eiffel Tower is 330 meters tall, and the nearest pizza parlor is
1.3 miles from my house. These facts were astoundingly easy to
ascertain. All I had to do was type some words into Google, and I
didn't even have to spell them right.For the vast majority of human
history, this is not how people found stuff out. They went to the
library, asked a priest, or wandered the streets following the scent
of pepperoni. But then, for a brief period when search engines existed
but it was too expensive to use them on your shiny new phone, people
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Green Chef's Meal Kit Makes Dinner Delicious--and Organic
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consider subscribing to WIREDGreen Chef (owned by HelloFresh) is a
great meal kit subscription for beginners. I said as much in our Meal
Kit Buying Guide. The recipe cards are full of helpful pictures, and
the intuitively grouped instructions don't skip important steps.
Iâ™ve spent weeks testing meal kit subscriptions during my
tenure at WIRED, but weâ™re testing them again in order to
give them individual reviews. Green Chef has been an honorable mention
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Best Apple Watch (2024): Which Model Should You Buy?
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have an iPhone, the Apple Watch is the best wearable to go with it.
But which version should you buy? This question has recently gotten
more complicated. Last year, a court ruling dictated that Apple could
no longer sell its two latest watches, the Series 9 and the Ultra
Watch 2, with the blood oxygen sensor. The medical technology company
Masimo alleged that Apple had infringed on its patent. (Apple later
defeated a lawsuit alleging that it had a monopoly on heart rate apps,
but a larger antitrust lawsuit is ongoing.)
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Dnsys X1 Exoskeleton Review: A Great Idea In Need of Finesse
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commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also
consider subscribing to WIREDFrom the Matrix via Alien to Starship
Troopers and Iron Man, exoskeletons have littered sci-fi (and adorable
dog-based animations) with the promise of superhuman power for all.
While medical, industrial, and military exoskeletons are advancing
rapidly, nobody has managed to bring this branch of wearable tech to
the masses.
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My Memories Are Just Meta's Training Data Now
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In R. C. Sherriff's novel The Hopkins Manuscript, readers are
transported to a world 800 years after a cataclysmic event ended
Western civilization. In pursuit of clues about a blank spot in their
planet's history, scientists belonging to a new world order discover
diary entries in a swamp-infested wasteland formerly known as England.
For the inhabitants of this new empire, it is only through this record
of a retired school teacher's humdrum rural life, his petty vanities
and attempts to breed prize-winning chickens, that they begin to learn
about 20th-century Britain.If I were to teach futuristic beings about
life on earth, I once believed I could produce a time capsule more
profound than Sherriff's small-minded protagonist, Edgar Hopkins. But
scrolling through my decade-old Facebook posts this week, I was
presented with the possibility that my legacy may be even more drab.
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Sony Bravia 7 mini LED TV Review: A Lovely Screen From Center Stage
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consider subscribing to WIREDIt's a great time to buy a new TV. Never
in my years as a reviewer have I been flanked by so many fantastic
options, from the brightest OLEDs ever made to mid-tier mini LED TVs
that perform more like premium models. You can easily spend a mint on
a killer flagship display, but with so many choices, you can tailor a
great buy to your needs and budgetâand save a lot of cash in the
process.
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Polyend Tracker+ Review: Powerful but Niche
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consider subscribing to WIREDPolyend's Tracker+ is a significant
update to its powerful (if somewhat anachronistic) sample-based
groovebox, the Tracker. What made the Tracker so unique, and also
confounding, was that it was a tracker (small t), but in hardware
form. Trackers were an early form of music-making software that
emerged in the late '80s. They were initially used mainly for video
game music but eventually found favor with a certain strain of
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7 Best Mechanical Keyboards (2024): Tested and Reviewed
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consider subscribing to WIREDYour keyboard is the most direct line of
communication between yourself and your computer âwhether gaming,
working from home, or doing anything else in front of a screen. Why
not invest in one that's reliable, fun, and enjoyable? I love
mechanical keyboardsâI even open up boards and tinker with them. Over
the past few years, I have tested dozens, ranging from the fastest
gaming keyboards to those offering elevated typing experiences. These
are the best mechanical keyboards of the hundreds you can find online.
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Earlier this week, WIRED published a story about the AI-powered search
startup Perplexity, which Forbes has accused of plagiarism. In it, my
colleague Dhruv Mehrotra and I reported that the company was
surreptitiously scraping, using crawlers to visit and download parts
of websites from which developers had tried to block it, in violation
of its own publicly stated policy of honoring the Robots Exclusion
Protocol.Our findings, as well as those of the developer Robb Knight,
identified a specific IP address almost certainly linked to Perplexity
and not listed in its public IP range, which we observed scraping test
sites in apparent response to prompts given to the company's
public-facing chatbot. According to server logs, that same IP visited
properties belonging to Condé Nast, the media company that owns
WIRED, at least 822 times in the past three monthsâlikely a
significant undercount, because the company retains only a small
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Hollywood has an inclusivity problem. How is this possible, in 2024,
you wonder, when films like King Richard or Sound of Metal or
Everything Everywhere All at Onceâall nominated for Best Picture
Oscarsâsuggest otherwise. They are films rich in story, dimension,
and purpose. They are also exceptions to a long-established rule:
White men still run Hollywood. Women remain almost entirely shut out,
compared to their male colleagues, while disabled and Black actors are
underrepresented in all major employment arenas for theatrical film,
according to UCLA's most recent Hollywood diversity report.In the face
of this, Kamala Avila-Salmon wants better for Hollywood and its
storytellers. Avila-Salmon is the head of inclusive content at
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, where she began her stint in 2020 and
has since leveraged her experience as a marketing savant (she has held
top-level roles at RCA, Universal Pictures, Google, and Facebook) to
shift how the studio makes movies. At Lionsgate, her main directive is
simple: to create a creative economy that allows for more attentive
storytelling. Stories of magnitude and conviction, yes, but also ones
with as much reach as possible. It begins, she tells me, by having an
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Open the Door Wider for Refugees
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I'm here today only because of the kindness of strangers who fought to
open the door for those fleeing unthinkable circumstances. Others
should have the same chance.Of the many titles I holdâcongresswoman,
mother, sister, organizerâone represents a part of my identity that I
hold particularly close to my heart: refugee.
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The 1970s Movie That Explains 2020s America
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Chinatown, released 50 years ago today, shone a bleak light on the
machinations of money and powerâa theme that still animates U.S.
politics.This spring, I went to see Chinatown in a theater for the
first time since its release, on June 20, 1974. The movie was
headlining at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Hollywood
Boulevard. Inside, every seat in the huge IMAX theater was taken. When
Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway kissed for the first time, they filled
the towering screen with every bit as much star power as Humphrey
Bogart and Lauren Bacall did in Hollywood's golden age. But the rapid
descent into tragedy during the film's second half had the audience
rapt, eliciting audible gasps when the film's director, Roman
Polanski, in a cameo role, slit open the nose of the private eye J. J.
Gittes (Nicholson) in one of the movie's more notorious moments. In
the scene when Evelyn Mulwray (Dunaway) admits that her daughter is
also her sister, conceived through incest with her father, Noah Cross
(played by John Huston), the auditorium was utterly silent.
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Trump Dreams of a Swifter Death Penalty
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In recent speeches, the former president has been praising China's
approach to criminal justice.During a recent campaign event in
Phoenix, Arizona, Donald Trump mused about capital punishment. "We've
never had [such] massive amounts of drugs pouring into our country,"
he said. "And by the way, you'll never solve the problem without the
death penalty." Trump also said he had made a deal with Xi Jinping
prior to the end of his term that would have seen China executing
anyone found to be manufacturing fentanyl for sale in America, though
the only verifiable fact related to this claim is that China cracked
down on fentanyl sales to America under pressure from the Trump
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The 2024 Audubon Photography Awards
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The winners of the 15th annual Audubon Photography Awards were just
announced. Photographers competed for nine prizes, submitting more
than 2,300 entries depicting birdlife from all 50 U.S. states and nine
Canadian provinces and territories. The National Audubon Society was
once again kind enough to share some of the winning photographs with
us. Red-necked Grebe. Youth Honorable Mention. Two red-necked grebe
chicks ride on the back of an adult, as another adult feeds one of the
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How a Band Falls Apart, According to 'Stereophonic'
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The Tony-winning play explores the heartbreak and turmoil that
sometimes accompany great music.Like the members of Fleetwood Mac, or
the Mamas & the Papas, or the Beatles, or Van Halen, the rock band at
the center of the Broadway play Stereophonic can't seem to keep its
act together. The bassist stumbles drunk and late into a recording
session; the guitarist keeps futzing with the tempo on a song. The
musicians are clearly close with one anotherâlots of inside jokes,
lots of casual touchingâbut that only makes the bickering more
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The Books The Atlantic Loved--And Hated
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This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The
Atlantic's archives to contextualize the present and surface
delightful treasures. Sign up here.Working on the Books desk of a
167-year-old publication offers incredible opportunitiesâand dredges
up some insecurities. Will our judgment hold up to future readers'
evaluations? Is the work we're putting out worthy of the magazine's
illustrious traditions? Over the years, The Atlantic's literary
coverage has taken on both the task of criticismâor situating a work
in its era, evaluating its ideas, and considering its symbolsâand of
reviewing which titles are worth people's time and why. Today, my job
includes editing book recommendations and essays on new releases, and
contributing to avowedly ambitious projects such as our recent list of
great American novels. This involves listening to the opinions and
disagreements of our contemporary readers. But there's also an entire
archive full of people who talk back, disagree, and weigh in, too.
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The Flimsiness of Trumponomics
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Trump's latest reported idea would result in massive tax cuts for the
ultrarichâat the expense of other Americans.This is an edition of The
Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest
stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the
best in culture. Sign up for it here.
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An Attack on Free Speech at Harvard
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Universities require a culture of open inquiry, viewpoint diversity,
and constructive disagreement.In a recent op-ed in The Harvard
Crimsonâ"Faculty Speech Must Have Limits"âthe university's dean of
social science, Lawrence Bobo, made an extraordinary set of claims
that seriously threaten academic freedom, including the chilling idea
that faculty members who dare to criticize the university should be
punished. Bobo is a senior administrator at Harvard, overseeing
centers and departments including history, economics, sociology, and
African and African American studies. When he writes about faculty
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Dog Food Is So Fancy Now That I Ate Some
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Canumi's yellowfin tuna is caught in the Atlantic and then gently
steamed and packed with fresh water in a storied factory in Galicia,
Spain. A tin costs about $6 and comes inside an Instagram-ready,
peach-colored box designed with spunky typefaces. (The brand also
makes tote bags.) I am, honestly, desperate to try it, but it's been
sold out in America for weeks. Also, it's for dogs.If you are old
enough to be reading this and you grew up with a dog, he probably did
not eat anything that would appeal to a human adult with a reasonably
sophisticated palate. What he ate, in all likelihood, was kibble:
hard, stinky, cereal-like pellets of grains and a small amount of
meat, processed at high heat and pressure and sold by a global food
mega-conglomerate in a big, unphotogenic bag. Whoever was in charge of
buying the kibble may have had a choice among, say, salmon, chicken,
and beef, but those distinctions were less about a meaningful
difference in taste or composition than about the feeble work of
flavoring agents. Your dog might have liked the food; your dog might
have hated the food. He almost certainly didn't know anything better.
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'The Party of the Ultrarich and the Ultra-poor'
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When the Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's plan to cancel
student debt, his administration hurried to find a work-around. Less
than a year later, Biden has now forgiven more than $160 billion in
college loans for nearly 5 million borrowersâtotals that, as he often
notes, would be much higher if not for the Court.To Representative
Seth Moulton, the policy that Biden tried so hard to implement is a
prime example of how the Democratic Party has gone astray and why
Biden might lose to Donald Trump. "In many ways, we have become the
party of the ultrarich and the ultra-poor, and a lot of people in the
middle think Democrats are out of touch," Moulton told me.
Student-debt relief is "a terrible priority because it sends a message
to everyone who didn't get the opportunity to go to college that
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'Kinds of Kindness' May Test Your Patience
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With his new film, Yorgos Lanthimos returns to his freaky-deaky
rootsâwith mixed results.When I saw Yorgos Lanthimos's breakout 2009
film, the surreal and violent fable Dogtooth, I did not think the
director was destined to grow into a Hollywood brand. Yet that's
exactly what has happened to the Greek filmmaker, whose fascination
with human brutality has not stopped him from becoming a recurring
Oscar favorite who makes crossover art-house hits. Lanthimos's steady
rise culminated in last year's Poor Things, which was somehow one of
the feel-good hits of the fall: a freaky tale set in steampunk
Victorian England about a woman's corpse that is revived with a baby's
brain.
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Aileen Cannon Is Who Critics Feared She Was
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The judge handling Trump's classified-documents case has shown that
she's not fit for the task.One year ago, when former President Donald
Trump was indicted on charges related to his hoarding of classified
documents, the case was randomly assigned to Aileen Cannon, a federal
judge for the Southern District of Florida.
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Google Is Turning Into a Libel Machine
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A few weeks ago, I witnessed Google Search make what could have been
the most expensive error in its history. In response to a query about
cheating in chess, Google's new AI Overview told me that the young
American player Hans Niemann had "admitted to using an engine," or a
chess-playing AI, after defeating Magnus Carlsen in 2022âimplying
that Niemann had confessed to cheating against the world's top-ranked
player. Suspicion about the American's play against Carlsen that
September indeed sparked controversy, one that reverberated even
beyond the world of professional chess, garnering mainstream news
coverage and the attention of Elon Musk.Except, Niemann admitted no
such thing. Quite the opposite: He has vigorously defended himself
against the allegations, going so far as to file a $100 million
defamation lawsuit against Carlsen and several others who had accused
him of cheating or punished him for the unproven
allegationâChess.com, for example, had banned Niemann from its
website and tournaments. Although a judge dismissed the suit on
procedural grounds, Niemann has been cleared of wrongdoing, and
Carlsen has agreed to play him again. But the prodigy is still
seething: Niemann recently spoke of an "undying and unwavering
resolve" to silence his haters, saying, "I'm going to be their biggest
nightmare for the rest of their lives." Could he insist that Google
and its AI, too, are on the hook for harming his reputation?
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