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A Matter of Time

An Adult Fairytale

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Voters Are Asking A.I. About Elections. The Answers Can Vary by User. (Gift Article)

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming a go-to stop for voters looking for information about political races. Researchers are studying the effects.

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How the Super Godzilla Monster El Niño Could Actually Affect Your Weather (Gift Article)

Yes, El Niño is unusually powerful this time. But that’s not always a bad thing.

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Why is it that when US companies steal it’s innovation, but when China does, it’s theft?

On September 1, the US Department of Justice filed a brief supporting OpenAI’s position in defense of the lawsuit brought against it by the…

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Opinion | Fashion’s Most Disgusting Product (Gift Article)

A modicum of self-restraint is the new black.

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Patients Are Flying to China for the Latest Cancer Treatment

Shanghai is a favored destination, with lower costs than the West and innovation in biotechnology

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Apple launches its first foldable iPhone

The Duo — designed to be a smartphone and tablet in one — is the tech giant’s most expensive model with premium devices costing more than £3,000

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How could AI ‘kill all humans’ or ‘cause human extinction’? Here’s what experts say

An AI researcher’s viral online warning that AI could kill off humanity this decade prompted widespread panic of a tech-led apocalypse. Here’s what that apocalypse might look like.

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Trump Promises $5,000 to US Adults if GOP Wins Midterms
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)

The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.

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Lawmakers Question N.Y.C. Tech Official About 911 System Breakdown (Gift Article)

Lisa Gelobter, who runs the agency responsible for the technology behind the city’s 911 system, was asked why officials had kept quiet about an outage that affected nearly 1,700 calls.

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Elon Musk’s Father Accused of Child Sexual Abuse (Gift Article)

Errol Musk has been accused of sexually abusing five of his children and stepchildren since 1993, a Times investigation found. Family members have appealed to Elon Musk for help.

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Opinion | I Worked on Safety at OpenAI. The Fix Isn’t Hard. (Gift Article)

Even without government regulation, private companies can act on their own to address A.I. safety concerns.

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Apple’s Priciest iPhone Duo Hits $3,199, Setting Industry Record

Apple Inc.’s breakthrough new iPhone Duo costs $3,199 for the highest-end configuration, setting a record for the price of a mass-market smartphone.

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Friend or Foe?

A new AI device touted as a stand-in for human friends expands our surveillance culture and arrives with serious privacy issues. Plus, NYC

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iOS 27 Version Will Be Here Soon

Why can’t we have history on iOS Spotlight?

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Apple Unveils the iPhone Duo, a Foldable Phone That Costs $1,999 (Gift Article)

At the company’s annual September product event, Apple also demonstrated its work on artificial intelligence and other new devices.

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Anthropic Researchers Raise Alarm Over A.I. Acceleration, Warning of Threat to Humanity (Gift Article)

Their warnings echo concerns that other artificial intelligence experts have voiced in recent months, as calls increase for a slowdown in the pace of development.

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Opinion | I Expected Tech Fatalism. Americans Are Putting Up a Remarkable Fight Instead. (Gift Article)

Three-fourths of Americans oppose data centers. Why?

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Tate Brothers Must Remain in U.S. Jail Until Extradition Case Is Decided (Gift Article)

A judge in Miami declined to release Andrew and Tristan Tate from custody while they fight extradition to Britain.

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Improv at the Courthouse

Jury Duty Hysterics

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Dragonkin: The Banished Feels Like A Fake Video Game

Like, I could have made up that title, right?

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Joseph Rice, Lowcountry Lawyer Who Took On Big Tobacco, Dies at 72 (Gift Article)

He challenged tobacco companies as well as the opioid industry, securing multibillion-dollar settlements that also benefited public health.

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Saved on 9/11, by the Man in the Red Bandanna (Gift Article)

Welles Crowther — who rescued at least 10 people at ground zero and became known as the man with the red handkerchief — is the subject of a new documentary.

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Bloomberg businesstechnology
Anthropic Worker Quits Over AI Firms ‘Gambling With Our Lives’

An artificial intelligence researcher has resigned from Anthropic PBC and called on other staffers to rethink their work, citing his concern that the company and its top competitor OpenAI are acting i...

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Digital Literacy: The Skill You Can’t Skip

Master the basics. Protect your data. Open more doors.

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The State of Freelance Writing

47 Freelance Writing Statistics in a Periodic Table.

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Meta Introduces Muse, an A.I. Agent That Can Send Your Emails and Book Your Travel (Gift Article)

Muse, Meta’s new A.I. agent, acts as a personal digital assistant that connects to Facebook and Instagram, as well as third-party apps such as Spotify and OpenTable.

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US Says Alibaba, DeepSeek Have ‘Systematically’ Siphoned AI Models

US security agencies accused China’s top AI companies including DeepSeek and Kimi maker Moonshot AI of systematically extracting proprietary knowledge from American firms and warned Silicon Valley dev...

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A.I. Music Giant Suno Tries to Play Nice With Record Labels (Gift Article)

Suno has drawn copyright lawsuits from the majors. Now it is releasing a version of its A.I. music generator trained in partnership with Warner Music.

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Should Professors Teach More? Some Colleges Are Trying to Make Them. (Gift Article)

Schools and entire states are creating new rules forcing professors to teach more hours and show up at the office. At one university, professors quit in response.

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Four-Hour Elon Musk Documentary by Alex Gibney Has Venice Premiere (Gift Article)

Much of what Alex Gibney’s documentary presents isn’t new. But in piecing it all together, he wants the viewer to take Musk seriously as a threat to democracy.

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After Causing Delays for 9/11 Health Claims, Social Security Pledges to Do Its Job (Gift Article)

Lawyers say the Social Security Administration has for months not provided basic data to complete compensation claims for those sick and dying after exposure to debris from the Sept. 11 attacks.

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What the Newest Research on Wildfire Smoke Tells Us (Gift Article)

Scientists have found that people are being exposed to more toxins than previously known.

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Ghosts of Mars — Carpenter’s self-recycling misfire isn’t the cult classic defenders claim

In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post...

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Apple to Unveil $2,000 Foldable iPhone Duo at High-Stakes Event

Apple Inc. is set to debut a roughly $2,000 foldable iPhone Duo on Wednesday as part of a wide-ranging product event, which kicks off at 10 a.m. local time from Cupertino, California.

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The End of Reading Is Here

Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.

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Opinion | Why Americans Are Afraid of Their Neighbors (Gift Article)

‘Stranger danger’ was always a misleading idea, and it’s bad for our children.

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New York Sues Companies Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ (Gift Article)

The lawsuit claims that the companies, including 3M and DuPont, contaminated the environment and engaged in fraud by withholding information from the public about the harms of the chemicals, known as ...

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Dear Black Athletes and Celebrities: Pick a Lane, Because You Can’t Sell Hope and Harm at the Same…

Kalshi and Polymarket Turned Threats, Crime, and Chaos Into a Business Model. Now They Need a Familiar Black Face to Sell It.

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American Bar Association Ends D.E.I. Standards Under Trump Pressure (Gift Article)

The group that accredits law schools voted to eliminate a requirement that the schools show a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

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LIV Golf files for bankruptcy protection, will attempt to restructure (Gift Article)

The filing reveals BC Partners Advisors as the identity of a new lead investor that LIV announced in August.

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Opinion | This Is Why People Hate the Government
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Medicine Needs to Get Serious About AI

Let the robots try being doctors.

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The US Is Losing Its Ability to Store Water When It Needs It Most

Drought is emptying thousands of US reservoirs. Wildfires and extreme rain are filling them with sediment.

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What Is Navier-Stokes, the ‘Millennium’ Math Problem OpenAI Claims to Have Solved? (Gift Article)

OpenAI announced today that it had solved the problem, one of seven “Millennium Problems” seen as among the most important in higher mathematics.

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OpenAI Says It Has Cracked One of Math’s ‘Millennium Problems’ (Gift Article)

The company’s announcement is the most dramatic sign yet that artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the field of higher mathematics.

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Chinese Cars Could Be Huge in U.S., and That’s the Problem, Officials Say (Gift Article)

The Times test-drove a stunning crossover from Geely that would cost under half of what its rivals charge. Two senators and many experts point to security and economic concerns as reasons for a ban.

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How Big Tech Captured American Schools (Gift Article)

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.

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Key App Developers Have Yet to Embrace Apple’s New Siri A.I. (Gift Article)

For the company’s new artificial intelligence system to take off, it will need plenty of support from the makers of popular apps on Apple’s phones.

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