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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu Resigns
Sébastien Lecornu’s departure ratcheted up pressure on President Emmanuel Macron to call snap parliamentary elections.
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Pakistan Fights Its Fiercest Taliban Insurgency in a Decade
Pakistan uprooted the Taliban with U.S. help in the 2010s. But the insurgency has resurfaced with assistance from the Afghan Taliban.
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Israel and Hamas Meet in Egypt to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan
As Israelis brace for a day of mourning and commemoration, negotiators for Israel and Hamas met with mediators in Egypt to hash out an end to the war.
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Ukraine’s Secret Weapons Spending Faces Questions After Internal Review
The government reviews show the country’s challenge as U.S. support wanes and Kyiv pivots to production from a domestic arms industry with a long history of corruption.
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She Sees Beauty in Black Men at Work. She Won’t Apologize for That.
Some viewers see the subjects of Karimah Ashadu’s films as victims of capitalism. She says it’s more complicated, and interesting, than that.
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What Really Matters is What You Like: “High Fidelity” at 25
When we look back at John Cusack’s expressive and bruised-heart romantic Rob Gordon in “High Fidelity” a quarter-century after the film’s release, there’s little doubt Rob was often a petulant and immature narcissist who filtered nearly every life experience only through what it meant to him. At times, it seemed like it would shock Rob…
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Case Study: How Advance2000 keeps 10K+ users secure with Sophos
Sophos MDR is all but mandatory to keep this New York-based MSP’s customers secure.
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If Your North Star Is Lost, New Techniques Can Point You South
The writer Tristan Gooley describes how a pair of familiar constellations can help a person navigate in darkness when other methods fail.
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Elon Musk Gambles on Sexy A.I. Companions
In July, the billionaire’s A.I. company introduced two sexually explicit chatbots, pushing a new version of intimacy.
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U.S. v. Google: What Each Side Argued for Fixing Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
The Justice Department and Google wrapped up a two-week hearing that could have a major effect on online advertising.