Business
Consumers aren’t clicking the PayPal button. It's a big problem for California’s fintech pioneer
PayPal, once the cutting-edge trailblazer of digital payments, is struggling to cash in on consumer clicks like it used to. The San José…
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Business
Is It Wrong to Write a Book with A.I.?
And yet the value of a novel isn’t only in its prose. On Amazon, “Shy Girl” has a rating of four out of five stars, based on input from…
Culture
An Artists’ Duel Proves Restorative in “The Christophers”
Once Lori enters Julian’s home, the film springs to life. So does Soderbergh’s camera, which begins sniffing and roving about the space…
News
President Trump Was Playing for Time in His Iran Speech
The little-known U.S. weakness is that it’s running out of high-tech munitions. Source link
Culture
“The Drama” Struggles to Justify Its Combustible Premise
Does the movie itself know who she is? I’m not so sure. Emma is a literary editor, though the specifics are awfully vague—a late subplot…
News
The Team Behind the A.I. Lego-Style Videos That Lampoon Trump’s War in Iran
Explosive News posted its first Lego-style videos during the U.S. and Israel’s bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear facilities last June.…
Culture
Broadway’s “Dog Day Afternoon” Is a Dog
Sidney Lumet’s kinetic, emotionally complex film has been transformed into a hokey sitcom with gunshots. Source link
News
A Hormuz Handoff?
Leaving the Europeans to sort out the strait for themselves would not be in America’s interest. Source link
News
Gratitude for Those Standing in Solidarity with Jews
This Passover, I’m grateful for the non-Jews who show their support by joining with us. Source link
Fashion
Contributor: Investigate the AI campaigns flooding public agencies with fake comments
California built its tradition of open government — including for citizen boards that set the rules for such functions as automotive…
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Culture
The Sci-Fi Novelist Who Disappeared for Decades
In “What We Are Seeking,” the cult author Cameron Reed returns to show us a strange, totally alien world that somehow feels like our own.…
Culture
Savannah Guthrie’s Excruciating Story, on “Today”
Guthrie had agreed to do the interview as a desperate final appeal. Someone, she kept saying to Kotb—someone must know something. She’s…
Business
A $17-million bet brought ChatGPT to CSU campuses. A year later, AI distrust leaves many divided
California State University’s controversial $17-million deal to provide ChatGPT to every one of its campuses has been met with mixed…
Business
Oracle lays off thousands in latest sign of tough times for tech industry
Software giant Oracle on Tuesday started laying off workers as it looks to rein in costs and double down on artificial intelligence. On…
News
The Supreme Court Rejects Ideological Orthodoxy Masquerading as Public Health
An 8–1 majority found that government may not muzzle counselors who help minors accept their sex. Source link
News
How World Cup Players Are Navigating Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
In addition to these travel bans, the decision to issue any visa is entirely at the discretion of the U.S. government, and Trump has made…
Celebrity
Kanye West Makes a Record for the A.I. Era
Over the years, Ye has amassed perhaps the most obsessive fan base in all of hip-hop, and some of them have carefully charted the…
News
Trump’s Base Will Have a Say on the War
While restrainers may not have won the debate about strikes on Iran, the president is still operating under the restraints of public…
Business
Progressives Give Wealth Confiscation Another Go
Their proposed wealth taxes would be unjust and economically destructive — if they worked. Source link
Culture
How to Measure the Good Life
In “The Meaning of Your Life,” he no longer trumpets free markets, extolls entrepreneurs, or praises work as “a blessing,” as he did in…
Business
Apple at 50: How a garage startup became a $3.5-trillion titan
Fifty years ago, Steve Wozniak knew he built a great personal computer, but the young engineer couldn’t convince his employer,…
Lifestyle
Kia Damon’s Audacious Florida Cooking
Her initial instinct was to clam up about the place she still considered home. Over time, she began to see the potential in doing exactly…