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Grok and X should be suspended from Apple, Google app stores, Democratic senators say

Senators from Oregon, Massachusetts and New Mexico urged Apple and Google to suspend X and Grok until Elon Musk curbs AI-generated sexualized images of kids.

The five best induction cookware sets in the US, thoroughly tested and cooked in

From Caraway to Our Place and Staub, here are our picks for the best induction-compatible cookware

Zohran Mamdani May Be Socialist, but Islam Is Not

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Dispatch Politics Roundup: A Big First Week

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Tariffs, Manufacturing, Housing: Questions for 2026

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OpenAI and SoftBank announce $1 billion investment in SB Energy as part of massive AI buildout

OpenAI and SoftBank agreed to invest $1 billion into a SoftBank-backed energy provider as the companies prepare for a massive buildout of AI data centers.

Grok is undressing women and children. Don’t expect the US to take action

Elon Musk’s reckless and degrading AI could be built differently. But Americans will have to speak up

Meta signs 3 deals for nuclear energy to power AI data centers

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes.

Can We Save the Internet?

Grok’s “digital undressing” crisis and a manifesto to build a better internet

Andreessen Horowitz raises $15 billion, as VC firm goes big in infrastructure, defense

Ben Horowitz, the firm's co-founder, said the latest fundraising is equal to 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in the U.S. in 2025.

AI, Salman Rushdie and Elon Musk: the most anticipated documentaries of 2026

Major new films promise to reveal more about the lives of public figures, provocative topics and historical events

Béla Tarr obituary

Film director of poetic narratives set in remote Hungarian communities, filled with desolation and foreboding