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Everyone agrees that you hate AI, but only Mark Cuban sees why Silicon Valley is powerless to fix it
On Thursday afternoon, Mark Cuban posted what amounted to an unsolicited intervention for the AI industry. “It’s time for everyone…
American giving hit $617 billion in 2025 — and the Paul Allen effect exposes who’s really driving it
The $617 billion that Americans gave to everything from churches to cat rescues was the second-highest ever in inflation-adjusted terms,…
The bond market knows something about the $39 trillion national debt that Washington doesn’t
The national debt—a barely comprehensible $39 trillion—seems, to hear economists tell it, forever one shock away from bringing the whole…
‘Voters are just pissed off’: Zohran Mamdani just uncorked a Democratic Civil War less than 6 months before the midterms
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stepped into the national spotlight this week as an ascendant political force within the Democratic Party.…
Merlin the Duck was allowed inside Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium, but only to film a commercial
One of the biggest folk heroes of this World Cup, Merlín the duck arrived outside Mexico City’s stadium on Wednesday to great…
Congress just passed the most significant housing bill in decades, so why won’t Trump sign it?
A sprawling legislative package aimed at lowering the cost of housing and spurring more home construction won bipartisan approval from Congress this…
One of the Democratic Party’s brightest stars is co-founding a group to help with the coming AI jobs earthquake
Critics warn of doomsday scenarios out of a sci-fi thriller, while backers say AI will generate so much new wealth that no one should…
AI-powered software has allowed gas station operators across California to illegally collude and drive up prices at the pump, according…
‘Today I am celebrating the victory of our people’: Native Americans ring in the anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn
The quiet, wind-swept hills of the Battle of Greasy Grass, known to many as the Battle of Little Bighorn, are…
Scientists tickled monkeys to find if they have the same giggles as humans — and they do
Humans and great apes have been giggling in similar ways since branching off the evolutionary tree, a new study suggests. How do we know…












