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Technology

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Amazon Wants to Be In Every Room of Your House

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It wants to be in your microwave, and your clock, and your car, and everywhere in between.

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A New California Bill Would Require Better Passwords for Internet of Things Devices

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I’m Tired of Australia Being Facebook’s Testing Ground for New Features

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How SiriusXM’s Purchase of Pandora Could Change the Balance of Power in the Music Industry

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The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

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Every time we fight, we’re replaying an old argument that’s rooted in our drastically different political views.

The Kavanaugh Allegations Are Upsettingly Similar to What I Saw at D.C.’s Prep School Parties in the ’80s

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Jane Mayer Has Been Reporting Alongside Ronan Farrow. So Why Isn’t She Getting Branded as a Hero of #MeToo?

Ruth Graham

Help! My Husband Just Learned His Family’s Biggest Secret Through a DNA Test.

Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Should We Trust Britney Spears’ Impossibly Hot Boyfriend?

Jeffrey Bloomer

Why Green Bell G-1008s are the Best Nail Clippers

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Anxiety-Based Insomnia Nearly Tore My Life Apart—Until I Learned How to Fight It

Anita Felicelli

Business

Where the money goes

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Welcome to the Weed Bubble

Jordan Weissmann

Marijuana stocks are ripping higher. But how long can the fun last?

For North Carolina, and for the Rest of Us, the Danger Is Rain

Henry Grabar

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

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Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Matthew Zeitlin

Why the Middle-Class Black Neighborhood Doesn’t Exist in the White Imagination

Henry Grabar

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jordan Weissmann

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

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The Vital Weirdness of Robert Venturi, the Most Influential Architect of His Generation

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News & Politics

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#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

Christina Cauterucci

Swaying people who believe sexual assault is rare or no big deal may be hopeless—but these campaigns herald a different sort of power.

Kavanaugh’s High School Yearbook Page Appears to Make Sexual Reference to Female Friend

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The Most Alarming Thing About Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview

Mark Joseph Stern

Kavanaugh Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Fox News Interview, Says Remained a Virgin Through College

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Republican Senators Do Not Appear to Give a Damn About Latest Kavanaugh Allegation

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PJ Harvey Will Score Ivo Van Hove’s Stage Adaptation of All About Eve

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Kavanaugh’s High School Yearbook Page Appears to Make Sexual Reference to Female Friend

The Most Alarming Thing About Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview

Kavanaugh Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Fox News Interview, Says Remained a Virgin Through College

Republican Senators Do Not Appear to Give a Damn About Latest Kavanaugh Allegation

This Is the Most Disturbing Paragraph in the New Kavanaugh Story

The Kavanaugh “Evil Twin” Theory Is the Apex of Republican Bad Faith

The Most Alarming Thing About Brett Kavanaugh’s Interview on Fox News

Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct—This Time While He Was in College

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There’s a Disco Version of the Trogdor Song and We Thought You’d Like to Know About It

The Great Seal Is Undone, the Sevenfold Door Has Been Opened, and the Time of the Philadelphia Flyers’ New Mascot, Gritty, Has Come at Last!

PJ Harvey Will Score Ivo Van Hove’s Stage Adaptation of All About Eve

Kenyan Judge Allows Lesbian Romance Rafiki to Qualify for an Oscar

John Oliver Reads Facebook Insults to Prove a Point About Misinformation and Hate Speech

You Haven’t Fully Heard Rihanna’s “Stay” Until You Listen to Cat Power’s Cover

Amazon Wants to Be In Every Room of Your House

In the Era of TomKat and Brangelina, WhosDatedWho.com Was Inescapable. The Web Moved On—but the Site Is Still Here.

Extremely Rare Two-Headed Snake Found in Virginia

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A New California Bill Would Require Better Passwords for Internet of Things Devices

I’m Tired of Australia Being Facebook’s Testing Ground for New Features

How SiriusXM’s Purchase of Pandora Could Change the Balance of Power in the Music Industry

The Liberal vs. the Pro-Lifer

The Kavanaugh Allegations Are Upsettingly Similar to What I Saw at D.C.’s Prep School Parties in the ’80s

Jane Mayer Has Been Reporting Alongside Ronan Farrow. So Why Isn’t She Getting Branded as a Hero of #MeToo?

Help! My Husband Just Learned His Family’s Biggest Secret Through a DNA Test.

Should We Trust Britney Spears’ Impossibly Hot Boyfriend?

Why Green Bell G-1008s are the Best Nail Clippers

Anxiety-Based Insomnia Nearly Tore My Life Apart—Until I Learned How to Fight It

Welcome to the Weed Bubble

For North Carolina, and for the Rest of Us, the Danger Is Rain

Commerce Secretary Uses Office Space Logic to Defend Tariffs

Tesla Stock Plummets After Report of Criminal Probe Into Musk’s Buyout Statements

Why the Middle-Class Black Neighborhood Doesn’t Exist in the White Imagination

Why Trump’s Expected Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Goods Is Actually Not Such a Big Deal

Jeff Bezos’ $2 Billion Donation to Build Preschools and Fight Homelessness Is, Well, Morally Complicated

The Vital Weirdness of Robert Venturi, the Most Influential Architect of His Generation

#WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics

Kavanaugh’s High School Yearbook Page Appears to Make Sexual Reference to Female Friend

The Most Alarming Thing About Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview

Kavanaugh Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations in Fox News Interview, Says Remained a Virgin Through College

Republican Senators Do Not Appear to Give a Damn About Latest Kavanaugh Allegation

Hundreds of Yale Law School Students Protest Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination

We’re About to Find Out Whether Michael Avenatti Is Full of It

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