In 2024, artificial general intelligence researcher Andrej Karpathy coined the term “jagged intelligence” for AI. “What he meant,” writes Kevin Roose, “was that AI systems could be astonishingly brilliant in some ways and astonishingly dumb in others.” Two years later, it’s hard to imagine more fortuitous timing for Roose’s The AGI Chronicles: The Inside Story
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It comes as no surprise that chocolate brown has been the winning color for fall. All season long, warm shades of mocha came for our wardrobes, makeup, manicures, and now our hair care, too.  Stars are debuting darker tresses left and right; Hailey Bieber led the trend, recently darkening her signature strands into “her darkest
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Thirty years ago, Gap was among a pioneering generation of American fashion retailers venturing onto the World Wide Web, beginning a new chapter in how customers could discover and engage with the brand. During Gap Inc.’s SF Tech Week Kickoff, Gap Inc. CTO Sven Gerjets unveiled new AI-powered shopping experiences designed to make discovering and
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Conservative commentator Katie Zacharia will be the Trump administration’s new press secretary, The New York Times reported on Friday. Her record of transphobic commentary on Fox News makes her the perfect spokesperson for Trump’s endless crusade to eradicate trans people from civic life nationwide. Zacharia currently works as a communications adviser to Trump Media and Technology
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Final Fantasy 9 is, for many, a point of contention. It isn’t that the game is bad, but, indeed, the opposite: its status as one of the greatest RPGs of all time has seen it muster a flock of dogmatic devotees desperate to see it receive the remake they believe it deserves. As a result,
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Walmart is known for having some of the best deals on home and tech, but did you know that they also have tons of discounts on luxury skin and hair care? It’s true! The massive retailer carries a surprising amount of high-end brands, and right now, their luxury beauty deals that blow Prime Day prices
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Democratic Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico has been racking up endorsements from the likes of Don Henley and the Chicks ahead of the November midterm elections. Now, the state representative has landed the official seal of approval from Texan native Willie Nelson. The two were photographed together backstage at Nelson’s Fourth of July concert this
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You couldn’t ask for a better examination of the significance of Black quiltmaking than Stories in the Seams: A People’s History of Black Quilts and Their Makers. As the writer of Diasporic Threads: Black Women, Fibre and Textiles and editor of Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilts in the American South, New Orleans-based scholar Sharbreon
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The ease of fall style is that layers and textures make it easy to look polished—especially with a coordinating set. Stars are reaching for the season’s favorite fabric, leather iterations of matching ensembles are the effortless way to look high-fashion instantly. Wearing leather—or more affordably, faux leather—inherently looks polished, expensive, and intentional. That’s especially true
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Sponsored Story About KinnikKinnik makes considered essentials for life spent out in the world. We’re building a brand at the intersection of performance apparel, fashion and outdoor culture: clothing designed to function outside without looking like conventional outdoor gear, and that inspires people to live colorfully. Our references include Salomon, ROA, Satisfy and And Wander,
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You, you, you oughta snow. Since 2020, Alanis Morisette has made a habit of popping up during the holiday season to cover a classic Christmas song. Now the Canadian singer has gathered those renditions, plus a bunch more covers and two original songs into Good Weather for Immaculate Conception—a title only she could have come
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House of the Dragon proved to be a really solid return to the Game of Thrones universe in its first season, as we finally find out the nitty gritty of what happened a couple of centuries before the Night King’s arrival. The characters are memorable, and the story is solid, though it does feel like
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Canadian poet Anne Carson is the winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson was selected “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” according to a Nobel Prize Outreach 2026 press release. If you’re not familiar with Carson or her
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From Greece to Hollywood, Despina Mirou continues to capture attention with her remarkable talent, unforgettable humor and magnetic personality. Today, America joins the birthday celebration. There’s something wonderfully irresistible about Despina Mirou. Maybe it’s her outrageous sense of humor. Perhaps it’s her ability to transform herself into fascinating characters. Or maybe it’s simply that unmistakable
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“To me, the uncanny isn’t defined by fear. It’s about objects with shadow, undocumented history, the past and other lives.” That’s how author and photographer Mark C. O’Flaherty describes his aesthetic in Sanctum: At Home With the Uncanny, a book that celebrates eccentric collections of objects and the moody, luxurious interiors where they reside. A
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