How I Learned to Shave
On This Week’s Episode: Things our dads taught us, whether they intended to or not. The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling and provides news,…
Europe Moves to Fill Weapons Gap Amid Doubts About U.S. Commitment to Ukraine
Faced with growing American reluctance to send more military aid to Ukraine, European leaders are moving to fill the gap, vowing new support for Kyiv as it battles Russia in…
Sex Workers Have Been Shunned by Banks, Even When Their Work Is Legal
Bella Cummins has run Bella’s Hacienda Ranch, her Nevada brothel, for nearly four decades — and for four decades, she’s been shunned by much of the banking industry. She’s been…
Chapter 5: An Unlikely Escape Route
For Nasreen, getting to New Delhi after she ran away from her family and the betrothal they had arranged for her was a daring feat. But surviving there tested her…
Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?
For the past two decades, the College Board has moved aggressively to expand the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement courses and tests — in part by pitching…
How to Keep Your Bank From Closing All Your Accounts
Having a checking account is a privilege, not a right, but most people forget this until they lose access to their accounts. The security software that banks use to sniff…
Why Revel Shut Down Its Moped Service in New York
When Revel brought 68 electric mopeds to a Brooklyn storefront in 2018, it set out to show New Yorkers that getting around the city could be fun. Riders could hop…
F-1 in Las Vegas: A Roaring Spectacle for Fans, but a Huge Headache for Locals
Rajine Jones has a front-row seat to the Las Vegas Grand Prix, one of the most audacious events to roar into a city built on spectacle. Not that she will…
Book Review: Tackling the Riddle of Free Will | naked capitalism
Yves here. I may be doing Lambert a disservice by previewing some of his thinking, but he questions how much free will we really have. Oh, in theory, we could…
Emergency Pod: Sam Altman is Out at Open AI
Listen and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube Sam Altman, the chief executive of Open AI, was pushed out of the company by its board of directors…