In an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret.
Category: Business / National Affairs
White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram
A “friendlier” front for racist extremism has spread rapidly across the US in recent months, as active club channels network on Telegram’s encrypted messaging app.
In the War Against Russia, Some Ukrainians Carry AK-47s. Andrey Liscovich Carries a Shopping List
Kyiv enlisted a Silicon Valley insider to rush consumer-grade tech onto the battlefield. He’s giving a demo of the future of war: the military-retail complex.
This Website Exposes the Truth About Soaring Food Prices
A developer in Austria created a comparison website that helped open up the opaque world of food costs as regulators investigate the food industry.
The 15-Minute City Conspiracy Theory Goes Mainstream
The fringe idea that cities built for biking and walking are part of a government plot has been picked up by … the UK government.
The Game Theory of the Auto Strikes
As the United Auto Workers strike against Detroit’s Big Three drags on, a classic behavioral theory provides a way to figure out how long they may continue.
Amazon’s All-Powerful ‘Buy Box’ Is at the Heart of Its New Antitrust Troubles
The US Federal Trade Commission filed a long-anticipated antitrust complaint alleging that Amazon uses its power over sellers to keep ecommerce prices artificially high.
Inside the Senate’s Private AI Meeting With Tech’s Billionaire Elites
Dozens of US senators listened quietly as tech titans and AI ethicists schooled them on the “civilizational risks” of generative AI.
A Concrete Crisis Has the UK Literally Crumbling
Hundreds of schools, hospitals, and other public buildings made from RAAC, a cheap, lightweight concrete, have to close—the victims of quick fixes and decades of cost-cutting.
Is Google’s Search Engine Smart or Sneaky? A Trial Court Judge Will Decide
Google’s search dominance is going on trial in the biggest US antitrust case since a crackdown on Big Tech that started in 2019.