Los Angeles Times
It's not acting if it's just one AI avatar talking at another
Contrast the hype for a new AI 'performer' with the authentic reaction to a premiere from Daniel Day-Lewis
4 min |
October 07, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Free Press' Bari Weiss joins CBS News as editor in chief
Paramount has acquired the Free Press, a four-year-old digital news platform, and will make its controversial co-founder Bari Weiss editor in chief of CBS News, the company announced Monday.
2 min |
October 07, 2025
Los Angeles Times
State joins effort to spot signs of dyslexia early on
California will evaluate kids in kindergarten, first and second grades to help identify learning difficulties and improve low reading scores
5 min |
October 07, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Extension sought in Georgia election case
Thehead of a nonpartisan agency tasked with finding a prosecutor to take over the Georgia election interference case against President Trump and others is asking for more time after a judge set a two-week deadline for that appointment to be made.
2 min |
October 07, 2025
Los Angeles Times
Trio wins Nobel Prize in medicine
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.
4 min |
October 07, 2025
Los Angeles Times
France’s prime minister resigns
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in office on Monday and less than 24 hours after naming a new government that prompted a key coalition ally to withdraw support.
2 min |
October 07, 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
ACTOR AND SINGER KEKE PALMER on ANTIGUA
I spent the last seven days of 2023 in Antigua with my parents, my siblings, some extended family, and my son, Leo, who was 10 months old at the time.
1 min |
November 2025
WIRED
SKELETON CREW
Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies. These corpses have been strategically laid out in rows, naked as the day they were born, and left to the mercy of the elements until all that's left of them are bones.
3 min |
November - December 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
space to grow
To outsiders, the fourth-largest city in the United States might seem like an impenetrable sprawl of highways and suburbs. But Houston's art and food scenes are among the country’s finest, the result of vibrant communities and a sense of boundlessness that's always left residents lots of room to dream
10+ min |
November 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
Go Beyond the Usual Luxuries
With so much comfort and beauty as your base, the Maldives is a place to try new things
4 min |
November 2025
WIRED
THE FIGHT OF HER LIFE
Surrogate pregnancy is all the rage in Silicon Valley and beyond. What happens when it goes horribly wrong?
10+ min |
November - December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Soda-Straw Pipette
I rarely use a stain or dye right out of the can. I make my own custom mixes in small quantities until I get the color just right.
1 min |
December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Dovetailed Box
This dovetailed box is a great way to practice dovetails and some hand tool skills.
8 min |
December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Milwaukee M18 Dust Extractor
Tool manufacturers are constantly benchmarking their competitors when developing new tools.
1 min |
December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Plane Blade Lapping Jig
Lapping the back of the plane blade can be a lot of work.
1 min |
December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Hovarter VX21 Wagon Vise
When I began construction of my version of the Shaker Workbench (featured later in this issue), I went on the hunt for vise hardware.
1 min |
December 2025
WIRED
I THOUGHT I KNEW SILICON VALLEY I WAS WRONG
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
Don't Skip the Second Cities
A weekend in Columbus, Ohio, proves that an under-the-radar midsize metropolis can offer its own set of memorable experiences
2 min |
November 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
step by step
As autumn gives way to winter in the remote Japanese region of Tohoku, Adam H. Graham hikes through misty forests and past seaside vistas, trying out a new coastal trail that is helping reinvigorate the communities devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami
8 min |
November 2025
WIRED
QUEEN OF CHIPS
Lisa Su has built AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages on, she's at the center of it all.
8 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
GEAR FOR GOOD
Montane Men's Kamen XT Hooded Down Jacket
5 min |
November - December 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
ROCK OF AGES
Cagliari, Sardinia's singular capital, is synonymous with preservation: Historical relics layer the city, ancient customs define modern life, and the many centenarians share their wisdom with the next generation
7 min |
November 2025
Condé Nast Traveler US
higher learning
How climbing Mount Kilimanjaro with her dad taught Christine Chitnis what kind of traveler— and what kind of parent—she wanted to become
4 min |
November 2025
WIRED
MOV'D BY THE SPIRIT
Whether your chip runs an old computer game or a new DeepSeek model, it'll reward you for speaking its native tongue: assembly.
5 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
KAT'S OUT OF THE BAG
At 26 years old, Kat Abughazaleh thinks she's uniquely qualified for Congress. But running for office is a different sort of influencing.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
FAHRENHEIT 5G
INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MOST PROLIFIC VIOLENCE OF OUR ERA. ANTI-TECHNOLOGY ARSONIST IN AMERICAAND THE CONSPIRACY-DRIVEN POLITICAL
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
SPACE EMPEROR
ELON MUSK CONTROLS THOUSANDS OF INTERNET SATELLITES AND MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD'S ROCKET LAUNCHES. CAN ANYONE STOP HIM?
10+ min |
November - December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Hone Scrapers with Diamonds
A lot of folks use a stone to put the final edge on a scraper before turning its hook, but I prefer to use a diamond paddle. It cuts faster than most stones and obviously won't develop a rut, which is always a danger when you continually run the edge of a scraper on a stone.
1 min |
December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Harvey Alpha A-15 Intelligent Bandsaw
At IWF 2024, Harvey Industries introduced their newest bandsaw innovation, the Alpha A-15 Intelligent Bandsaw. After months of anticipation, the A-15 began arriving to customers in the summer of 2025, and the reception could not have been better. Woodworkers who have had the chance to put the machine through its paces are already praising it as one of the most forward-thinking tools to hit the market in years.
1 min |
December 2025
Popular Woodworking
Oliver Machinery 15" Helical Head Planer
For years, bench-top planers have been capped at around 13\".
1 min |