Jim Carrey Marries Min Ah in Private Wedding Ceremony

Jim Carrey Marries Min Ah in Private Wedding Ceremony

Jim Carrey is living in eternal sunshine—no spotless mind needed. And that’s because 64-year-old and his partner Min Ah have officially tied the knot, a spokesperson for Carrey confirmed to E! News Sept. 30. This marks Carrey’s third time walking down the aisle; he was first married to Melissa Womer, with whom he shares daughter…

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Accused plane hijacker is religious extremist who refused to shake women’s hands: ‘We hired a terrorist’

Accused plane hijacker is religious extremist who refused to shake women’s hands: ‘We hired a terrorist’

The flydubai staffer accused of trying to hijack a plane carrying 174 people to Israel by stabbing the lead pilot was known as a religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women, according to a colleague. The co-pilot responsible for what Israel’s defense minister called “a jihadist terrorist attack” Wednesday has not been named…

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Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His Latest Interview With TIME

Fact-Checking What Donald Trump Said in His Latest Interview With TIME

What Trump Said: “Look, we’re building more automobile plants in the United States, and bigger ones, than we’ve ever built before.” The Facts: Instead of building new factories, automakers appear to be largely adapting current ones.  General Motors has also announced plans to convert a number of internal combustion engine plants—located in Michigan, Tennessee, Ohio,…

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The President and the Press

The President and the Press

The relationship between Presidents and the press is inherently adversarial. Since the emergence of a modern mass media and a professional White House press corps in the early 20th century, Presidents have sought to use journalists to disseminate their ideas, goals, and achievements—and have treated coverage that deviates from their spin as misleading, hostile, or…

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What Trump Has Built

What Trump Has Built

Trump’s contribution to the debate about AI safeguards has been to announce the formation of an “AI Force,” which he now wants to rename the “SI Force”—part of his effort to rebrand artificial intelligence as “super intelligence.” Asked what the group will do, Trump responds: “It’s going to be super intelligent.” Pressed further, he explains…

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Why the U.S. Must Simultaneously Compete—and Cooperate—With China on AI

Why the U.S. Must Simultaneously Compete—and Cooperate—With China on AI

We also need to tighten remaining gaps in our semiconductor manufacturing equipment controls so China can less capably obtain tools to manufacture powerful chips at scale and service their pre-existing equipment. That work has to happen with our Dutch, Japanese, and German allies and partners who manufacture and service this chipmaking equipment.  Finally, the U.S.…

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Jane Goodall Prepared Us for a World Without Her

Jane Goodall Prepared Us for a World Without Her

What made that moment so powerful for us was the healing it brought to the grief we were then carrying: Jane and I had both just lost our mothers, the pillars of our lives, mere months apart. Jane often tried to soften that blow by saying, “They’re on a cloud together somewhere, Henry; they’re floating…

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