Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Why America’s AI Boom Isn’t an Industrial Boom
To close such gaps, companies hoping to build at home could start by using modular, off-site methods that can cut project timelines by half and capital costs by 10 to 20%, and deploying technology, collaborative contracting, and more to lower construction costs. Also AI- and robot-first operating models can help employers transform labor productivity. Our…
Read MoreJinger Duggar Tearfully Shares Experience With Postpartum Depression After Welcoming Baby No. 2
Jinger Duggar is detailing a difficult chapter in her motherhood journey. The Counting On alum, mom to kids Felicity, 8, Evangeline, 6, and Finnegan, 17 months, with husband Jeremy Vuolo, shared her experience with postpartum depression after welcoming their second baby in 2020. “I remember after having Evie, I had postpartum depression,” Jinger told her sister Joy-Anna Duggar on the Sept. 2 episode of Jinger and Jeremy’s The…
Read MoreTrump Suggests Renaming Strait of Hormuz the ‘Trump Strait’ Amid Renewed Iran Hostilities
The U.S. military said it struck air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine laying capabilities, and communications sites linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday released a statement insisting the U.S. had attacked civilian areas and service infrastructure in the provinces of Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan,…
Read MoreThe 2026 Defender OCTA’s Premium Price Buys Off-Road Performance, Not Cabin Polish
The OCTA is built for buyers looking to push it to its limits in extreme terrain. Photo: Nick Dimbleby for Land Rover Throughout its decades-long life as a British automotive icon, the Land Rover Defender was always the brand’s most rugged offspring. It once served as more of a Joe Sixpack and Suzy Temp knock-around…
Read MoreJulia Stiles Reveals How Her Husband, 3 Kids Are Supporting Her DWTS Journey
As she added, “It’s pretty special.” Yet, despite Stiles’ experience dancing onscreen as Sara in Save the Last Dance, she admitted DWTS comes with its own set of challenges. “That’s the crazy thing,” she said. “This is the first time I’m not hiding behind a character, or like a script. This is me. It’s not…
Read MoreBetches CEO Aleen Dreksler on Staying Ahead of the Internet
From Instagram and podcasts to Netflix specials and women’s sports, Dreksler has spent 15 years making sure Betches evolves before its audience moves on. Courtesy Betches Long before TikTok’s algorithm and the creator economy reshaped digital media, Betches was already helping define internet culture for millennial women. The site ( whose name riffs on “bitches”)…
Read MoreTaiwan’s Gallerists Are Rerouting Their Ambitions Away From the Mainland
PALM Gallary in Paris. Courtesy of the gallery Shifting away from a historical reliance on Mainland China, a wave of Taiwanese galleries is establishing outposts across major Western art capitals from Paris and London to New York and Palm Beach. Historically, cross-border expansion for Taiwanese galleries meant heading to Beijing or Shanghai. Home to one…
Read MoreTim Curry’s Clue Costar Lesley Ann Warren Says He “Struggled” During Final Appearances
Lesley Ann Warren will always remember Tim Curry fondly. After the Clue actor died on Aug. 25 at the age of 80, his costar shared insight into the months leading up to his death, recalling what she observed of Curry’s health when they reunited for the classic film’s anniversary screenings in May and June. “As much…
Read More‘Ink’ Is an Exhilarating Portrait of the Beginning of the End of Newspapers
Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell in Ink —Courtesy of Netflix What do we mean when we say a filmmaker has returned to form? Danny Boyle has made Oscar-winning movies (Slumdog Millionaire), great movies that people will remember forever (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later), and superb, expressive movies that not many people think about anymore (Sunshine, A…
Read MoreWhat is ‘Scromiting’? ER Doctors Are Seeing it More
—Anastassiya Bezhekeneva—Getty Images Recreational cannabis use is now legal in 24 U.S. states. After Illinois legalized it, in 2020, James Swartz started to keep an eye out for any changes in public health that might stem from more widespread marijuana use. A professor of social work at the University of Chicago, he still remembers when…
Read MorePersonality Is Linked to Genes, New Study Finds
Many, many genes—more than were identified in this study—are probably involved, influencing a variety of pathways in the brain, Nivard says. “That must be the case, given how diffuse we find those genetic effects to be.” “It’s a wonderful paper,” says Tena Vukasović Hlupić, a psychologist at the University of Zagreb who was not an…
Read MoreKenan Thompson Reveals Which Role Made Him Almost Quit Acting
Chris Redd Breaks Silence on Relationship With Kenan Thompson’s Ex Christina Evangeline Kenan & Kel was almost just…Kel. Kenan Thompson revealed he nearly quit acting after struggling to nail the ins and outs of hockey for his debut role in 1994’s D2: The Mighty Ducks. “I put it on my resume under special skills that I could roller…
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