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10 people charged for ‘organized attack’ on ICE agents, cop after military-style ambush: DOJ
Ten members of an armed mob accused of attacking an ICE detention center on July 4th have been charged by the Department of Justice with attempted murder. The assailants...
Tech and Media Titans Touch Down in Sun Valley for the Allen & Co. Conference
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrives at the Sun Valley Lodge for the 2025 Allen & Co. conference on July 8, 2025. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images For the world’s top...
Regulators Start the Clock, Engineers Build the Rails: Can the Creator Economy Scale?
From high fees to payout thresholds, today’s digital economy isn’t built for the people powering it. Unsplash+ A new labor force is taking shape—one that doesn’t clock in, file...
Meta’s Yann LeCun Defends Open-Source A.I. Amid Geopolitical Tension
Yann LeCun has spent recent years developing a project known as JEPA, or Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture, at Meta AFP via Getty Images If A.I. research remains open and...
How Third-Party Guarantees Are Quietly (But Significantly) Rewriting the Rules of the Art Auction
New York Spring Marquee auctions in May generated a combined total of $1.27 billion, representing an 8 percent decline compared to last year’s results ($1.38 billion in May 2024)....
Salesforce Pauses Hiring Engineers and Lawyers Due to A.I., Says CEO Marc Benioff
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says A.I. is improving his company internally. Photo by Brontë Wittpen/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett For a glimpse into how A.I. is transforming company workforces,...
David Ellison’s $8B Paramount Takeover Inches Forward as Drama Surrounds Deal
David Ellison has laid out a vision centered on A.I.-assisted production and a renewed focus on tentpole films. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images A second 90-day extension on Paramount...
A Hedge Against Instability: Private Markets Are Replacing Traditional Safe Havens
As traditional safe havens falter, private equity and crypto offer investors structural resilience and long-term growth potential. Unsplash+ In times of high volatility, investors find that even traditionally stable...
From Dung to Dust, Unconventional Mediums Pose Challenges for Conservators and Collectors
Thomas Unger has made the unconventional choice to paint with coffee and motor oil. Courtesy Thomas Unger Like a lot of people, Thomas Unger is pretty particular about his...
Strugglecore, Inc.: The Optimization Trap
Anxiety, optimized: In the age of aestheticized self-help, healing is content and struggle is branding. Unsplash+ When a book sells itself as “Marie Kondo, but for your brain,” you...
