Stephanie Grisham, the Latest White House Memoirist, Offers Apologies and Payback
Observers often compared Donald J. Trump’s administration to the kind of reality show he once oversaw. But the many memoirs to emerge from its …
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U.K. Labour Party Leader Makes a Firm Push to the Political Center
BRIGHTON, England — After days of internal discord, Britain’s main opposition leader, Keir Starmer, ended the Labour Party’s annual conference on …
‘Stalkerware’ Apps Are Proliferating. Protect Yourself.
It looked like a calculator app. But it was actually spyware recording my every keystroke — the type of data that would give a stalker unfettered …
Amazon Should Invent With Care
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. Amazon has achieved something remarkable in the seven years …
Le Goncourt renoue-t-il avec les conflits d’intérêts?
De gauche à droite, Pierre Assouline, Philippe Claudel, Patrick Rambaud, Pascal Bruckner, Didier Decoin, Camille Laurens, François Chandernagor …
In ‘Rationality,’ Steven Pinker Sticks Up (Again) for Reason’s Role in Human Progress
For someone who so frequently and serenely proclaims that he’s right, Steven Pinker can get curiously defensive. In “Rationality: What It Is, Why …
La Palma Volcano Lava Hits Ocean, Creating a Pyramid and Toxic Gas Risks
Ten days into a volcanic eruption on the Spanish island of La Palma, a pyramid formed on Wednesday just off its coast, after the lava flow …
In Paris, It’s Literary Scandal Season Again
PARIS — The sidewalks of Paris were already strewn with fallen chestnuts by the time the literary season’s first scandal finally broke. Most …
YouTube bans all anti-vaccine misinformation.
YouTube said on Wednesday that it was banning several prominent anti-vaccine activists from its platform, including the accounts of Joseph …
Selling Homes Privately, via ‘Pocket Listings,’ Is on the Upswing
In April, as the frenzied real estate market approached a fever pitch, Bridget Medina jumped into the fray. In doing so, she had a distinct …