Democrats Ask Biden to Investigate Grocery Store Price-Fixing (time.com)
Trump Team Holds Breath as Stormy Daniels Returns to Stand (time.com)
Eurovision Rebukes Singers for Pro-Palestinian Symbols (time.com)
Two singers who performed as part of the 68th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden on Tuesday were reprimanded by event organizers for wearing pro-Palestinian symbols....
Big Tech Is Dominating the AI Lobbying Frenzy in Washington (time.com)
How Far Trump Would Go (time.com)
What emerged in two interviews with Trump, and conversations with more than a dozen of his closest advisers and confidants, were the outlines of an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world.”...
Trump and Trial’s Central Witness Share a Tortured History (time.com)
Exodus From Bibi (time.com)
U.K. Criminalizes Creating Sexually Explicit Deepfake Images (time.com)
The U.K. will criminalize the creation of sexually explicit deepfake images as part of plans to tackle violence against women....
The Rooftop Solar Industry Could Be on the Verge of Collapse (time.com)
A decade ago, someone knocking on your door to sell you solar panels would have been selling you solar panels. Now, they are probably selling you a financial product—likely a lease or a loan....
The Parents Who Regret Having Children (time.com)
Who Is David Pecker, the First Witness in the Trump Hush-Money Trial? (time.com)
Russia's War Against Evangelicals (time.com)
We Need to be Ready for Biotechnology’s “ChatGPT” Moment (time.com)
Nestlé Adds Sugar to Baby Milk and Cereal in Poorer Nations (time.com)
History Shows Abortion Bans Are a War on Poor Women (time.com)
Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Google Workers Revolt Over $1.2 Billion Contract With Israel (time.com)
The protest group, called No Tech for Apartheid, now has more than 200 Google employees closely involved in organizing, according to members, who say there are hundreds more workers sympathetic to their goals. TIME spoke to five current and five former Google workers for this story, many of whom described a growing sense of...
Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry (time.com)
Google provides cloud computing services to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, and the tech giant has negotiated deepening its partnership during Israel’s war in Gaza, a company document viewed by TIME shows....
U.S. Must Act Quickly to Avoid Risks From AI, Report Says (time.com)
Republicans Worry They Could Lose the House—Before the Election (time.com)
When Republicans gained control of the House in November 2022, many in Washington wondered how they would be able to govern effectively with one of the slimmest majorities in history. Some Democrats even speculated if they might be able to take back the House before the term ended....
Rousseau Predicted a Problem With Sam Bankman-Fried’s Plan (time.com)
The philosopher explained, almost 300 years ago, why something like effective altruism was fatally flawed....
Capitalism Can't Solve Climate Change (time.com)
And the IEA, for its part, expects China to continue to be the sole meaningful over-achiever. It recently revised upwards by 728 GW its forecast for total global renewables capacity additions in the period 2023–27. China’s share of this upward revision? Almost 90 percent. While China surges ahead, the rest of the world...
[Other] Do AI Systems Deserve Rights? (time.com)
The article discusses the possibility of people falling in love with AI machines and the potential consequences of AI systems becoming genuinely conscious. The author presents two main viewpoints: “liberals” who believe that we are close to creating sentient AI systems, and “conservatives” who argue that consciousness...
Why Credit Card Debt Is So High Right Now (time.com)
Food Airdrops Are Falling Short in Gaza (time.com)
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