The circulation of explicit and pornographic pictures of megastar Taylor Swift this week shined a light on artificial intelligence’s ability to create convincingly real, damaging – and fake – images. But the concept is far from new: People have weaponized this type of technology against women and girls for years. And with the rise and […]
The union vote is becoming more Republican
Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tussling over the union vote. Biden, who is meeting with the United Auto Workers in Michigan on Thursday, finds himself trying to fend off Trump’s overtures to a traditionally Democratic constituency. Trump is meeting up with the Teamsters in Washington on Wednesday. Trump’s efforts seem to be paying off, […]
Doctor: Why I’m cheering about pharmacists in my state prescribing birth control pills
As of January 1, in the two states where I practice medicine — Rhode Island and Connecticut — it is legal for pharmacists to prescribe oral contraceptive pills (OCPs, more commonly known as birth control pills). Twenty-seven other states, plus the District of Columbia, have similarly permissive laws. I’m cheering. That may sound strange: Aren’t […]
Sofia Richie Grainge announces pregnancy with ‘Vogue’ photoshoot
For young celebrities in the public eye today, many of life’s milestones are accompanied by a glossy magazine feature — or perhaps a carefully-staged paparazzi shoot, depending on the narrative at hand. It could be the announcement of a new professional venture or personal success; a “revenge body” reveal if there’s a failed relationship to […]
A fake recording of a candidate saying he’d rigged the election went viral. Experts say it’s only the beginning
Days before a pivotal election in Slovakia to determine who would lead the country, a damning audio recording spread online in which one of the top candidates seemingly boasted about how he’d rigged the election. And if that wasn’t bad enough, his voice could be heard on another recording talking about raising the cost of […]
Pope Francis lambasts climate change skeptics and ‘irresponsible’ Western lifestyles
Pope Francis has made his strongest statement yet on the accelerating climate crisis, pinning blame on big industries and world leaders as well as “irresponsible” Western lifestyles, in a blistering statement on Wednesday. “Our responses have not been adequate, while the world in which we live is collapsing and may be nearing the breaking point,” […]
The NSA buys Americans’ internet data, newly released documents show
The National Security Agency has been buying Americans’ web browsing data from commercial data brokers without warrants, intelligence officials disclosed in documents made public by a US senator Thursday. The purchases include information about the websites Americans visit and the apps that they use, said Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden, releasing newly unclassified letters he […]
Biden to head to East Palestine one year after train derailment after facing intense pressure to visit
President Joe Biden will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, next month, roughly a year after a train derailment there caused an environmental disaster, a White House official said Wednesday. Biden is expected to highlight the federal government’s response to the disaster while calling on Congress to take further steps to address rail safety, officials told […]
Opinion: As a child I fled the Nazis. As a grandmother I survived Hamas attack. Why this Holocaust Memorial Day is different
As we mark International Holocaust Memorial Day, I find myself compelled to share a story, my story, bookmarked by some of the darkest chapters in history. I was born in Germany in 1935. From Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany to the October 7 attack on my Gaza border community of Kibbutz Zikim, my life, through no […]
Russian billionaire loses Sotheby’s art fraud lawsuit involving ‘Salvator Mundi’
A federal jury on Tuesday ruled in favor of Sotheby’s at a trial in which the Russian billionaire oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev accused the auction house of defrauding him out of tens of millions of dollars in art sales. Rybolovlev accused Sotheby’s of conspiring with Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier to trick him into paying inflated […]