Trump’s Pick of E.J. Antoni as BLS Leader Criticized by the Right and the Left
Economists on the left and right criticized E.J. Antoni for misunderstanding the data he would now oversee.
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Walk-off loss to Angels puts Dodgers in first-place tie in NL West
The Dodgers finally had their storybook moment. Until the Angels rewrote it with a walk-off ending. In the top of the ninth inning at Angel Stadium on Tuesday night, Shohei Ohtani lifted the Dodgers to the verge of a badly needed win, breaking a tie score with the kind of moment that could have jump-started…
Trump Will Discuss Ukraine With European Leaders Ahead of Putin Meeting
Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several allies will host the president for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.
ChatGPT’s model picker is back, and it’s complicated
When OpenAI launched GPT-5 last week, the company said the model would simplify the ChatGPT experience. OpenAI hoped GPT-5 would act as a sort of “one size fits all” AI model with a router that would automatically decide how to best answer user questions. The company said this unified approach would eliminate the need for…
Taylor Swift Unveils 12th Studio Album ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ After Mystery Countdown
Taylor Swift has officially set her next musical chapter in motion, revealing her 12th studio album “The Life of a Showgirl” after a day-long countdown on her official website drew frenzied speculation from fans. The timer, which appeared on August 11, ran down to 12:12 a.m. ET on August 12, unlocking a pre-order page for…
China says it ‘drove away’ U.S. warship near the disputed Scarborough Shoal
The 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy sets sail from a military port in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, Feb. 21, 2024. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images China said Wednesday it warned and “drove away” a U.S. destroyer that had sailed near the coast of the disputed…
Kabul, Afghanistan’s Capital, Could Run Out of Water by 2030
The six million people living in the Afghan capital could be out of water by 2030. The government is scrambling for solutions, but financial reserves are as dry as Kabul’s water basins.
Brewers hammer Paul Skenes, Pirates as win streak reaches 11
Aug 12, 2025, 10:46 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Paul Skenes is one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball this season. Not even he could slow down the Milwaukee Brewers. The Pittsburgh Pirates’ ace right-hander became Milwaukee’s latest victim after giving up the first two of five home runs Tuesday night in a 14-0 rout…
How AI poisoning is fighting bots that hoover data without permission
Gone are the days when the web was dominated by humans posting social media updates or exchanging memes. Earlier this year, for the first time since the data has been tracked, web-browsing bots, rather than humans, accounted for the bulk of web traffic. Well over half of that bot traffic is from malicious bots, hoovering…
Russia might be responsible for the PACER hack
Just a few days after administrators announced that the “federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks,” the New York Times reports investigators have found evidence Russia is “at least partially responsible” for a recent hack. Politico reported on the breach last week, saying…