Google’s latest entry-level phone, which costs $500, is just as good as devices nearly double its price.Not long ago, there were plenty of compelling reasons to spend upward of $900 on a smartphone. Nowadays, you’ll have to come up with an excuse to pay that m... More »
The relationship between political campaigns, the news media and the public isn’t exactly an interplay between independent actors. It’s a web of influence.This dynamic is particularly relevant when it comes to the avalanche of headlines and polls about Preside... More »
Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.Despite the continuing rise in opioid overdose deaths,... More »
President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesVALHALLA, N. Y. — President Joe Biden took his debt ceiling appeal to the road on Wednesday, part of an effort to more aggressive... More »
A person wearing a mask walks out of a store past a "wear a face mask" sign in New York City in 2022. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will allow the federal public health emergency for the COVID-19 pan... More »
Drake spent longer looking for an L.A. home than living in it. A year after dropping $75 million on a mega-mansion in Beverly Crest, the rapper has put it back on the market with an even bigger price tag: $88 million.It’s a surprising move for the hip-hop star... More »
Epic Games is expanding Fall Guys — its bubbly battle royale populated by little jellybean dudes — to make room for player-crafted creativity. With its fourth season, live today, Fall Guys adds a new creative mode that invites players to sculpt their own level... More »
Smartphone sales have been declining lately, mostly because the smartphones themselves have not been changing drastically year over year. A slightly better camera here, a nicer screen there—the technology has plateaued. The solution, according to tech companie... More »
Under ReviewClancy Martin’s Writerly RepetitionsIn “How Not to Kill Yourself,” a memoir on suicide, the author returns to the obsessions and self-obliterations that have recurred in his fiction and essays.By Wyatt WilliamsMay 10, 2023Illustration by Matt Willi... More »
Two South Asian dance troupes, Nrityagram and Chitrasena, exemplars of different styles, team up for a program at the Joyce Theater.A little over 10 years ago, the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, a superlative exemplar of the classical Indian dance form Odissi, tea... More »
The surge of interest in e-sports, online fantasy leagues and more extensive online financial infrastructure have made the concept of real-money gaming more popular among consumers and games developers. Today a startup called Triumph — which has built an engin... More »
Ubisoft has confirmed a round of layoffs for team members in the US and UK. The company said in an emailed statement that 60 staffers from the company's offices in Cary, North Carolina and Newcastle in the UK "could be impacted" due to organizational changes.T... More »