We are on the brink of our last full college football Saturday slate before bowl season. So, it’s apropos that Deion Sanders’ overhype earned him Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year. After announcing Sanders as the recipient of the honor, Sports Illustrated is dodging tomatoes from the Internet gallery the… Read more…
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New rap canon: 25 albums that defined rap’s last 10 years
Hip-hop is 50 years old. An old soul that defined many lives. But the beauty of hip-hop is that it’s also just beginning. While much of the conversation this anniversary year has focused on the genre’s foundational moments, we often shortchange more recent parts of its history. The last decade of hip-hop has been highly...
A Malcolm X opera is restaged for a ‘Black Panther’ world
When we think of Malcolm X, a distinct style comes to mind. Whether it’s on the U.S. Postal Service commemorative stamp, the cover of Alex Haley’s The Autobiography of Malcolm X, or Denzel Washington’s portrayal in Malcolm X, even in airbrushed portraits on barbershop walls, Malcolm X always looks the same: He wears a dark...
Mame Wade Channels Josephine Baker for Vogue Greece Holiday
French-Senegalese model Mame Wade channels Josephine Baker in this latest set of images for Vogue Greece Holiday Edition. Shot by top photographer Koto Bolofo, Wade sports stunning luxury accessories and glittering gold paint. Wade’s unique hair look was conceived by hair stylist Sofie Begtrup, while her striking peye look comes courtesy of makeup artist Maria...
Disinformation Is Big Challenge as COP28 Opens in Dubai
Online influencers, fossil fuel companies and some of the countries attending COP28 have nourished a feedback loop of falsehoods.
Big Companies Find a Way to Identify A.I. Data They Can Trust
Mainstream companies have concerns about the lineage of the data that powers A.I. applications. An industry group is addressing that challenge.
4,789 Facebook Accounts in China Impersonated Americans, Meta Says
The company warned that the inauthentic accounts underscored the threat of foreign election interference in 2024.
Advertisers Say They Do Not Plan to Return to X After Musk’s Comments
Elon Musk, the owner of X, criticized advertisers with expletives on Wednesday at The New York Times’s DealBook Summit.
Judge Halts TikTok Ban in Montana
TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been locked in a legal battle with Montana since the state passed the ban in April.
ChatGPT is one year old. Here’s how it changed the tech world.
Enlarge / An artist’s interpretation of what ChatGPT might look like if embodied in the form of a robot toy blowing out a birthday candle. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) One year ago today, on November 30, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT. It’s uncommon for a single product to create as much impact on the...



