A Song of Ice and Fire in House of the Dragon
Despite only appearing in flashbacks, King Aerys II Targaryen, a.k.a. The Mad King, loomed large over Game of Thrones. He was cruel and delighted in setting his…
Read moreBillionaires Have Always Owned the Media. Musk Is No Great Threat
The explosive announcement that Elon Musk is buying Twitter and taking it private has generated a slew of commentary. While there have been some hosannas, the general…
Read moreApple Watch- What to Know About the Legal Disputes
In a win for Apple, a U.S. federal appeals court earlier this week dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the tech giant had illegally monopolized the U.S. market…
Read moreAnother U.S. Inflation Gauge Is Heading Even Higher
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues in the coming week can expect to see their key inflation metric accelerate to a fresh four-decade high last…
Read more6 Climate Stories to Watch in 2024
(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) The private sector role in addressing climate change has evolved over…
Read moreHow to Get a Six-Figure Job as an AI Prompt Engineer
A new kind of AI job is emerging—and it pays six-figure salaries and doesn’t require a degree in computer engineering, or even advanced coding skills. With the…
Read moreMeet the Obscure Financier Behind Donald Trump’s Media Company
From a WeWork office in Miami, an obscure financier by the name of Patrick Orlando has become an unlikely power behind what is, for a meme-stock minute,…
Read moreHow China Became a Global Lender of Last Resort
The U.S. and International Monetary Funding have for decades been the globe’s lenders of last resort, stepping in to provide emergency loans to countries in financial distress….
Read moreMusk Has Inherited Twitter’s India Problem
One night last February, Indian police showed up at the home address of a Twitter employee in New Delhi. There, the employee was served with a legal…
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