This was supposed to be the year when autonomous agents took over everyday tasks. The tech industry overpromised and ...

Alex Abramovich A writer and professor of journalism at New York University.

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Free-speech norms and powerful tech companies make legal restrictions unlikely—but social changes are already taking place.

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Jim Jarmusch’s three-part drama, set in New Jersey, Dublin, and Paris, casts such notables as Adam Driver and Cate Blanchett ...

Rachel Sennott, the HBO series’ creator and star, may be a relative newcomer to Los Angeles, but she’s a native of the show’s ...