The world’s political leaders, including in Israel, Ukraine, the U.K., France and Italy, have began congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on his election win. The Republican and former reality television star emerged victorious on Tuesday, beating Vice President Kamala Harris to the 270 electoral votes to return to the Oval Office. It marks a historic comeback […]
We recently told you why the Nintendo 64 controller was actually terrible, contrary to any flawed childhood memories you may have. Now let’s take a look at why the GameCube controller is quite the opposite. In fact, it stands as one of the best joypads Nintendo has ever released, and a brilliant example of how […]
Armie Hammer, the onetime A-list actor whose career came tumbling down around him amid a number of #MeToo accusations, is stepping back into the public sphere with a new podcast. “Some of you are going to love this and some of you are going to fucking hate it,” says Hammer, 38, on Instagram, strolling down […]
By Ben Goldfarb Photographs by Mette Lampcov The 28th question of the hardest exam I’d taken since college was a smudged footprint pressed lightly into damp sand. The track possessed four teardrop-shaped toes and a vaguely trapezoidal heel pad; one toe, third from the left, jutted above the others, like a human’s middle finger. I […]
For five years, reactor one at Three Mile Island nuclear power station in Pennsylvania has lain dormant. Now, thanks to a deal with Microsoft, the reactor will start running again in 2028—this time to exclusively supply the tech firm with oodles of low-carbon electricity. It’s all part of an ongoing flirtation between Big Tech and […]
