The introduction of the Mac Studio this week got me thinking about how strange the final few years of the Intel-based 27-inch iMac were. When the 27-inch iMac was refreshed in 2020 we all knew it was

As part of Apple’s spring “Peek Performance” product event this morning, Apple unveiled the fourth and final member of the M1 family of Apple Silicon SoCs, the M1 Ultra. Aimed squarely at desktops – s

One takeaway from Apple’s Peek Performance event this week: the Mac is increasingly a platform for pros. After years of pros feeling ignored by the company, that’s a heck of an about-face. But Apple’s

Well, that was exciting, wasn’t it? Here are my quick-hit reactions to Apple’s March 8 event, at which the company updated the iPhone SE and iPad Air, rolled out a brand-new Mac and external display,

Updated at 1:00 p.m. ET on February 26, 2022. After American misadventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, many are rightly hesitant to respond militarily to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . They don’t want to

Before he became the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky played the part on television. He created and starred in a comedy series, Servant of the People . His character, a high-school history tea

Posted on February 26, 2022 Posted by John Scalzi By now, I probably don’t have to tell you about the Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island, who, confronted with a Russian navy ship which demanded their

See more from our live coverage: Biden's Nominee for the Supreme Court Biden Picks Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court If confirmed, Judge Jackson, who drew the support of three Republicans in the

A woman reads a book on her iPhone. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images) Saving movies to watch later is a breeze on YouTube TV, where “ recording without storage limits ” comes free with the monthly s

Paul Krugman How Crypto Became the New Subprime Jan. 27, 2022 By Opinion Columnist If the stock market isn’t the economy — which it isn’t — then cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin really, really aren’t the

Pour one out for Delta, the SARS-CoV-2 variant that Season 3 of the pandemic seems intent on killing off. After holding star billing through the summer and fall of 2021, Delta’s spent the past several

The 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass is one of the nation’s most traffic-clogged corridors . For workers, students and anyone else trying to go between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside d

The Covid Vaccine We Need Now May Not Be a Shot Nasal vaccines under development around the world may make better boosters by stopping the coronavirus in the airways. Waiting after a booster shot of t

On Wednesday, I linked to an analysis, from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, of Substack’s hosting of fringe and extremist publications. I had been sitting on that story for a week or so as I was

A new Stanford study points to more climate pollution coming from the gas stove than previously understood. Catherine Marois/Getty Images Rebecca Leber is a senior reporter covering climate change for

Getty Images/fStop Anna North is a senior correspondent for Vox, where she covers American family life, work, and education. Previously, she was an editor and writer at the New York Times. She is also

Posted on January 28, 2022 Posted by John Scalzi Posting here for archive purposes. In an email, I was asked, given the rise of book bans in schools/libraries, if it made sense for me/other authors to

Bicycling Op-Ed: Why We Are Relaunching the ‘Future of Transportation’ Caucus 12:01 AM EST on January 24, 2022 Image: David Wilson, CC By Two and half years ago, we launched the Future of Transportati

A Fight Over Rooftop Solar Threatens California’s Climate Goals Utility regulators have proposed slashing the incentives homeowners receive to install solar panels, a long-sought goal of utilities and

A woman walks past a mural of a flying white dove dropping Covid-19 vaccine vials in Rome, Italy, in April 2021. The next big challenge for Covid-19 vaccines is to develop one to cover all variants, a

News Analysis The C.D.C.’s New Challenge? Grappling With Imperfect Science The Omicron coronavirus variant is moving much faster than researchers can, worsening a longstanding problem: The agency must

If you go out seeking to learn from their proponents why blockchains and the systems built atop them are apparently the future of our web, you’ll begin to see some common themes. Two of the ones I see

[Helpful note: This article assumes a knowledge of, and reveals details from, the plot of “Arrival.” Read at your own risk.] Large-scale Hollywood films employ a wide range of consultants, from ER doc

For Coronavirus Testing, the Nose May Not Always Be Best As Omicron spreads, some experts are calling for a switch to saliva-based tests, which may detect infections days earlier than nasal swabs do.

I don’t generally lead with benchmarks or pricing, but here’s a thought about the new iPad Mini, which comes equipped with a version of the same A15 chip as the new iPhone 13 and 13 Pro models: For $5

When Delta swept across the United States last year, the extremely transmissible and deadlier variant threw us into pandemic limbo . The virus remained a danger mostly to unvaccinated people, but they

If you’re trapped in COVID isolation right now, you’re making muffins. If that’s literally true, good for you, and I can recommend these . But I’m talking metaphorically. Right now, the infection you’

Zeynep Tufekci The C.D.C. Is Hoping You’ll Figure Covid Out on Your Own Jan. 5, 2022 Credit... Katherine Lam By Opinion Columnist I have some good news and some bad news, and they’re both the same. Se

It’s a new year! Let’s start with the good news! There are now seven independent lab studies showing that Omicron is less infective in the lower lungs. Here’s a compilation from Eric Topol ( who is on

Walter Barker has, since the fall of 2020, had five doses of COVID-19 vaccine. He’s already starting to ponder when he might need a sixth. Barker, a 38-year-old office worker in New York, received his

The first thing I noticed is that it’s thicker than the MacBook Pros of the preceding few years. It feels thicker. It looks thicker. But look at the specs . Last year’s 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro: 0.61 in

After such a momentous 2020 for the Mac , it was hard for 2021 to measure up . But with the Apple silicon transition well underway, the question remains: What does the Mac’s 2022 have in store? Good n

” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. Click here to listen to his new podcast series on all things happiness, How to Build a Happy Life . A re you putting

The Interior Department gave the green light Tuesday to two huge solar farms in the California desert — a reminder that the Biden administration still has tools to combat climate change even if it can

Updated at 12:00 p.m. on December 16, 2021 America was not prepared for COVID-19 when it arrived . It was not prepared for last winter’s surge. It was not prepared for Delta’s arrival in the summer or

And there it is, the first trickle of data to confirm it. In the eyes of vaccinated immune systems, Omicron looks like a big old weirdo—but also, a kind of familiar one. That’s the verdict served up b

Trash never dies. Sometimes it’s not even trash. That’s the notion behind a state law that on Jan. 1 will require Californians to separate organic material from their other garbage. It’s a landmark re

The day before I got my COVID booster shot, news of the variant we’re now calling Omicron erupted around the world. Mere hours earlier, I’d been on the fence about boosting, as I had been for months.

At a White House press briefing yesterday, NPR’s national political correspondent Mara Liasson asked Press Secretary Jen Psaki a question that’s been on many people’s minds: “There are still a lot of

A new dichotomy has begun dogging the pandemic discourse. With the rise of the über-transmissible Delta variant, experts are saying you’re either going to get vaccinated , or going to get the coronavi