Anthropic was the Pentagon’s choice for AI. Now it’s banned and experts are worried

0 Comments

Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Ruhani Kaur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Last August, Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael, a former Uber executive and attorney, took on the added role of overseeing the Defense Department’s artificial intelligence portfolio. A […]


The 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards’ Harry Potter Problem

0 Comments

In January, my colleague Kelly Jensen wrote about the Unbearable Whiteness of the Goodreads Choice Awards: only 11% of winners were written by authors of color, and that was even worse in the first five years of the award. Queer books haven’t fared much better, though that had been shifting in the last handful of […]


Adams admin hires foreign firms to run NYC’s Downtown Heliport, raising security concerns: Not ‘a wise choice’

0 Comments

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has chosen two foreign firms to run the Downtown Manhattan Heliport, raising concerns in some national-security circles because the president’s Marine One chopper uses it. The city Economic Development Corporation selected Downtown Skyport LLC — a partnership between Skyports Infrastructure, a UK-based firm and the operator of the London Heliport, and […]


11 Queer Books to Vote for in the Goodreads Choice Awards

0 Comments

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I shared a list of queer adult books to vote for in the opening round of the Goodreads Choice Awards with the intention of sharing the YA books to vote for this week…except now the opening round has […]