Wall Street Journal

We Could Use a Return to Gallantry

I don’t want to sum up the year, outline hopes for 2026, predict or warn. I want to say we all have to become better people. You won’t get through the future without faith, you won’t get through life ...
The New York Times

Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘What We Can Know’

Ian McEwan’s latest novel, “What We Can Know,” is many things at once: It’s a science fiction imagining of a future world devastated by climate catastrophe; it’s a literary mystery about a scholar’s ...
Ars Technica

How AI coding agents work—and what to remember if you use them

AI coding agents from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google can now work on software projects for hours at a time, writing complete apps, running tests, and fixing bugs with human supervision. But these tools ...
VentureBeat

Google releases FunctionGemma: a tiny edge model that can control mobile devices with natural language

While Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google's not taking the foot off the gas in terms of releasing new models. Yesterday, the company released FunctionGemma, a specialized 270-million parameter AI ...
The New York Times

Book Club: Read ‘What We Can Know,’ by Ian McEwan, With the Book Review

In December, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Ian McEwan’s latest novel, about a long-lost poem, the 2014 dinner party where it was read and the future dystopia that embraced it. By MJ ...
Forbes

AI Browser Agents Radically Transform How We Use The Internet

Most of us were introduced to the internet through web browsers. Who remembers Netscape Navigator? Or the more recently departed Internet Explorer? For 30 or so years, they’ve been an essential ...
PBS

Ian McEwan’s ‘What We Can Know’ depicts life in a world ravaged by climate change

Imagine the impact of climate change is irreversible, and decades of flooding, famine, pandemics and war have upended life on earth. That world is explored in Ian McEwan's new novel, “What We Can Know ...
Wall Street Journal

‘What We Can Know’ Review: A Night to Remember, Imperfectly

Over the course of his career, Ian McEwan has become known for a variety of memorable set pieces: events, random or spectacular or apparently banal, that seem to crystallize, or catalyze, his ...
Los Angeles Times

In Ian McEwan’s provocative time bender, ‘What We Can Know,’ the past is elusive

In our fiercely tribal and divisive culture, when consensus is illusory and we can’t seem to agree on even the most fundamental facts, the notion of shared history as a societal precept has left the ...
AOL

Function Health CEO Jonathan Swerdlin Is Trying to Change the Way We Manage Our Wellbeing

When Jonathan Swerdlin tells you he pours his blood, sweat, and tears into his work, he means it more literally than most company leaders. Swerdlin is the CEO and co-founder of Function Health, a fast ...
PC Magazine

Yes, You Can Use One VPN to Protect All of Your Devices—Here’s How

Yes, You Can Use One VPN to Protect All of Your Devices—Here’s How If you're only using a VPN on your PC, your online activity isn't fully protected. I’ll show you how to use just one VPN to keep ...
Medical News Today

A guide to using FSA for medications

You can use a healthcare flexible spending account (FSA) for prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medications, but you may still need supporting documentation to validate certain expenses. Examples ...