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Emma Roth, reporting for The Verge back on July 1 (emphasis added): Threads’ DMs are currently available to users aged 18 and over on Android, iOS, and the web, but you can only have one-on-one conversations right now. Moving forward, Threads plans to roll out the abilit...

From a press release from the UK’s National Drought Group this week, quoting group chair Helen Wakeham (emphasis added): “We are grateful to the public for following the restrictions, where in place, to conserve water in these dry conditions. Simple, everyday choices — s...

President Donald Trump began his second term with a playbook in hand for how he might take control of aspects of D.C.’s government, according to Post reporting. Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department this week was just one possible outcome.

Host Colby Itkowitz speaks with White House reporter Cleve Wootson and The Post’s White House bureau chief, Matt Viser, about how Trump set the stage for deploying the National Guard in D.C. and taking control of the city’s police force. They also unpack exclusive Post reporting on a plan to create a federal “reaction force” to deploy in cities across the country, and the stakes for Trump’s meeting with Putin in Alaska on Friday.

Today’s show was produced by Arjun Singh. It was edited by Laura Benshoff and mixed by Sean Carter. 

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For this week’s episode of The New Stack Agents, I talked to Scott Carey, the editor in chief of LeadDev,

The post The Top AI Tool for Devs Isn’t GitHub Copilot, New Report Finds appeared first on The New Stack.

Writer Thomas Mallon looks back on the early years of the AIDS epidemic, when he was in his 30s, living in Manhattan. His friends were sick or dead, and he was terrified that he’d die, too. Excerpts of his journals from those years are collected in The Very Heart of It. He'll also talk about his latest novel, Up with the Sun, based on the life and murder of a little-known gay actor from the 1950s and '60s.

Also, we remember jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who died Monday at age 96. And Justin Chang reviews Spike Lee's new film, Highest 2 Lowest.

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Lots of good quotes from Alex Heath reporting on a dinner with OpenAI execs and others. Sam Altman:

I do think people will go to fewer websites. I think people will care more about human-crafted content than ever. My directional bet would be that human-created, human-endorsed, human-curated content all goes up in value dramatically.

This mirrors something I’ve blogged about. In a time of abundant AI slop, we will seek out human-created content and to feel a connection with other creators.

This week on Uncanny Valley, we talk about one of the most notorious American corporations. So what does Palantir actually do?

It's one of the best times of the year to score a new mattress. Here are all the best deals (plus some exclusive sale codes) to snag ahead of the long weekend.

Long before modern supply chains, ancient hominins were moving stone across long distances, potentially reshaping what we know about our evolutionary roots.

They say women disappear with age, but if that’s true, why do their necklaces keep getting bigger? Society shuns women with crow’s feet and crepey underarms. And honestly, I get it. Aging is grotesque. That’s where I come in. I give voice to the voiceless. When a middle-aged...

Have you noticed how I've been yammering on about the month of August? If it's not abundantly clear, I think August is a top-three month for inducing existential malaise. Sure, I will wish for August in February—but by May, I'm already dreading its arrival. There are two sea...

Software engineers are finding OpenAI’s new GPT-5 model is helping them think through coding problems—but isn’t much better at actual coding.

The big corner-turn is working. Here's a screen shot.

The workplace is being redefined. AI workloads, an explosion of connected devices, and changing working patterns are forcing organizations to

The post How Agentic AI Is Redefining Campus and Branch Network Needs appeared first on The New Stack.

Should you splurge for the Series 10 or wait for the Series 11? Let us help you figure out which version to get (and which to avoid).

After writing chapters of her new book about how tech companies help and exploit us, tech journalist and novelist Vauhini Vara fed those chapters to ChatGPT. She told the AI chatbot she needed help with her writing. But her real goal was to analyze and critique the chatbot’s advice. Her book is Searches. 
 
Also, before social media, before influencers, the magazines Vanity Fair, Vogue, GQ, and Architectural Digest were among the most significant tastemakers, informing readers what clothes, celebrities, and trends were hot. We’ll talk with Michael Grynbaum about how Condé Nast cultivated a mystique that captivated subscribers. 

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This week, we discuss OSINT for chat groups, Russell Crowe films, and storage problems.

If there’s one thing I’ve historically been very good at, it’s playing it cool around those for whom I have developed a romantic interest. Ask any of my friends and they’ll confirm that I am skilled at behaving normally about this kind of thing. I cultivate an air of mystery...

The OpenAI CEO addressed GPT-5 backlash, the AI bubble—and why he's willing to spend trillions of dollars to win.

Steve Wozniak turned 75 (!) and was profiled by John Blackstone for CBS News (also posted to YouTube). Slashdot linked to it, and in the comments, someone gently jabbed at Woz for having sold, rather than hoarded, his stock in Apple. Woz himself chimed in, with this comment ...