The refurbished railway station in London I entered last week had none of the usual signs of being a tattoo studio. The walls were devoid of any art, and there were no reclining chairs or massage tables in the room. The only tattoo gun on the premises sat in a

Ben Broca launched a company last December that offers AI tools to entrepreneurs. He’s already added 10,000 paying customers and is on track to bring in $10 million in revenue this year. One thing he hasn’t added: any other employees. The 40-year-old is part of a class of entrepreneurs who

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. President Trump has mused about being the most powerful man in history. He has started wars and remade his nation’s economic and strategic relationships with the world. He has demanded, and largely received,

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The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan. Christopher Nolan’s $250 million action movie version of Homer’s ancient Greek poem is an entertaining way to hide from the high temperatures for a few hours. Nolan’s trademark jumps and twists in the narrative structure are relatively easy to follow, and appropriate for The

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An investigation into what people think about has put the spotlight on the modern mind, revealing thoughts dominated by work, the need for coffee and a strong desire to go back to bed. It also found evidence for four distinct groups of thinkers who spend more time than most either

I’m feeling it right now. I had to set a timer for 15 minute on my computer and block all distractions to write this. If I didn’t force myself to focus I would easily get distracted by something after few minutes. Even when I’m doing things that I’ve been waiting

‘I am acutely conscious,” said Andy Burnham outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, “that I am the sixth person in the last 10 years to walk up this street.” It was good to hear him say it because, beneath all the cabinet gossip and rune-reading, there is a feeling of

Ben Mueller’s assignment for his journalism class was to tell a news story—any news story—in the form of an extended Instagram slideshow. So when the high school senior got home on the afternoon of February 10, 2026, he grabbed a snack, went upstairs to his room, and settled in to

As Spain’s World Cup-winning heroes assembled on the podium, opponents Argentina, bedraggled and beaten, turned their backs. It marked the culmination of a tetchy, petulant and distasteful performance by the now deposed world champions, which left them a man short on the field for the 30 minutes of extra time,

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. Two more Americans have given their lives in the service of their country. They died in an Iranian attack on a Jordanian air base; several more U.S. military personnel were injured and one is missing. The American people have a right

The Weekend Essay The Voice of Google I rose at Google by amplifying the company’s lofty rhetoric of humane innovation. Then I used my marketing skills as a tool for internal dissent. July 18, 2026 Illustration by Carolina Moscoso I started working at Google in the summer of 2007, straight

Brave New World Dept. A single mom, her two daughters, and the chatbots that fill in the gaps. July 13, 2026 Roschelle, seated, with her daughters, Cece (left) and Zi, and Sapphire (far right).Photograph by Stephanie Mei-Ling for The New Yorker The first time the voice kept Cece Ogbuji awake

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The US’s explosive diarrhea problem is worse than you think—and it’s about to get even messier. The country is grappling with a large and fast-spreading outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes extreme gastrointestinal distress. There are nearly 7,000 potential cases, more than 3,300 of which are in Michigan

Editor’s note: This work is part of AI Watchdog, The Atlantic’s ongoing investigation into the generative-AI industry. As they scramble to keep their systems online, AI companies are making things expensive for the rest of us. Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude are so resource-hungry that tech companies

I harass the sea with my tiny boat and am called a pirate, you do it with a great fleet and are called a king. Anthropic is actively campaigning to end software engineering. They need you to believe they can do that. Well, maybe it’s not you that they need

Many of us feel stuck in a job we dislike and midlife is a common time to reassess what you are going to do with the rest of your years, especially when finances require us to work into older age. How can you make a change, follow your dreams and

The Weekend Essay As cosmetic procedures become both more invisible and more extreme, our connection to reality is fraying. July 11, 2026 Illustration by Ohni Lisle To borrow a phrase from Simone de Beauvoir, the face is not a thing but a situation—one that is, increasingly, more technically beautiful but