Silicon Valley Has Lost Its Biggest Advantage

The AI boom has showered some of the nation’s most prominent companies in market value. OpenAI and Anthropic are now the two most valuable private companies in the world. Google,…

Cyclosporiasis Is Solved! Right?

Produce lovers of the Midwest, rejoice! It seems that parents can stop fretting about serving their kids berries, Redditors can stop trying to do their own epidemiological investigations, and I…

Just Ask the Dinosaurs How Bad Air Quality Can Get

The air quality this week is bad. Smoke from Canadian wildfires has turned the sky orange in Philadelphia. It has veiled the Statue of Liberty in Manhattan. In Detroit, which…

Atlantic Reads: The Small Stuff With Ian Bogost

The Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost sat down with the senior editor Chris Suellentrop to discuss Bogost’s new book, The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life. Bogost…

Photos: Wildfire Smoke Blankets Parts of North America

Cole Burston / AFP / Getty People walk in downtown Toronto as smoke from forest fires in northern Ontario causes poor air quality over the city, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada,…

How the World Cup Finally Won Over America

Source: YouTube Summary Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Why does the World Cup endure in an age of fractured attention? Is FreddyLA7 a real person? Charlie Warzel…

Trump’s Election-Interference Plan Is Failing

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in…

Susan Collins Is Not Concerned About Election Denial

When Jay Clayton, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next director of national intelligence, appeared before the Senate on Wednesday, Jon Ossoff of Georgia had a simple question for him: Who…

One Novelist’s Great Evolution

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Many novelists—including some great ones—circle one subject and…

The Best Running Shoes You Can’t Get Your Hands On

For the past 50 years, the American running-shoe market has been dominated by Western brands, including Nike, Adidas, Brooks, and, more recently, Hoka. But over the past year or so,…