How ‘Cyberchase’ keeps up

In the world of the long-running kids show Cyberchase, Motherboard, a sort of digital queen and literal technocrat, is the beneficent but impaired leader of all of cyberspace. She is—we are to understand—a legitimate ruler, yet faces constant attacks from the odious Hacker, a green-skinned android who dresses like a vampire and whose only goalContinueContinue reading “How ‘Cyberchase’ keeps up”

As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare

December 15, 2025—the deadline for enrolling in a marketplace plan through the Affordable Care Act for 2026—came and went without an agreement on the federal subsidies that kept ACA plans more affordable for many Americans. Despite a last-ditch attempt in the House to extend ACA subsidies, with Congress adjourning for the year on December 19,ContinueContinue reading “As health insurance costs rise, lawmakers remain undecided on who should pay for healthcare”

What drives people to work during the holidays

By the end of October, David, who works at a roughly 2,000-person finance firm in New York, already knew he’d be working during the holiday season this year. Usually at the office, he learned he’d at least get to work remotely between December 26 and January 1—with the way the financial calendar fell, it wasContinueContinue reading “What drives people to work during the holidays”

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