Every once in a while, a Chinese company releases a new AI model and Americans freak out. That’s what happened last week when China’s Moonshot AI unveiled the Kimi K3, which surpassed a number of notable benchmarks. By most accounts, the Kimi K3 rivals some leading US models for a fraction of the cost. The
This essay as told is based on a conversation with Ananya Joshi, a 26-year-old Indian citizen who lost her job in 2025, had to leave the United States due to her visa status, and moved to Germany in search of a new opportunity. It has been edited for length and clarity. I inherited the American
Jessica Salmi waited almost an hour on hold before her call was disconnected. Jason Marques’ administrator can’t say whether his next student loan payment will be $100 or $633. Robin Binkley is struggling to figure out what payment plan she qualifies for. As millions of borrowers navigate President Donald Trump’s sweeping student loan repayment overhaul,
Warning: Spoilers ahead for episode five of the third season of “House of the Dragon” and the book “Fire & Blood.” Alys Rivers may not be a dragon rider or a soldier, but the self-proclaimed “barn owl cursed to live in human form” is one of the most formidable figures in “The House of the
I retired at 53 and have been slowly traveling the world with my husband for almost 2 years. Last month, while we were renting a villa in Bali, everything next to it usually went quiet at dusk. That’s when there was a knock on the door. “Tomorrow night there will be a party,” Kadek told
As the U.S. military prepares for future high-intensity, high-casualty wars, its medics are training to do something they rarely did during the Global War on Terrorism: remove a tourniquet from a wounded soldier. Not long ago, tourniquet training for most U.S. service members followed a simple, strict guideline: apply one high and tight to the
