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In Hollywood, 2023 will forever be known as the year of Hot Strike Summer. With both the writers and actors guilds on the picket lines, film and television production—and publicity—as we know it (mostly) came to a halt. The work stoppage inevitably wreaked havoc on every network, studio, and streamer’s …

After years of waiting, Tesla finally delivered the first Cybertrucks in 2023. We’ll have to see whether the many development quality issues have been fixed, of course—but, thankfully, as it’s been handed to (very few select) customers, we won’t have to yet again include the truck in our yearly guide. …

It’s been hard recently to think about anything other than the wars and humanitarian crises raging around the world. Climate change has left its mark in what was almost certainly the hottest year in human history—there were unprecedented heat waves, intensified forest fires, torrential rain, and floods like those in …

All told, despite the fact that the industry was on strike for half of the year, 2023 was a pretty good year to go to the movies. The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Fast X, Barbenheimer—all of them were big hits at the box office. Problem is, the real pain of …

Most Q&As bore us—stiff, formal things full of pleasantries and PR. Pablum! So this year, we launched the Big Interview: conversations done our way. They’re drinks with the one person you wish you could get drinks with. (Metaphorically speaking, of course—though, well, alcohol may have been involved in one or …

The millennial internet first died in 2015. I remember the day exactly because I was one of seven staffers, in addition to many more permalancers, at Gawker Media who were laid off as part of a company-wide restructuring. I received a message on Slack, was asked to join a meeting …

There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. Extreme weather spun up storms and floods, unseasonal freezes and baking heat waves, and prolonged parching droughts. In parts of the world in 2023, tomato plants didn’t flower, the peach crop never came in, and the price of olive oil soared. …

Outside my flat there used to be a path that ran alongside the local reservoir. The narrow footway was a good place to spot herons and it was surrounded with brambles so thick that two people could barely walk side-by-side. After heavy rain the path would fill with mud and …

With political polarization, unrest, and violence escalating in many regions of the world, 2023 was fraught with uncertainty and tragedy. In digital security, though, the year felt more like a Groundhog Day of incidents caused by classic types of attacks, like phishing and ransomware, rather than a roller coaster of …

While the writers strike may have crippled late-night TV in 2023, scripted television—at least for the first half of the year—was in full swing, and at a distinct high point. If the only series to air all year had been Succession, it still would have been a phenomenal year for …