Lori Rittel is stuck in her Florida Keys home, living in the wreckage left by Hurricane Irma two years ago, unable to rebuild or repair. Now her best hope for escape is to sell the little white bungalow to the government to knock down. Her bedroom is still a no-go zone so she sleeps in the living…

What if there was no cash at the ATM? What if there was no petrol at the bowser? What if your home didn’t have electricity or running water? What if there was no food at the supermarket? What if there was no ATM, or petrol station, or supermarket? What would your life be like? We have known about…

In their first interview about the new movie, star and creator reveal why they risked messing with their defining show ("Is there another story to tell?") and how they shot the hot Netflix project in near-total secrecy. One day late in 2018, the phone of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, man named Frank…

Nearly 30 years ago, a handful of smart people set out with one mission: to make some silly movies. What followed was a true golden age of Hollywood comedy that saw the arrival of megastars still with us today, a commercial explosion, and then, an eventual splintering that changed the genre forever.…

I t was late 2013 and Obamacare was in trouble. HealthCare.gov , the website where people could sign up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act, had been marred by major technical problems and there was concern in the White House that not enough people would be able to obtain health insurance…

Gina Miller after the supreme court ruled that Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament unlawful.Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian I f Boris Johnson does nothing more, his name in history is already inscribed as the man who lied so hard he nearly broke the constitution. He certainly broke…

Earlier this year, rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to a range of federal charges, including racketeering. He could spend decades in prison following his expected sentencing in January 2020. As part of his plea bargain, 6ix9ine agreed to become a witness for the prosecution in the government’s…

A Matter Of How You See It Photography Kala / Getty . “No… it’s a magic potty,” my daughter used to lament, age 3 or so, before refusing to use a public restroom stall with an automatic-flush toilet. As a small person, she was accustomed to the infrared sensor detecting erratic motion at the top of…

Photo by Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Can anything be done to make people happier with their jobs? What can prevent people from overeating? Will people like beer with balsamic vinegar in it just because they’ve been told it contains a “secret ingredient”? These are some of the questions that Dan…

Credit Illustration by The New York Times Credit Illustration by The New York Times Leer en español Sept. 7, 2019 Tuition was due. The rent was, too. So Mary Mbugua, a university student in Nyeri, Kenya, went out in search of a job. At first, she tried selling insurance policies, but that only paid…

STXfilms/Ringer illustration There’s a line from Hustlers that Jennifer Lopez has lifted and repurposed for the movie’s media tour, an appropriate bit of thievery. In the movie (and now in real life), Lopez’s character, Ramona, (and now Lopez herself) divides the world into two kinds of people, the…

Photo courtesy of Fox . At first glance, the two-story stucco house located on Red Bark Lane in Henderson, Nevada, looks very much the same as the neighboring homes located in the South Valley Ranch community. Neutral exterior paint covers the sides and attached garage. A rock garden has been spread…

Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House.Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters In retrospect, what’s most disturbing about “ Sharpiegate ” isn’t Trump’s clumsy effort to doctor a National Weather Service map or even his brazen move to get the same agency to lie on his behalf. It’s how…

“Where are our helmets?” my daughter Harper asked. We were standing outside a cycle shop in the Dutch city of Delft, along with Harper’s older sister, Lyra, and my wife, Alia. “We didn’t buy any,” I replied. Along the dark green Wijnhaven canal, confident Dutchmen and Dutchwomen whizzed around,…

Henry Moynahan Rich inside the restaurant formerly known as Mettā. Photo: Christian Rodriguez Henry Moynahan Rich spent his summer being haunted by trash. He needed to figure out how to eliminate it completely. In July, his company, Oberon Group , closed the Fort Greene restaurant Mettā with a goal…

Debugger Who should be responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting open-source projects? Owen Williams Sep 16 · 6 min read Credit: dhe haivan on Unsplash W hen you buy a product like Philips Hue’s smart lights or an iPhone, you probably assume the people who wrote their code are being paid.…

In the 1990’s, I worked as a programmer and a software developer. Back then, using computer software was quite difficult for the layperson. I moved into the field of interaction design and learned about usability in the 2000’s. It was a revelation: we could no longer blame the user for everything…

Our CFO, Barry McCarthy, slowed his BMW to a crawl as he made the turn into Santa Barbara Airport. In the distance, a faint glow on the horizon was teasing us that it was close to dawn, but in front of us, the road was almost invisible, dark and shaded by the overhanging oak trees. I’d been to the…

Ringer illustration Zach Galifianakis’s mock public-access television show is back, this time as an 82-minute movie on Netflix. So, we’re taking the opportunity to look back at the best, cringiest shortform Between Two Ferns interviews. Here are some of the Ringer staff’s favorite episodes from the…

Scott Aukerman knows what he likes. Over the phone, the Los Angeles-based comedian describes his preferred era of music with the precision of a historian: “1976 to 1983: Post-punk, punk, electronic, second-wave ska—all those great styles before the keyboard sound got too tinny, and everyone started…

The Muppet Show and The Good Place . Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by the Jim Henson Company/CBS and NBCUniversal Media, LLC. A few years ago, I was given a Muppet Show Season 1 DVD. My expectations—or, rather, recollections, since I first met the Muppets back in 1977—was that I’d see a…

Photo illustration: 731; Photos: Getty Images Photo illustration: 731; Photos: Getty Images Airbnb Inc. is used to mostly coming out on top. Despite fierce opposition from traditional hoteliers, the home-rental startup has negotiated regulations that have allowed it to operate in more than 500…

Washington, DC (CNN Business) Uber is shutting down its electric bike business in two more cities amid a difficult stretch for the company that's included two rounds of layoffs and record losses . Jump, Uber's brand focused on electric bikes and scooters, will halt operations next week in San Diego,…

Filmmaker Lorene Scafaria has made just three feature films over the course of the last seven years, pacing out her nifty dramedies like “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World” and “The Meddler,” perhaps in hopes that the film world will move past its affection for genre conventions and stop…

Amazon boxes at a warehouse. Photo by Reuters / Lucas Jackson. With a couple hundred dollars and a few minutes, you could go to a liquidation website right now and buy a pallet full of stuff that people have returned to Amazon. It will have, perhaps, been lightly sorted by product category—home…

Demi Burnett and Kristian Haggerty’s love story on “Bachelor in Paradise” was handled with nuance and authenticity, two words that run counter to the show’s reputation. Kristian Haggerty, left, and Demi Burnett are “The Bachelor” franchise’s first same-sex couple. Burnett proposed to Haggerty in the…

100 I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! (2002-) Crocodile penis eating in the outback with Ant and Dec didn’t exactly sound appealing, but this long-running reality series pushed the genre to entertaining new heights. 99 Life on Mars (2006-07) The Beeb’s Bowie-referencing, time-travelling cop…

In Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood , we are watching Los Angeles: a Los Angeles of 1969 that actually happened, a Los Angeles of 1969 that could have happened, and a mythical Los Angeles – a vision of the city and of Hollywood that we might dream about, or a part of our memory…

Supporters of a California bill that reclassifies contractors as employees outside the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. last month. Credit Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat…

A young girl in a playground in Providence, Rhode Island. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters. The information age has ushered in an era of fear about children’s well-being, shifting norms heavily towards constant oversight and nearly impossible standards of safety. One casualty of that trend has been…

‘What have Google and Facebook done to merit such attention from authorities? To put it simply, they use their control of the flow of information to monopolize advertising revenue, killing newspapers across the country and around the world, and eliminating potential competitors in a host of…

This year’s U.S. Open, the grand finale of the major tennis tournaments, has had no shortage of storybook moments. There was the heartwarming post-match interview that found the reigning women’s champion, Naomi Osaka, consoling the fifteen-year-old rising star Coco Gauff, both in tears. There’s the…

Naomi Klein: ‘We are going to have to contract on the endless, disposable consumption.’Photograph: Adrienne Grunwald/The Guardian Why are you publishing this book now? I still feel that the way that we talk about climate change is too compartmentalised, too siloed from the other crises we face. A…

100 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) Quentin Tarantino’s latest jaw-dropper bumps Kill Bill: Vol 1 off the list in gloriously irreverent fashion. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star as a fading western star and his mutt-loving stunt double in this relaxed and loving roast of bygone Tinseltown.…

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iOS 13: Get ready for some big changes to your iPhone. For example, we noticed that your phone is an ancient three years old. With iOS 13, we’ve included a bunch of pointless little updates that will make your battery drain more quickly and your phone run more slowly until you give up and buy a new…

Netflix/Ringer illustration By the grace of a higher power, editing didn’t deprive us of “Sup Mate,” a Young Thug and Future collaboration from So Much Fun , Thug’s debut album, which you’ve probably heard. If not, it’s just as frivolous as it sounds—the two trade zany boasts and hot-air…

After a mere 24-hour countdown, Electronic Arts launched a massive new entry to their Garden Warfare series. Plants vs Zombies: Battle for Neighborville introduces four full PvE campaigns across three open-world hubs filled with quests, collectibles, and secrets, alongside a slate of multiplayer…

Image Collage Credits: Nastasic / Getty Images; Pixabay Y ou are an inmate in a luxury hotel. Locked in your soundproof suite, you hear nothing and see nothing. Liveried butlers bring you meals on silver carts. You have plenty of time to read, think, and listen to music. All the riches of culture…