Facebook announced its new name, Meta, on October 28. The company is trying to refocus away from social media and toward building what it calls
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The US is about to make the same pandemic preparedness mistake — again
The Build Back Better legislation totals about $10 billion in public health infrastructure and pandemic preparedness funding over the next few years. | Bill Clark/CQ-Roll
Why Hertz’s big Tesla deal is such a blockbuster
Tom Brady is the face of an ad campaign promoting Hertz’s new electric fleet. | Eric R. Davidson/Getty Images for Hertz The car rental giant
Wall Street doesn’t care about the Facebook leaks. Mark Zuckerberg does.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at a security conference in 2020. | Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images Facebook’s numbers are doing fine for now — but not
Why your credit card company wants to give you crypto
Mastercard is making it easier for credit card holders to earn rewards in bitcoin. | Velishchuk/iStock Mastercard credit card holders can soon be rewarded with
Welcome to the Horror Issue
Doug Chayka for Vox How a century of horror movies reflects our existential fears, the surreal real estate market for ghostly homes, and visiting a
Why do banks charge a fee for not having enough money?
Overdraft fees can feel like a trap, especially for low-income customers. | Getty Images Overdraft fees, and how to protect yourself from them, explained. Citing
The horror century
Carlos Basabe for Vox The scariest movies have always been a dark mirror on Americans’ deepest fears and anxieties. Part of the Horror Issue of
The French Dispatch is peak Wes Anderson. I wish I loved it.
Bill Murray in The French Dispatch. | Searchlight Pictures Anderson’s latest film feasts on melancholy nostalgia for a world gone by — but the flavor
The Supreme Court’s very unusual new abortion orders, explained
Women’s rights activists gather in front of the Supreme Court on October 2, 2021 in Washington, DC. | Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images The Court still won’t