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Pope Leo XIV in white cassock addressing a vast congregation in Douala under late-afternoon sun, incense rising.

Culture

Pope and Vice President, Three Acts in Seventy-Two Hours, Who Speaks for God in Wartime

Vance lectured the pope on just-war theology Tuesday. The pope named tyrants Thursday and called hunger a weapon Friday. Saturday's Yaoundé Mass is the closing act.

By Anna Weber, Berlin April 18 8 min read

A newsroom at dusk with empty desks, a darkened broadcast booth behind glass, a single overhead light still on above a microphone.

Culture

Four Mechanisms of Press Reduction on a Single Page — CBS Radio, the Pentagon Corridor, Novaya Gazeta, and Disney

CBS ends a century of radio news, the Pentagon ignores a fourth ruling, Novaya goes silent on Day 9, and Disney cuts ABC News marketing — one pattern, four instruments.

By Anna Weber, Berlin April 18 3 min read

Stanford University Hoover Tower at dusk seen across an empty quad with student carrels in the foreground

Technology

Stanford Quantifies the Gap, and the Number is Fifty Points

Seventy-three percent of U.S. AI experts expect a positive impact on work; twenty-three percent of the public agrees. The Stanford AI Index has finally given the chasm a number.

By Anna Weber, Berlin April 18 2 min read