Bill Gates

This year, you enjoyed jokes about the British royals, moms, cats, dating, Bill and Melinda, and, of course, cast-iron pans.

I don’t even want to broach money at this point in our relationship.

If people believe that they are being deceived—or even targeted—by public-health authorities, why would they follow their directives?

New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein’s status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions to the lab far exceeding the amounts M.I.T. has publicly admitted.

Despite some occasional gestures toward analysis, the new miniseries about Silicon Valley is essentially a madcap thriller about stock options and venture-capital pitches.