“Do what I say, or you’re not invited to my birthday party!” “I’m not going to be your partner on the project unless you give me the treat from your lunch!” These kinds of threats are tactics many ...

A billboard tries to sell you something. So does a used car salesman. But no matter how smooth the pitch, you’re quite aware of the profit motive, and you can walk away at any time. What if that pitch ...

Update (3/27/26): This piece has been updated with additional examples. Right-wing media figures accused President Donald Trump of manipulating the market after stocks surged following his March 23 ...

President Trump’s supposed five-day postponement of strikes on Iranian power plants may very well be a ploy to manipulate the markets in his favor amid skyrocketing oil prices. “I AM PLEASED TO REPORT ...

Here’s a familiar pitch: Augmenting human intelligence with AI—and AI intelligence with humans—will allow companies to supercharge productivity while maintaining standards. While LLMs may make ...

Manipulation can sneak into our lives like an uninvited guest, often unnoticed until it's too late. For women over 40, who have navigated some complex relationships, the stakes can feel higher than ...

This photo from the early 1900s depicts a man carrying a giant head in a wheelbarrow. Rijksmuseum A man carries a giant head in a wheelbarrow. Massive geese roam a park. Adolf Hitler puts on a Karl ...

Alexander Willis is a senior editor who graduated from the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas and currently lives in the Metro Nashville area, Tennessee. Prior to joining ...

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Persuasion is unavoidable in the life of a founder. You persuade customers to try something new, employees to join an uncertain journey, partners to commit resources, and investors to back a story ...

Members of a U.S. House committee criticized Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith's leadership and accused her of directing commanders to manipulate crime data. In an interim report, the ...

When my late lab partner Xu Liu and I first illuminated the brain cells that stored a particular memory, it felt like watching a thought flicker back to life. We stimulated a constellation of neurons ...