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[Business](/section/business/) ### CEO Moment: Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar S Kumar argues that AI should amplify human labor, not eliminate it [Business](/section/business/) ### John Ternus Is Engineering a New Era for Apple - The Best Inventions of 2026 The new CEO speaks with TIME about his 25-year career at the company and the anticipated launch of the iPhone Duo, the cover of TIME‘s 2026 Best Inventions. [Business](/section/business/) ### The Best Inventions of 2026 Here are the 300 best inventions making the world better, smarter, and more fun. ### Climate [Climate](/section/climate/) ### Europe’s Approach to Climate Is Entering a New Era ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Mike Flanagan's Timely _Carrie_ Is the First Worthwhile Adaptation in 50 Years Every adaptation of Stephen King's classic reflects its era. Set in the present, Mike Flanagan's Prime Video series finds monsters everywhere [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### The Real Whistleblower Behind _The Social Reckoning_ and the Actor Who Played Her on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, and AI Frances Haugen and Mikey Madison sit for their first interview together [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Rosalind Eleazar Gives One of the Year's Best Performances in the Acerbic and Tender _Misty Green_ Chris Rock's movie about an actor trying to make it in Hollywood channels an almost existential longing that goes beyond garden-variety neediness.. [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Fjord_ Details a Family’s Sudden Nightmare in Norway Cristian Mungiu's drama starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve is drawn from a real-life child protection case in Norway. [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### _Tip Toe_ Is a Harrowing Melodrama of Queerness and Masculinity in a World Gone Mad Alan Cumming stars in this harrowing British melodrama about queer liberation and masculinity in crisis [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Omar Sy on _Lupin_ Season 4 and His 'Stunned' Reaction to the Louvre Heist The French actor, who has been living in the United States for about ten years, spoke to TIME France about his profession, his country, and more. ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### What to Say to Someone Who Is Dying, According to Hospice Workers There’s no perfect script. Showing up matters more. [Health](/section/health/) ### Why That Mucus in Your Throat Won’t Go Away Experts explain what causes postnasal drip, why antihistamines don’t always help, and how to get relief from mucus. ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Why the U.S. Must Simultaneously Compete—and Cooperate—With China on AI “We need to outcompete China on the technology itself, while also working with China on addressing the risks posed by AI,” writes Gina Raimondo. [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Cornell 7 Case Demands More Than Outrage “National outrage helps shake people up enough to pay attention,” writes Tarana Burke. “But culture won't shift just because we change laws and elect better politicians.” ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### How James Talarico Made Texas Competitive Again Inside one of the fiercest midterm races in the country [Politics](/section/politics/) ### What Trump Has Built An interview with the President at a pivotal moment in his second term. ### Sports [Sports](/section/sports/) ### 'I Think I'm the Best Player in the NBA.' The Excellence of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander The OKC Thunder superstar believes he's the best player in the NBA ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Tennessee Reviews Lethal Injection Process After Botched Execution Christa Pike, who has been on death row for over 30 years for murder, is the first person in the modern era of the U.S. death penalty to receive lethal injection drugs and survive. ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay Wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize The South African jurist has been recognized “for her efforts to promote peace and international law,” said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. [World](/section/world/) ### Why the Trump Administration Is Being Accused of Interfering in Brazil's Election Brazilians are heading to the polls in what is set to be a decisive moment for Latin America’s largest nation, but the event has been clouded by accusations that the Trump Administration is attempting to overexert its influence. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"October 26th, 2026 | Vol. 208, No. 13","item":"https://time.com/magazine/north-america/2026/10/16/october-26th-2026-vol-208-no-13/"}]}]} ```