Lifestyle
Tyla Shows Off the TikTok Viral Christian Louboutin Jewel Sandals at the 2026 NAACP Awards
Tyla let her shoes do all the talking on the 57th NAACP Image Awards. The “Water” singer walked down the blue carpet at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday...
Michelle Mao Embraces the ‘Bridgerton’ Villain
She couldn’t have known being a “Bridgerton” diehard would come in handy when watching and rewatching the series, but Michelle Mao is thankful now that she was. The actor...
Ports 1961 Fall 2026: Mental Nomadism
The original Ports 1961 focus was all about travel. “I dream of having breakfast in the Sahara and dinner in New York,” its founder, Canadian entrepreneur Luke Tanabe, is...
Magliano Updates Veja’s Soccer-inspired Panenka Sneaker in Newest Collab
Veja’s newest sneaker collaboration is on its way. Next month, the footwear brand will release and updated take on its Panenka sneaker with Magliano, the Italian fashion brand founded...
World
Opinion: Your digital product is global from day one
In 2024, over 250 class action lawsuits were filed under a US federal law passed in 1988 to protect VHS rental records. The Video Privacy Protection Act was originally...
Europe’s Deep-Tech Paradox
Europe does not suffer from a shortage of capital. What it lacks is the legal courage and analytical competence required to direct that capital toward the areas where it...
Accessibility Redefined
A recent study by Fortune magazine stated that AI search engines are confidently wrong over 60% of the time, with various widely-used AI tools exhibiting significantly high error rates....
AI training efficiency: From Throughput to Goodput
Pretraining a modern large language model (LLM), often with ~100B parameters or more, typically involves thousands of accelerators and massive token corpora, running for days to months. At that...
Business
UK planes ‘are in the sky’ in Middle East, Starmer says
Sir Keir Starmer says protections for British bases and personnel have been stepped up to their highest level. Source link
Rent tops £1,000 a month in more areas – find out where
The cost of renting privately has surged in the last five years, but tenants may now see a slowdown. Source link
Reform conference held in Church of England headquarters angers Christian groups
In his letter, Reverend Keith Brindle, a Church of England priest in Frome, and coordinator of Christians Against the Far Right, wrote that the venue had been "used as...
Uptick in young people out of work, training and education
People at the start of their careers are particularly affected by the UK's weak job market. Source link
News
Angry Trump Humiliated as Effort to Prosecute Dems Backfires Again
In a hard-hitting assessment of the DOJ’s targeting of Trump’s enemies, Politico columnist Ankush Khardori notes that they’ve produced a string of embarrassing pratfalls. Those include the stalling-out efforts...
Minneapolis Mayor’s Emotional Message to Trump: You Failed to Break Us
In today’s episode, we talk to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey about the latest developments in his city. Donald Trump and border czar Tom Homan have said they’re winding down...
What Today’s Democrats Can Learn From Jesse Jackson
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Jesse Jackson died this week at age 84....
FCC Attempt to Kill Stephen Colbert Interview Completely Backfires
The Trump administration tried to prevent late-night television host Stephen Colbert from airing his interview with Texas state Representative and Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, but the attempt has...
Beauty
Manicured Gardens, Pampelonne Bay Sunsets, and a Speakeasy Finale in Provence
[section title=”The Planning”] [field title=”Wedding Colors”] White and green. The wedding’s palette drew from the timeless elegance of a Provençal landscape, blending pristine whites—think crisp linens, ivory silks, and...
A Minimal, Architectural Wedding in San Diego with Modern Black Accents
[section title=”The Planning”] [field title=”Wedding Colors”] My wedding colors were Ivory and Baby Blue with a pop of yellow. However, we had our bridesmaids and groomsmen wear all black...
Eclectic Character Meets Contemporary Design in This Artfully Layered Fall Shoot
[section title=”The Planning”] [field title=”The Inspiration”] When thinking through a wedding design, Valerie Strenk of LBV Design House is often inspired by interior design and the surrounding elements to...
A Sustainable Coastal Wedding in White and Blue at Saltwater Farm Overlooking the Salish Sea
[section title=”The Planning”] [field title=”Wedding Colors”] Our wedding palette focused on the natural shades of the island at this time of year, which are white, blue, a range of...
A Candlelit Garden Dream Beneath Chandeliers at Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
[section title=”The Planning”] [field title=”Wedding Colors”][/field] [field title=”Design / Vibe / Vision”] For the reception, we envisioned an elegant, European-inspired forest—lush, romantic, and thoughtfully refined. We wanted the florals...
Celebrity
‘Sinners’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ Take Top Honors at ACE Eddie Awards
“Sinners” and “One Battle After Another” took home the live action feature awards at the 76th ACE Eddie Awards. “Sinners” editor Michael Shawver said, “Ryan Coogler took a big risk,...
The 10 Best Bruno Mars Songs of All Time
Bruno Mars is perhaps pop music’s greatest creature of reinvention. Since his 2010 debut, the singer-songwriter has evolved on the genre’s main stage from a supple young crooner with...
‘Back to the Future’ Star Crispin Glover Accused of Holding Former Model ‘Captive’ as ‘Sex Slave’ in New Lawsuit
Crispin Glover has been sued by an alleged former girlfriend who claims the “Back to the Future” actor used her for “sex and free labor” after luring her with...
Ryan Coogler on ‘Sinners,’ Making Oscars History and the Weight of the Moment: ‘My Award Is the Opportunity to Have This Job’
For nearly a century, the Academy has handed out the best director award without ever placing it in the hands of a Black filmmaker. This year that streak, long...
WGA Staff Strike Enters Second Week as Two Sides Meet
Management of the Writers Guild of America West met with the staff union on Sunday night as the two sides aimed to resolve the week-old staff strike. But while...
‘Melania’ Producer Marc Beckman on the Jonny Greenwood Dispute, the Tricky Politics of Licensing Stones or Prince Songs, and the First Lady’s Forthcoming Docuseries: ‘I Think Amazon MGM Got a Very Good Deal’
When a dispute arose over orchestral music originally composed for “The Phantom Thread” appearing in the new Melania Trump documentary, “Melania,” aficionados of music, film and politics all stood...
Culture
7 ways to handle growth when it starts feeling expensive
There is a specific kind of anxiety that hits when your startup finally starts growing and your bank balance drops faster than ever. Revenue is up. Users are signing...
5 signs your imposter syndrome is actually useful
You close your laptop after a 14 hour day and instead of feeling proud, you feel behind. You read another founder’s LinkedIn post about their oversubscribed round and wonder...
7 signs your startup culture is quietly killing momentum
You hit your numbers last quarter. The product works. Investors are not panicking. On paper, things look fine. But inside the company, something feels heavier than it should. Decisions...
The 7 financial red flags experienced investors notice instantly
You can feel it in the room. You are walking an investor through your deck, explaining growth, vision, market size. They nod along, ask a few questions, flip to...
Style
The BAFTAs, and the Sloppy Pieties of Liberal Entertainment
The BBC spent resources politically castrating its awards-show broadcast that would have been better spent protecting vulnerable guests. Source link
Failed “Finance Bros” Find Success with HBO’s “Industry”
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.David Remnick...
Mitski’s New Album Is a Dark Ode to Isolation
Mitski’s sound and writing style have evolved on almost every album she’s released. Her early album “Retired from Sad, New Career in Business,” from 2013, relied on big orchestral...
“What Does That Nature Say to You”: Don’t Meet the Parents
Filmmakers like to call themselves storytellers for the same reason that politicians like to call themselves public servants: it’s a show of deference toward a popular ideal. Yet few...
Politics
Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI after clash with Pentagon
President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to stop using technology from San Francisco artificial intelligence company Anthropic, escalating a high-profile clash between the AI startup and the Pentagon...
Block to cut more than 4,000 jobs amid AI disruption of the workplace
Fintech company Block said Thursday that it’s cutting more than 4,000 workers or nearly half of its workforce as artificial intelligence disrupts the way people work.The Oakland parent company...
Battle of the AI brands: What’s behind the bad blood between OpenAI and Anthropic
As more than 100 million people watched the Super Bowl, the battle for the future of artificial intelligence spilled out into a massive public arena.In a series of viral...
Commentary: The Pentagon is demanding to use Claude AI as it pleases. Claude told me that’s ‘dangerous’