Fashion
Prime Video’s ‘God of War’ Series Is Officially Recasting Its Lead
What a year it’s been for God of War fans, who were finally treated to good news surrounding the highly anticipated live-action series in the works at Prime Video....
10 Iconic Suits We Need in the Next Spider-Man Video Game
One of the best things about a Spider-Man video game is the fact that almost every single one gives players the chance to play in some of their favorite...
These 5 Brendan Fraser Movies Are True Classics
Brendan Fraser's career is one of Hollywood's most remarkable stories. Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, he established himself as one of the industry's most charismatic leading men, effortlessly...
Timothy Olyphant’s 6-Season Neo-Western Thriller Is So Good, It Was Revived 8 Years Later
The neo-Western genre has become hugely successful on TV in recent years, thanks in no small part to Taylor Sheridan's hit franchise. Great as Yellowstoneis, though, real ones will...
World
Xi’s last frontier: China’s plan to transform its west
Additional contributions by Haohsiang Ko, Chris Campbell and Annalee Mather.The location and route of the tunnel system for the hydropower dam are indicative, as official designs have not been...
The power struggle in the world’s narrow seas
It has become much harder to forget since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.Hundreds rather than the usual thousands of vessels have passed through the strait since...
Inside China’s plans to fight in space
Satellite ephemerides data provided by Comspoc, a space situational awareness software company, and Spaceflux, a space domain awareness company. Historical launch and orbital data provided by Space-Track. Visuals were...
America’s bid for energy supremacy is being forged in war
Additional work by Jana TauschinskiOil and gas tanker location and destination data are from Kpler. The map shows the latest position for vessels with an active AIS signal on...
Business
Opinion | The A.I. Classroom Is Quiet. Way Too Quiet.
Last year, I visited a seventh-grade math classroom in a public school in the Bronx. Twenty students sat bent over laptops, working with an A.I. tutor on story problems...
The Inventor Who Refused Impossible: Dr. Ko-Cheng Fang and the Extraordinary Story Behind X-Photon, the 2-Nanometer Quantum Material That Could Power the Next Era of Human Computing
Every era of technological civilisation has been defined by a material breakthrough. Bronze replaced stone. Steel replaced bronze. Silicon replaced vacuum tubes. And now, as the world's most advanced semiconductor...
Wholesale Prices Jumped in April, in Latest Sign of War’s Economic Ripples
Wholesale prices in April rose at their fastest rate in four years, the latest sign that the war with Iran is taking a toll on the U.S. economy.The Producer...
From Corporate Tax Strategy to Viral Financial Education: The Entrepreneur Building a Multi Million Follower Platform Around Wealth Architecture
You have built a massive audience around a topic most people find complex and inaccessible. What was the inflexion point where tax strategy shifted from a technical service into a...
News
Trump’s Handpicked Company Screwed Up Reflecting Pool Reno From Start
An independent review of U.S. expenses through the four-month war was published last week by Popular Information’s Stephen Semler, who found that Trump officials had dramatically lowballed Congress on...
Trump Orders ICE to Not Change Anything After Third Killing in a Week
The 131-page lawsuit names multiple administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Secretary of Homeland...
Trump Loses 13th Straight Attempt to Get State Voter Rolls
“I think it was a top ten, maybe a top five, moment in the history of the Senate,” Trump told CNN. “It was an incredible display, and he did...
Who Should Own the Robots?
In late February, Andrej Karpathy, a founding member of OpenAI who has since left the organization, posted on X that something had broken in the way software gets made....
Beauty
12 Summer Accessories Fashion Lovers Can’t Stop Wearing | The Curvy Fashionista
Summer 2026 is shaping up to be a season of high-frequency travel, with 71% of Americans planning to spend as much or more on getaways as they did last...
Affordable fragrance finds that smell like they cost significantly more | The Curvy Fashionista
Finding a signature scent often feels like a luxury reserved for those with bottomless wallets. You might think smelling like a million bucks actually requires spending a large chunk...
10 makeup mistakes that age your look without you realizing it | The Curvy Fashionista
Getting older is a natural process that everyone experiences eventually. Many folks turn to their trusty cosmetic bags to look a little younger and fresher. Sometimes the products we rely on...
13 Fashion choices that instantly make an outfit look more confident | The Curvy Fashionista
Getting dressed in the morning sets the tone for your entire day. You probably have those mornings when nothing in the closet feels right. Throwing on clothes that make...
Celebrity
Strengthen merchant enablement as UPI leads payment modes: DFS report
Focused merchant enablement programmes are needed to strengthen RuPay debit card usage, particularly in rural and semi-urban areas, even as UPI has emerged as the most preferred mode of...
Norway envoy to India calls for representation of women in AI development
Norway's Ambassador to India May-Elin Stener, has underscored the urgent need to address gender imbalance in artificial intelligence and technology, stressing that inclusion must move beyond discussion panels...
Stock Market LIVE Updates: GIFT Nifty signals weak open; Asian markets fall; Ola Electric in focus
Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates, February 16, 2026: The GIFT Nifty indicated a negative start for the Indian benchmark indices. The futures were quoting at 25,459.50,...
Sanjay’s 68, bowlers seal 31-run win as USA stay alive for Super 8 round
Sanjay Krishnamurthi's explosive unbeaten half-century followed by a disciplined bowling show powered USA to a crucial 31-run win over Namibia, in a must-win Group C clash here on...
Culture
Seed Funding Signal: Monogram Raises $40M for AI
Consumer AI startup Monogram just emerged from stealth with a $40 million seed funding round, and the raise is turning heads for a simple reason. As PitchBook reported, the...
AI Tools for Small Business: Pie Raises $23.7M for Main Street
A startup called Pie just raised $23.7 million to bring AI-powered growth to Main Street businesses. The round targets a clear gap. Big companies already use AI to win...
How to Sell Online Without Building a Website
If you have ever wanted to sell something online but froze at the words build a website, this is your moment. A new wave of tools is rewriting how...
Germany’s Startup Ecosystem Sets a New 2026 Record
Germany just proved that a startup ecosystem can still break records, even in a cautious economy. A new report shows 3,053 tech companies were founded in the first six...
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The A.I. Gender Gap Meets the Parenting Gender Gap
Labor-saving technology tends to create domestic systems that are far more efficient over all, but not necessarily easier for the people doing the labor. As the historian Ruth Schwartz...
How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams
Mary Kay had tried her hand at direct, door-to-door sales before. She was once enchanted with a Depression-era racket called the “Child Psychology Bookshelf”: badly printed, seldom-used encyclopedias filled...
Naomi Fry’s Favorite Book
Being asked to name my favorite book of all time feels like way too much pressure (apologies to the asker, this newsletter’s editor). The older I get, the harder...
An Unbeliever’s View of the Jonestown Massacre
On November 18, 1978, more than nine hundred members of the Peoples Temple died at Jonestown, the agricultural settlement they had founded in a remote part of northern Guyana....
Fashion
Burberry Sales Climb 5% in Q1, Fueled by Gen Z and Renewed Enthusiasm for Trench Coats
This story was updated at 6:15 a.m. ET on Friday, July 17, 2026. LONDON – Burberry’s retail revenue rose 5 percent to 455 million pounds in the first fiscal...
Ermanno Scervino CEO on Retail Expansion, Strong U.S. Business, Eyeing Menswear
MILAN — “We never betrayed our customers.” Toni Scervino, chief executive officer and cofounder of the Ermanno Scervino brand with designer Ermanno Daelli, attributes this consistency in style, pricing...
China Posts Strongest Export Growth in Nearly Five Years Despite Slowing Economy
China’s exports surged 27 percent year over year to $412.4 billion in June, the strongest such growth since October 2021. Shipments out of the country escalated from May’s 19.4...
Port of Long Beach CEO: Traditional Peak Shipping Season ‘Outdated and Obsolete’
After the Port of Long Beach posted its third-busiest June on record, CEO Noel Hacegaba signaled that the traditional end-of-summer peak shipping season is “outdated and obsolete,” giving way...
Peter Nygard Convicted in Montreal Sexual Assault and Forced Confinement Case
The former fashion mogul Peter Nygard was found guilty of sexual assault and forcible confinement in a Quebec court on Monday, according to a Quebec Crown prosecutor.The new development...
EXCLUSIVE: BPCM Names Christian Langbein Executive Vice President of Growth and Strategy
BPCM has appointed Christian Langbein executive vice president of growth and strategy, creating an executive-level role as the communications agency continues to expand beyond traditional public relations into broader...