Fashion
One of the Best Evil Dead Projects of All Time Is Officially Streaming for Free
Like the relentless Deadites that have been there from its start in 1981, the Evil Dead franchise simply won't die. The latest installment, Evil Dead Burn, has again revived...
The 7 Most Divisive Superhero Movies of All Time, Ranked
Comic books have decades-long, built-in fan bases, and every single one of those fans has their own idea of what makes a great superhero story. Some grew up on...
10 High Fantasy Books That Are Perfectly Written
Writing a book is no easy task; writing a good book even less so. After all, writing is an art, and it can be a difficult thing to master....
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 Now Wants to Tariff Canada Over the Wildfires
President Donald Trump and other Republicans are threatening retaliation against Canada for the wildfires ravaging Ontario, smoke from which has caused hazardous air quality in a significant swath of...
ICE Contractor Arrested After Shooting Protester Who Was Walking Away
“If the states choose not to participate with the state program, and they choose not to participate in securing the elections, we will make sure that we make those...
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...
Beauty
12 Dress Styles That Balance Comfort and Style | The Curvy Fashionista
A dress can look beautiful on a hanger and still fail the real-life test. The waist may feel restrictive after lunch, the fabric may trap heat during a commute,...
12 Ways to Master Low-effort Summer Dressing | The Curvy Fashionista
There is a theory circulating well beyond fashion circles that the swing toward low-effort, minimalist dressing is not really about comfort at all. Fashion historian Vincent Quan has pointed...
13 things men wear that might instantly turn women off | The Curvy Fashionista
Getting dressed for a date or a night out should be a fun experience, but many guys accidentally shoot themselves in the foot before they even leave the house....
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...
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...
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
Construction Robots Go Mainstream as Monumental Raises $32M
If you run a business that depends on building anything, you already know the ache of a project stalled by a labor shortage. This week brought a sign of...
Gen Z Entrepreneurs Are Turning Franchising Into a Career
A new report on Gen Z entrepreneurs shows a shift I love to see: young founders are treating franchising as an entry-level path into business ownership, not a fallback....
AI ROI Reality Check: Why Most AI Spending Falls Short
A recent Gartner analysis of AI ROI delivers a sobering message, sharing that only a mere “one in 50 AI investments delivers transformational value.” The analysis also shares that...
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...
Style
How the Beach Vacation Became a Country-Music Trope
“The sun is hot,” Alan Jackson sings, accompanied by a trio of jaunty guitars (electric, acoustic, and pedal steel), and for a moment this sounds like a celebration. Instead,...
How I Lost Faith in Google
This voice-of-Google thing—a code I’d cracked for generating corpspeak with personality—slowly became a hot commodity. The company relied heavily on the rhetoric of “culture” to keep tens of thousands...
Christopher Nolan Has Always Been Making “The Odyssey”
There are times when you can sense Nolan’s frustration—not with Homer so much as his own inability to reshape the material into something more than mere spectacle. When Odysseus...
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...
Fashion
Justin Bieber Takes a Spin in Unreleased Skylrk Sneakers for World Cup Halftime Performance
Justin Bieber took a spin in unreleased Skylrk sneakers for his halftime performance at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Final at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday. Wearing...
Josh Kerr Sprints to Fastest Mile Ever, Breaks World Record in This Brooks Shoe
Another major running world record has been smashed in London, and Brooks is at the center of the major moment. Josh Kerr ran the fastest men’s mile ever on...
Brazil’s Government Chooses Restraint in Addressing US Tariffs—For Now
In the wake of oppressively weighty new tariffs levied by the Trump administration this week, Brazil’s finance minister indicated the country’s government practicing restraint rather than retaliating. Dario Durigan...
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...