Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The pound has jumped against the dollar as stronger economic activity triggered an unwinding of negative bets against sterling. Signs of strength in the UK economy, combined with a weaker dollar, pushed sterling up 1.1 … Read more
What’s the point of talking pictures if the people in them don’t talk? The characters in Ira Sachs’s films always express themselves volubly, even when there’s plenty of action (rewatch the ardently kinetic “Passages”), but in his surprising and boldly imaginative new drama, “Peter Hujar’s Day,” talk becomes the action. It’s a bio-pic, of sorts, … Read more
Then, 28 days after leaving, Spike was rescued from a horde of infected by Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell), another original survivor who turned out to be the leader of a barbaric cult. That’s where the sequel picks up. Spike, Kelson, and Crystal will play major roles in The Bone Temple. Per the official premise: … Read more
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox. Download a Transcript. Patti Smith’s album début album, “Horses,” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary … Read more
Private astronaut Jared Isaacman returned to Congress on Wednesday for a second confirmation hearing to become NASA administrator before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in Washington, DC. There appeared to be no showstoppers during the hearing, in which Isaacman reiterated his commitment to the space agency’s Artemis Program and defended his … Read more
“I think fashion is FOMO,” said Demna. “Fashion has to create FOMO. I’m a fashion consumer, and I love when I see something and I don’t need it—because nobody needs fashion—but I have a FOMO of not having it. This is the magic of fashion. A lot of people try to rationalize fashion, but it’s … Read more
“I’ve definitely done that with all kids…The guilt that I have.”
Maybe it’s the lack of heat: La Boca is beautiful, and expensive, and charismatic, but it is also very bad. I ate there on three occasions, marvelling each time at the gulf between the appealing scene in the dining room, which offers live music at dinnertime and floods of sunlight during lunch, and the astonishing … Read more
DRAM contract prices have increased 171 percent year over year, according to industry data. Gerry Chen, general manager of memory manufacturer TeamGroup, warned that the situation will worsen in the first half of 2026 once distributors exhaust their remaining inventory. He expects supply constraints to persist through late 2027 or beyond. The fault lies squarely … Read more
Market maker Citadel Securities has recommended that the Securities and Exchange Commission tighten regulations on decentralized finance when it comes to tokenized stocks, causing backlash from crypto users. Citadel Securities told the SEC in a letter on Tuesday that DeFi developers, smart-contract coders, and self-custody wallet providers should not be given “broad exemptive relief” for … Read more