Tiger Global and Microsoft are primed to fully exit PhonePe, the Walmart-backed Indian payments startup which has updated its IPO filing, offering investors and market watchers a rare peek at how global investors are cashing out of the venture boom via India’s public markets. On Wednesday, PhonePe updated its IPO prospectus (PDF), detailing how many … Read more
My parents were practical strangers on their wedding day. They had been introduced to each other by their families and had only met three or four times before, never alone. Their parents hovered over the courting, passively negotiating the terms of their potential union. A marriage between acquaintances—unheard of in the US, but the usual … Read more
Netflix is making a documentary feature on Lucy Letby, the former nurse who is serving life in prison after being convicted of the murders of seven infants and the attempted murders of seven others. Watch the trailer below for The Investigation of Lucy Letby, which launches February 4. The feature-length doc will feature “new materials … Read more
Although the Brooklyn Museum transferred its costume holdings to the Costume Institute in 2009, BAM has presented one blockbuster exhibition after another, many monographs (Virgil Abloh, Thierry Mugler, Christian Dior, Pierre Cardin, Jean Paul Gaultier), and some on broad themes: “Solid Gold,” “Africa Fashion,” “Studio 54: Night Magic.” How does Yokobosky see “Sculpting the Senses,” … Read more
In the new Ryan Murphy horror thriller “The Beauty,” a virus turns its hosts into perfect physical specimens overnight. Men wake up with rippling biceps, Hawaiian-roll abs, and the kind of jawline even other men notice. Women emerge youthful and thin (of course), with Disney-princess eyes and movie-star lips. A biotech C.E.O. named Byron Forst … Read more
Big tech companies and upcoming startups want to use generative AI to build software and hardware for kids. A lot of those experiences are limited to text or voice, and kids might not find that captivating. Three former Google employees want to get over that hurdle with their generative AI-powered interactive app, Sparkli. Sparkli was … Read more
Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman has now released updated crypto market structure text, posting a full bill PDF last night. The release locks in a near-term Senate Agriculture path to markup next week, but it also hardens a political split that could determine whether Senate Banking gets a negotiated bridge or a rival marker for … Read more
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Russell Brand‘s 2026 could be defined by courtroom appearances over sexual offense allegations, but it has not stopped him from making light of the situation. The Despicable Me star appeared via video link from Florida at a Westminster Magistrates’ Court hearing on Monday, where he faced charges of rape and sexual assault. Brand, wearing an … Read more
Bitcoin (BTC) price could be in for another prolonged period of consolidation if key support levels are not reclaimed, a new analysis reveals. Key takeaways: Bitcoin is stuck between key cost-basis levels, predicting 2022-type consolidation unless key support levels are reclaimed. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of $708.7 million, their fifth-largest since launch, … Read more