Fox There was always something quietly ambitious about “Gotham.” At first glance a mere police procedural wearing the mask of DC Comics lore, the Fox crime drama rose far above being a “Batman show without Batman” (as critics liked to tease) and approached the same heights as … Read more
By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics don’t look good.” After negotiations between Anthropic and the Pentagon fell through on Friday, President Donald Trump directed federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology after a six-month transition period, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth … Read more
Last night, awards season continued with aplomb: the 2026 NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles honored this year’s crop of excellent Black performers and artists across film, television, music, and literature. The 57th annual ceremony, which took place at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, was hosted once again by Deon Cole, with the likes of Halle … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is oil market analyst and founder of Base Research Most traders seem to have bet on only a modest probability of major oil market disruptions if war broke out in Iran. Even as … Read more
A Bitcoin developer embedded a 66-kilobyte image inside a single transaction without using OP_RETURN or Taproot. The transaction followed consensus rules. Anyone can verify the bytes using standard node software. Martin Habovštiak didn’t do this to make art, but to prove that closing one data doorway doesn’t remove the capability, it just changes where bytes … Read more
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry died in 1991, so he only got to witness part of the empire he created. He was the driving force behind “Star Trek: The Original Series,” had a hand in several of the movies it spawned, and he also executive … Read more
Lego’s new Smart Brick is a pretty big deal. It packs a miniature computer, a microphone, and NFC tech into a classic 2×4 Lego brick, which can power all sorts of new experiences with select sets. It has so much promise that we awarded it “best in show” at CES 2026, and now, eight Star … Read more
Bitcoin avoided a fresh breakdown around major geopolitical events in the Middle East, with BTC price targets now including $74,000 next. Bitcoin (BTC) ignored geopolitical volatility on Sunday as traders waited for markets’ Iran reaction. Key points: Bitcoin coils around $67,000 as the dust settles on a wild weekend in the Middle East. TradFi market … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For a US president who returned to office pledging to bring wars to an end, Donald Trump is developing quite a taste for unleashing American power. His war against Iran dwarfs all his other interventions … Read more
