Over the last few decades, we’ve seen skin-care evolutions that would shock our younger selves. Think: face oils as essential nourishment rather than breakout bombs, or exfoliating dermaplaning and facial shaving that’s safer than seed-based scrubs. But it’s the shift in the cleanser space that’s the most jarring. “For years, the industry was obsessed with … Read more
Of the Warlock’s three Demonic partner options, I found myself leaning most on the Tainted, which can stay out of harm’s way while harassing slower enemies from afar with fireballs. The other Demon options both had their charms but often got too caught up in massive enemy swarms to be as effective as I wanted, … Read more
SpaceX’s company town in Texas, Starbase, is less than a year old, but it already has its own volunteer fire department and is working on creating a police department. Now it wants its own court, too. Starbase’s city administrator submitted a proposed ordinance to the city commission during a meeting on Wednesday that would create … Read more
President Donald Trump on Thursday gathered the leaders and foreign ministers of such increasingly prominent US allies as Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Azerbaijan for the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace. At the meeting in Washington, Trump announced a $10bn US commitment to the board and claimed that Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, … Read more
If you work in tech, Wired’s new cover story isn’t exactly going to shatter your worldview, but it’s a genuinely great read all the same. Reporter Zoë Bernard spent months talking to 51 people (31 of them gay men) to map out a subculture that’s been an open secret in Silicon Valley for years: gay … Read more
XRP is attracting institutional money and a burst of bullish positioning, even as much of the crypto industry remains stuck in a risk-off tape. According to a CoinShares report, XRP is the best-performing crypto token this year, attracting around $150 million in fresh capital, while Bitcoin and Ethereum have registered cumulative outflows of around $1.5 billion. Crypto … Read more
Six nominees for WGA Awards in the Comedy/Variety Series – Talk or Sketch category grappled Wednesday night with one of the great riddles of our age: Is Donald Trump actually funny? Opinions on the topic – one of many covered in a multi-faceted, 90-minute discussion about the craft of comedy writing hosted by the union … Read more
The Giscard movie, “A Day in the Country” (“1974, une partie de campagne,” a pun: also “A Day in the Campaign”), set a definitive tone for Depardon’s career, as the first of many films in which he gets behind the scenes and shows what’s usually out of public view. Those films are inextricable from the … Read more
Moncler Group, owner of Moncler and Stone Island, said on Thursday that the group’s full-year 2025 revenues increased 3% year-on-year to €3.1 billion. By brand, Moncler revenues were up 3% to €2.7 billion, while Stone Island revenues rose 4% to €401.6 million. The results beat the company consensus of a 1% revenue increase for the … Read more
In an interview with The Times this week, Siminoff explained that he understands people’s concerns and that “maybe people were ‘triggered’ by an image in the ad that showed blue rings radiating out from suburban homes. There will be fewer maps in any future ads, he said.” Graphics in ads are not the problem. The … Read more