US prosecutors charged two former senior executives at a private equity-owned software group with fraud, accusing them of falsifying financial results to inflate the company’s value when it was sold to another buyout group. Mobileum’s ex-chief financial officer Andrew Warner and former chief of delivery operations Kishore Vangipuram allegedly “pocketed millions of dollars in personal … Read more
His work depended on access. He filmed in hospital rooms where patients and families faced incommensurable agonies with the aid of the medical staff (“Near Death”); he filmed in administrative offices (“At Berkeley,” “Ex Libris”), in businesses (“The Store,” “Model”), in government buildings (“City Hall”). Yet people tended to speak uninhibitedly in his presence. He … Read more
Speaking of iconic Black costume designers: Michelle Cole, the multiple-Emmy-nominated talent behind the wardrobe on shows like Black-ish, received the Career Achievement Award. Tracee Ellis Ross, with whom Cole has worked for years, presented her with the award. “I feel like you need to come out here so I can say all of this to … Read more
Disney+ Across 24 episodes of the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “Andor,” audiences got to experience thrilling escapes, political intrigue, and explosive battles. But as hard as it might be to imagine, the original vision for the show was even more ambitious because creator Tony Gilroy had originally … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Two US teachers’ unions have asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate private markets giant Apollo Global Management for its “lack of candour” over its ties to the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The American … Read more
Now that the fall 2026 collections have walked the snowbanked runways of New York, many of our big beauty forecasts from last season have gained new energy. Pastel lids were just as blue at Marc Jacobs’s nostalgic kickoff to the week’s shows, and soon fingertips and toes at Rachel Scott’s Proenza Schouler show were painted … Read more
Reasons for worry In a recent interview with The Memory Core newsletter, GameSir admitted that its primary motivation for releasing a Windows emulation tool was to sell more of its controllers. But GameSir’s controllers aren’t required to use the Android version, which it says was sideloaded on 5 million (primarily Chinese) Android devices even before … Read more
The Bitcoin “buy zone” meme just got real again, here’s what it means in the ETF era A certain kind of Bitcoin post shows up right on schedule. It usually arrives right after price stops feeling fun. This week it came from PricedinBTC, dressed up as a neat table titled “Forward Returns by Drawdown Level.” … Read more
Google says it will now display links more prominently inside its AI-powered features in Search. Robby Stein, the vice president of Google Search, announced on Tuesday that a list of links will now appear inside a pop-up when you hover over the sources in AI Overviews and AI Mode on desktop, alongside a description of … Read more
If you’re looking for a great pair of noise-canceling headphones, Sony’s WH-1000XM6 are amongst the best available and are now down to $368 ($92 off) at Amazon in black or gray. While their high price usually makes them harder for us to suggest over the last-gen model, which is often on sale for around $278.99, … Read more