Manuel’s approach to narrative is as original as his sense of cinematic form, and his gift for documentary-style observation is balanced by a refined sense of style. (He sketched this method and this story in a short film of the same title, which premièred at Sundance in 2020 and involves several of the same characters … Read more
Now, Musk may be running out of arguments after Sooknanan shot down his First Amendment claims and other claims nitpicking the statute as unconstitutionally vague. Whether Musk can defeat the SEC lawsuit without Trump’s intervention remains to be seen as the lawsuit advances. In her opinion, the judge found that the government’s interest in requiring … Read more
Andreessen Horowitz just raised a whopping new $15 billion in funding. And a $1.7 billion chunk of that is going to its infrastructure team, the one responsible for some of its biggest, most prominent AI investments including Black Forrest Labs, Cursor, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Ideogram, Fal and dozens of others. A16z general partner with the infra team Jennifer Li (who oversees such investments as ElevenLabs – just valued at $11 billion); Ideagram and Fal, has a clear thesis on where the team is looking … Read more
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the most ambitious crossover event of all time: the infinity war between technology and politics. Not subscribed yet? Come on, do it! Washington might seem slower than Silicon Valley. But that’s because it’s more turbulent. In order to achieve anything, one has to navigate … Read more
Julio Moreno, head of research at CryptoQuant, recently declared that Bitcoin is in a bear market that could extend through the third quarter of 2026. He’s not alone. Matt Hougan at Bitwise and a growing chorus of institutional voices are using the “bear” label more freely than at any point since early 2023. Yet the … Read more
FX on Hulu Created by Christopher Storer, FX’s “The Bear” has garnered a glut of critical acclaim and accolades. The half-hour genre-blending dramedy stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a successful chef who comes home to Chicago after the death of his brother (Jon Bernthal) … Read more
Margot Robbie has officially left Barbieland behind—and all the icy blonde dye jobs that came along with it. The actor’s “Wuthering Heights” press tour has delivered dark romantic fashion, gothic glam, windswept waves, and a new hair color we’re calling as one of spring’s biggest trends: Brontë blonde. Neil Mockford Robbie’s current color was created … Read more
Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health under the Trump administration, appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Tuesday. In the wide-ranging hearing, Bhattacharya defended the chaotic and disruptive cuts at the institutes he helms while carefully wording responses related to vaccines—seemingly to avoid contradicting his boss, anti-vaccine … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Aides to the former Prince Andrew took detailed financial advice from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on a lucrative proposal for the royal to be paid for introducing clients such as sovereign wealth funds … Read more
Overwatch 2, the sequel to Activision Blizzard’s hit hero shooter Overwatch, was announced in 2019 but didn’t arrive for another three years, eventually bringing a shift to five-on-five matches in PVP, and a few new characters, including Overwatch’s first Black female hero. After canceling planned PvE content and unlocking its hero pool, the game’s developers … Read more