Henry Soong is trying to make vertical microdrama series that don’t suck. That makes the Watch Club founder quite unique within this multibillion dollar industry of apps that churn out formulaic, cringe-worthy content and use aggressive tactics to maximize in-app spending. “Ninety percent of these stories are, ‘I’m a poor girl! I fell in love … Read more
“Hellloooo, Vogue!” trills the one and only Miss Piggy as she sets about revisiting her Life in Looks. “Took you long enough, don’t you think?” To be fair, Miss Piggy has been redefining porcine chic since the mid-1970s (though we don’t know her exact age, because a lady never tells), so she was certainly overdue … Read more
VistaShares has launched BTYB, an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) listed on the New York Stock Exchange that allocates most of its assets to US Treasurys while using options strategies to provide weekly income and Bitcoin-linked price exposure. According to the Tuesday announcement, the fund allocates about 80% of its portfolio to US Treasury securities … Read more
It’s Christmas of 1994, and I am 16 years old. Sitting on the table in our family room next to a pile of cow-spotted boxes is the most incredible thing in the world: a brand new Gateway 66MHz Pentium tower, with a 540MB hard disk drive, 8MB of RAM, and, most importantly, a CD-ROM drive. … Read more
Amid the Trump administration’s attack on universities, Harvard has emerged as a particular target. Early on, the administration put $2.2 billion in research money on hold and shortly thereafter blocked all future funding while demanding intrusive control over Harvard’s hiring and admissions. Unlike many of its peer institutions, Harvard fought back, filing and ultimately winning a … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The Epstein files offer America the opposite of closure. They are the latest widening of a scandal that has become a leitmotif of our time — not only because half the material remains … Read more
A growing number of people are asking OpenAI’s ChatGPT and other LLMs about their health, often discovering that the chatbots provide remarkably useful medical insights. KJ Dhaliwal (pictured left), who in 2019 sold the South Asian dating app Dil Mil for $50 million, says he has been thinking about the inefficiencies of the U.S. healthcare … Read more
Virginia Sherwood/NBC The “Law and Order” franchise is beloved by many viewers for its focus on well-defined characters, with the cast of detectives from “Law and Order: SVU” in particular some of the biggest fan favorites. Mariska Hartigay’s Olivia Benson and Christopher Meloni’s Elliott Stabler have a … Read more
Francesco Scognamiglio wanted to communicate a message of peace through his spring couture collection, given what he described as the “out of control situation of the world.” Christian symbolism was a strong leitmotif—he titled the collection The Resurrection. Another was his commitment to artisanal craftsmanship. The designer was personally involved in the making of some … Read more
A raid on X’s Paris office was carried out by the Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit on Tuesday with Europol and French police, as part of an ongoing investigation that expanded in July to include Grok. As previously reported by Reuters, Elon Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino were also summoned for hearings in April. … Read more