Last month, Apple TV released a teaser for the second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, part of Legendary Entertainment’s MonsterVerse, which brought Godzilla, King Kong, and various other monsters (kaiju) created by Toho Co., Ltd into a shared narrative. But we only got the most fleeting glimpse of the promised new mythical Titan threatening … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Law firm Paul Weiss has poached Sean Wheeler, one of rival Kirkland & Ellis’s leading energy partners, in the latest high-profile strike by the New York firm as the war for legal dealmakers escalates. Paul … Read more
A Wall Street Journal report on Friday said Nvidia insiders had expressed doubts about the transaction and that Huang had privately criticized what he described as a lack of discipline in OpenAI’s business approach. The Journal also reported that Huang had expressed concern about the competition OpenAI faces from Google and Anthropic. Huang called those … Read more
The first half of Bridgerton’s swoon-worthy fourth season has left us with many burning questions: can Luke Thompson’s Benedict and Yerin Ha’s Sophie actually make things work? What will be the nefarious next move from the cunning Lady Araminta Gun (Katie Leung) and the casually cruel Rosamund Li (Michelle Mao)? And will the sweet Posy … Read more
On Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the plaintiffs in the antitrust case against Google filed a cross-appeal, as the DOJ Antitrust Division announced in a post on X: “Today, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed notice that it will cross-appeal from the remedies decisions in its case against Google’s unlawful monopolization of internet search and … Read more
After right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley’s viral video alleging fraud at Minnesota daycares he said were operated by Somali residents, Donald Trump’s administration responded by flooding the state with federal immigration agents and freezing funding for childcare services. (A judge ruled that the federal government must continue funding childcare subsidies, at least temporarily.) Now Shirley is … Read more
Apple is bringing agentic coding to Xcode. On Tuesday, the company announced the release of Xcode 26.3, which will allow developers to use agentic tools, including Anthropic’s Claude Agent and OpenAI’s Codex, directly in Apple’s official app development suite. The Xcode 26.3 Release Candidate is available to all Apple Developers today from the developer website … Read more
Hulu “The Golden Girls” is widely celebrated for its rare ensemble chemistry. The pairing of Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty proved to be television lightning in a bottle. The dynamic between Dorothy Zbornak (Arthur), Rose Nylund (White), Blanche Devereaux (McClanahan), and Sophia Petrillo … Read more
Standing in the beauty aisle, it’s easy to feel confused—unable to discern between the many options available, offering similar, yet somehow different concerns. Mascaras in particular keep me puzzled: what separates the best lengthening mascaras from volumizing or lifting formulas? With so many types of mascaras available, even I, as a beauty writer, sometimes wonder … Read more
The city’s tech scene is reeling as U.S. immigration agents have escalated their crackdown in Minneapolis, killing several people, including at least two U.S. citizens. Eight Minneapolis-based founders and investors told TechCrunch that they have put much of their work on hold and now spend their days focused on their communities, volunteering at churches, and … Read more