“The invisible hand of the internet controls the flow of information, but we do not know quite who controls; if anyone controls it at all.”

The Fort Bragg cartel

Why does every summer need to be the summer ‘of’ something?

Ghislaine Maxwell asks for clemency in exchange for congressional testimony

The great marriage comeback

How the Brain Increases Blood Flow on Demand

The Curse of Carrara Marble

Meta offered someone $1b to leave Mira Murati’s AI startup...they didn’t take it

The story behind the viral photo of Blackstone’s barricaded office

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson are officially dating...your move Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau

4 people now manage $60m in Texas flood donations — and a somber duty

Novo Nordisk shares plunge 23% 📉

People are wearing nightgowns anywhere but to bed

“At the firm that bills itself as the ‘first AI-native investment bank’, the MDs are 25 years old and in line for a $2mn bonus”

Figma targets $18.8 billion valuation in US IPO after bumping up price range

Trump’s ambassador to Italy is living on his yacht

A former moderator for Chaturbate is suing the platform for psychological trauma

The cells that breathe two ways

How Trump let Boeing off the hook for the 737 MAX crashes

Saudi Aramco wants a Google spinoff to turn its waste into wealth

Wise shareholders vote to move stock listing to New York

Bend It Like Beckham is getting a sequel

“Perl is a messy, maddening programming language, the ‘duct tape of the internet.’ But at least you can tell it was made by humans.”

Why Britain’s police hardly solve any crimes

ARR is dead

Ty Haney is back at Outdoor Voices

China launches $500 annual baby subsidy in bid to boost births

Gentle-parenting your audience ft. Jeremy Kirkland

Ramp in talks to raise at $21 billion valuation

“Mary Kay pink Cadillacs are very rare vehicles. The pink pearl color is reserved exclusively for Mary Kay Inc., and all Mary Kay vehicles are only leased for two years.”

Thailand and Cambodia agree to talks in Malaysia after four days of fighting