‘Ramsey Show’ Caller, 38, Makes 220K a Year but Lives in His Car and Debates Moving Onto a Sailboat — ‘Am I Just Gonna Die With 900,000 in the Bank?’ (finance.yahoo.com)
Warren Buffett Told CNBC ''I Initiated It'' About Berkshire''s Alphabet Bet, and New Reporting Says He''s Still Calling the Shots on Stocks. Here''s What That Means for Reading Greg Abel''s Tenure. (finance.yahoo.com)
What’s going on with captchas, those demands from websites to prove you are human? Here is a look at how they are evolving in the wake of AI. (on.wsj.com)
The Trump administration filed an emergency appeal seeking the Supreme Court’s blessing to deploy a federal immigration database that it says could be used to root out people improperly registered to vote (on.wsj.com)
The Trump administration violated federal law when it shared confidential taxpayer information with immigration authorities, an appeals court ruled Tuesday (on.wsj.com)
Iran says it captured an ''advanced'' American underwater drone. The US says it was older, malfunctioning, and ‘dead in the water.'' (www.businessinsider.com)
The US Navy is applying lessons from USS Abraham Lincoln''s tough deployment to another aircraft carrier preparing to head out (www.businessinsider.com)
Can East Germany’s Cold War History Explain the Rise of the AfD? - After winning a state election this past weekend, the German far right is closer to power than it has been in decades. (www.newyorker.com)
The Warning Benjamin Netanyahu Ignored - New reporting from Haaretz shows that, before October 7th, the Israeli Prime Minister was told to expect an “earthquake” from Gaza—and didn’t tell his security chiefs. (www.newyorker.com)
Danny McBride’s Solution to the Masculinity Crisis - In a new story collection, the actor and comedian injects a refreshing breeziness into a discourse that can lean toward self-seriousness. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Journey,” a Five-Part Audio Investigation from The New Yorker - Why did a mysterious couple collect babies in a Los Angeles mansion? Examining a scandal that threatens to undermine the surrogacy industry. (www.newyorker.com)
Destroying Books to Build a Mind - Anthropic is trying to “destructively scan all the books in the world.” How worried should we be? (www.newyorker.com)
The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart - Increasingly, people are ignoring social norms in favor of a narrow self-interest. The results are disastrous. (www.newyorker.com)
Instructions for Watching My Girlfriend While I’m Out of Town - Make sure that water is always available to Blythe, but don’t freak out if she doesn’t drink much. Blythe believes that hydration is “a conspiracy invented by Gatorade.” (www.newyorker.com)
“Paranormal Activity” Creeps Onto Broadway - Oren Peli, the creator of the original horror-film series, stops by the new stage production and dishes on the creaky house that spooked—and inspired—him back in 2005. (www.newyorker.com)
Gloria Steinem Gave It All - The feminist icon understood that you may spend your whole life walking toward a world you will never enter, but that does not relieve you of the obligation to walk. (www.newyorker.com)
Saudi Arabia’s Pursuit of Michelin Stardom - The kingdom, seeking to rebrand as a culinary juggernaut, has bankrolled new restaurants and conscripted big-name chefs. Will it succeed? (www.newyorker.com)
How Hermès Unharnessed Fashion - Under the stewardship of Nadège Vanhée, the artistic director of women’s wear, a house known for craftsmanship is exploring the risqué. (www.newyorker.com)
Willem de Kooning’s Excavations of Intimacy - The first major show of the artist’s drawings articulates his pain and anger and the frightful era he lived in. (www.newyorker.com)
What Carla Lalli Cooked After Her Divorce - With “Food Is a Feeling,” the cookbook author joins a lineage of writers who have explored the appetites of the newly unmarried. (www.newyorker.com)
The Prolific Storytelling of This Is Lorelei - Nate Amos writes songs that both embrace and lampoon dusty singer-songwriter tropes. (www.newyorker.com)
Has the A.I. Job Apocalypse Been Postponed? - So far, the proliferation of A.I. models such as Claude and ChatGPT hasn’t led to mass displacement of workers. But deployment is accelerating and economic pressures are rising. (www.newyorker.com)
Can You Feel the Dub Tonight? - For years, a Peruvian voice actor has tried to get Disney to sign off on his Quechuan translation of “The Lion King.” The new documentary “Runa Simi” follows his path unwinding. (www.newyorker.com)
Grandmaster Flash’s Remix of Hip-Hop History - In his new book, “Birth of a Culture,” the trailblazing d.j. tells his version of how it all began. (www.newyorker.com)
The Culture Wars Have Come for Lingerie - The culture wars have come for lingerie as the right, once the advocates of promise rings and purity culture, embarks on a crusade to “Make America Hot Again.” (www.newyorker.com)
Tom Sachs Channels Chanel - At his downtown studio, the perennially provocative artist makes a lo-fi version of the brand’s flagship Parisian store. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Becca Rothfeld’s review of Rachel Cusk’s latest novel, Alexandra Schwartz’s piece about death doulas, and Zach Helfand’s Talk story about the Old News Newsstand. (www.newyorker.com)