00:07 Coinbase didn''t just lay off 14% of its staff due to AI. It replaced managers with ‘player-coaches’ and turned its org chart upside down (news.google.com)
04:49 Cole Allen, already accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump, is facing a new count in connection with a Secret Service officer who was shot outside a Washington press gala (on.wsj.com)
01:58 California officials took legal action against State Farm, accusing the insurer of unlawfully delaying, denying and underpaying home-insurance claims from survivors of last year’s LA wildfires (on.wsj.com)
00:35 A frustrated President Trump over the weekend upbraided Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary for not moving quickly enough to approve flavored vapes and nicotine products, according to people familiar with the discussions (on.wsj.com)
00:02 A surge in memory-chip prices is making AI even more expensive. That’s raising fresh questions about AI’s business model. Read more in this week’s AI & Business newsletter: (on.wsj.com)
05-05 Harley-Davidson spent years doubling down on its baby-boomer base with expensive cruisers and touring bikes. Now, its new CEO said, the name of the game is volume sales—and affordability. (on.wsj.com)
00:55 The 2026 Met Gala: Bezoses, Beyoncé, and Blood - This year’s event had controversial co-chairs, a softball theme, and at least one apt reference to an art-historical scandal. (www.newyorker.com)
05-05 Domenico Gnoli’s Dizzying Closeups of the Everyday - The Italian painter took still-life to new extremes, making a tie or a bedsheet look like an alien landscape. (www.newyorker.com)
05-05 Will A.I. Make College Obsolete? - Americans already distrust institutions, including academia. More and more people may decide that its stamp of approval isn’t worth the cost. (www.newyorker.com)
05-05 I Have No Idea Why My Daughter Doesn’t Talk to Me - I have no idea why my daughter doesn’t talk to me. I’ll stop “rewriting history” when she stops remembering her childhood wrong. (www.newyorker.com)
05-05 Ohio Primary Elections Map: Live Results - Sherrod Brown is running in the Democratic primary for J. D. Vance’s Senate seat; Vivek Ramaswamy looks to win the Republican primary for governor. (www.newyorker.com)
05-05 Marilyn Monroe Made Being Photographed Into an Art - Hollywood was full of beauties. What Monroe had was something rarer: the ability to project. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 “While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence,” by Ellen Bass - “She’d bought a black leather jacket from a stall on the Ponte Vecchio.” (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory - Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 The Artist Who Made America Look Like a Promised Land - Frederic Edwin Church sold a nation on its own mythology. That was his making—and his unmaking. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 In HBO’s “The Dark Wizard,” Dean Potter Climbs On - The BASE jumper died in a tragic accident in 2015, the day before he was to accept an award for performance art. A new docuseries explores his life and legacy. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 How Americans Caught Gold Fever Again - Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, macho gold-mining reality shows, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting not seen since 1849. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump - The former President remains one of the most popular politicians in the country. What are his obligations to it? (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 Colbert’s Trumpet Player on Life After Late Night - Since 2015, Jon Lampley has played in the house band of “The Late Show,” which CBS unceremoniously cancelled. As the final episode looms, he takes a look back. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations - Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 The A.I. Industry Is Booming. When Will It Actually Make Money? - As Elon Musk sues his former OpenAI partners, A.I. companies are expanding rapidly, but profits are still scarce. (www.newyorker.com)
05-04 Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits? - Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost. (www.newyorker.com)