02-07 YouTube Revenue for Full-Year 2025 Topped 60 Billion, Making Video Platform Bigger Than Netflix Ad revenue hit record 11.38 billion in Q4 but fell short of Wall Street expectations (old.reddit.com)
02-06 Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits / A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim 8.5 million in damages. (old.reddit.com)
02-06 After 3 years of negotiations with Microsoft, Blizzard QA workers win a new contract guaranteeing ''better working environment with increased pay, benefits, and layoff protections'' (old.reddit.com)
02-06 Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting (old.reddit.com)
04-16 Many Call Expensive Mattresses An Investment, Ramit Sethi Says. To Him, They''re A Luxury, As Is Another Item. ''We Need To Be Honest'' (finance.yahoo.com)
05:21 From Venezuela to Iran, major operations have kept US Navy supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford away from home for almost 10 months (www.businessinsider.com)
04-16 Middle East crisis live: Ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon takes effect; Hezbollah tells citizens to postpone returning home (news.google.com)
07:25 America’s Orange Jesus - Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour. (www.newyorker.com)
03:35 “Mother Mary,” Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, Reviewed - Anne Hathaway, as a pop star, and Michaela Coel, as a fashion designer, are trapped in the narrow limits of a chamber drama that’s smaller than their personalities. (www.newyorker.com)
01:07 Who Is the U.S. Negotiating with in Iran? - As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard. (www.newyorker.com)
04-16 “Beef,” “The Drama,” and the New Marriage Plot - Two releases about troubled couples meet a broader cultural moment of questioning what the institution is good for—and what new arrangements might replace it. (www.newyorker.com)
04-16 Sharp Claws at “Becky Shaw” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” - Gina Gionfriddo’s zinger-filled sex farce and the celebratory ballroom-culture adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s confounding musical are cathartic catnip. (www.newyorker.com)
04-16 Is Zohran Mamdani’s “Sewer Socialism” Resonating? - After an unlikely political rise, New York’s Mayor has embraced a model of governance focussed on basic services—and making sure New Yorkers see it. (www.newyorker.com)
04-16 Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich - The writer and internet critic discusses books that reflect different facets of living in a society run by billionaires. (www.newyorker.com)
04-16 The Extremes of Israeli Public Opinion - Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Netanyahu has not gone far enough. (www.newyorker.com)
04-16 A.I. Has a Message Problem of Its Own Making - OpenAI’s Sam Altman wants to “de-escalate” the rhetoric around A.I. But if you tell people that your product will upend their way of life, take their jobs, and possibly threaten humanity, they might believe you. (www.newyorker.com)
04-15 TMZ Gets Political - The celebrity tabloid has been basking in the Schadenfreude of catching politicians shirking their responsibility to the American people. (www.newyorker.com)
04-15 How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain - A new book charts the creation of a secretive system that automates warfare for the military. The progression from target identification to target destruction is four clicks. (www.newyorker.com)
04-15 What Zendaya Leaves Unsaid - Her films rarely center on—or even acknowledge—her race, seemingly out of concern that focussing on identity might limit her characters’ emotional palettes. But why couldn’t it expand those palettes? (www.newyorker.com)
04-14 How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply? - Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only made matters worse. (www.newyorker.com)
04-14 “The Peace President” Gets Belligerent with Iran and the Pope - After negotiations to end the war failed to produce a deal, Trump imposed a naval blockade to cut off the Islamic Republic’s ability to trade through the Strait of Hormuz. (www.newyorker.com)
04-14 The Hungarian Election Shows That Even Strongmen Can Lose - Many people in the country had trouble imagining that Viktor Orbán could be defeated. But a philosopher also warned that defeatism can abet authoritarianism. (www.newyorker.com)