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)
05:10 Jim Cramer on Tower Semiconductor (TSEM): “I Would Take a Little Off Just Because It’s Had, It’s Had a Parabolic Move in the Last Few Weeks” (finance.yahoo.com)
05:02 Northwestern Mutual Found 80% of Gen Z Feel So ''Financially Behind'' They''re Turning to Crypto and Sports Betting To Catch Up (finance.yahoo.com)
01:17 Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are expected to take to the streets across the nation for a day of “No Kings” rallies Saturday in opposition to President Trump (on.wsj.com)
03-28 ICE said it plans to spend 38.3 billion on a new detention model that includes acquiring warehouses and converting them into detention centers, according to a government memo (on.wsj.com)
03-28 The annual Conservative Political Action Conference has laid bare a rift on the right. Some are asking: “What happened to America First?” (on.wsj.com)
03-28 Past personal slights and boardroom rivalries between the top leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic are now defining how the world encounters AI (on.wsj.com)
03-28 Bank of America agreed to pay 72.5 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged the bank kept ties to people close to Jeffrey Epstein and failed to flag suspicious payments between the convicted sex offender and his associates and victims (on.wsj.com)
03-28 Musk’s five-step algorithm gets Tesla and SpaceX employees to achieve stretch goals and innovate, and it’s sure to come in handy in his push to build the world’s largest AI chip factory, says WSJ’s @timkhiggins (on.wsj.com)
03-28 California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order banning gubernatorial appointees from using nonpublic information to profit on prediction markets (on.wsj.com)
03-21 Ukraine says its ''red'' team forces beat NATO''s ''blue'' team forces in every combat scenario during recent naval drone drills (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 I adopted a new fitness strategy in my 40s that''s helped me run half-marathons, hold handstands, and do pull-ups as I age (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 An 80-year-old was scammed out of 285,000. His computer was accessed remotely, and his money turned into cryptocurrency. (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 My first performance review after maternity leave was disappointing. It was difficult to be a great mom and a great employee. (www.businessinsider.com)
03-20 I thought using AI and vibe coding could protect me from job cuts, but Amazon still laid me off. Here''s what I learned. (www.businessinsider.com)
03-28 Torbjørn Rødland Touches the Romantic and the Profane - In a new exhibit, the Norwegian photographer finds divergent ways to break through and touch an audience numbed by visual glut. (www.newyorker.com)
03-28 The ICEBlock App Has Helped People Avoid Immigration Agents. Is It Legal? - ICEBlock was meant to be an early-warning system to help people avoid immigration enforcement—the Trump Administration claims that it endangered the agents of its mass deportation campaign. (www.newyorker.com)
03-28 My Childhood in the Weather Underground - My parents founded the radical revolutionary group, then became fugitives. I was born in hiding, and spent my early years on the run. (www.newyorker.com)
03-28 In “Yes,” an Israeli Filmmaker Charges Israel with Self-Satisfied Brutality - Nadav Lapid’s furiously satirical drama, about a musician’s willful complicity in a war he reviles, tells a vast story of personal and national degradation. (www.newyorker.com)
03-28 John Lithgow on the Controversial Authors Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling - The actor, who stars in the new Broadway production “Giant,” about Dahl’s fraught legacy, discusses whether we can separate the art from the artist. (www.newyorker.com)
03-28 A Former Federal Prosecutor on Why He Quit Donald Trump’s Department of Justice - Troy Edwards tells Ruth Marcus why he left his senior position in the government, and what his father-in-law, James Comey, had to do with it. (www.newyorker.com)
03-27 In “Kontinental ’25,” a Guilty Conscience Isn’t Enough - In Radu Jude’s blistering contemporary riff on Roberto Rossellini, a tragic death sends a bailiff spiralling into a futile campaign of self-flagellation. (www.newyorker.com)
03-27 Marie Antoinette-Era Fashion Plates, at the Frick - Also: Daniel Radcliffe stars in “Every Brilliant Thing,” Robert Plant sings roots folk in a cathedral, a soulful retrospective of Beuford Smith, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
03-27 The Unseen Work of One of Iran’s Greatest Filmmakers - For the director Mani Haghighi, his country’s rich cinematic tradition is a family affair. (www.newyorker.com)
03-27 “Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat” and Age of the Prestige Prank Show - The series, returning for a second season, is the latest example of a new breed—one that relies on elaborate, full-immersion experiments rather than on one-off stunts. (www.newyorker.com)
03-27 Can BTS Recapture the Magic? - The superstar K-pop group took an almost four-year hiatus. A few things have changed since they’ve been gone. (www.newyorker.com)
03-27 What Happens When a Whale Is Born? - Researchers happened on the birth of a sperm-whale calf—which, they found, is a complex family endeavor. (www.newyorker.com)
03-26 The Trial of Anti-ICE Protesters Accused of Terrorism - The trial of supposed Antifa members after a shooting at an ICE facility is part of a disturbing strategy. (www.newyorker.com)
03-26 Operation Name That Excursion! - Operation Trump: The War, Operation Gulf War III, Operation Venezuela 2: Atomic Boogaloo, and other runners-up. (www.newyorker.com)
03-26 The Soft Power of BTS - The mega-popular K-pop stars have been on hiatus for nearly four years. Their new album, “Arirang,” tests the group’s staying power in the global cultural marketplace. (www.newyorker.com)
03-26 How the War Has Reshaped Life in Iran - As the conflict continues, civilians find themselves caught between foreign bombardment and a regime that is violently cracking down. (www.newyorker.com)
03-26 Louise Erdrich on Novels of Parentless Children - The “Round House” and “Python’s Kiss” author discusses a few books that examine the psychological terrain of growing up without parents. (www.newyorker.com)
03-26 Maya C. Popa Reads Brenda Shaughnessy - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Artless,” by Brenda Shaughnessy, and her own poem “The World Was All Before Them.” (www.newyorker.com)