This Is the Quantum Computing Stock Billionaires Want to Own for 2026 (Even Warren Buffett) -- and It''s Not IonQ, Rigetti Computing, or D-Wave Quantum (finance.yahoo.com)
Is the Supreme Court Unsure About Birthright Citizenship? - Maybe the Justices simply want to reiterate what the Court has already said—or maybe not. (www.newyorker.com)
Two New Movies Revivify the Portrait-Film Genre - Documentaries about individuals are ubiquitous, but “Suburban Fury” and “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” explore the filmmaker-subject relationship in ways that recall classics of the form. (www.newyorker.com)
The Best TV Shows of 2025 - This year, Hollywood’s decline was evident from its output—but a few great, conversation-starting shows made our critic crave the return of the water cooler. (www.newyorker.com)
What Happens When an “Infinite-Money Machine” Unravels - After Michael Saylor’s software company Strategy stockpiled hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, he was hailed as an alchemist. Then things went awry. (www.newyorker.com)
And Your Little Dog, Too, by David Sedaris - Two small dogs, both unleashed, rushed toward me, snarling, and one of them bit me on my left leg, just below the knee. It all happened within a second. (www.newyorker.com)
What’s the Fastest Subway Line? (Yes, There Is One) - The M.T.A.’s new “Love Letter to the Subway” tells all about the underground system beloved—and hated—by New Yorkers. (www.newyorker.com)
The Many Stages of Cynthia Nixon - Now starring in her fourteenth Broadway production, the “Sex and the City” actress reflects on Mike Nichols, F. Murray Abraham, and Times Square sleaze. (www.newyorker.com)
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost? - The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality. (www.newyorker.com)
How to Leave the U.S.A. - In the wake of President Trump’s reëlection, the number of aggrieved Americans seeking a new life abroad appears to be rising. The Netherlands offers one way out. (www.newyorker.com)
“Of the People for the People but by Me,” by Lucie Brock-Broido - “What is it I will have left when I leave, little but the milkweed silk, / My inky fetishes, my spirit-papers and my urns.” (www.newyorker.com)
Will Geese Redeem Noisy, Lawless Rock and Roll? - Critics love to make these kinds of breathless pronouncements. But with this band, currently on tour to promote its album “Getting Killed,” controlled hysteria is sort of the point. (www.newyorker.com)
“Almost Home,” by Adrian Matejka - “Bob Kaufman loved San Francisco’s / gentle malaise, long views of bay / & insistent bridge, the ocean right after.” (www.newyorker.com)
The New Studio Museum in Harlem Shows that Black Art Matters - Reopening with work by Tom Lloyd and others, the museum is a manifestation of possibility, specifically in Black lives. (www.newyorker.com)
Marilyn Minter’s Rapturous Visions - The artist was shunned by the art world for being too vulgar. Her new show embraces the female body, with muses like Lizzo, Padma Lakshmi, and Jane Fonda. (www.newyorker.com)
Konrad Kay and Mickey Down, the Finance Bros Behind HBO’s “Industry” - Konrad Kay and Mickey Down failed as financiers—but they’re making a killing by depicting the profession on HBO. (www.newyorker.com)
Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Adam Gopnik’s piece about the demolition of the East Wing, Jessica Winter’s essay about the so-called crisis of men, and Jill Lepore’s essay about historical precedents for the Trump era. (www.newyorker.com)
A New Afghan Bakery, in New York’s Golden Age of Bread - The city has vaunted sourdough loaves and endlessly hyped croissants. Diljān, in Brooklyn Heights, brings a classic Afghan flatbread into the mix. (www.newyorker.com)
The Ancient Roots of Doing Time - The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state. (www.newyorker.com)