In their book Regime Change, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan offer a telling account of the way President Donald Trump deals with a bad news cycle this term: As the White House debated how to manage the fallout from its chaotic slashing of the federal government last year, they determined that they needed “distractions.” There
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How much Netflix is using AI to help create shows and movies just became a little clearer. Generative AI was used in nearly 300 Netflix titles at various stages of production, according to a report on the streaming platform’s state of business. In an earnings report, Netflix told shareholders AI is being used to generate
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Netflix reported second-quarter revenue and earnings that were in line with analyst estimates on Thursday as Wall Street is keeping a close eye on the company’s advertising and engagement metrics.  Netflix stock fell more than 8% in after-hours trading on Thursday. The streaming giant called engagement with its content “healthy,” saying live events were a
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Rebecca Yarros has announced the fourth addition to the mega-bestselling Empyrean series on Instagram. The book is titled Threshing Day and will be available on September 29th this year. Threshing Day is a little different from the other books in the series, though. It is not a sequel to the third book, Onyx Storm. Instead,
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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh testified Wednesday before the Senate banking committee, facing questions over the economy and how various factors might impact interest rates. As part of congressionally mandated Capitol Hill appearances for the central bank leader, Warsh spoke Tuesday to the House financial services committee. During his remarks, he reaffirmed the Fed’s commitment
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On July 14, 1789, the people of Paris stormed the Bastille, signaling a violent end to the absolute authority of the ancien régime. Today, on that very same date, (albeit 237 years later) the stock market staged its own financial revolution against the ancien régime of technology: International Business Machines. IBM shares fell just over $73 to ~$217
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During swelling fascist tides, queer love subverts hegemonic power, creating new hierarchies of value altogether. Aruni Kashyap’s How to Date a Fanatic follows Rohit as he seeks love while Hindu nationalism is on the rise in Narendra Modi’s India. While this novel faces hatred and oppression head on, its most moving moments come in the
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A United Airlines plane takes off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on June 9, 2026 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images United Airlines‘ second-quarter results came in ahead of Wall Street estimates, but billions of dollars in added fuel costs continue to weigh on earnings, the carrier said Wednesday. Here is
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A sign in front of Laurel Supply in West Hollywood simply reads “market.” You don’t even need to enter to realize that’s a massive understatement. For starters, it’s housed in a bizarro space-agey wooden structure on Santa Monica Boulevard, originally designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright in the distinctive “Googie” style of architecture.
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