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Two artists who've spent the last year redefining what it means to build a fanbase share a stage moment that probably paid dividends on TikTok before the lights came down.

A new song, in public, at a cultural institution that meant something once. The subtext: major artists still need the ceremony.

David McCloskey was a CIA analyst. Now he's on his fifth novel. A profile of someone who lived the spy game and is writing his way back to coherence.

Publishing's real business happens in the bars and hotel suites, not the floor. A culture piece about how industries actually work when you're not looking.

Along with Artificial, Musk, and The Social Reckoning, the storytellers are finally getting back at the engineers. A cultural reset that pays.

Ralph Lauren, pale blue, crystal bow. The fit was architecture.

The sixth annual gala. Who showed up, what they wore, and what the night says about where Hollywood is right now.

Bright Kelly and rich forest hues work when they don't try too hard. A color story that matters when everything else is taupe.

A stylist for pop stars admits she loves a shirt that's falling apart. The signaling: I didn't try and I still won.

The brand's president refocused VS on its core 18 to 24 year old customer. The show is back and so is the label hunt. Nostalgia marketing with a pulse.

Louis Vuitton, Céline, Decathlon, Apple. The riots in France targeted symbols of consumption. A signal about what happens when inflation bites.

An interpretability researcher at Anthropic opens up Claude's hood. A deep dive into whether AI is actually reasoning or just pattern-matching at scale.

AI firms are paying for company records and recordings of human work. The new frontier: your job as training data.

Tanker rates have soared so high they're adding $40 per barrel to oil costs, reshaping global flows and raising fuel prices for everyone. The supply chain tax that nobody talks about.

The secret to winning customers is familiarity plus magic. A marketing read on why the archetypes still work.

A Verge podcast deep dive into how a teaching tool became ubiquitous. The history of tech adoption by institutions.

Fast weeknight recipes that are cozily autumnal. The work starts on Sunday.

All made in one pan. The kind of dish that earns its keep with execution.

The annual fashion show returns on Sunday with 22 runway models and four celebrity acts. The play: use fashion to anchor a beauty expansion.

A furnace came on early. Holiday shopping is next. Food inflation meets consumer psychology.

A24 broke through. The Elizabeth Holmes moment is bankable if you make it tight.

Junior Caminero, Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda combined for clutch hits in Game 4 of the ALCS. The Rays tied it at 2-2 with a 7-3 win.

Who holds power in entertainment now? The answer keeps changing. A read on Netflix's position after the latest reshuffling.

The super-agent talks memoir, the UFC deal, and why AI won't disrupt entertainment because it can't create taste.

"Early in my running, I would have never believed I could run a 6-minute mile. Right now, in my 50s, I am more motivated than ever." A story about what happens when you stop believing your body has an expiration date.

A writer couldn't figure out why her calves seized up. Turns out she stopped doing this one move. The smallness of the fix.

Sleep efficiency is what actually matters. Here's how to calculate and improve it.

A film about climbing. The actors discuss which sequences actually happened. The production value.

The Victoria's Secret model showed up at the fashion show. The discourse about aging and appearance followed. A takedown of what we actually mean when we praise a woman for looking younger.

A baker in Paris during the riots tries to make sense of what she's seeing. Frangipanier tarts and civil unrest. A personal dispatch from a moment.

The web is getting hostile to automation. Crawlers are being blocked. A small counter-movement.

The company's safety proposal is light on regulation and heavy on thresholds. A tell about who pays the price.

Accelerating inflation and tremors in the AI sector have rattled equities. Traders are bracing for volatility. The rally is twitchy.

The AI trade hasn't been immune to rising bond yields. The collision is happening now.