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Some say Taylor Swift is doing too much to stay in the spotlight. What if she just loves her job?
It’s a good day to be a Swiftie, but these days, that’s hardly unusual. On Friday, Taylor Swift released “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,” a deluxe version of her 2025 album, featuring four brand-new tracks. Two days later, the music video for “Patient Zero” will premiere at the MTV Video Music…
Ed Sheeran’s Macklemore mess has rocked his public image. PR pros say fans will be more forgiving than you think.
The last time Ed Sheeran played Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field three years ago, he drew a record-breaking crowd of almost 78,000 fans. When he returned there on Saturday to perform his chart-topping hits, he opened with a speech that felt more suited for an apology tour than a victory lap…
The ‘ChatGPT for doctors,’ OpenEvidence, was valued at $15 billion in a new funding round
OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, is the latest AI darling to raise back-to-back funding rounds. The company recently raised $250 million in investment from hospital systems and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing OpenEvidence at $15 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. In…
A stranger yelled at my child to stop crying. After standing up for my daughter, I stopped being so hard on myself.
Several years ago, while on vacation in Colorado, we decided to visit a national park to take in the area’s natural sights. My daughter loved being helped to climb up a small rocky outcrop for a better view of the miles of pine tree-covered mountains. She still talks about the time that she…
300,000 student-loan borrowers got their debt wiped out — but their credit is still taking a hit, a new lawsuit says
Student-loan borrowers whose debt was wiped out are still being reported to credit bureaus, a new lawsuit says. On Thursday, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a borrower advocacy group, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education. It said that the department is violating the Fair…
How Meta is using the Threads playbook to boost Muse
Three years ago, Meta launched Threads as a Twitter alternative, staffed with a bare-bones team. Now the company says its text-based social network has 500 million users — more than Twitter ever reported when it was a public company (In 2024, Elon Musk claimed his rebrand of the service had brought…
I’ve spent 190 hours on long-haul flights. These carry-on essentials make the journey more bearable.
Focus on what you can control and let the rest go. I’ve heard countless versions of this advice throughout my life, and it gets me through my most stressful moments. Enter the long-haul flight — my least favorite part of any faraway vacation. I can’t make planes leave on time. I can’t change the…
How to Get the Nike x One Piece Collection in the US
Collabs and merchandise inspired by “One Piece,” the Japanese manga later adapted into an anime, seem to be everywhere. Next up is Nike. In August, Nike announced a collection of footwear, T-shirts, jerseys, caps and a vest inspired by the anime “One Piece.” The rollout has been staggered, with…
Alexandr Wang isn’t a style icon. He’s just a Gen Z boy.
The tech guy uniform is full of basic T-shirts and bad haircuts, so I get why Alexandr Wang’s look at Meta Connect is riling Silicon Valley. If you’re used to the black turtlenecks of Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes, or the white T-shirts of Mark Zuckerberg, sure, Wang’s camo-print deer T-shirt and…
Kalshi draws backlash after a creator accuses it of ripping off his video — and changing his race
Kalshi is drawing major heat online after creator Elliot Choy accused the company of ripping off one of his videos for an ad — and making his face look like a white man’s. Choy posted side-by-side stills that show the clear similarities between the appearance of the ad and his video, which depicted…