Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts
Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, is said to be in talks with the Saudi sovereign wealth fund and Silver Lake to buy out the video game giant.
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China’s Small Steps Look Bigger Next to Trump’s Retreat
Beijing’s climate and trade pledges at the U.N. highlighted how modest moves can stand out when the United States is pulling back from global leadership.
Neuroscience and Art Collide in a Posthumous ‘Composition’ by Alvin Lucier in Revivification
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Plenty of us would find it difficult to compose a new piece of music under any circumstances, even in the prime of our lives. But experimental composer Alvin Lucier is making music from beyond the grave—at least in a manner of speaking. In a museum…
Checkout.com’s new $12B valuation is a glass half-full situation
Fintech Checkout.com announced on Friday that it reached a $12 billion valuation as part of an employee stock buyback program. On the one hand, very few startups ever achieve decacorn status, so $12 billion is nothing to sneeze at. It’s a valuable enough company to have landed its founder and CEO Guillaume Pousaz on Forbes’…
“Emily Blunt wore a surprisingly great David Koma this week” links
For the UK premiere of The Smashing Machine, Emily Blunt wore a great David Koma dress & swiss-dot tights. [Go Fug Yourself] Taylor Swift will appear on the Tonight Show in two weeks. [Seriously OMG] Demi Moore at the Gucci show. [RCFA] Tennis player Felix Auger Aliassime got married! [Just Jared] Emma Watson’s feelings on…
Why Companies Like Disney and Paramount Are Caving to Trump
When broadcasters like CBS and ABC surrendered to the president, it looked as if they lacked backbone. The explanation runs much deeper.
US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley vows to stick to plan despite opening day struggles | Ryder Cup 2025
Keegan Bradley faces scrutiny over player power in the United States Ryder Cup team and his own inflexibility after the captain produced curious pairings for the Saturday morning foursomes at Bethpage. Bradley and the US are under pressure after Europe won both sessions on Friday, taking them to a 5 ½ to 2 ½ lead…
Russia Steps Up Provocations in Europe, Alarming Leaders There
European officials fear that Moscow is escalating its antagonism of Europe as U.S. support recedes. A focus of worry now: election interference in Moldova.
Babies’ brains ‘tick’ more slowly than ours, which may help them learn
Babies’ brains operate at a different rhythm to those of adults GOODLUZ / Alamy When a baby tries to make sense of what they have seen, their brain activity seems to tick at a slower rhythm than it does in adults, which may help them to continually learn new concepts. Our brain processes sensory stimuli…
Trump’s new target: Microsoft head of global affairs Lisa Monaco
Trump writes that he’s already stripped Monaco of security clearances, but suggests that her role at Microsoft now lets her access “Highly Sensitive Information.” Image: Truth Social It’s not clear why Trump took this moment to go after Monaco, but it’s possible he’s just now becoming aware of her Microsoft role. CNBC notes that Fox…