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The Growing Appetite for Innovation Was Apparent at Kingpins Show New York
partnership Kingpins Show New York was on July 22 to 23. Jonathan Hanson, courtesy of Kingpins At Kingpins Show New York last week, some key challenges were front of...
VF Corp.’s Q1 Shows 1% Sales Increase, Excluding Dickies
VF Corp. bested revenue expectations and raised its outlook for the year, but the company’s first-quarter results showed that it still has plenty of work to do. First-quarter adjusted...
Diane von Furstenberg to Be Awarded 2026 Couture Council Award From the Museum at FIT
The Couture Council of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology will honor Diane von Furstenberg, fashion designer, entrepreneur and philanthropist, with the 2026 Couture Council Award for...
Manhattan’s Teeming Union Square Rides a Wave of New Retail
The retail numbers are looking pretty good for Manhattan’s Union Square. Spending in the area has maintained a steady pace over the past 12 months, on par with the...
World
Fairfield Porter’s Lush, Lonely Vision of the World
Thankfully, in the sixties, a light flips on. An extreme case is “Oak Tree” (1969), where sunlight crashes through the branches onto the grass and becomes its own radioactive...
Trump’s Cabinet Has Joined TikTok—and It’s Not Great
When the White House announced, last week, that President Donald Trump’s Cabinet members were launching TikTok accounts, it urged users not to “miss a second of the hype” because...
The Sunlit Joylessness of Netflix’s “Little House on the Prairie”
One of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s great gifts as a writer was her ability to reconnect, at age sixty-three and beyond, with her childhood sense of wonder and discovery. For...
Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet’s “Repose”
For the cover of the August 3, 2026, issue, the French artist Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet tried to capture both the delicious and the sluggish qualities of summer’s afternoon heat. “I...
Business
The Growing Appetite for Innovation Was Apparent at Kingpins Show New York
partnership Kingpins Show New York was on July 22 to 23. Jonathan Hanson, courtesy of Kingpins At Kingpins Show New York last week, some key challenges were front of...
The Future of Work: Skilled Freelancing Jumps to 38%
The future of work took a measurable step this month, as Upwork’s Future Workforce Index 2026 found that 38% of skilled U.S. knowledge workers now freelance. That is up...
Israel Electric Corporation connects 12 IDF outposts on Syrian border to national grid
A new NIS 28 million infrastructure project will connect 12 IDF outposts along the Syrian border to Israel's electricity grid, improving reliability while reducing fuel dependence.The Israel Electric Corporation...
Return to Office Mandates Risk Talent in 2026
The return to office debate has quietly settled into a messy middle, and fresh remote work data shows why. About 21.7% of U.S. employees worked remotely at least part...
News
Kash Patel Loses Lawsuit Against Man Who Called Him “Googly-Eyed” Chud
A federal judge Tuesday tossed FBI Director Kash Patel’s $10 million lawsuit against a blogger who called him a “googly-eyed Kremlin bitch.”In his final order, Nevada Chief District Judge...
Trump’s Rage at Iran Takes Truly Scary Turn, and Even MAGA Is Unnerved
On Fox News, Donald Trump threatened to bomb all of Iran’s bridges and all of its power plants. Making this worse, Trump declared that his threat could leave all...
Trump Is About to Send Seniors’ Drug Costs Surging
But actions have consequences. As Canadians sour on the prospect of visiting the U.S., the American people are losing tourist dollars to the tune of $3.3 billion.“In response to...
NYT’s Most Obnoxious Columnist Joins 60 Minutes in Pro-Trump Overhaul
CBS’s 60 Minutes is getting another Trump-styled makeover.Conservative columnist Ross Douthat is leaving The New York Times to join the storied broadcast magazine in a new role, 60 Minutes...
Beauty
Valuations reflect growth prospects as Siemens Energy expands capacity
Reported net profit was Rs 310 crore. Excluding the impact of the new labour code, adjusted net profit was Rs 360 crore. Net profit was also boosted...
AI integration in road, transport can help avoid accidents: MoRTH official
There is a lot of scope for AI integration in the road and transport industry to help avoid accidents and check issues of vehicular pollution, a government official...
T20 WC: It”s about adapting, says England’s Tom Banton on new No 4 role
England batter Tom Banton says he is relishing his new role at No.4, adding that he is now "older" and "more mature" with a better understanding of his...
StatsGuru: AI companies seek footing in India, need funding boost
Individuals and companies from over 30 countries will participate at the five-day India Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit 2026 beginning Monday. Of the 32,600 AI companies globally, India...
Celebrity
UP govt receives ₹20,300 crore of FDI proposals amid investor push
These proposals have flowed in under the “Uttar Pradesh FDI/FCI, Fortune Global 500, and Fortune India 500 Company Investment Promotion Policy 2023”, the government said.
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Traffic curbs in Delhi for AI Impact Summit 2026: Check advisory here
New Delhi is under heightened security as the five-day AI Impact Summit begins today, February 16, at Bharat Mandapam. The Delhi police have deployed over 10,000 personnel and have...
Sanjay’s 68, bowlers seal 31-run win as USA stay alive for Super 8 round
Sanjay Krishnamurthi's explosive unbeaten half-century followed by a disciplined bowling show powered USA to a crucial 31-run win over Namibia, in a must-win Group C clash here on...
India-US trade deal: Transparency on constraints and commitments needed
When I heard of the trade deal that would end the punitive tariff of 25 per cent for buying Russian oil and reduce the reciprocal tariff on Indian...
Culture
Return to Office Mandates Risk Talent in 2026
The return to office debate has quietly settled into a messy middle, and fresh remote work data shows why. About 21.7% of U.S. employees worked remotely at least part...
Return to Office Mandates Risk Talent in 2026
The return to office debate has quietly settled into a messy middle, and fresh remote work data shows why. About 21.7% of U.S. employees worked remotely at least part...
AI Agent Security: Neo Launches With $100M to Lock It Down
A new security startup named Neo left stealth on July 20 with $100 million in funding, the company announced, aiming to secure the flood of AI agents now entering...
How to Start a Side Hustle as More Americans Take the Leap
A fresh QuickBooks entrepreneurship study found that one in three U.S. adults plans to start a business or side hustle within the next 12 months, a 94 percent jump...
Style
The Future of Work: Skilled Freelancing Jumps to 38%
The future of work took a measurable step this month, as Upwork’s Future Workforce Index 2026 found that 38% of skilled U.S. knowledge workers now freelance. That is up...
Three Books Sheila Heti Recommends
Sheila Heti—whose new story “Earthly Delights,” about the mysteries of lust, appears in this week’s issue—wrote one of my favorite books ever: “Motherhood.” The narrator is in her thirties,...
Charli XCX and the Strokes Are (Sort of) Making Rock Music
When the Strokes put out their début LP, “Is This It,” in 2001, they were instantly, breathlessly anointed as saviors of New York City’s sagging rock scene. Even back...
Manufacturing Automation Goes Autonomous as 1872 Raises $15M %
If you have ever waited weeks for a fabricated steel order, you know the quiet stress of a supply chain that cannot find enough workers. A startup called 1872...
Fashion
Once high-flying PayPal becomes a takeover target as it attempts a turnaround
Digital payments giant PayPal was soaring high five years ago, riding the surge in online shopping after the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped people’s buying habits.Now the San José fintech company...
OpenAI bot’s rogue attack rattles industry leaders, policymakers and consumers
What will happen to the world if artificial intelligence bots break free from our control and act independently?While it’s been a troubling conundrum addressed by AI experts and Hollywood...
UBS logs forecast-beating quarterly profit, flags US$3 billion in new buybacks by end-June
Published Wed, Jul 29, 2026 · 01:26 PM[ZURICH] UBS booked a 17 per cent jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday (Jul 29), ahead of expectations, and said it plans...
OpenAI’s rogue agent compromised a customer at a second tech firm, executive says
Published Wed, Jul 29, 2026 · 07:10 AM[WASHINGTON] The rogue agent that escaped from OpenAI and went on a days-long hacking spree at the AI firm Hugging Face also...
