Today I’m talking to Ben Smith, the editor-in-chief of Semafor. Everywhere you go, people say they don’t trust the media — and yet they’ve never consumed more of it. Audiences have moved on from legacy names in favor of Substacks and podcasts and TikTok news influencers that seem to be everywhere in our feeds. Why
Strong’s Method acting preparation to play characters has risen to Daniel Day-Lewis levels of mythology, and that won’t change with “Reckoning.” In an August 2026 GQ profile, Strong, who spoke in a Polish accent for most of the interview as he was also prepping for another movie at the time, revealed that his goal was
Earlier this week, the Alaskan cruise ship Wilderness Legacy rescued a small skiff stranded near Farragut Bay after running out of fuel. But, according to tracking data reviewed by the Alaska Beacon and Halifax Shipping News, the closest vessel was actually Mark Zuckerberg’s super yacht, Launchpad. Michael Love, a passenger on the Wilderness Legacy, posted
Facebook is rolling out updates today in a bid to increase engagement and make the platform more organized for its users. New apps for sellers on Marketplace are on the horizon; a verification system to prove that you are human in services such as Dating, Marketplace and Groups; and a new immersive design for video.
The EU announced on Friday that Meta must review the addictive design features of Facebook and Instagram or face a fine. The tech giant breaches the Digital Services Act by targeting features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay, push notifications and highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said. The Commission says these features feed the
