Plenty of personal care products—the treatments and gadgets that fill our medicine cabinets, home gyms, and vanities—promise innovation. Yet few actually deliver. Companies that craft cosmetics, supplements, fitness tools, and other wellness aids tend to go hard on buzzwords without putting in the research to make something truly new. That doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile, […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters […]
B/R Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder will play Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks for the NBA Cup title on Tuesday. The Thunder earned a spot in the NBA Cup Final after defeating the Houston Rockets 111-96 in Saturday night’s semifinal game. NBA @NBA SGA, THUNDER PUNCH THEIR TICKET. 🎟️🎰⛈️ 32 PTS⛈️ 8 […]
Universal has been vindicated, thanks to the witches of Oz and the tenacity of studio chief and top NBCUniversal executive Donna Langley. Over the Nov. 22-24 weekend, director Jon M. Chu’s Wicked opened to an estimated $114 million domestically, the biggest box office launch of all time for a Broadway adaptation in a landslide victory, […]
As the social media platform Bluesky continues to attract millions of followers, many of whom are fleeing Twitter after its toxic slide under new ownership and following the re-election of Donald Trump, an unexpected ambassador for the fledgling rival has emerged: Flavor Flav. Since joining Bluesky two weeks ago on Nov. 8 with an initial […]
Travis HunterAndrew Wevers/Getty Images The moment Deion Sanders accepted the job at Colorado, attention was inevitable. The smooth-operating former NFL star talked a big game immediately, overhauled a roster like nobody had ever done in college football history and turned heads on the recruiting trail. But on-field results had to follow. Saturday afternoon, the Buffaloes […]
In the two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X, the platform has become crowded with deceptive ads and unchecked misinformation. Now, with President-elect Donald Trump heading to the White House and Musk joining his administration, countless people announced their departure from X. Rival social media site Bluesky told Vox that […]
When people ask me how to separate AI hype from reality in medicine, I suggest starting with three … [+] critical questions. getty Artificial intelligence has long been heralded as a transformative force in medicine. Yet, until recently, its potential has remained largely unfulfilled. Consider the story of MYCINa “rule-based” AI system developed in the […]
Getty Images LOS ANGELES – The World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees is set for 8 p.m. ET on Friday night with Game 1 in Dodger Stadium. Many people are excited, as well they should be. It’s a hell of a Fall Classic matchup. Among many other aspects here to […]
In Wednesday’s Future Perfect newsletter, my colleague Dylan Matthews wrote about the case for skepticism about this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics winners. His argument was that while their theories are interesting, there’s plenty of reason to doubt just how correct those theories are. For several other Nobels this year, however, my skepticism runs in […]
