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The plan to quietly kill Coyote v. Acme blew up in David Zaslav’s face

Swift public outcry gave the movie a chance to speak for itself.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Two Japanese movies that confront what it means to be alive

Sho Miyake has been celebrated for his quiet, careful character portraits in his home country. Now his two latest films are available stateside.

Robyn Kanner
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Dominic Preston
Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s courtroom brawl could burn it all down

It’s all about the court of public opinion.

Elizabeth Lopatto and Hayden Field
Spirit is broken

The ultra-low-cost carrier may soon disappear, taking 5 percent of domestic flights and 15,000 jobs with it. That will impact the way millions of people fly.

Darryl Campbell
You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze

Ads, rate limits, feature restrictions, price hikes. The AI free ride is over.

Hayden Field
First vacuums — then the world

Dreame plans to build everything from hypercars and hair dryers to China’s Elon Musk. It’ll either win big or go down in flames.

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
The Mac is in good hands in Apple’s post-Cook era

After promoting Johny Srouji, I expect Apple to continue focusing on what makes its recent Macs so great: the chips.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
John Ternus’ first big problem is AI

Does Tim Cook’s newly announced successor have what it takes to regain the company’s lost ground in the AI race?

Hayden Field
The SpaceX IPO is a trillion-dollar gamble on the future of space

It’s either a gilded pathway to the stars or a financial black hole.

Georgina Torbet
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want

Inventing the future requires a future people want.

Elizabeth Lopatto
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway

The push for online child safety is forcing platforms to adopt a narrow set of privacy-encroaching age verification options.

Emma Roth
Werner Herzog is in IMAX, on AI, and over 3D

The director made one of the greatest 3D films of all time. He explains why he’ll never do that again.

Kevin Nguyen
Read OpenAI’s latest internal memo about beating the competition — including Anthropic

“The market is as competitive as I have ever seen it,” wrote Denise Dresser, OpenAI’s chief revenue officer.

Hayden Field
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is causing a slow-moving food crisis

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is choking off the world’s supply of fertilizer feedstock, triggering concerns about rising food prices and shortages.

Abigail Bassett