To help Apple reach new heights, incoming CEO John Ternus must take it beyond the supply chain mastery of Tim Cook, who built it into a 5 trillion colossus (on.wsj.com)
The US Army has lost the top general and the ''change agent'' secretary who were driving its transformation for future fights (www.businessinsider.com)
Western training manuals update too slowly to properly prepare Ukrainian troops for a fast-changing battlefield, commander says (www.businessinsider.com)
This European City Was Named the Best Place to Live in the World—and It Ranked for Safety, High Earnings, and Exceptional Quality of Life (news.google.com)
“Days and Nights in the Forest” Emerges from the Shadows - This passionate melodrama by Satyajit Ray, about four middle-class men on a heedless spree in a rural village, is a teeming panorama of social divisions and inequities. (www.newyorker.com)
Min Jin Lee Reads Wendi Kaufman - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street,” which was published in The New Yorker in 1997. (www.newyorker.com)
Seven Steps to Financial Success, According to a Guy Who Won a Multimillion-Dollar Lawsuit Against the Circus - You can optimize your chances by insuring that you’re in the best possible position to get whacked in the face by wealth and prosperity. (www.newyorker.com)
George W. Bush’s Code of Silence - He lovingly paints immigrants, praises free trade and diplomacy, and rues the coarsening of American politics. Why won’t he talk about Donald Trump? (www.newyorker.com)
“The Disappearers,” Reviewed - Marlon James’s new novel follows a group of gay men who seek love, connection, and restitution after a bloody homophobic attack. (www.newyorker.com)
All Rise! Coyote Court Is Now in Session - In the new film “Coyote vs. Acme,” starring Will Forte, Wile E. Coyote demands justice from the company that keeps blowing him up. Here to weigh in is the personal-injury attorney Motorcycle Mike. (www.newyorker.com)
Smokejumpers Leap Out of Planes to Fight Wildfires - Since the nineteen-forties, smokejumpers have been parachuting into remote parts of the U.S. to contain dangerous blazes. (www.newyorker.com)
Who’s Afraid of A.I. Music? - When the rapper Fenix Flexin débuted a new accent on his single “Rubberz,” he stumbled into a century-old fight over musical fraudulence. (www.newyorker.com)
“Matisse’s Femme au Chapeau: A Modern Scandal,” Reviewed - More than a century after its incendiary début, “Woman with a Hat” remains wonderfully resistant to the dictates of beauty and taste. (www.newyorker.com)
“The Barman of the Ritz” Is No “Casablanca” - The best-selling novel by the French author and podcaster Philippe Collin, which is set during the German Occupation of Paris, has a great premise but suffers in the execution. (www.newyorker.com)
Jim Nollman’s Orca-stra - The sound artist spent thirteen years playing guitar alongside singing whales in British Columbia. Now he’s releasing their collaboration, on “Orcas’ Greatest Hits.” (www.newyorker.com)
Has the Supreme Court Sandbagged Democracy? - A new legal history argues that the Justices should be stripped of their power to overrule coequal branches of government. It arrives at an awkward moment. (www.newyorker.com)
Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Reckoning - The Meta settlement will force meaningful changes on Facebook and Instagram. It also reflects the degree to which public outrage is outmatched by the speed and size of Big Tech. (www.newyorker.com)
Rivers Cuomo Is Piecing It All Together - The singer-songwriter and Weezer front man on the making of the band’s new LP, the Gold Album, his relationship with his father, and the stories we tell about ourselves. (www.newyorker.com)
“Lub Dub Lub Dub Lub Dub,” by Helen Simpson - A sense of impending doom—that was how Weary had described the feeling many people got, like a heaviness in the chest. (www.newyorker.com)