YouTube Revenue for Full-Year 2025 Topped 60 Billion, Making Video Platform Bigger Than Netflix Ad revenue hit record 11.38 billion in Q4 but fell short of Wall Street expectations (old.reddit.com)
Uber found liable for sexual assault in first of thousands of similar lawsuits / A federal jury has ordered Uber to pay the victim 8.5 million in damages. (old.reddit.com)
After 3 years of negotiations with Microsoft, Blizzard QA workers win a new contract guaranteeing ''better working environment with increased pay, benefits, and layoff protections'' (old.reddit.com)
Yet another Windows update is wreaking havoc on gaming rigs worldwide — Nvidia recommends uninstalling Windows 11 KB5074109 January update to prevent framerate drops and artifacting (old.reddit.com)
North Carolina Primary Map: Live Election Results - The state’s primaries on March 3rd will determine candidates for House and Senate races in November, with major implications for the balance of power in Congress. (www.newyorker.com)
Why a Woman Would Rather Love a Statue Than a Man - In “When the Museum Is Closed,” Emi Yagi takes her study of female objectification to a new, literal extreme. (www.newyorker.com)
Texas Primary Map: Live Election Results - Both parties’ primaries for U.S. Senate have been fiercely competitive, while Governor Greg Abbott looks to take a first step toward securing an unprecedented fourth term. (www.newyorker.com)
Martin Parr’s Eye for Human Folly - The British photographer spent his career examining appetites and the contradictions they engender. (www.newyorker.com)
Special Episode: War in Iran - U.S. and Israeli air strikes have killed the Iran’s Supreme Leader, sparked a regional conflagration, and set the stage for a “strategic shit show,” Ishaan Tharoor says. (www.newyorker.com)
Can Donald Trump Win a War with Iran If He Can’t Explain Why He Started It? - So far, explanations are few and the goals—from regime change to ending a nuclear program the President already claimed to have “obliterated”—are many. (www.newyorker.com)
The Republicans Are Messing with Texas - Amid the controversy over redrawn district maps, a bitter senatorial primary race between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton, and growing dissatisfaction with Donald Trump, has the Party overreached? (www.newyorker.com)
New York City Ballet Premières for the “No Kings” Era - Justin Peck takes on Beethoven’s “Eroica” symphony, while Alexei Ratmansky turns the tale of the Emperor’s new clothes into an anti-Trump satire. (www.newyorker.com)
“How to Get to Heaven from Belfast” Is an Ode to Middle-Aged Friendship - The series, from the creator of “Derry Girls,” focusses on a group of Irish women investigating a death. But it feels less like a murder mystery and more like a buddy comedy. (www.newyorker.com)
Meet the Dad Making Music from Toddler Twaddle - Stephen Spencer is a college music lecturer, but his side gig is producing songs written by his three-year-old. “Apple The Stoola,” Record of the Year? (www.newyorker.com)
Jafar Panahi Steps Out of the Shadows - The director of “It Was Just an Accident” will face arrest upon his return to Iran after the Oscars. But for now he’s looking for a new pair of shades. (www.newyorker.com)
Eugène Atget’s Epic Record of Time and Place - An exhibit of the French artist’s work at the I.C.P. shows how he taught photography to be specific. (www.newyorker.com)
The Sexologist Who Unlocked the Female Orgasm - Fifty years ago, a controversial writer named Shere Hite taught us how to talk about sex and pleasure, selling books by the millions. Why do so few people know her name today? (www.newyorker.com)
Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial - This year marks the two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s founding. The two hundredth wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. (www.newyorker.com)
“‘I Might Not Be Here,’” by Rachel Eliza Griffiths - “We were being married / & it felt like marriage, our lives gliding in laughter.” (www.newyorker.com)
Can A.I. Be Pro-Worker? - As fears of mass unemployment grow, three leading economists advocate some policies to shift the focus from job displacement to job enhancement. (www.newyorker.com)