Olivia Munn and Amanda Peet in “Your Friends & Neighbors” Apple TV+ On the new Apple TV+ drama series Your Friends & Neighbors, actress Olivia Munn plays Sam Levitt, a woman from humble beginnings who marries well and then rules over a group of high society ladies in the New York suburbs. Her comfortable lifestyle…
Becky Morton Political reporter Reuters British sovereignty over Gibraltar remains “sacrosanct”, the foreign secretary has said, after the UK agreed a deal with the European Union over the territory’s post-Brexit future. David Lammy told the House of Commons the agreement included a clause “explicitly protecting our sovereignty”. The deal removes checks on people and goods…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the UK fintech company Wise announced last week that it would move its primary listing to New York, it sounded like more bad news for the London Stock Exchange. But the decision by its…
The Dallas Mavericks have become the latest to rebuff the New York Knicks in their search for a new head coach. On Wednesday morning, the Mavs firmly rejected the Knicks’ request to speak with Jason Kidd, sources told ESPN. Kidd joins Houston Rockets coach Ime Udoka and Minnesota Timberwolves coach Chris Finch as those whose…
A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world’s oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago. Reporting in the journal, NPJ Heritage Science, the researchers used a variety of raw materials and heating times to develop 12 recipes for the pigments, providing useful information…
There’s a usage cap on how often you can interact with the GPT-4 version of ChatGPT. (These prompts take a hefty amount of computer power to process!) The official limit is set at 50 prompts every three hours. If you hit this wall, the chatbot displays an error message with how long you will have…
What happens inside your brain when you hear a steady rhythm or musical tone? According to a new study from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford, your brain doesn’t just hear it — it reorganizes itself in real time. Every beep, tone and new sound you hear travels from the ear to registering in…
Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” spends its twelfth week at No. 1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles chart, … More setting a new record for the decade and beating Ed Sheeran. Alex Warren performs onstage at the 2025 American Music Awards held at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by…
Rob England and Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images The prime minister has made tackling illegal immigration and “restoring order” to the asylum system a priority for the government. Sir Keir Starmer has promised to “smash the gangs”. It follows predecessor Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats”. Yet small boat crossings have reached record…
As hard as it is to believe, we’re only two weeks out from the 2025 NBA Draft. Trade rumors are starting to get louder and louder, and there are a number of teams that could move picks in the lottery. One of them? The Sixers with the third pick. So in this week’s mock, we…
