Eileen Gu finally wins gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics as she triumphs in halfpipe final amid ''traitor'' controversy over decision to represent China (news.google.com)
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)
Boomers Are Retiring In Droves Each Year, Creating A Buying Opportunity In ''Boring'' Businesses. But Which Ones Actually Make Sense? (finance.yahoo.com)
Thousands of Travellers Grounded in U.S. Today as Spirit, Delta, SkyWest, Air Canada, PSA and Other Airlines Cancel 140 and Delay 2,587 Flights at Dallas, New York, Boston, Miami, Houston, Tampa and Beyond (news.google.com)
I thought traveling with toddlers was impossible. Now we live in Spain for 2 months at a time — and it''s cheaper than Disney. (www.businessinsider.com)
An ex-consultant quit his 6-figure job after reading ''Dare to Lead.'' Here are the 4 lessons from the book that motivated him. (www.businessinsider.com)
“Something Familiar,” by Mary Gaitskill - She didn’t remember what she’d said, only that it had gone on for the whole hour, and that he’d said, “I’m lonely,” and “Please,” and “Give me a chance.” (www.newyorker.com)
Roger and the Smooth Fox Terriers - My husband, who died at a hundred and one, was utterly secular. So where are these dogs coming from? (www.newyorker.com)
Donald Trump’s Pantomime United Nations - The Board of Peace might be destined to fail, but it still threatens to undermine an international system in which the U.S. was once the linchpin. (www.newyorker.com)
Can Starting from Scratch Save “Vanderpump Rules”? - After eleven seasons, the show was tired. In the reboot, none of the new characters are pretending to be something they’re not. (www.newyorker.com)
The Quad God and American Reckoning at the Olympics - The skater Ilia Malinin, the snowboarder Chloe Kim, and the Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid are a few of the athletes who battled it out at the Winter Games. (www.newyorker.com)
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Life in Pictures - Following his arrest last week, Andrew spent his first birthday as a commoner in circumstances as degraded as earlier celebrations had been grand. (www.newyorker.com)
A Childhood in Jewish New Orleans - To assimilated German Jews in the South, the Holocaust was unimaginable. One solution was to shut it out. (www.newyorker.com)
Conan O’Brien Is Ready for the Oscars - The comedian and television host talks about the decline of late night, the death of Rob and Michele Reiner, and why he loves when things go wrong onstage. (www.newyorker.com)
The Evidence on Ozempic to Treat Addiction - Dhruv Khullar on the latest research on GLP-1 drugs, which, though typically used to manage diabetes and obesity, are showing promise as groundbreaking treatments for addictions of all kinds. (www.newyorker.com)
The E.P.A. Rescinds a Landmark Finding - But it’s not game over for future climate action—and understanding why allows for a more nuanced picture of where the fight actually stands now. (www.newyorker.com)
The Unlikely Success of a Strange Alabama Bookstore - Jake Reiss only sells signed books, and mostly at publisher’s prices. It shouldn’t work, but it has. (www.newyorker.com)
Mitski’s Spellbinding Intensity - Also: the actions and art work of Lotty Rosenfeld, mixed-martial-arts sparring in the play “The Monsters,” a cocktail adventure at Oddball, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
“Come to Brazil?” The Oscars Just Might - “I’m Still Here” and “The Secret Agent” have brought Brazil’s exuberant online fan culture to the Academy Awards. (www.newyorker.com)
Raymond Depardon’s Documentary Confrontations with Power - A retrospective at Lincoln Center showcases the French filmmaker’s masterworks of social conflict and inner struggle. (www.newyorker.com)
Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants - How the Administration is overwhelming federal courts and getting away with third-country removals. (www.newyorker.com)
Zohran Mamdani, the Everywhere Mayor - On your phone, on the street, on Taxi TV—you''ve been seeing New York’s new leader wherever you turn, whether you want to or not. (www.newyorker.com)
The Truth of Toni Morrison - The writer looms large in the public imagination. But does the monument we’ve built of Morrison do justice to her work? (www.newyorker.com)
The Chaos of an ICE Detention - When Manuela’s husband texted her that he’d been apprehended on the street, her life in New York instantly capsized. (www.newyorker.com)