Within the first minute of SNL’s viral spoof of the Barbie movie’s song “I’m Just Ken,” a bleached and toned Pete Davidson softly croons about his purchase of a 277-foot Staten Island Ferry: “When I’m high, I do things like call up Colin Jost and say, ‘Homey, we should buy a boat.’” It is one […]

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Financial Times:
China blocks Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, after reviewing whether it violated investment rules, and tells both to cancel it; Manus moved to Singapore in 2025  —  Regulators had reviewed whether deal violated Beijing's investment rules  —  China has blocked Meta's $2bn acquisition …

Boaz Sobrado / Forbes:
A profile of Anthony Fujiwara, who industrialized “clipping” for social media video marketing and has contributed to the rise of crypto casinos like Stake  —  Anthony Fujiwara is the co-founder of Clipping Exe, also known as the creator of clipping, the video marketing phenomenon …

Bloomberg:
A look at Elon Musk's efforts to launch the banking and payments service X Money, delayed by US regulatory concerns, as some industry watchers remain skeptical  —  More than three years after acquiring Twitter, Elon Musk says he's nearing his long-stated goal of turning it into an …

Neil Hacker / Works in Progress:
A deep dive into how ASML became a chokepoint for making cutting-edge chips by betting on EUV, close collaboration with TSMC and the US government, and more  —  By betting on extreme ultraviolet lithography long before it worked, ASML became the chokepoint for cutting-edge chips.