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The great 2028 Olympic ticket crashout, explained

Buying tickets to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics is kind of like having a megawealthy friend talk to you about the hobbies that they enjoy.  Do you fence? Do you like cricket? Badminton’s fun, right?  Like a diabolically rich friend, the Olympics are also, at the same time, a test of financial responsibility.  How much […]

Jordan Peele's overlooked

Justin Tipping's Him didn't enrapture cinema-goers when it was released in September last year, but it may find a new lease of life on Netflix.

My Dress-Up Darling on Netflix is more than fan service — it’s a heartfelt romance

My Dress-Up Darling is coming to Netflix, and while it’s known for fan service and cosplay, it’s a heartfelt anime about creativity and passion.

The AI-designed car is taking shape

The auto design world is full of advanced 3D visualization tools and VR sculpting platforms, but your average new car still enters the world as a sketch. Those sketches traditionally see endless iteration and refinement from all angles before being turned into 3D models by hand, some dying in the digital world, others sculpted into […]

Democrats’ latest critique of Walmart is wrong — and dangerous

For years, many Democrats have lamented the fact that some workers at highly profitable corporations — from Amazon to Walmart to McDonald’s — receive Medicaid benefits.  Their reasoning isn’t hard to understand: To be eligible for safety net programs, one must have a low household income. And why should anyone working at a highly profitable […]