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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 […]
Amazon reaches a multiyear licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey to produce twice-a-week video podcasts starting in July, repurpose The Oprah Winfrey Show, and more (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)
Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Amazon reaches a multiyear licensing deal with Oprah Winfrey to produce twice-a-week video podcasts starting in July, repurpose The Oprah Winfrey Show, and more — The multiyear deal with Ms. Winfrey signifies the tech giant's growing ambitions in video podcasts.
The world’s largest EV battery maker is raising $5 billion in Hong Kong

The world’s largest EV battery maker priced its Hong Kong listing at HK$263 in May 2025. Its shares touched HK$701 before the placement was announced. The deal builds on a week of shareholder activity: a Sinopec unit sold $770M of CATL stock at HK$708 on 22 April; a Shenzhen block trade of 58 million A-shares […]
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