
Volvo Got the Exemption. Ask What That Means for the Rule.
When one automaker wins permission to keep the hardware everyone else must strip out, the national security argument starts to look like a negotiating position.

Every Commissioner Is Saying the Same Thing. Listen Carefully.
When the people who set the prices start complaining about the prices, the next deal is already written.

Qualcomm's $300 Windows Laptop Bet Has Been Made Before
A new chip, a new price floor, and the same compatibility question nobody wants to answer.
In Rotation

Gucci Didn't Buy a Sponsorship. It Bought a Canvas.
When a fashion house becomes an F1 team's title partner, the sport isn't being accessorized — it's being redecorated.

Josh Jacobs Turned Himself In. The NFL Turned Away.
A star running back faces five charges, a canceled hearing, and a head coach with careful words — while the league offers nothing at all.
YouTube Stopped Asking Nicely
Automatic AI labels aren't a feature. They're a liability hedge wearing a feature's clothes.

Honda Blinked First

Audemars Piguet Handed AMBUSH the Keys. Watch What Happens Next.

Travis Kelce Bought In. So Did Several Other Pro Athletes. Start Paying Attention.

Passports in an Open Bucket. Someone Called a Lawyer.

Gernot Döllner Laughed. That's Worth More Than a Press Release.

Reverso Keeps Asking Two Different Questions at Once
What you should know.

Thirteen Years of Presidents' Trophy Losers Can't All Be Unlucky
A writer at Defector called the Avalanche sweep a vulgar disgrace. The real disgrace is that we're still surprised.

Dave Checketts Called His Shot Wrong. That Deserves More Respect Than a Victory Lap.
Founding Real Salt Lake and calling it his worst investment isn't a confession — it's a more honest sports business autobiography than most executives ever write.

Jalen Brunson Left $113 Million on the Table. Boardroom Wants to Know If That Makes Him the Greatest Knick Ever.
A writer at Boardroom is asking a big question. The more interesting one is why we're asking it at all.

Erin Brockovich Is Crowdsourcing What Regulators Won't Count
Over 2,700 community reports and climbing — because apparently someone has to write this down.

Polymarket Ran a Fraud Sting on Itself
A Google engineer made $1.2 million betting on outcomes he already knew. The only surprising part is that anyone's surprised.

Roku Redesigned Its Home Screen. Read That Sentence Again.
The biggest interface overhaul in over a decade lands, and the most prominent real estate goes to a permanent ad.
Storieswe’re telling.

Roland Garros Is Running Two Tournaments at Once
The scoreboard has never been less interesting.

99 Out of 100 People Already Know
Wembanyama is doing things that shouldn't be possible, and one voter still needed convincing.

Jony Ive Walked Into Maranello and Moved the Furniture
Ferrari's first EV didn't just arrive — it brought someone from outside the religion to rewrite the scripture.

Built Early, Buried Quietly: One Electric CRX in a Chula Vista Junkyard
A rusting Honda in California asks what happens to the pioneers nobody made a plan for.

