Secret Ingredients
An impenetrable hard drive worthy of Bond! A speaker to ring in the Lunar New Year! The formula for a good night’s sleep! And more …
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk wants your financial information, Eric Adams suffers yet more humiliation, and Donald Trump spins lies without hesitation
Going Overboard
Though the Russia-Ukraine war has disqualified oligarchs from buying super-yachts (at least legitimately), the market for floating pleasure palaces for the Über-wealthy is booming
There’s No Time Like Yesterday
An instant camera that sets a new standard! A blast from the wristwatch past! The best way to listen to radio stations from around the world! And more …
I-95 Is Us
Everybody hates it. It may well kill you. But as summer travel ramps up along Interstate 95, it’s time we recognize the highway as our national Main Street
All You Need Is Loot
The market for Beatles memorabilia is valued in the billions and continues to climb. But will your kids care if you own John and Yoko’s Delft porcelain toilet?
John and Alexandra Brodie’s Holiday Gift Guide
With the help of his middle-school daughter, the former editor of Maisonette and editor of Todd Snyder rounds up the most charming cadeaux for tots, tykes, tweens, and teens
Stirring Developments
A hot-chocolate machine you didn’t know you needed; a secret-agent-worthy pair of wireless headphones; the recipe for better flavors; and more
Does Anyone Still Want Their MTV?
Reports of the network’s death were greatly exaggerated. But whether it can survive the streaming era is an open question
Shouting the Odds
Taylor Lorenz, a culture-and-technology writer in Los Angeles, receives constant death threats and harassment and has been stalked and humiliated—all for just doing her job
Review Bombers
The influential, Amazon-owned Web site Goodreads has been infiltrated by scammers and trolls extorting authors and destroying careers—largely targeting Black and L.G.B.T.Q.+ writers. So what now?
Golden Girl
As extraordinary corruption allegations whirl around Senator Robert Menendez, his wife, Nadine, has been revealed as the so-called brains of the operation
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Thanks to an influx of art, restaurants, and hotels, Naples, a city long considered too dirty and dangerous to visit, is more popular than ever
Douglas McGrath
After an early job at S.N.L., the high-spirited playwright and filmmaker went on to write the book for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and co-write the screenplay for Bullets over Broadway
Livin’ la Vida Circoloca
Unlike history’s favorite nightclub parties, whose popularity was fleeting, Circoloco—nearly 25 years into its tenure in Ibiza—is cooler than ever
Eurovision Gets Serious
For decades, the international pop contest was a source of harmless fun for millions. This year, people are bracing for violence
