America’s sex tech industry is quietly becoming one of the fastest-growing corners of consumer technology. The US segment alone is on track to more than quadruple over the next decade, and the single biggest growth driver isn’t new materials or…
America’s housing market just tipped further out of balance than at any point on record. Home sellers now outnumber buyers by 58% nationally, according to fresh Redfin data — the widest gap since the brokerage started tracking the metric in…
British government borrowing costs have climbed to levels not seen since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, and the political echoes of 2022’s disastrous “mini-budget” are impossible to ignore. With a new Chancellor facing his first Budget in weeks…
For the first time in league history, a regular-season NFL game has been played on Australian soil — and Melbourne didn’t just show up, it sold out. More than 100,000 fans packed the Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 11 to…
Apple just did something it hasn’t done in nearly a decade — launched a genuinely new iPhone shape. Alongside the expected iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, Apple unveiled its first-ever foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, at a “Surprise and…
What was once a taboo, back-of-store category has become one of the fastest-growing corners of consumer retail. The global sex toys market is on track to nearly double by 2030, and in the UK, one company alone — Lovehoney —…
A bond market rout that started in the US has gone fully global. UK borrowing costs just hit levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, Japanese and German yields are at multi-decade highs, and the trigger this time isn’t…
Dick’s Sporting Goods just had its worst trading day in three years, and the reason has little to do with Dick’s core business — which is actually growing. Instead, the $2.5 billion Foot Locker acquisition that was supposed to be…
Ferrari is turning back the clock at its home race. The Scuderia is set to run a special SF-26 livery at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, marking 30 years since Michael Schumacher’s first season in red — and reviving one…
Something unusual is happening in Western labor markets: overall unemployment remains historically low, but young people can’t find work. In the UK, youth joblessness just hit its highest level in over a decade. In the US, teen employment has cratered…