From Connecticut to Cairo, reading spots that will seem like paradise to book- and design-lovers alike. In the library of Bayt Yakan, a Cairo building renovated by the architectural conservator Alaa ...

Read all of Slate’s stories about the 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Past 25 Years. On Oct. 8, 2010, the New York Times ran a story on its front page: “Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children.

President Donald Trump has been depicted as Adolf Hitler on the front cover of the latest issue of a leading European news magazine. The January 9 edition of Objektiv, a Slovenian weekly ...

HBO Max subscribers may not have a better month in 2026 than they will in January. There aren’t going to be a lot of times when it has a debut of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of the Seven ...

Last week was a quiet one for the major streaming services, but this week is another story entirely. Disney+ has dropped the entire first season of Marvel’s Wonder Man, which really shakes up the old ...

Warren Buffett stepping down as CEO marks the end of an era, but his continued role as chairman preserves strategic continuity at Berkshire Hathaway. Berkshire’s $354 billion cash position leaves the ...

Regulatory clarity unlocked AI-first Search. AI Overviews improve ad quality, not volume. Alphabet Inc. cash flow funds the transition internally. GOOGL stock valuation still underprices execution ...

Amazon (AMZN) stock, which gained a mere 5% last year and was the worst-performing “Magnificent 7” stock, has had a strong start to 2026, already up over 5% for the year. In a reversal of fortunes of ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

Even after collecting jewelry for over ten years, I still find that buying fine jewelry online isn’t always easy. Mainly because it’s hard to know what’s worth it. There are karats and carats to think ...