Bending Spoons Buys Miro at a 90% Discount
The biggest deal of the day came with a brutal haircut. Bending Spoons agreed to buy Miro for cash at an enterprise value of $1.355 billion, or about $1.79 billion in equity once Miro’s net cash is…
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Ausonius, the Roman Poet Behind Saint-Émilion's Most Famous Wine
Almost nothing in this view of Saint-Émilion is Roman. The bell tower stands over a church that medieval monks hollowed out of the limestone, the houses are honey-coloured stone pulled from quarries…
What to Wear in Europe in October: A Shop-the-Look Guide From Prague
One afternoon on Na Příkopě in Prague answers the October packing question better than any list could. Big blanket scarves in brown check, dusty pink and sea green. Short puffer jackets, black or a…
Iran Escalates Against the US to Break a Hormuz Stalemate Its Economy Can't Outlast
Six months into the war, the Strait of Hormuz has settled into a shape that suits Washington better than Tehran. The US Navy blockade keeps most Iranian oil off the water, while American escorts push…
Syracuse Has No Town Beach, So Ortigia Swims Off the Rocks
Stand on the sea wall on Ortigia’s Ionian side on a summer morning and look straight down. That’s the beach. A shelf of pale grey limestone, cracked and pitted, with towels spread across it like it…
Why Sony Camera Menus Are So Confusing, Even After the 2020 Redesign
Ask anyone who shoots Sony about the menu and you’ll get a story. Usually it’s about a setting they knew existed, needed right then, and couldn’t find. Sony’s Alpha bodies have some of the best…
Jules Verne Meets Leonardo on the Loire: The Art Behind Nantes' Machines
Look at the back of the Grand Éléphant before you look at the elephant. There’s a house up there. Little pavilions with red pointed gables and open doorways sit on its flanks, iron balconies wrap…
Brussels Is Rewriting the GDPR. It Should Scrap It Instead.
I’m on the side of privacy. I think data brokers are a menace, and when Ireland fined Meta €1.2 billion in 2023 I didn’t lose a minute’s sleep. If Europe wants a law that stops companies from selling…
Saint-Émilion: The Wine Town Built From Its Own Underground Quarries
Everything in this picture came out of the same hill. The vines grow in a thin skin of clay over limestone, the houses are cut from that limestone, and the bell tower stands on top of a church that…
Gauguin's Arearea: The Red Dog Paris Mocked in 1893 and the Painting He Bought Back
The guide in the purple cardigan has a microphone curled against her cheek, and the young man in the grey hoodie has a receiver tucked in his ear. Between them hangs a painting that could have used…