DossierSubject type: Semiconductor foundry, state-backed Jurisdiction: People’s Republic of China Also known as: Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, 中芯国际 File opened: 29 August 2026 Last…
Brands To ShopThree people, three coats, and between them exactly two colours that aren’t grey, navy or black. One red ribbed knit on the left, one checkerboard scarf in the middle, and a pair of light-wash jeans…
Brands To ShopEverything in this look is one colour and one metal. Cobalt shows up in the tank, the eyeshadow, the beaded bracelet and the mirror coating on the lenses. Silver does the rest: the stacked rings, the…
Orchid SocietyA florist’s window in Poland, the board behind it advertising seasonal work and funeral arrangements. There is plenty in the frame: anthuriums, garden roses, peonies, chrysanthemums, tulips at the…
PostersA man and a woman walk toward the camera down a wet cobbled street at night, holding hands, both in dark coats. She is looking at him. He is looking ahead. Behind them the crowd, the tram and the…
ReferentlyLook at the pedestrians in the middle of this frame. Almost every one of them is doing the same thing: standing still, looking up, hands empty or holding a camera, bag hanging off one shoulder and…
Cybersecurity MarketThe First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF traded up 3% to $96.20 on Thursday against 0.3% for the S&P 500 ETF at $768.17, and the fund’s year-to-date gain now sits at 31%. Twin fiscal second-quarter…
JVQTuesday morning, coffee, analytics tab. Same ritual for years. Lately I open it the way you open a bill you already know the number on. The shape of the drop is the interesting part. It wasn’t…
JVQStarted this as a cheap way to get fast glass. Ended up with a small box of metal cylinders, a working knowledge of Russian aperture rings, and opinions. Here’s what I learned paying for it. Read the…
JVQI kept a note on my phone every time I booked something this year, with the price, the date I booked, and how I felt about it afterwards. Twelve months of that is enough to see which of the folklore…