The Athletic: “There was a time when cricket was desperate for Test matches to speed up and provide more entertainment. Take the period between 1969 and 1985, when almost half of all matches in the ultimate form of the game lasted five days and finished, to the bemusement of those not invested in the intricacies of Test cricket, in stalemate. During those 16 years of extreme negativity, 43.1 per cent of Tests ended in draws but in the last five years, that has dropped to 8.2 per cent. In this era of Twenty20 cricket and instant thrills, bore draws are virtually a thing of the past.”
WSJ: “If 2024 was the year of the podcast, 2025 was the year of the newsletter. A wave of musicians, writers, journalists, comedians and brands have launched direct-to-consumer newsletters, often mixing written words with video and audio.”
MaxSource: “The United States now has 29.8 million solopreneurs contributing $1.7 trillion to the economy. That’s 6.8% of total economic activity from businesses with no payroll. The numbers tell you this isn’t a fringe movement anymore.”
NYTimes: “Throughout 2025 in the war between Russia and Ukraine, in largely unseen and unheralded moments like the warehouse strike in Borysivka, the era of killer robots has begun to take shape on the battlefield. Across the roughly 800-mile front and over the airspace of both nations, drones with newly developed autonomous features are now in daily combat use. By last spring, Bumblebees launched from Ukrainian positions had carried out more than 1,000 combat flights against Russian targets, according to a manufacturer’s pamphlet extolling the weapon’s capabilities. Pilots say they have flown thousands more since.”
