NYTimes: “The act of engaging with written texts — the basis of our cultural, political and intellectual life for over 500 years — is not coming to an end. It’s changing to meet new needs by offering the kinds of experiences digital technologies can’t provide: synchronous, IRL encounters with other human beings. In other words, the future of reading is a party.”
FT: “India is rapidly installing solar panels and, helped in part by investment from large groups such as Adani and Tata, now has the world’s third-largest solar capacity. Solar supplied 9.4 per cent of total demand in 2025, according to green energy think-tank Ember. This has helped to meet rising power demand during the day, driven in part by air conditioning as people try to cope with summer temperatures that reach well above 40C. But the country’s combined wind, nuclear, hydropower and battery storage resources are not enough to cover night-time demand, meaning that once the sun fades more coal-fired power stations have to kick back in.”
NYTimes: “After roughly two decades of ultralow interest rates, a period of rapid readjustment is ahead for the United States, the world’s largest economy and most important financial system…Rates are being driven higher by a variety of forces. Stubborn inflation is being exacerbated by the war with Iran and there are questions about how forceful the Federal Reserve will be to tame it. Aggressive borrowing by artificial intelligence companies and hopes that the A.I. boom will lead to faster economic growth in the future. And long-brewing concerns about the federal government’s ability to manage its mounting debt load, which this week topped $40 trillion for the first time.”
Atanu Biswas: “Tintin or Asterix? Two ways of seeing the world through comic-book genius…Tintin makes us curious. Asterix makes us irreverent. Tintin tells us to discover the world. Asterix reminds us not to take its powerful people too seriously.”
