The risks to the legacy of Barney Frank
A key feature of the annual stress test for US banks is being undermined
The main event
Worth reading
Not the busiest stories. The pieces most likely to sharpen the mental model.
The boutique bank that eschews blockbuster bragging rights
Lincoln International may not be a household name but it occupies a niche in the market
Putin and Xi’s paranoia is entirely rational in today’s world
Selected from The Times as an argument-led read.
Revealed: Elon Musk’s anger algorithm that polarises our politics
Selected from The Times as an argument-led read.
Court Cases About Money and Speech in Politics
Readers discuss court cases about campaign finance. Also: Computer science and the humanities.
More headlines
Financial Times
Andy Burnham says land in the UK is ‘undertaxed’
Potential Labour leadership contender points to ‘big case’ for reforming property levies
Financial Times
Reform UK by-election candidate accused of offensive social media posts
Party backs Robert Kenyon despite claims he made highly sexualised comments and spread Covid conspiracy theories on X
Financial Times
Jonathan Andic, the Mango heir turned homicide suspect
The son of the fashion brand’s founder is being investigated for foul play in connection with his father’s death
Financial Times
If you think you understand bonds, you don’t
They’re too complex for me too — but here are five common traps to avoid
BBC News
Attorney General to review teen boys' rape sentences
The three teenagers were not given custodial sentences for their roles in the rape of two girls.
BBC News
UK sees hottest day of year as bank holiday travellers face queues
Temperatures hit 28.4C in parts of England on Friday, while delays have been reported at the Port of Dover and Birmingham...
BBC News
Foden, Palmer, Alexander-Arnold to miss World Cup
Phil Foden, Cole Palmer and Trent Alexander-Arnold have not been included in Thomas Tuchel's 26-man England squad for this...
BBC News
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months
The rare species of Ebola involved - known as Bundibugyo - kills around a third of those infected and has no proven vaccine yet.
BBC News
Rubio tries to reassure Nato allies over US troop deployments
President Donald Trump says he wants to send more troops to Poland, a week after his officials cancelled a similar deployment.
The Economist
Home-schooling is taking off
The Economist
Elon Musk is going all-in on an unproven technology
NYT Europe
Europeans Remain Wary After Trump Promises to Send Troops to Poland
President Trump said he would send 5,000 troops to Poland, part of a back-and-forth that has left European leaders reeling.
NYT Europe
Police Investigation of Former Prince Andrew Examines Reports of Sexual Misconduct
A British police force said it was assessing a report that a woman had been taken to an address in Windsor in 2010 for sexual...
The Telegraph
UK scientists developing vaccine for new Ebola outbreak
New jab being developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group uses same technology behind the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
The Telegraph
Ebola doctors battle conspiracies and misinformation amid outbreak
Halting the virus can only be done by gaining trust in a country where suspicion and mistrust can be commonplace
Wales
BBC Wales
Teen boys' racist murder sentences to be referred to Court of Appeal
Kamran Aman was killed by Marcus Staniforth and another boy outside his mother's home.
BBC Wales
Council CEO's £280k payout likened to a 'lottery win'
Christina Harrhy was originally set to receive £209,000 but Caerphilly Council's accounts show this has increased.
BBC Wales
Rugby star held his own heart in his hands after life-saving surgery
Former Wales international Rhys Thomas recently had a heart transplant in his hometown of Cape Town.
BBC Wales
Muck spreading ban to protect rivers doesn't work, new minister says
The regulations were championed by river campaigners but angered many farmers across Wales.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
'Tuchel's gambles and iron conviction position him as the anti-Southgate'
Thomas Tuchel proves he is the "anti-Southgate" in making tough calls for England's World Cup 2026 squad.
BBC Sport · Football
Guardiola says Man City 'need new energy' as exit confirmed
Manchester City confirm Pep Guardiola will leave at the end of the season after a decade of unparalleled success.
BBC Sport · Tennis
Sabalenka cuts news conference short as French Open players protest over pay
Leading players, including Aryna Sabalenka, Coco Gauff and Jannik Sinner, limit their French Open media duties to 15 minutes...
BBC Sport · Football
'Unselfish' over 'ego' - what do leaks say about Tuchel's England?
BBC Sport explores why the whole world knew the England World Cup squad before it was announced, and what Thomas Tuchel's...
The Race
Everything that happened in messy Canadian GP practice
Kimi Antonelli led a Mercedes 1-2 amid three red flags in the sole practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix
The Race · F1
Canadian Grand Prix F1 practice results 2026
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli headed team-mate George Russell in a Mercedes 1-2 in Montreal practice
The Race · F1
Canada F1 practice interrupted by Albon groundhog crash
Alex Albon crashed out of Formula 1's only practice session at the Canadian Grand Prix after hitting a groundhog, causing the...
The Race
Mercedes brings its first big 2026 upgrade to Montreal
Mercedes’ first major upgrade package of the 2026 Formula 1 season has broken cover ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix
Formula 1 Official
Antonelli leads Russell in disrupted Canadian GP practice
Kimi Antonelli led Mercedes team mate George Russell and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in the sole Free Practice ahead of the...
Formula 1 Official
How many upgrades has each team brought to Canada?
F1.com delves into the various upgrades the grid's teams will introduce at the Canadian Grand Prix.
ESPN Cricinfo
SRH win big but RCB, GT seal top two spots
Fifties from Kishan, Klaasen and Abhishek propelled SRH to a massive score, but RCB ensured their net run-rate stayed good...
ESPN Cricinfo
Macleod, Griffith storm to victory for Essex
Abbie Freeborn's 86 not out proves in vain for Warwickshire
Science
New Scientist
Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against multiple Ebola viruses
Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of Ebola virus, including...
New Scientist
Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthrough in mathematics yet
Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which mathematicians have hailed...
New Scientist
Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test
Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a...
New Scientist
Political anger affects the body differently to other forms of anger
We all feel emotions like anger and disgust from time to time, but they seem to cause stronger bodily sensations when they're...
Nature
Vanishing tongues and life on Mars: Books in brief
Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01655-w Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.
Nature
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01660-z Nature staff discuss ongoing efforts to curb the...
Nature
Neuroflix
Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01087-6 It’s just a game — isn’t it?
Nature
Hit a lab project glitch? Thinking about your thesis title like a storyteller can help you focus
Nature, Published online: 22 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01392-0 Cell biologist and crime novelist Frances Brodsky says...
Technology
The Verge
Twelve South’s AirFly Pro 2 has hit one of its best prices ahead of summer travel
With Memorial day weekend kicking off the travel season, we’re seeing a lot of deals pop up on travel gadgets, from portable...
The Verge
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta's new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go...
The Verge
Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen
There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using...
The Verge
The best Memorial Day sales you can shop this weekend
Memorial Day is nearly here, meaning the seasonal sales are in full swing. If your weekend plans involve pool parties or...
Techcrunch
Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked
According to users on X, the website was hijacked by hackers in an attempt to trick visitors into installing malware.
Techcrunch
Apple says Epic lawsuit shouldn’t reshape App Store rules for all developers
Apple is asking the Supreme Court to narrow the App Store injunction won by Epic Games and overturn the court’s contempt...
Techcrunch
Spotify’s AI bet: more of everything, less of what you want
Spotify has released a bunch of AI-powered tools that nudge users to create more content. It can be a bit much.
Techcrunch
You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’
After Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface.
Wired
Shein Buying Everlane Actually Makes Perfect Sense
The acquisition struck many people as a bizarre mismatch, but it's really a sign of where Chinese ecommerce giants are already going.
Wired
Memorial Day 2026 Grill and Griddle Deals: Weber, Traeger, Recteq
Some of WIRED's favorite griddles, grills, and pellet smokers are as much as $250 off for Memorial Day weekend.
Hacker News · 253 pts
Why Japanese companies do so many different things
Hacker News · 118 pts
U.S. researchers face new restrictions on publishing with foreign collaborators
Hacker News · 267 pts
Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM Benchmark
Hacker News · 165 pts
Deno 2.8
Hacker News · 21 pts
Yt-dlp – [Announcement] Bun support is now limited and deprecated
Hacker News · 62 pts
A Forth-inspired language for writing websites
Papers
Computer science
Temporal Contrastive Transformer for Financial Crime Detection: Self-Supervised Sequence Embeddings via Predictive Contrastive Coding
Computer science
Teaching Language Models to Forecast Research Success Through Comparative Idea Evaluation
Computer science
The Attribution Impossibility: No Feature Ranking Is Faithful, Stable, and Complete Under Collinearity
Economics
Isomorphic Dynamic Programs
Congenital Heart Block