Markets, companies, technology, economic influence and leadership.
Gucci's new Primavera campaign brings together Kate Moss, Jin, Shawn Mendes, Tom Brady, Rico Nasty, and Alex Consani. Behind the star power, Demna is testing a deeper strategy: making luxury a language that can move across sport, K-pop, rap, and cinema.
Australia will remove fully AI-generated tracks from the ARIA charts. Assisted creations remain eligible, but the industry now sets a decisive boundary between technological tool and synthetic artist.
Harry and Meghan's reported return to the United Kingdom, amid rumors around The Gentlemen, turns their image into a media laboratory. For Netflix and brands alike, their attention power remains immense, but increasingly costly to handle.
Luxury houses are accelerating their use of artificial intelligence agents, but cybersecurity risks are changing scale. Between personalization, customer data, and legal responsibility, prestige must learn the discipline of control.
Stability AI has raised $76 million from Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Electronic Arts, and AMD Ventures. The round captures generative AI's move toward rights, licenses, and professional workflows.
On the night of August 27 to 28, the shadow of the Earth will almost completely cover the Moon. A glowing spectacle visible from the Americas to Europe and Africa, with a spectacular morning window in France.
Danny Boyle's Ink, starring Guy Pearce, Jack O'Connell, and Claire Foy, lands between the Venice Film Festival, a selective theatrical release, and Netflix. A Rupert Murdoch story that speaks directly to our media present.
A class action accuses Twitch and Amazon of using creators' videos and conversations to train AI models without clear consent or compensation. The case goes beyond one platform: it asks what creative data is really worth.
The return of Vanity Fair's Best Dressed list in 2026, featuring Teyana Taylor, Colman Domingo, Jacob Elordi, Pope Leo XIV, Zendaya and Law Roach, points to fashion driven less by trends than by identity.
Days before the 83rd Venice Film Festival opens, online ticket sales and the official selection confirm an edition built on Robert Pattinson, Danny Boyle, Oasis and a strategy that is rarer than it is noisy.
According to Reuters, Dolce & Gabbana obtained bank waivers after breaching certain debt thresholds. Behind the glamour, the episode tells the story of a luxury industry that is less invincible than it once seemed.
Aramco announces agreements and a memorandum of understanding worth over $3.7 billion with French companies. Behind the oil equipment, Paris and Riyadh are shaping an industrial alliance that also touches on AI, logistics, and sovereignty.
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