If summer’s sandals trends share a common thread, it’s a refusal to choose between any one aesthetic. Designers have traded the exclusively minimalist mood of recent summers for options that encourage ...

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence (AI) chief, Mustafa Suleyman, has revealed that his team is more focused on beating rival AI lab Anthropic and not Google, Meta or even its close partner OpenAI.

From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum Listen to a Spotify playlist of every ...

With Secret Love, Dry Cleaning’s compelling combination of interior monologues and art-rock backdrops reaches a zenith. In the four years since their last outing, the quartet doesn’t succumb to ...

Ahead, check out all the albums released from January 1, 2026 until now that The FADER staff has been spinning on repeat. The world can’t handle a woman who knows she’s the shit, but as far as ...

Music in the '80s is typically associated with the computerized, neon-tinged sounds of MTV, but there was much more to this wildly varied decade. 40 Years Ago: Bob Dylan’s True Confessions Tour ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is editor-in-chief of The Verge, host of the Decoder podcast, and co-host of The Vergecast. Today I’m talking ...

Ariana Grande is sowing the seeds of a new era. The pop star announced her highly anticipated eighth studio album Petal via Instagram on April 28. After previously stating that she would need “an ...

Here is your 2026 hard rock + metal album release calendar and all of this week's newest albums! Each week is loaded with new rock and metal releases and keeping track of it all can be pretty ...

There’s nothing better than a long walk in warm weather, but wearing the wrong shoes can lead to unwanted aches and pains. To help identify some of the best sandals for walking long distances, I ...

More stories by Kevin P. The Billboard 200 albums chart measures the best-performing records during the weekly tracking period every Friday through Thursday. And for 2026, the media company is ...

“Supportive sandals can be comfortable for all-day wear,” says Dr. Priya Parthasarathy, a board-certified podiatrist. She adds that, while lace-up sneakers are more ideal (especially for daily wear), ...