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In one of the most highly-publicized collectible auctions in history, Logan Paul sold his Pikachu Illustrator for $16,492,000 early Monday morning at Goldin Auctions.The sale is the most expensive publicly known result for any card in history, by $3.5 million.AdvertisementAnd while the record-breaking price tag is surely indicative of the perceived value and cultural significance of the card within the Pokémon and greater card collecting universe, it is also a prime example of the ways in which splashy auction results have emerged as a vehicle for promotion and PR value, both on the sell-side and the buy-side.In the run-up to…

Apple is hosting a “special Apple experience” in New York City on Wednesday, March 4th at 9AM ET, instead of at the Apple Park location it typically uses for events. It’s also hosting press in the cities of London and Shanghai at the same time.The invitation includes the words “You’re invited” and an Apple logo depicted in segmented discs of yellow, green, and blue (the rumored colors of a new low-cost MacBook). Otherwise, it provides no hints about the purpose of the so-called experience. However, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has previously said that he’s expecting Apple to launch a low-cost A18…

I’ve been in love with France ever since my first trip to Bordeaux in 2010. Friends I had met back in Thailand showed me around the area and introduced me to French culture. It was my first time in France and I loved the food, the wine, and the people. But that love became an obsession when, after Bordeaux, I stepped out of the Paris metro and onto the Champs Élysées. The lights, the energy, the mystique! There was magic in the air. I felt like I had known the city my entire life and I was simply returning home.…

Sarah Pidgeon and Naomi Watts, the Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis of everyone’s new favorite TV series, Love Story, have been making the press rounds in Adam Lippes coats. Lippes is one of New York’s stealth designers, though maybe not so stealthy for long. In growth mode for the last couple of years, he just launched a Made in France handbag collection, is working on a sunglasses range with Selima Salaun of Selima Optique that’s set to debut later this year, and is in the process of opening a new store on Mount Street in London, and three…

Beyond the outdated Acer Nitro, I also spotted this Samsung Galaxy Book4. This is not a terrible laptop on its own, but at $565, there are better options. There’s the Asus Vivobook 14 (or 16), which costs $650 and occasionally dips down to $550. It comes with the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon X, providing it with much more battery life than the Galaxy Book4. There’s also the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3X, which has the same chip but comes in even cheaper at $584.If you want great deals on laptops that are actually worth buying, check out our Best Budget Laptops, Best…

The likelihood of Aaron Rodgers returning to the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2026 season is high, according to recent ESPN reporting. First-year coach Mike McCarthy said he would welcome his former signal caller back in the fold after the pair won a Super Bowl with the Green Bay Packers and Rodgers would be far less of a worry than Mason Rudolph or Will Howard taking first-team reps.There is a waiting game, however, that could stretch several months. Similar to last offseason, Rodgers is not rushing his decision on a potential re-signing and will assess all that comes with playing a…

Photograph: Julia ForbesBased on the advertised deep contouring and pressure-relieving AirCradle foam, I expected the pressure relief to be a standout feature, but it wasn’t. This is not to say that pressure relief was absent in testing, but it was minimal compared to that of firmer hybrid mattresses I’ve tested such as the DreamCloud Hybrid or the Wolf Memory Foam Hybrid Premium Firm. Which brings me to firmness: By my measure, this was not a “medium” mattress. Saatva rates this mattress between 5 and 7 on the firmness scale, so it falls in the medium-firm range. Unless you’re more than…

China is focusing on large language models in the artificial intelligence space.Blackdovfx | Istock | Getty ImagesChina’s rapid advancement in AI is threatening to shake up U.S. dominance in the market, with one analyst warning of a tech shock that is just getting started. Rory Green, TS Lombard’s chief China economist and head of Asia research, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Monday that America’s “perceived monopoly” on tech and AI has been broken by China. “I think the China tech shock is just getting started. It’s not just AI, DeepSeek, and electric vehicles. China is moving up the value…

Sony and Nintendo are reportedly feeling squeezed by RAM shortages as demand from AI data centers takes up an increasing share of memory chip production. In response to rising costs and dwindling chip supplies, Sony is considering pushing back the release of its next PlayStation console “to 2028 or even 2029,” according to industry sources cited by Bloomberg, while Nintendo may increase the $450 price of its Switch 2 console this year.That delay would be a considerable divergence from Sony’s usual release schedule, having launched a new console generation every six to seven years since the original PlayStation debuted in…

Earlier today, I was sitting on a neighborhood park bench eating a sandwich when an elderly couple pulled their car up under a nearby oak tree. They rolled down the windows and turned up some jazz music on the radio. Then the man got out of the car, walked around to the passenger side, and opened the door for the woman. He took her hand and helped her out of her seat, guided her about ten feet away from the car, and they slow danced for the next half hour under the oak tree. It was a beautiful sight to…