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Friday November 14th, 2025 - Edition 031

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FICTION HAS BECOME FACT

As Visionaries Shape Tomorrow's Androids, the Line Between Creator and Creation Blurs

ART AND FASHION

As the world gets stranger, our stories follow suit. This week, designer Eli Russell Linnetz, best known for ERL, steps beyond fashion to join the design team for the world’s first home robot. Yes, like I, Robot, though hopefully with fewer world domination plots. The humanoid robot is designed to handle everyday household tasks, blurring the line between design, art, and tech. The twist? It’s not fully autonomous, sometimes a human will control it. Meanwhile, Gentle Monster just released a horror-themed video game to accompany its Fall 2025 collection. The interactive experience immerses players in eerie environments where they uncover clues, explore surreal settings, and try to survive. Both projects, one mechanical and one psychological, highlight how designers are reimagining creativity through technology. For those craving a stylish scare or curious about high-design robotics, check the “read more” section below to explore both experiments in art and innovation.

TV AND FILM

This week’s movie slate brings fresh variety to theaters, headlined by the long-anticipated third installment of the “Now You See Me” franchise: Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, releasing on November 14. Critics say the return of the Four Horsemen, led by Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson, delivers slick heists, ego-charged banter, and plenty of twists, praising it as a fun magic-thriller ride. Meanwhile, fresh arrivals like The Running Man, an Edgar Wright-directed satirical thriller starring Glen Powell, plus indie standout Die My Love, marking Jennifer Lawrence’s return in a raw drama about postpartum psychosis, show the range of what’s dropping now. With both summer blockbusters and quieter character-driven films competing, audiences have plenty to choose from, and the expanding fall release window is proving eclectic, ambitious, and unexpectedly strong.

MUSIC

This weekend marks the 11th edition of Tyler, The Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival, featuring Don Toliver, Clairo, A$AP Rocky, and Clipse. In a fan-first move, Childish Gambino posted a link allowing fans to vote on his performance tracklist, one option being a monologue about his absence following a canceled world tour. The mystery has only fueled anticipation for his return. Meanwhile, New York rapper Westside Gunn is feuding with the WWE after being asked to leave an event and served a cease and desist letter. A lifelong wrestling fan, Gunn often uses wrestlers in his artwork and lyrics. In response, he changed the cover art for his Heels Have Eyes trilogy and vowed to move on from the company. Both stories show artists challenging boundaries through fan engagement, artistic control, and creative freedom. Expect Camp Flog Gnaw to once again celebrate music, individuality, and unapologetic expression.

SPORTS

Seven months after Florida cut down the nets in San Antonio, college basketball is back and already buzzing. The top-ranked Houston Cougars sit atop the AP poll and face their first big test Sunday against No. 22 Auburn. While Houston entered as the Big 12 favorite, Oklahoma State is emerging fast under new head coach Steve Lutz. The Cowboys are 3-0 with a statement win over Texas A&M, last year’s No. 4 seed, and are doing it without top transfer Anthony Roy. Their balance and depth have them just outside the Top 25 with major non-conference matchups ahead against Northwestern, Oklahoma, and Grand Canyon. Elsewhere in the Big 12, BYU has surged into the national spotlight behind 18-year-old freshman AJ Dybantsa, who signed a record-breaking $7 million NIL deal. His early dominance has the Cougars looking like a top 10 mainstay. So, how’s your favorite team looking so far?

MARKET AND TECH SECTOR

Tech markets rebounded as Wall Street turned cautious, with the Dow reaching a record high while the Nasdaq slipped amid tech-stock rotation. Meanwhile, AI remains under scrutiny: a top TechCrunch piece proposes reframing the so-called “AI bubble” as a timing mismatch between rapid software development and slow infrastructure deployment. In hardware news, OnePlus unveiled its flagship OnePlus 15, set for global launch on November 13 with a 50 MP camera, 165 Hz display and large 7,300 mAh battery. And in audio tech, NTT, Inc. announced its “spatial ANC¹” system, the first multi-meter-scale active noise-control tech allowing adaptive noise suppression for multiple users. Altogether, these stories illustrate how markets, AI sentiment, hardware innovation and new consumer tech are all converging in a fast-moving window of change.