Watching is The New York Times’s TV and film recommendation newsletter and website. You may have heard that “Game of Thrones” is returning to HBO on July 16. To prepare for Season 7, we’re reviewing and reassessing the first six seasons of the show, with the benefit of hindsight. Each …

Shannon Stapleton | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump sits with PayPal co-founder and Facebook board member Peter Thiel, during a meeting with technology leaders at Trump Tower in New York U.S., December 14, 2016. Prominent Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel spent just 12 days in New Zealand over the course of …

Today marks the ten-year anniversary of the June 29, 2007 original Apple iPhone launch. Not only did the iconic smartphone massively disrupt multiple technology industries in the last decade, it generated amazing returns for investors. The iPhone’s success drove Apple to become the most valuable company in the world with …

Anthony Kwan | Bloomberg | Getty Images A security official stands in front of attendees waving China and Hong Kong flags ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival at Hong Kong International Airport on June 29, 2017. Reflecting on the process of returning the former British outpost to China, Patten …

During the interview, Mr. Abumrad shared some of his compositions, including a remix of Terry Riley’s pioneering masterpiece of Minimalism, “In C.” He talked about the piece, his life as a lapsed and occasional composer and how it overlaps with his career as a radio producer. Listen to the remix, …

Source: KeyMe Key copying kiosks from start-up KeyMe are available in stores across the US, including 7-Eleven, which was its first big retail partnership. For burgeoning retail product entrepreneurs, the difference between success and failure can lie in just a few key meetings with retail executives. The seal of approval …

Photo Ernest Greene, who records as Washed Out. Credit Alexandra Gavillet Music as a refuge, music as stress relief, music as a drug or an adjunct to drugs: Ernest Greene, the songwriter who records as Washed Out, has always embraced those functions with a hint of ambivalence. His third Washed …

Andrew Kelly | Reuters Eric Schmidt, chairman of Alphabet Inc. and Larry Page, CEO and Co-founder of Alphabet enter Trump Tower ahead of a meeting of technology leaders with President-elect Donald Trump in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 14, 2016. One day after the European Union slapped a record …

Blue Apron’s sharply lower IPO price actually helps the company on its first trading day, analyst Kathleen Smith told CNBC on Thursday. The IPO market “discovered a much better price for Blue Apron. This will help the IPO trade well today. It needed this discount,” Smith, a manager of IPO-focused …

Olivia Harris | Reuters Authorities around the world, including the United States, Switzerland and Singapore have looked into anti-money laundering breaches relating to 1MDB. “What do we want these fines to achieve? Increasingly, the MAS’ approach is to pin responsibility on the individuals who made the mistakes, who are responsible …