A 23-year-old Foamposite colorway finally hits shelves this morning, , Apple rumored to be breaking its ChatGPT's Siri monopoly in iOS 27, and the Knicks' seven-game win streak met its end in Charlotte.
The Foamposite Pro "University Blue" Is Today's Drop — and It's 23 Years Overdue. The Nike Air Foamposite Pro "University Blue" (style HF0794-400) hits SNKRS and Foot Locker today at 10 AM EST for $240. This colorway last saw retail shelves in 2003 — a gap so long it's not nostalgia, it's archaeology. The matte University Blue shell is clean against white eyestays, mesh tongue, and outsole, with Midnight Navy on the mini Swoosh and carbon fiber plate for contrast. Full family sizing is available: big kid ($185), little kid ($102), toddler/infant ($77). If you've been waiting since the Bush administration, your patience is finally rewarded. Where to buy via Sole Retriever.
Also Dropping Today: The Nike GT Cut "Dylan Harper" releases in Orange Pulse/Persian Violet-Bright Violet for $200 — Nike's first signature for the projected top NBA Draft pick is designed for speed and change of direction on court. The New Balance ABZORB 2010 CDG ($270) in White and Grey drops today in a quiet, high-design collab that will sell out fast among the downtown set. The Reebok Angel Reese 1 hits in two Peri Blue colorways ($100–$120 GS), cementing Reese's growing footprint in the sneaker market. And the Converse Chuck Taylor 70 NOAH Patchwork arrives in $120 True Blue and Patchwork editions — NOAH's approach to the Chuck 70 remains the most thoughtful in the collab space.
On the design side, Nike Air Works is bringing eight global designers to Beaverton to build 3D-printed Air Max styles — a glimpse at where the silhouette is headed after this week's Air Max Day drops. The future of Nike footwear design is being written in Oregon right now.
Sports
The Knicks' Streak Is Over — Charlotte Ended It. New York's seven-game win streak — the longest active run in the Eastern Conference — ended Thursday night in a 114-103 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. We previewed this matchup as a clash between one of the East's best streaks and one of the East's best stories, and Charlotte proved the point: the Hornets had won six of their last seven entering the game, and they were not the pushover many assumed. New York failed to clinch a playoff berth and will need to close it out elsewhere.
Around the League: The Minnesota Timberwolves set a record for the largest overtime comeback in the play-by-play era on March 25 — erasing a 13-point deficit in the extra period. It's the kind of resilience that matters when the Play-In Tournament opens April 14. Kevin Durant passed Dirk Nowitzki for 8th on the all-time career field goals list on Wednesday — a milestone that would headline any other week but barely made the scroll. The NBA Playoffs begin April 18 and the seedings are far from settled. Every game tonight matters. Check ESPN and NBA.com for tonight's full slate and tip-off times.
Culture
For All Mankind Returns, and It's Ending Properly. Apple TV+ dropped Season 5 of For All Mankind today, the alternate-history space race drama that has quietly built one of the most consistent sci-fi universes in prestige television. Apple simultaneously renewed it for a sixth and final season — with a companion spin-off, Star City, premiering May 29. If you've been sleeping on this show, the window to catch up before the final chapter is now open.
SNL Goes to London. Saturday Night Live is launching a UK-based spin-off, and Tina Fey is the first guest host. After 51 years of New York residency, the franchise's global expansion is either an evolution or a dilution — we'll let the pilot answer that. The sacai x Aaliyah SS26 capsule also landed this week, and it deserves more attention than it's getting. Chitose Abe's decision to build around "At Your Best (You Are Love)" imagery is the kind of fashion tribute that respects its source material.
In a significant international development, the UN General Assembly declared the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity — a formal recognition with implications for ongoing reparations conversations globally.
Technology
Apple Is Ending ChatGPT's Siri Monopoly. Bloomberg reports that Apple plans to open Siri to rival AI assistants in iOS 27 — ending the exclusive arrangement that has made ChatGPT the only third-party AI available through the assistant. Under the new system, any iPhone user with Claude or Gemini installed will be able to route queries through those services via Siri "Extensions," configurable in Settings. Apple will announce the full iOS 27 overhaul at WWDC on June 8. This is a significant shift: Apple positioning itself as a neutral AI platform rather than a ChatGPT distributor is a strategic move that benefits Anthropic, Google, and users simultaneously. The AI assistant market is about to get genuinely competitive on the device that matters most.
Meta Lays Off 700 While Chasing $9 Trillion. Meta cut 700 employees this week while simultaneously targeting a $9 trillion market cap — a number that would make it the most valuable company in human history. The layoffs are framed around efficiency and AI-first restructuring. The gap between the headcount being cut and the valuation being chased is the defining tension of the current tech moment.
OpenAI Hits $25B Annualized Revenue. OpenAI has surpassed $25 billion in annualized revenue and is reportedly taking early steps toward a public listing as soon as late 2026. GPT-5.4, released earlier this month in Standard, Thinking, and Pro variants, now supports 1.05 million token context windows commercially — the largest OpenAI has offered. The company is generating real money at scale for the first time, and an IPO would be the defining tech market event of 2026.
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