Wednesday Notes

Scoring his first No. 1 song with Drake’s “First Person Shooter” is the perfect cap to the crazy year-long run Cole has been on—and the perfect springboard for him to shift into Album Mode.

The show attests to an artist whose output is far more diverse than many have realized.

Henry Taylor’s imprint on the American cultural landscape comes from his disruption of tradition. While people figure prominently in Taylor’s work, he rejects the label of portraitist. Taylor’s chosen subjects are only one piece of the larger cultural narrative that they represent: his paintings rev…

Numerous franchises are expected to overhaul their local media deals, returning games to free networks. The transition is underway in Arizona.

Artificial intelligence will likely lead to seismic changes to the workforce, eliminating many professions and requiring a societal rethink of how people spend their time.