U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents may soon be outfitted with electric shock gloves that can deliver painful jolts when they come in contact with a person's skin. While ICE says the new gear will help agents deescalate situations with detainees or protesters without relying on "higher levels of force," Democrats in Congress and civil rights advocates are pushing back, in no small measure because of the agency's history of deadly clashes.
'Dancing With the Stars' unveiled its latest lineup of celebrity contestants. Jenna Dewan, Tyler Cameron, Maura Higgins, Ciara Miller and Harry Shum Jr. are among the stars competing for the Mirrorball trophy.
BBC South Asia correspondent Azadeh Moshiri spoke to a local, who is still waiting for his his wife's body to be retrieved, as rescue efforts continue.
After Curry Barker's "Obsession" became one of the year's biggest box office stories, an executive producer on the indie horror movie is suing the production company behind it and its two co-founders, saying she was cut out of the profits.
The official cause of death for Tim Curry, the beloved actor known for roles in 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' and 'It,' has been revealed. He died last week at 80.
This month brings power-packed new releases from Marlon James, Min Jin Lee and Malcolm Gladwell, plus a vibrant L.A. memoir by local legend Guadalupe Rosales.
From hair jewelery to sculptural curls and graduated bobs, Vogue talks to the experts to find out the key hair trends you can expect to see everywhere in 2026.
Red sneakers have proven to be more than just a trend, they’re a bonafide closet classic. Here, shop our favorite pairs from Adidas, Nike, and Dries Van Noten.
1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a "distinguished corporate patron" of Omacom, the […] David Faugno, CEO at 1Password, at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon, Portugal, on November 11th, 2025. | Photo: Zed Jameson / Bloomberg via Getty Image 1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a " distinguished corporate patron " of Omacom, the
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In the spring of 1951, Jack Kerouac's muse struck hard, leading him to create a full-length manuscript for “On the Road” in just three weeks
The biggest fibromyalgia genetics study yet zeroed in on 26 genetic risk factors for the pain disorder, including one in the Huntington's disease gene.
A little over a decade ago, I led the controls design for a first-of-its-kind full digital control system for a U.S. nuclear plant. It was, on paper, a beautiful machine—engineered to run itself the way a modern airliner does, with operators watching over a system that rarely needed them. And we made a decision that, to an efficiency-minded observer, looked backward: We deliberately left manual steps inside sequences the system could execute on its own. We were solving a specific problem. An operator who only ever supervises automation slowly stops being an operator. The hands go cold. The mental model of what the plant is actually doing gets fuzzy. Then comes the day the automation hands control back. It’s always the worst day, because automation only quits when it’s confused or in trouble. But by then, you have a person in the chair who hasn’t truly operated the thing in years. The man
AI agents are systems that work on their own to handle tasks for humans. They've recently made headlines for actions they've taken, such as hacking, without human supervision.
AIG said early Wednesday that its former chief executive officer and current executive chair Peter Zaffino will be leaving the board effective Sept. 15 to join Palantir Technologies Inc. as global head of financial services. Zaffino had just transitioned to …
Suspect Tyler Robinson to be tried for aggravated murder, felony charge that carries death penalty sentence in Utah Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A Utah judge ruled Tuesday that the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk must stand trial for aggravated murder, a felony charge that makes him eligible for the death penalty if convicted. After several hours of closing arguments in Provo, Utah, judge Tony Graf ruled there is sufficient evidence to try Tyler Robinson, 23, who has been charged with the murder of one of the US right’s most prominent figures. Continue reading...
Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air's thinness and lightness - and in the process, it cops another laptop's name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be confused with the Razer Blade 14) is a productivity machine weighing just 1.76 pounds / 799g and measuring as little as 0.51 […] Acer calls the Swift Blade 14’s colors marshmallow blue and marshamallow white. Now I want sweets. | Image: Acer Acer is announcing a new laptop poised to rival the MacBook Air's thinness and lightness - and in the process, it cops another laptop's name. The Acer Swift Blade 14 (not to be confused with the Razer Blade 14 ) is a productivity machine weighing just 1.76 pounds / 799g and measuring as little as 0.51 inches / 12.95mm thin. That's around 1.7mm thicker than Apple's svelte 13-inch MacBook Air, but Acer's Blade is nearly a pound lighter. Its featherweight stature is partly
For the last few years, PC gamers on the go have had a choice: Buy a gaming laptop, or pick up one of the many Steam Deck-inspired handhelds that are a fraction of the size but a lot less versatile. Acer's latest concept device, Project DualPlay Mini, is an attempt to upend that dichotomy by […] Acer has invented… the laptop. For the last few years, PC gamers on the go have had a choice: Buy a gaming laptop, or pick up one of the many Steam Deck-inspired handhelds that are a fraction of the size but a lot less versatile. Acer's latest concept device, Project DualPlay Mini, is an attempt to upend that dichotomy by sticking a keyboard in a handheld. The DualPlay Mini is first and foremost a Windows gaming handheld, cut from the same cloth as Acer's existing Predator Atlas 8 (which is being joined this week by a new 7-inch model ). In its default configuration, the handheld's screen i
Thousands remain missing and aid is hampered by treacherous conditions in communities almost wiped out of existence Searching for the body of his wife in the mud, Dil Bahadur Shrestha lamented that he did not even have a shovel left. For now, he has been using his hands to try to find her as he picks through the ruins of his house. On Wednesday morning last week, Jamuna Shrestha, his wife of 50 years, had been at home in Betrawati on the banks of Nepal’s Trishuli River, feeding her beloved chickens and goats. Dil Bahadur Shrestha, who is searching for his wife of 50 years, Jamuna. Continue reading...
Study reveals that pesticide poisoning kills 11,000 people each year, with India accounting for nearly 60% of fatalities Almost half of the world’s farmers are poisoned by pesticides every single year, a study has found. Using publicly available data from 2006-2023, the study, which was commissioned by Pesticide Action Network , found there to be an estimated 402-433m cases of unintentional acute pesticide poisoning of farmers and farm workers every year. Continue reading...
Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually came from the company. With the update, you can ask Alexa for Shopping about a message you received, and it will use AI to compare […] Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually came from the company. With the update, you can ask Alexa for Shopping about a message you received, and it will use AI to compare it "against a record of every message Amazon has sent," while also analyzing its contents, formatting, and the sender. As noted by Amazon, the assistant will only confirm that a message is real if it's "completely certain." An example shared by Amazon shows a customer asking, "Di
The $550 extraits arrive alongside a Nez study “What Is Concentration” that tracks a 2026 wave of extrait launches from Chanel to Byredo and argues the format has become fine fragrance’s premiumization lever of choice.
Specialty insurance wholesale broker Amwins reports it has acquired Joseph Chiarello & Co., Inc., a managing general agent (MGA) specializing in commercial insurance for the firearms industry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chiarello will join Amwins Underwriting, adding …
Tech company submits to controversial Trump order to rename body of water amid US trade spat with Canada Apple has renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, after an executive order from Donald Trump to change the name of the Great Lake amid his trade spat with Canada. The Apple Maps app now displays the controversial new name for the lake, which sits between New York state and the Canadian province of Ontario, for users in the US. Apple users outside the country will still see the Lake Ontario name. Continue reading...
Apple has relabeled Lake Ontario to “Lake America” for U.S. users of its maps app, following competitor Google days after President Donald Trump ordered a new name for the body of water amid his escalating trade war with Canada
Technology giant Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $150,000 and update its religious observance policy to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of an Apple store employee who was denied …
Matt Clifford will stay as chair of government funding body for tech projects alongside his senior role at US firm The architect of the UK government’s AI strategy has joined the US startup Anthropic in a senior role a year after stepping down from his Downing Street post. Matt Clifford, a successful tech investor, was appointed as AI opportunities adviser by Keir Starmer last year but resigned from the unpaid role six months later for personal reasons. Continue reading...
Judge's new ruling ends a large portion of the lawsuit involving roughly 1,800 songs from prominent artists including Karol G, Drake, Pitbull, Daddy Yankee, and Justin Bieber
In a rare move reversing his own decision, a judge says he discovered a major flaw in a lawsuit that accuses hundreds of reggaeton songs of infringement.
Abel said Berkshire has a clear view of the impacts AI is having across its portfolio of companies, and Google's position relative to the technology is strong.
A bill that would have allowed insurers to track driving habits in exchange for potentially lower auto premiums died in the California Legislature this week.
“Always Lalisa,” a feature documentary following Blackpink member Lisa, will open in Imax and cinemas worldwide for a limited engagement beginning Oct. 12, Sony Music Vision has revealed. Directed by Sue Kim, the film tracks a pivotal year in Lisa’s life as she steps away from Blackpink for the first time since childhood, pursuing a […]
Broadcom shares have gained just 6% so far this year, lagging behind the broader chip sector, which has risen 60%. The company’s outlook offered minimal upside relative to expectations..
The California Assembly adjourned without passing a revamp of the state’s wildfire response, sending up shares in two key power utilities, PG&E Corp. and Edison International. The deal fell apart Tuesday as lawmakers prepared to leave the state capitol. Major …
The inaugural fest, headlined by Olivia Dean and the Killers, is a watershed moment for Santa Monica as a music town. Goldenvoice and the city vow to get it right.
Carla Jeffery, who played the cheerleader Bree in the Disney Channel’s 2018 movie “Zombies” and several spin-offs, died Sept. 1. She was 33. Her management company, Alexanders Talent, posted about her death on Instagram, but did not give a cause of death. “Our hearts are broken as we mourn the loss of our beloved Carla […]
Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer, has died. She was 70. Wilson’s longtime manager Robert Torre shared with WBGO that Wilson died early Wednesday morning in Jackson, Mississippi. A cause of death was not given. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy Award-winning and […]
Mississippi-born Wilson, who worked across folk, pop, R&B and country, was once dubbed America’s best singer Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, songwriter and producer has died. She was 70. Dubbed America’s best singer by Time magazine in 2001, Wilson was best known for her genre-bending voice, which expanded the boundaries of traditional blues-based jazz and worked effortlessly across folk, pop, R&B, country and beyond. At the heart of all her work was her idiosyncratic contralto, a soulful sound distinctly tied to her roots. Continue reading...
John Horhn, mayor of Jackson, Miss., said of Wilson that "Jackson has lost an extraordinary native daughter, and the world has lost a singular musical voice."
Cybele Malinowski has spent 20 years photographing the icons of contemporary culture. Deepfake – shot over two years in Las Vegas and Los Angeles – is what happens when she turns that camera on the people who have chosen to become someone else entirely. The exhibit is on until 6 September at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Contemporary ‘I can sense Sinatra enter my body and exit my lungs’: aboard the celebrity impersonators’ cruise Continue reading...
A major bridge over the Chicago River got stuck for more than four hours Wednesday after it lifted up to allow a boat to pass, snarling traffic in Chicago's downtown
Chile’s everyman actor Alfredo Castro (“The Count”) plays against type in “After Elena” (“Después de Elena”) by Shawn Garry, which world premieres at the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) on Sept.11. Bowing a trailer and poster exclusively in Variety, “After Elena” “shows Castro in a completely different register from what we’ve seen him in before and […]
China's Xi gave Iran's Pezeshkian a brief, low-profile audience at the SCO summit, as Beijing seeks to avoid appearing close to Tehran ahead of a high-stakes summit with Trump.
Oil consumption plummets and EV sales soar as analysts say demand may not fully return even if crude price falls China’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1% after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, thanks to a sharp reduction in oil consumption and a steady rise in the use of electric vehicles and public transport, analysis shows. The report reveals the role of clean energy in cushioning the price shocks caused by the strait of Hormuz crisis to the world’s biggest oil importer. It also reinforces hopes that China, which is the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, may be nearing a turning point in decarbonising its economy. Continue reading...
“The residents of Los Angeles County should be outraged because it will be the taxpayers that are picking [up] the tab to defend this millionaire,” Patrick Steinfeld says
Guy Pearce stars as Rupert Murdoch opposite Jack O’Connell’s Larry Lamb in Danny Boyle's Venice opener, which chronicles the transformation of ‘The Sun’ into Britain’s dominant tabloid.
Danny Booko and Nia Sanchez Booko are leaving “The Valley” after three seasons with the Bravo reality show. “We wanted to share a quick update that we will not be returning to ‘The Valley,’” the couple wrote in a joint statement posted to Instagram. “We’re incredibly grateful for this experience, but our priority is protecting […]
David Byrne wrote a song about the world’s richest man. The Talking Heads frontman wrote and performed an original song for “Musk,” Alex Gibney’s sprawling documentary reckoning with Elon Musk, Variety can exclusively reveal. Titled “Let Me Sell You a Dream,” the track plays within the 235-minute film and arrives as an Oscar-qualifying entry in […]
Dell's new Dell 14S laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo: it comes in four colors, is aimed at students, and it starts with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Announced at IFA 2026, the 14S is meant to sit below the recently launched XPS 13 and offer another affordable laptop option as […] That’s a bold color, especially for a Dell. | Image: Dell Dell's new Dell 14S laptop sounds a lot like a MacBook Neo: it comes in four colors, is aimed at students, and it starts with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Announced at IFA 2026, the 14S is meant to sit below the recently launched XPS 13 and offer another affordable laptop option as most other models continue to climb in price. The 14S will come in linen (beige), dusty rose (pink), washed denim (blue), and velvet green (yep, that's green). That's much more colorful than the XPS 13, and like its fancier brethren, the 14S can be configure
Democrats in Massachusetts bucked a national trend and voted to back an incumbent in Congress. Sen. Ed Markey beat a primary challenge from Rep. Seth Moulton in a race that frequently focused on age and the party's direction. The results skew from a national narrative that Democratic voters are eager for younger leadership. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Democratic strategist Terrance Woodbury.
Dolly Parton's Hollywood Walk of Fame star was found scratched and marred just days after her death at 80, stunning fans who arrived to lay flowers in tribute.
Dolly would be telling us to get back to work. She knew what she wanted Dollywood to be," the theme park's president Eugene Naughton said during a press conference on Wednesday.
Isadora Versani has been named global product design director, while Nadia Svensson joins as global merchandising and product director from Adidas. Both will take up their new roles in November, and report to chief brand officer Carla Murphy.
Dan Driscoll has announced that his last full day as U.S. Army secretary is Wednesday, but his social media post offered no explanation for why he is stepping down after 18 months as the service's civilian leader.
A city compliance notice concerning the lingerie giant's local casting activity has become a fresh pressure point for labor groups seeking accountability after a worker’s death at a Sri Lankan supplier factory.
Life-threatening flash flooding was hitting areas of East Texas north of Beaumont early Wednesday morning, as more than 20 inches of rain had fallen from the remnants of Tropical Storm Edouard in some places, federal forecasters said. At least one …
Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming. Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing-door sporting, steering-wheel-free, two-seaters as the future of Tesla's autonomy efforts, the company is finally putting them into operation as part of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. Public rides are here, and as Musk fans […] Believe it or not, the Tesla Cybercab is coming . Nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the gold-tinted, gull-wing-door sporting, steering-wheel-free, two-seaters as the future of Tesla's autonomy efforts, the company is finally putting them into operation as part of its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. Public rides are here, and as Musk fans will assert, the era of Tesla's robotaxi dominance will begin. Or will it? Musk has bet his company - and his trillion-dollar pay package - on a stripped down, barebones autonom
Ryanair on Wednesday reduced its winter capacity to mitigate its exposure to unhedged jet fuel prices of $140 per barrel, illustrating a major economic impact of the energy crisis.
“I had the privilege of meeting Nam June Paik in his later years, and his work continues to resonate with the questions behind my own,” Ikeda said upon receiving the nomination.
An explosion near a German train station followed by the discovery of a suspicious object caused police to temporarily close the transport hub in the southern city of Augsburg
Paris Fashion Week is resisting calls to move its shows, Copenhagen is using its platform to push brands toward sustainability changes, while the industry grapples with the traditional calendar.
There are just about enough hand-over-mouth moments to please thrill-seekers in this B-movie follow-up but eyerolls soon prevail There was plenty of silliness but also plenty of suspense in 2022’s modestly successful don’t-look-down thriller Fall , a surprisingly well-made micro-budget marvel that ultimately found its audience on Netflix. While certain elements, such as the no-name leads and increasingly hokey script, might have made it seem like yet another churned out low-rent original for the streamer, it boasted more genuine thrills than we’ve come to expect there or really anywhere during this quantity over quality time for genre movies. A sequel was financially inevitable (the original cost just $3m) but narratively questionable, given that the self-contained survival tale did not lend itself to the elasticity of a franchise. So here we are with Fall 2: Deadpoint, a palm-sweating f
Relatives of Benjamin Halona remember his career as wildlife firefighter and his zeal for selling tamales Relatives of a New Mexico man who was fatally mauled by a bear inside his home recently say they are choosing to remember his firefighting career and zeal for peddling tamales rather than his rare, brutal manner of death. As Benjamin Halona’s sister, Gloria Halona, and her daughter, Samantha Vandever, put it, that is the least he deserved after the quiet dignity that he showed becoming a widower in February and subsequently grappling with health problems that required him to use a walker and a wheelchair to move around. Continue reading...
The devastating deluge that swept through the mountain valleys on the border between Nepal and Tibet in China is a potent reminder of a growing green-energy risk in one of the world’s most hazard-prone areas.Hydropower dams high in the Himalayas …
Over 40% of films in LFF programme are female-made, but only two of 21 gala films are directed by women Female film-makers are still being squeezed out of the industry as they progress beyond their debut films, the director of the London film festival has said, adding that “the dial does not seem to be moving”. Kristy Matheson’s comments came as LFF announced its full programme for this year’s event, which runs from 7 to 19 October. Of the 251 titles, 109 (43%) are made by female film-makers, but only two of the 21 gala films are directed by women. Continue reading...
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry posted a much higher net underwriting gain of $31.7 billion for the first half of 2026, up from $11.6 billion the prior year. According to a report from data analytics and technology firm Verisk and …
Florida has banned local police from installing license-plate readers on state roads, responding to growing concern about the proliferation of surveillance cameras made by Flock Safety and other companies. The Florida Department of Transportation on Monday revoked all permits for …
Despite months of lobbying and significant political campaign contributions by Ryan Turner Specialty brokerage, the winning bid for management of part of a Florida Citizens Property Insurance commercial clearinghouse has been awarded to another brokerage. At a meeting Tuesday, Citizens …
As more companies turn to AI, they’re hiring freelancers to cleanup its mistakes rather than create original work Lisa, a freelance graphic designer based in Spain, noticed a shift in her work after the release of ChatGPT in 2022. She went from receiving slow one-off jobs creating logos and packaging to an onslaught of requests asking her to fix versions that were generated by artificial intelligence – from sharpening fuzzy images for printing to turning flawed designs into usable files. By 2025, Lisa, who asked not to be fully named to avoid solicitations, said 90% of her incoming logo and packaging design requests required cleaning up AI-generated content, work that accounted for 60% to 70% of her annual income. But the grind was exhausting. Clients lowballed her;' some AI-generated designs were so flawed that she had to recreate them from scratch and she worried about being complicit
Laura Dern presented the Hollywood star with Venice’s career honor during Wednesday’s opening ceremony with a little help from his famous friends like Brad Pitt, Adam Sandler and Steven Soderbergh.
The Oscar winner touched down on the Lido Wednesday for a hard-hitting press conference ahead of receiving a Golden Lion career achievement honor during the Venice Film Festival's opening ceremony.
The famed U.S. star also revealed why he won't be directing another film anytime soon (hint: he has nine-year-old twins!) and lamented how "most of the [world's] powers have decided climate change is a hoax."
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art co-founders George Lucas and Mellody Hobson spoke Wednesday at the press preview for the new museum. "This one almost broke my will," Lucas said.
Germany’s power grid was hit twice in a single day on Tuesday, with incidents on opposite sides of the country knocking units of coal-fired power plants offline and authorities investigating possible terrorist or extremist motives. The latest incident occurred in …
Germany’s government said an investigation found that Russia is behind a failed drone attack at an airport in Leipzig last month and that the Kremlin is likely to step up hybrid aggression. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul announced the shuttering of …
For his latest in a series of work photographing people with red hair, photographer Kieran Dodds interviewed and made portraits of hundreds of people with ginger hair, with widely varying backgrounds and heritage, across the US between 2024 and 2026. Dodds asked each interviewee the same question at the end of the interview: What unites the states? We hear some of the responses A new book of this work is available to preorder here ‘Although almost everyone featured in the project is ginger, it is not really about hair. It is structured around themes raised time and again in the conversations I had with portrait sitters, and which I reflected on during my travels in the states’ – Kieran Dodds Continue reading...
Judge declines to make Google sell AdX in win for firm against US antitrust enforcers’ attempts to break up big tech Alphabet’s Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected US antitrust enforcers’ attempt to force a sale of Google’s online advertising exchange. While the ad exchange is a small part of Google’s business, the ruling is the second powerful symbolic victory against the US Department of Justice in its efforts to force Google to sell assets to address illegal monopolies. Continue reading...
MrBeast will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in upcoming videos as part of a multi-year partnership with Google. The deal will kick off with a video featuring Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson turning to Gemini for wilderness survival advice: First up on September 5 is a new MrBeast video following Jimmy and his crew […] MrBeast will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in upcoming videos as part of a multi-year partnership with Google . The deal will kick off with a video featuring Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson turning to Gemini for wilderness survival advice: First up on September 5 is a new MrBeast video following Jimmy and his crew as they attempt to survive some of the most extreme and treacherous climates on Earth. Teams will race to navigate three of the planet's most unforgiving landscapes - the jungle, the desert, and the Arctic - using Gemini to help th
Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash, arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor. The company claims the new model "works harder" than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and "calling tools iteratively." It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash, $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million […] Google launched Gemini 3.8 Flash , arriving just a few weeks after its predecessor . The company claims the new model "works harder" than Gemini 3.7 Flash by performing more reasoning steps on complex tasks and "calling tools iteratively." It has the same introductory pricing as 3.7 Flash, $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens, but could still end up costing users more. Google warns that "the model might use more tokens to maximize performance, especially at higher effort levels." Developers can keep using Gemini
Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine
The coin's design — Trump's visage as "heads" and the Great Seal of the United States as "tails" — received the stamp of approval this year from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members Trump appointed.
Summer is winding down, but REI’s Labor Day sale is here to help save you some bucks on gear that’ll let you get the most out of your upcoming outdoor expeditions. There are many, many discounts, from men’s and women’s clothing and REI Co-op gear to equipment for camping and hiking and more. The sale […] The discounted Garmin InReach 3 Mini can help you stay in touch when you’re out in the wilderness. | Image: Garmin Summer is winding down, but REI’s Labor Day sale is here to help save you some bucks on gear that’ll let you get the most out of your upcoming outdoor expeditions. There are many, many discounts, from men’s and women’s clothing and REI Co-op gear to equipment for camping and hiking and more. The sale runs through September 7th, 2026. In case you weren’t aware, REI members can take an extra 20 percent off a single outlet item with the coupon code LABORDAY26 . A lifetime
Ninety minutes from Venice, the locations behind Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati: The Brothers intersect with Chef Massimo Bottura, aged balsamic, cheese and Lambrusco.
Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled Hong Kong’s once-thriving pro-democracy movement
Wong, 29, is accused of urging foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades and other hostile measures against China Joshua Wong , one of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to seek foreign sanctions against Hong Kong and China, a national security charge that carries a maximum life sentence. Prosecutors have accused Wong, 29, of working with the exiled Hong Kong activist Nathan Law to urge foreign powers to impose sanctions, blockades or other hostile measures against China. Continue reading...
Desiree Kohan’s boutique takes an anti-trend approach to fashion at a time when algorithms determine what we wear more than ever. Designers and customers are embracing the model.
"It was transsexual summer camp," Doll Invasion founder Fran Tirado recalls of the now-annual Fire Island celebration and fundraiser's humble beginnings.
Advancements in smartphone technology have made GoPro cameras irrelevant to “anyone beyond hardcore sports enthusiasts or professional creators,” one analyst says.
Stocks rose on Wall Street as gains by big technology companies and relatively steady oil prices and bond yields helped boost the market after a downbeat start to the week
A group of thinly drawn characters on a Louisiana tour fight for survival against a rampaging vegetarian This animal-attack horror plugs a gap with beasties – hippopotamuses – that may be deadly in real life but are hard to take seriously as a threat on screen. As someone says here, they have cute ears. Even the film’s title, evoking the kids’ game Hungry Hungry Hippos, diminishes the menace. That’s perhaps not the tone to set if you’re trying to persuade audiences that fatal consequences are in the offing. And as the script often reminds us, hippos are vegetarian, so hunger isn’t driving these multi-ton mammals to murder. Turns out they’re massively territorial, and especially dangerous when protecting their young. That, or they do just think killing people is fun. The film naturally spends less time worrying about the hippos’ motives and dwells more on the victims, who look pretty doom
At a some KRW70 billion ($51 million) across two seasons, “Made in Korea” ranks among the most expensive K-dramas ever made. Season 2 premieres six episodes on Hulu and Disney+ Sept. 9, closing the story in 1979, the year Korean politics came apart in 10 weeks. Season 1 left viewers in the 1970s, inside the […]
I was forced to examine the idea of sexual pleasure after a tumor was removed from my spinal cord Ten years ago, my right elbow started to hurt. The internet suggested I had tennis elbow, so I stopped playing tennis. Once the outer elbow pain moved inward, I changed my self-diagnosis to golfer’s elbow. I stopped lifting weights , competitive dragon-boating and bouldering. For good measure, I consulted an occupational therapist about my nightly bullet-vibrator routine after reading that golfer’s elbow is common among construction workers who operate heavy-duty vibrating machinery. He listened closely and said he’d note VRI on my patient chart. I asked what VRI meant, eager to end my diagnostic journey. “Vibrator-related injury,” he responded. We busted out laughing. Continue reading...
An immigrant rights group has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block the Department of Homeland Security from using federal databases that the group alleges are being used to target naturalized citizens who are eligible to register t...
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new carbon market rules threatened climate funding for water, air and transit projects. A last-minute compromise between him and lawmakers provides some funding to narrow that gap.
Venice film festival Jack O’Connell is terrific as editor Larry Lamb in James Graham’s tale of Rupert Murdoch, Page 3 and the newspaper that transformed Fleet Street Danny Boyle presents us with a lurid, violent and thumpingly unsubtle movie full of Dutch angles, cartoony shocks and gargoyle closeups. It’s a chapter in the prehistory of modern media, adapted by James Graham from his 2017 stage play , filled with shame and fear and self-hate. It is in fact the story of the Sun newspaper, and how Rupert Murdoch (Guy Pearce) bought the ailing minor title in the late 60s and hired a tough Yorkshire newspaperman, Larry Lamb, to turn it into a raucous and gleefully vulgar circulation powerhouse. Ink summons up the energy and frenzy of tabloid papers of the era, but also – and not entirely intentionally – how strangely depressing they were. Audiences used to the super-rich anomie of the Roy fam
It's been nearly five years since the Taliban banned education for girls older than 12 in Afghanistan. Every day seems to bring a new law limiting them, but Afghan women are pushing back. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen and videographer Eric O'Connor visited a secret underground school in Kabul and sat down with the women risking their lives to protest the oppressive rules.
A new report highlights insurance industry employees’ growing negativity toward artificial intelligence job displacement, as sector employment dropped 21% yera-over-year, and entry-level adjuster positions dropped 50% YoY. Glassdoor’s Employee Confidence Index for its broader AI Report hit a record 10-year …
Blast also injures 68 guests at the wedding in southern Iran, prompting fears of escalation in hostilities Middle East crisis live – latest updates Iran has accused the US of a war crime after a missile blast killed at least four people and injured 68 who were attending a wedding at a private home in a coastal city of southern Iran, as the fresh exchange of strikes prompted fears of a wider renewal of hostilities. Iranian media said that the wedding ceremony was being held in a home in the city of Kuhestak, Hormozgan province, late on Tuesday when a US missile struck, with shrapnel and debris from the strike killing and injuring people. Continue reading...
Fars news agency reports four-year-old among those killed at wedding as Iranian Red Crescent calls for ICC to investigate Iran accuses US of ‘war crime’ after missile blast kills five people at wedding Iranian state media has shared video from the site of the reported attack in Sirik, southern Iran, where officials say US strikes hit a wedding ceremony in a residential area, killing four people including two children aged four and 16. Footage reportedly filmed inside the building where the wedding took place shows a debris-strewn floor, with women’s and girls’ embellished sandals and garlands scattered among the wreckage. A separate video shows the heavily damaged building from the outside, with a large hole visible in the roof. Here is an image from the footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent: Continue reading...
Iranian media reports two children were among those killed when shrapnel hit a home. Iran then launched missiles and drones at US targets in the Middle East.
With four months left of his last term, state lawmakers handed Gov. Gavin Newsom a string of losses at the end of session, including the rejection of Newsom’s proposal to minimize utilities’ liability for the wildfires they cause, writes CalMatters’ Maya C. Miller. The Assembly killed a contentious bill Tuesday that would have given wildfire […]
In 2007, the US was on the cusp of an economic recession, and Buddy Rizer was tasked with finding Loudoun County, Virginia, a new way to make money. Rizer’s earlier career as a radio DJ didn’t exactly make him an obvious candidate to find a solution, but he was looking for what he called a […] In 2007, the US was on the cusp of an economic recession, and Buddy Rizer was tasked with finding Loudoun County, Virginia, a new way to make money. Rizer’s earlier career as a radio DJ didn’t exactly make him an obvious candidate to find a solution, but he was looking for what he called a “real job” and stumbled into a role at Loudoun’s economic development authority. This new gig came with urgency thanks to the bursting of the housing bubble: More than 80 percent of the county’s revenue came from residential real estate. The goal, at the time, was to raise the commercial tax base from
Speed limit dropped from 60km/h for around 70% of general roads in the hope of making narrow streets of crowded cities safer Drivers on residential roads in Japan have been forced to take their foot off the accelerator, after the speed limit was slashed from 60km/h (37mph) to 30km/h in an attempt to reduce deaths and injuries among pedestrians on narrow urban streets. The new limit, which went into effect on Tuesday, applies to residential roads with no centre line or maximum speed signs, media reports said. Continue reading...
Korean-Japanese romantic comedy series “Merry Berry Love,” starring Ji Chang-wook and Imada Mio, is bowing on Disney+ and Hulu this October. Set on a picturesque Japanese island, the series follows Karin Shirahama, a strawberry farmer who pours everything into her land, and Lee Yubin, a city dweller whose fortunes have taken a sharp turn for […]
‘Joey didn’t surf. And he didn’t like this photo. He said, “You made my legs look thin.” Like it was my fault he had skinny legs’ The first band I ever saw were the Beatles, on 19 August 1964 at the Cow Palace Arena near San Francisco. I was 13. I remember every 29 minutes of it: 17,000 screaming girls making a deafening din and thousands of flashbulbs going off at once, lighting up the entire stadium. I’d been a Beatlemaniac since seeing a clip of them at the London Palladium on the Jack Paar show, then live on the Ed Sullivan show. I bought magazines with them in and wondered what kind of person took the photographs. So my first forays into photography were taking photographs of photographs of the Beatles with the primitive family Kodak. When I was 15 I took a very basic photography class, but later, after three years of college, I dropped out, sold my Nikon and went to England. I star
Jordan Firstman, fresh off Cannes buzz for his feature directorial debut “Club Kid,” leads the English-language voice cast of “Jim Queen,” alongside comedian, actor and singer Matteo Lane (“Chicago”). The pair voice Jim and Lucien in the Cannes breakout gay animated comedy from filmmakers Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athané. Global Constellation will introduce this English-language […]
A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming …
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its price-gouging monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company from a wrenching breakup that had been sought by the U.S. government
The Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel has issued a legal opinion clarifying that when a state chooses to participate in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs, all agencies within that state — not only those that administer TANF or SSI benefits — must report individuals known to be not lawfully present in the United States to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced an Atchison County woman has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Amber Conner, aged 30, pleaded guilty on July 13, 2026, in Atchison County District Court to one felony count …
The 'Saturday Night Live' star said the difficulty of learning how to ice skate for the hockey film made him rethink his career path when he was younger.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department unearthed an illicit operation to sell a massive trove of Nike, Adidas and Fear of God apparel and footwear dupes.
Samy Burch’s adaptation of an Arthur Schnitzler novella sees Dafoe’s ageing poet embraced by a younger cohort of capricious hipsters. It’s smart, literate and affecting There’s a marvellous tenderness and generosity to this elegant tale of autumnal regret; an intimate movie acted with effortless grace by Willem Dafoe. In fact, this is yet another of his almost numberless performances of intelligence and self-possession. Screenwriter Samy Burch has adapted a novella by Arthur Schnitzler, which has been directed by critic turned film-maker Kent Jones (who in 2015 made Hitchcock/Truffaut , a documentary that I very much admired). Their movie finds a new variation on the Schnitzlerian theme of life’s lost opportunities for love, lust and success, and how, as mortality’s shadow closes in, one might be tempted to risk everything for a last chance at worldly triumph. The main character here is
Jury to return for more deliberations on Thursday in case of mother accused of murdering her three children Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial were dismissed for the evening on Wednesday without reaching a verdict, after nearly 30 hours of deliberations over five days. Addressing the 12-member jury – made up of nine women and three men – Judge William Sullivan said: “I know it’s been a long day.” Continue reading...
Speaking at the opening of the Venice film festival, the actor-director addressed why the jury of which she is chair will only be shown two films made by female film-makers Maggie Gyllenhaal said there is a “systemic problem” that explains why only two female directors are in the running for the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival this year. “It’s harder for women to get films financed,” said the actor-director, who is heading up the jury of the world’s oldest cinema showcase this year. Continue reading...
Among the 15 projects participating in the upcoming San Sebastián Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum is “The Rehearsals” (“Los Ensayos”) by Argentina’s Celina Murga, best known for her Martin Scorsese-executive produced dramas ‘The Freshly Cut Grass’ and ‘The Third Side of the River’ and of course, her career-launching 2003 debut, “Ana and the Others.” Based on […]
An American fighter pilot teams up with a retired KGB officer for hijinks and hilarity in Soviet Russia Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh star in this goofy but entertaining action-comedy bromance set in the cold war 80s, when it seemed every red-blooded young guy in America adored Top Gun and wanted to be a US Navy fighter pilot. It’s got some outrageous close-quarter fight scenes – and who knew Branagh could bust out martial arts moves? Is he going to follow Bob Odenkirk into an unexpected action movie career? The final sequences of automotive mayhem in and around Moscow might remind you of the heady days of Roger Moore as James Bond. Reynolds is Troy Kelly (callsign “Assassin”), a supercool fighter pilot in 1987, who is always doing brave and brilliant stuff that isn’t in the rulebook, and cracking wise in the accepted Reynolds manner. But when his spy plane is shot down deep inside s
Today, along the shores of Lofoten in northern Norway, a new wave of female seaweed farmers is redefining what has historically been a male-dominated profession.
The story of a serial killer taking revenge on the rich predatory men who abused her just earned a fantastic finale. With career-defining acting, daring Epstein parallels and super dark comedy, it’s a total must-watch You could easily watch the first few minutes of Furious without knowing that it would turn out to be so special. It opens with a scene of pure horror: it’s Halloween night and a real monster is hiding among the pretend ones. A woman we come to know as Catherine Grace (an astonishingly good Lola Petticrew) is inside a man’s house, wearing a creepy kitten mask. The man is in bad shape, crawling on the floor, gasping for air and begging for his life. Catherine is alternately chirpy and tender with him, but eventually, she loses her patience with his pleading. She takes a syringe filled with fentanyl out of a pencil case decorated with sparkly stickers and jewels and finishes t
Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its memory integrity security feature of Windows 11 to more devices next month. The kernel-level protection feature is designed to stop malicious code or drivers running on a Windows 11 machine, but Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance. "Windows quality updates will begin enabling […] Microsoft is getting ready to roll out its memory integrity security feature of Windows 11 to more devices next month. The kernel-level protection feature is designed to stop malicious code or drivers running on a Windows 11 machine, but Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance. "Windows quality updates will begin enabling memory integrity protection on eligible devices," says Peter Waxman , group program manager at Microsoft. "If not already enabled, these updates will also enable Virtualization-based S
Microsoft will begin reporting quarterly Azure revenue in dollars for the first time, providing more clarity about its business that competes with AWS.
Kenneth Branagh plays an ex-KGB officer who helps Ryan Reynolds' U_S_ Navy pilot escape from Russia during the Cold War in the new film “Mayday.”
Community college students across the U.S. now have another opportunity to discover how their education can lead to fulfilling roles at the forefront of aerospace, science, engineering, and technology. The updated NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) student challenge invites students to learn about the agency and its missions, engage with NASA experts, and explore […]
High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude “clouds” form from the vaporized dust of burnt-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable way they emerge and then dissipate. Now, new results from a NASA sounding rocket — a suborbital research rocket […]
In the 1960s NASA began developing a system of reusable space shuttles to make its work more efficient and to reduce costs. The shuttles could launch like rockets, maneuver in Earth’s orbit, and land like airplanes. They also could carry large satellites to and from orbit. Like other types of transportation, machinery eventually breaks down, and parts need to be replaced or fixed. And the cargo being carried to and from Earth has to be moved to its final destination. To complete such tasks, Spar Aerospace (now part of MDA Space ) of Brampton, Ont., Canada, and the National Research Council in Ottawa developed a robotic arm, the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System . The project was a joint venture between the U.S. and Canadian governments. Known as Canadarms , the robotic tools attached to shuttles’ exteriors. They allowed astronauts to handle and transfer tools, satellites, and other paylo
The NBA also fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and said the team will forfeit five first-round picks, one in each year in drafts starting in 2029.
Ten years after he helped shape the quarterback’s anthem protest, the former NFL player and Army veteran says he still sees it as an act of patriotism Nate Boyer was stunned. The former NFL long snapper and United States Army Green Beret had big plans for his MVP (Merging Vets and Players) foundation, an organization that helps veterans and NFL players address the challenges that await once they take the uniform off for good. MVP was all set for a season-long college football activation tour thanks to a five-figure sponsorship from a well-known brand that happens to be one of the NFL’s longstanding partners. Boyer and his team were prepping for their trip to Columbus for Ohio State’s home opener. Everything was ready to go. Thousands in upfront costs had been spent. Then the company pulled out. “They suddenly stopped replying to emails,” Boyer says. “Finally, on that Thursday, when I was
New Regency has taken international distribution rights outside Spain to “Genesis” (“Gènesi”), the six-part 3Cat drama about Ferran Adrià, the chef behind the groundbreaking El Bulli. The series will screen its first two episodes as part of the San Sebastián Film Festival’s Other Activities on Sept. 21, the same day it launches on Catalan broadcaster […]
Teachers and parents have warned against AI use in schools over concerns of ‘cognitive surrender’ New York City will ban students’ use of artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade, typically age 13 or 14. The prohibition is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday and will go into effect next week. The change is part of a sweeping overhaul of the use of technology in the US’s largest school district, which enrolls roughly 900,000 students a year. In another policy shift, classrooms will keep students off laptops or tablets through the third grade, age nine or 10. The city’s public school technology policies are closely watched by the rest of the United States. Continue reading...
Referendum result means fewer seats in parliament and new rules on candidates, ahead of December elections Guinea-Bissau voters have approved a new constitution, which critics say will undermine democracy, that significantly expands presidential powers ahead of elections due in December. According to provisional results, 70% of voters approved sweeping changes in the tiny west African state’s first constitutional amendment since revisions that ended the one-party socialist state more than three decades ago. Continue reading...
In our news wrap Wednesday, the jury in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial remains deadlocked and unable to reach a verdict, Tiger Woods will have his driver's license suspended for five years as part of a plea deal related to a car crash near his Florida home and officials from the U.S. and Venezuela signed a series of deals to develop the country's oil reserves.
For years, significant environmental policies under the Newsom administration have been decided behind closed doors, diminishing the public's role in key state decisions.
Adam Hamilton has spent decades trying to bring people to Jesus as founder of the nation's largest United Methodist church. Now he wants to bring Kansas voters to the polls as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.
A backstage peek at the reunion tour and a new film from Burning director Lee Chang-dong are among this year’s most anticipated – plus offerings from Danny Boyle, Luca Guadagnino, Martin McDonagh and more Danny Boyle’s movie, adapted by James Graham from his own play , is a primal scene of modern Britain and its agonies over class, culture and empire. Rupert Murdoch buys the Sun newspaper in 1969 and turns it into a raucous circulation powerhouse of sexist smut and Tory politics, while gloating over the timid British establishment who winced at the colonial Australian press baron. Guy Pearce plays Murdoch and Jack O’Connell plays editor Larry Lamb. Continue reading...
The bigger question today is no longer whether organic cotton works. It is whether the industry is prepared to build the systems that allow it to scale.
PG&E Corp. plans to defer about $2 billion of investments next year as part of a strategic review of its businesses, a move that comes after it said a proposed revamp of California’s wildfire response didn’t do enough to protect …
The sculpture, a tall, blue stick figure poised in action — as if to kick a ball or, from a different angle, having just kicked one — was designed by sculptor Joel Shapiro and installed in 2019.
Artist Alex Katz is an American great who just celebrated his 99th birthday. What better way to celebrate than to have an exhibition in Nice, France, this fall titled "Henri Matisse - Alex Katz." Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown visited Katz at his home in Maine for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
Enterprise cyber threats and AI adoption are giving Palo Alto Networks ‘durable tailwinds,’ according to CEO Nikesh Arora, but the stock retreated after an earnings beat
President’s order strips nearly 3m acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, sacred tribal sites, of safeguards Patagonia, the outdoor clothing and gear company, has joined a lawsuit challenging Donald Trump’s decision to significantly reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah, removing protections from nearly 3m acres. In July, the president approved the reduction of the sites by 90%, clearing the way to open the land to oil and gas companies. He argued in his proclamations that doing so would allow lands to be “put to a higher-priority use” and that they contained critical minerals important to “resource independence …[and] national security”. Continue reading...
Pattaya, a seaside resort city in Thailand once notorious for sex tourism, is hosting sailors and Marines from the USS Abraham Lincoln for rest and recuperation
A coalition of leading medical groups issued their own vaccine guidance in response in part to changing and confusing messaging from federal officials. It comes on the heels of rising measles cases in multiple states. William Brangham discussed more with Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Cincinnati Financial Corporation announced that Marc J. Schambow, CPCU, AIM, ASLI, chief claims officer for its property casualty subsidiaries, led by The Cincinnati Insurance Company, will retire in January 2027. Schambow has served as Cincinnati’s top claims officer since 2020, …
Tokio Marine HCC – Cyber & Professional Lines Group Appoints Alva SVP of Underwriting to Lead Cyber Business Tokio Marine HCC – Cyber & Professional Lines Group (CPLG), a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies based in …
Atlanta-based Builders Insurance Group has named David Jasmund, a longtime board member and investment banker, as chairman of the board. Jasmund succeeds Charles Potok, who retired last month after three years as chairman, the company said in a news release. …
US defense secretary faces backlash for attempting to mock Canada’s armed forces amid trade war A social media post by Pete Hegseth, the US secretary of defense, body-shaming female members of a Canadian youth development program remained online on Wednesday despite a furious backlash on both sides of the border. On Monday night, Hegseth posted on X a photograph of two people in uniform with a Canadian flag and the caption “this is real”, an apparent attempt at mocking the country’s armed forces amid the Trump administration’s trade spat with its northern neighbor. Continue reading...
Taking its name from a line from a Zohran Mamdani speech, “Turn the volume up!” at Duke University's Nasher Museum of Art urges visitors to get political this fall.
To discuss the latest flare-up in the war with Iran and the impact on the global economy, Geoff Bennett spoke with Cliff Kupchan. He's chairman emeritus at the consulting company Eurasia Group and senior fellow at the think tank Center for the National Interest.
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Kany García is bringing her intimate, personal music to bigger stages with her Puerta Abierta tour in the United States
I think automakers are finally getting the memo. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel with its new electric vehicle, Range Rover just made one that looks nearly identical to its lineup of gas-powered SUVs. They didn't try to pass off some sleek, spaceship-looking pod as a Range Rover. Sometimes familiar designs are the way […] I think automakers are finally getting the memo. Rather than try to reinvent the wheel with its new electric vehicle, Range Rover just made one that looks nearly identical to its lineup of gas-powered SUVs. They didn't try to pass off some sleek, spaceship-looking pod as a Range Rover. Sometimes familiar designs are the way to go. Of course, under the surface the Range Rover Electric is nothing like its internal combustion engine sporting brethren. Twin permanent magnet 260kW electric motors are powered by a double-stacked 118.5 kWh lithium-ion battery, with
Medical service costs in California workers’ compensation rose 5% last year on the back of growth in both average payments and utilization, a new report shows. The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released its Medical Service Cost Trends …
OpenAI is on the cusp of releasing its most powerful AI model yet, Astra, following weeks of delays to shore up safety protocols after its agents attacked real targets during testing. As details about the model trickle out, researchers are warning it "may be the single worst development for AI security/safety to date." Shortly after […] OpenAI is on the cusp of releasing its most powerful AI model yet, Astra, following weeks of delays to shore up safety protocols after its agents attacked real targets during testing. As details about the model trickle out, researchers are warning it "may be the single worst development for AI security/safety to date." Shortly after OpenAI said on Tuesday that it had delayed Astra's release to work on safety issues, The Information reported that Astra shows far less of its "thinking" than other frontier AI models, sparking concern it could be danger
On Aug. 28, 2026 (the evening of Aug. 27 in some time zones), the Moon passed into Earth’s shadow, creating a deep partial lunar eclipse. At the moment of greatest eclipse, 12:13 a.m. EDT, 96.3% of the Moon’s disk was immersed in Earth’s umbra—the central, darkest part of the shadow where sunlight is completely blocked. […]
Rupert Murdoch is apparently “very happy” that he’s being played by Guy Pearce in Danny Boyle’s “Ink.” During the movie’s press conference at the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday, Pearce was asked along with Boyle and screenwriter James Graham if they had spoken to Murdoch about the film. Though Pearce said he hadn’t made contact […]
Hollywood is living through “the friggin’ salad days,” as Ryan Reynolds puts it, after experiencing the biggest summer at the box office since COVID, thanks to blockbusters like “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey.” Last month, the “Deadpool” star personally congratulated the cast and crew of “The Odyssey” for surpassing “Deadpool & Wolverine” to […]
UniQure has submitted its Huntington’s gene therapy to the FDA, investors remain unenthusiastic on Novo Nordisk, and more of the latest pharma headlines in today's Pharmalittle newsletter.
"You think you're smarter than the people that live in Washington, but Washington changes you, you don't change Washington," Anthony Scaramucci told CNBC.
Incumbent, 80, beats back challenge from Seth Moulton, who argued Markey was too old to be effective at his job Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts on Tuesday, beating back a challenge from Seth Moulton, a congressman who tried to unseat him by arguing to voters his opponent was too old to be effective at his job. Massachusetts is heavily Democratic, making the senator favored to win a third full term in the November general election, where he faces the Republican nominee John Deaton. Continue reading...
Piloting in the U.S. from Sept. 19, the Sephora Drop Shop will feature exclusive monthly drops, showcasing curated products from some of Sephora's partner brands.
Another round of severe thunderstorms is threatening the US and Canada, from the Great Lakes to New Jersey, promising to disrupt flights and cause power outages. There is a level two risk of severe thunderstorms from Michigan to New Jersey …
Tankers and cargo ships are transiting the Bosphorus strait adorned with nets, water tanks and tires to try to fend off growing Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes in the Black Sea, according to security experts and video obtained by Reuters. …
Could Hollywood entice younger audiences by having a little faith? A surprising new Future of Faith study from The Center for Scholars & Storytellers (CSS) at UCLA suggests that both Gen Z and Gen Alpha crave realistic and complex depictions of religion and spirituality in their entertainment that go beyond stereotypes. The group surveyed over […]
The company is adding computing infrastructure quickly, an Oppenheimer analyst notes. SpaceX is also getting large technology players to pay handsomely for its computing power.
Pennsylvania-based Ignyte Insurance, a specialty insurance platform, has acquired InsureMyTrip, a travel insurance marketplace that helps travelers compare and purchase coverage from insurance providers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Rhode Island-based InsureMyTrip reports it has served more than …
On Sept. 1, 2026, Adena Health announced its acquisition of Fairfield Medical Center (FMC), a hospital system in southeastern Ohio. The announcement follows a Federal Trade Commission investigation of an earlier attempt by a different acquirer—OhioHealth—to buy FMC. View Press Release
Houston-based title insurer and real estate services firm Stewart Information Services Corp. reports it has acquired East Providence, Rhode Island-based Tower Title, a national specialist in title services for the telecommunications industry. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded …
The city’s police department and mayor warn the public to stay away from the Loring Park neighborhood nearby Two people were killed and the suspect was dead after a shooting at an apartment building in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. One shooting victim died at the scene. A second died after arriving at Hennepin county medical center, a hospital spokesperson said. Continue reading...
Howden Re, the reinsurance arm of insurance broker Howden, is partnering with the modeling company Synthetik Insurance Technologies, to launch an analytical tool designed to help insurers and reinsurers better understand, quantify, and manage strikes, riots and civil commotion (SRCC) …
The Texas A&M Forest Service launched an insurance program this week to provide liability protection for qualified certified and insured prescribed burn managers (CIPBMs). The Texas Prescribed Burn Manager Insurance Program was created in response to a recent House Bill …
For years some have claimed a key part of the thriller was excised after the director’s sudden death – and that it provided clues to the real-life behaviour of rich predators. Now, his daughter has spoken out Name: The Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy Age: The erotic psychological thriller Eyes Wide Shut starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman (married at the time, though that isn’t so important now) was released in 1999. Continue reading...
The Galliano exhibition faced controversy from the start, as many fixated on his antisemitic and anti-Asian comments and 2011 hate crime conviction in France.
A string of London locations can’t save Amazon’s overly familiar B-movie dragged down by another ineffective performance by the Wonder Woman star We’re propelled on to an extremely familiar journey in Amazon’s quickie action thriller The Runner, both in reheated premise and strategic aim. The film is yet another example of a real-time assassination nightmare as an ordinary citizen is placed in an extraordinary situation, forced to do something terrible by someone terrible. Think Johnny Depp in Nick of Time, Rachel McAdams in Red Eye, Shia LaBeouf in Eagle Eye, or more recently, Taron Egerton in Carry-On and Meghann Fahy in Drop , with technology increasingly a key component. We’re also faced with what’s another strained attempt to turn Gal Gadot into a movie star, a mission that’s proved close to impossible after she broke out in Wonder Woman. Her streaming vehicles, like Red Notice and
The Trump administration has intervened in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab. The landmark lawsuit, filed in December 2023, alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from The New York Times and seeks to recoup "billions of dollars" in damages from […] The Trump administration has intervened in The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab. The landmark lawsuit, filed in December 2023 , alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from The New York Times and seeks to recoup "billions of dollars" in damages from both Microsoft and OpenAI. This week, the Trump administration filed a statement of interest in the case, supporting OpenAI's argument that it's fair use to train an AI model on copyrighted text. " The New York Times se
Last week, I powered on a 26-year-old copy of Pokémon Pinball, one of the best Game Boy games ever made. My save file was no more. The Charmander I'd caught for my daughter, the high scores we'd set together… gone. Before flash memory, Nintendo cartridges used tiny watch batteries to save their games, and those […] Last week, I powered on a 26-year-old copy of Pokémon Pinball , one of the best Game Boy games ever made. My save file was no more. The Charmander I'd caught for my daughter , the high scores we'd set together… gone. Before flash memory, Nintendo cartridges used tiny watch batteries to save their games, and those batteries were never meant to last this long. But it's not a huge deal, because I saved my family's save file months ago. I backed it up with an Epilogue Operator, a device that connects your real Nintendo cartridges to Windows PCs, MacBooks, even a
We boiled litres of water to find the best electric kettles, from hard-water heroes to vintage-style, repairable and wifi-connected models • The best air fryers, tried and tested for crisp and crunch Despite the march of progress, the humble kettle remains a kitchen staple. It’s what we turn to in times of strife, when spirits are flagging, or to start our day. When a visitor calls, one of the first things we often do is put the kettle on. Many small appliances have evolved beyond their original form, but the kettle’s basic principles remain largely unchanged. Water goes in and heats until a thermostat switches it off; the water then pours out, and we enjoy a cuppa. However, the technology that goes into a kettle has been slowly improving: better insulation to keep water hotter for longer and reduce reboils; different temperature settings to suit every drink from green tea to herbal brew
The doors to Europe's largest consumer tech show haven't opened to the public yet, but there's already plenty of news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany. If you're already struggling to keep up with what has been announced, here are some of the best new gadgets and upgrades from the show - including […] The doors to Europe's largest consumer tech show haven't opened to the public yet, but there's already plenty of news coming out of IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany. If you're already struggling to keep up with what has been announced, here are some of the best new gadgets and upgrades from the show - including more competition for Apple's MacBook Neo, an excellent portable controller for gaming-on-the-go, and a concept handheld designed to balance work and play. To catch up on everything announced at IFA 2026 you can follow The Verge 's complete coverage right here . Acer Project
The far-right provocateur helped galvanize a movement that no longer needs him. Now his imitators are claiming victory It’s been a long, slow decline for Milo Yiannopoulos. From the vantage point of 2026, it’s easy to forget that he was once a big deal. The British-born far-right provocateur, who was arrested by ICE in Louisiana and deported from the US this week, was among the first media figures to ride the “ gamergate ” controversy and ensuing rightwing populist wave that brought Donald Trump to office in 2016. An editor of the then ascendant Breitbart News from 2014 to 2017, Yiannopoulous was an early adopter of the media strategy of algorithm-optimized outrage bait, trawling the internet and a consulting large network of well-placed sources in search of stories he could use to fan the flames of online culture war discourses. He would write a story mocking a feminist, or fire off a t
The idea of humanoid robots running our homes has been the stuff of science fiction for years. But unlike hoverboards and self-tying sneakers, a robot housekeeper has never felt close to rolling into our homes. Until now. This has been the year of the humanoid robot. At CES, there were dozens of human-shaped bots on […] LG’s CLOiD is a robot housekeeper on wheels, not legs. The company says it’s developing a robot foundation model by training hundreds of CLOiDs in home environments. | Image: LG The idea of humanoid robots running our homes has been the stuff of science fiction for years. But unlike hoverboards and self-tying sneakers, a robot housekeeper has never felt close to rolling into our homes. Until now. This has been the year of the humanoid robot. At CES, there were dozens of human-shaped bots on the show floor, a handful designed for homes . US-based robotics company 1X
He started in the Harry Potter films and has since become ubiquitous, playing every type of character: romcom leads, evil villains, comical idiots. He even starred in a Taylor Swift video. So how does he stay so under the radar? Domhnall Gleeson has got so much new stuff coming up, someone recently joked that this was the “summer of Domhnall”. Now the phrase is all over the internet, and Gleeson is mortified: “The worry is that somebody will say this to me now thinking that I believe it.” He doesn’t know where it came from – possibly his co-star Gayle Rankin on his new movie The Incomer. “It’s certainly not something I’m trying to push … but it would be great if it could be the headline.” He’s in a good mood when we meet at a London hotel on a hot afternoon. You could say he’s good at interviews – charming, funny, garrulous, the perfect chatshow guest. He could just be acting , admittedl
Designer Alexis Levan Whelan crafted four custom bridal looks—including her first-ever swimsuit design—to wear over the course of her destination wedding weekend in the Caribbean.
Enforcing civil rights without these reports will be difficult for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pushing US agency closer to Trump’s agenda, experts warn The US civil rights agency mandated to protect equal rights for workers is set to stop collecting data on the demographic makeup of companies – which for the past six decades has been used to enforce anti-discrimination laws. The move marks a fundamental shift for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Without this data, it will be much harder for the agency to identify widespread cases of discrimination in hiring and promotions, experts and former employees of the commission say. And, they warn, it will bring the Trump administration one step closer to reshaping the commission from an independent watchdog into an arm of the executive branch narrowly focused on advancing the political grievances of Donald Tru
iRobot has announced a new flagship robot vacuum, which it will showcase at IFA in Berlin this week, the company's first big tech trade show in years. The Roomba maker will be exhibiting under its new owner, Picea Robotics, the contract manufacturer that purchased the once-troubled American robotics company out of bankruptcy in January. The […] The Roomba Max 875 Combo is iRobot’s latest flagship robot vacuum mop. | Image: iRobot iRobot has announced a new flagship robot vacuum, which it will showcase at IFA in Berlin this week, the company's first big tech trade show in years. The Roomba maker will be exhibiting under its new owner, Picea Robotics , the contract manufacturer that purchased the once-troubled American robotics company out of bankruptcy in January. The $1,199 Roomba Max 875 Combo is the company's newest top-of-the-line robot vacuum and mop, and it debuts alongside th
Woods pleads no contest to reduced charge Charges stemmed from March rollover crash Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to reckless driving on Wednesday morning as part of an agreement with Florida prosecutors that reduced a DUI charge stemming from his rollover crash in March . The 50-year-old was adjudicated guilty of willful and wanton reckless driving, a second offense, during a hearing in Martin County court. Under the agreement, Woods was fined $1,000 and had his driver’s license suspended for five years. Prosecutors had originally charged him with driving under the influence with property damage. Continue reading...
Woods was arrested in March after his SUV clipped a truck and rolled over on its side on a beachside residential road near his home on Jupiter Island. A sheriff's report said deputies found two pain pills in his pocket and he showed signs of impairment.
Pay and shares deal nearly matches $58m award to John Ternus, his successor as CEO at the $4.7tn tech company Tim Cook has received a $47m (£35m) pay deal as Apple’s executive chair, a remuneration package that nears the level set for his successor as chief executive. Cook, who handed over to John Ternus on Tuesday, will be paid a base salary of $2m and $45m worth of shares . Half of the share award will be based on performance targets being met, while the remaining half will be paid out over four years. Continue reading...
Leading U.S. medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and COVID-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together Wednesday to issue shot guidelines — and highlight the science behind them — saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration's changing advice.
The rally might be tied to commodities, which are also surging, or an expression of optimism around the country's upcoming general election in October.
Designers are rethinking one of New York City’s most polluted sites with climate adaptation and community benefits The Guardian receives support for visual climate coverage from the Outrider Foundation . The Guardian’s coverage is editorially independent Continue reading...
Travis Kelce has opened up more than ever about his wedding to Taylor Swift, a private party that had the whole world swooning, which took place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in July. The pro athlete took to the Sept. 2 episode of his podcast “New Heights,” which happened to be the Season […]
The Kansas City Chiefs player — now Mr. Swift, following that starry wedding at Madison Square Garden in July — has spoken for the first time in depth about the event: "It was just so magical, man."
Trinidadian foreign national and lawful permanent resident, Chad Barclay, 33, pleaded guilty today to sex trafficking and admitted to kidnapping six additional victims.
The Trump administration is backing OpenAI over the New York Times in a closely watched case over how it builds its AI technology using millions of news articles
The Times and many companies are accusing OpenAI of misusing their material to train AI systems without compensation The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in a lawsuit against the New York Times, arguing in favor of the use of copyrighted writing to train artificial intelligence. The Times accuses OpenAI and its largest financial backer, Microsoft, of using millions of newspaper articles without permission to train OpenAI’s popular chatbot. Other newspapers have joined in the suit, first filed in 2023. Continue reading...
Energy secretary Chris Wright denies US seeks to ‘take’ country’s oil, saying deal is transformation of relations The US energy secretary, Chris Wright, has denied Washington is seeking to commandeer huge quantities of Venezuelan oil, amid growing criticism of Donald Trump’s energy deal with the country’s interim leaders. “Absolutely not,” Wright replied when asked by a CNBC journalist if the US was engaged in a “heavy-handed” attempt to “take” Venezuelan oil in violation of the South American country’s constitution. Continue reading...
Trump's summit with Xi is expected to take place less than six weeks before the U.S. election, with polls showing Democrats favored to make gains in Congress.
Trump has imposed 50% tariffs on $20bn in Canadian goods and Canada threatened retaliatory tariffs starting 8 September Sign up for the US Breaking News email As tensions flare in the mideast with American military forces resuming strikes on Iran, Donald Trump has taken to social media to discuss his ballroom project. “We have hundreds of happy construction workers in D.C. busily doing their job building the finest Ballroom/Military complex anywhere in the World,” Trump said in a truth social post Wednesday morning. “There is nothing like it, and never will be! It was a long, hard, fight in the Court System, but the winner is, as always under ‘TRUMP,’ the U.S.A.” Continue reading...
U.S. forces completed another wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday stateside, hitting multiple Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites across the country.
The US president’s need to assert dominance is igniting patriotism abroad and a backlash at home What do bullies do when someone stands up to their bullying and punches them in the face? They look for someone weaker to bully who won’t punch back. Presumably that’s why Donald Trump has now taken on Canada , after Iran punched back so hard in the cage match the US president began more than six months ago as to leave him humiliated and baffled. Continue reading...
The company says it prioritizes safety, but suits allege its ChatGPT bot induced shooter to carry out attack in Canada OpenAI faces 30 new lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The suits, filed on Wednesday, allege the company’s ChatGPT chatbot induced the shooter to carry out the attack in rural Canada in February, in which eight people were killed and dozens more wounded – most of them children. Continue reading...
Thirty years after Tupac Shakur’s death, a man has been found guilty of killing the hip-hop legend. William Shaw on the star’s life, legacy and untimely death In 1996, Tupac Shakur was shot in a drive-by ambush in Las Vegas. He was only 25 years old and already one of the biggest artists in the US. He had just released a huge album, All Eyez on Me, which spawned two No 1 singles. He’d worked with some of hip-hop’s greatest stars. He’d starred in Hollywood films. It seemed he could do anything. And then, he died. Continue reading...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey is not backing away from the West as it seeks deeper ties with the East as he returns from a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit
U.S. businesses created just 38,000 new jobs in August, ADP said, the second small increase in a row, pointing to a slowdown in hiring during the summer.
Oil giant Chevron confirmed that it will expand operations in Venezuela after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits.
Iran attacked American bases and allies across the Gulf region on Wednesday. It followed U.S. attacks along Iran's southern coast that killed at least 18, according to Iran's health minister. At the White House, President Trump said this renewed campaign wouldn't last long, but threatened to hit Tehran "very hard" if the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz remains unresolved. Liz Landers reports.
Lack of information raises fears over environmental impact of the AI boom UK politics live – latest updates The UK government does not know what the country’s datacentres are being used for despite fears over the growing environmental impact of the AI boom. When asked in a freedom of information (FoI) request who was using the largest sites and what for, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said it did “not hold the requested information”. The ministry has since been dissolved . Continue reading...
The U.S. pressed G20 members on Tuesday to take a hands-off approach to AI regulation and avoid creating new rules for the technology at a gathering of industry titans and commerce ministers in North Carolina. The U.S. goals largely align …
Attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and reprisals against US bases in Middle East quash hopes that flare-up last weekend was limited in nature The US has launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets, prompting counter strikes by Tehran targeting American interests in Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Iraq, fuelling concerns about a wider renewal of hostilities. US Marine Corps base Camp Titin in Jordan was targeted for an “intense ballistic missile attack”, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said early on Wednesday, according to Iranian news outlet Tasnim. Continue reading...
Top medical groups band together to ease confusion from Trump administration’s changing immunization advice Leading US medical groups are urging people to get updated flu and Covid-19 vaccinations this fall, banding together on Wednesday to issue shot guidelines – and highlight the science behind them – saying they hope to ease confusion caused by the Trump administration’s changing advice. Flu vaccinations are beginning and the latest coronavirus shots are starting to arrive after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved this year’s updated versions last week. Winter also brings another vaccine-preventable risk called RSV. Continue reading...
Oil giant Chevron is confirming that it is expanding its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation’s oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits
Fighting between the US and Iran over control of the Strait of Hormuz intensified after a period of relative calm, triggering a fresh jump in energy prices as fears grow of an open-ended war. The US military carried out a …
Ship has been plagued by reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health because of lengthy deployment The USS Abraham Lincoln, an US aircraft carrier at the centre of a row over conditions on board after months at sea as part of Donald Trump’s war against Iran, has arrived off a Thai port. Reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health on the vessel, including attempted suicides , have made headlines around the world, provoking criticism of the president’s actions in the Middle East. Continue reading...
Uber beat out Waymo in launching a commercial robotaxi service in London, the city's first. The vehicles use autonomous driving tech developed by Wayve, a UK-based startup, and will initially feature safety drivers behind the wheel. The launch is a milestone for Uber, which has been plotting a UK launch with Wayve for several years. […] Uber beat out Waymo in launching a commercial robotaxi service in London, the city's first. The vehicles use autonomous driving tech developed by Wayve , a UK-based startup, and will initially feature safety drivers behind the wheel. The launch is a milestone for Uber, which has been plotting a UK launch with Wayve for several years . In beating Waymo to the punch, it allows Uber to set the standard for the robotaxi experience for thousands of Londoners. It's also an early test of whether there's appetite for driverless ridehailing beyond the US and
Landmark lawsuit claims tech company’s pay-setting system has breached privacy laws and pushed down earnings Uber drivers have launched a landmark legal action against the ride-hailing company claiming they live in “constant fear” of a “soulless” algorithm it uses to set pay and allocate jobs. Drivers from the UK, the Netherlands and other countries have joined the compensation claim that could run into billions of dollars. It alleges an AI-powered pay-setting system breaches data protection laws and pushes down their earnings. Continue reading...
The ride-hailing company Uber is cutting thousands of jobs to simplify its management structure, the chief executive said in a letter to employees Wednesday.
Ugandan authorities have named the country's prospective crude oil blend "Pearl Sweet," marking a milestone as Uganda prepares for commercial production by the end of the year
Sergei Loznitsa likens removal of €2m grant to ‘a punishment in kindergarten’ on eve of Venice film festival One of Ukraine’s most acclaimed film-makers has criticised the European Commission’s decision to cut off funds to the Venice Biennale over the opening of Russia’s pavilion, likening it to “a punishment in kindergarten”. The Biennale drew heavy criticism this spring when it allowed Russia to use its pavilion for the first time since 2022, despite the ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading...
Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind the horror classic “Friday the 13th,” died on Monday in Alameda, Calif. He was 86. Miller’s death was confirmed to Variety by his son, Ian. Released in 1980, “Friday the 13th” is widely considered a seminal installment in the horror canon. It widely popularized the summer camp setting and themes […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to arrive in London to meet with new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and visit the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum
Mescal’s nuanced performance in Ridley Scott’s belated sequel has been blamed by some for the film’s box office underperformance. May I suggest Jason Statham for Gladiator III? As you may be aware, The Dog Stars has not been particularly well received. Reviews have been lukewarm to poor and in its opening weekend, Ridley Scott’s post-apocalyptic thriller came in fifth, after Spider-Man and The Odyssey (both of which have been out for ever), the sixth Insidious movie and a Looney Tunes film that originally wasn’t even going to be released . Perhaps unexpectedly, people are now casting around looking to assign blame for the failure. In the lead up to the film, Josh Brolin said that he almost left the project due to Scott’s lack of rehearsal time. Perhaps there’s also a prosaic explanation, in that The Dog Stars is such a vague title for a film that audiences didn’t know if they were going
In today’s newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climate Good morning. This summer, datacentres have become targets of resistance across the world. Ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, big tech has been lobbying for the creation of enormous new facilities. Many governments claim they’re essential in any country that wants to cash in on AI. Campaigners argue datacentres drain resources and exacerbate the climate crisis. The Scottish National Party has backed a moratorium on new developments; so has the Greens. The boom has been immense, and so has the backlash. Today’s newsletter explains why. UK politics | Andy Burnham has blamed Brexit and Margaret Thatcher for a decade of low growth in the UK, arguing that Britain needs to be brutally honest about having taken “a series of wrong turns” in the las
Industry experts question whether retailers are agile enough or are adopting new technologies to better plan and quickly adjust to severe and sudden weather conditions.
As Italy’s fashion industry faces supply-chain scandals and tighter scrutiny, brands, lawmakers and consumers are demanding measurable proof of responsible production.
Luxury consumers of every stripe are pouring their disposable income into fine jewelry as an everyday style statement and an investment in difficult times.
The Oscar winner’s sons, parents and girlfriend appear in the Venice-bound drama, which was made for very little money and with a rotating crew: “I suddenly felt an enormous amount of pressure,” he says.
Several musicians have spoken openly about the impact of loud music on their hearing, highlighting the growing importance of earplugs as a form of protection.
The wrongful terrorism case of a Sri Lankan student in Sydney has been set as a feature documentary by Australian filmmaker Anupam Sharma, with the first-look poster for “Framed” unveiled ahead of the Toronto Film Festival’s inaugural market. “Framed” follows the case of Kamer Nizamdeen, a 25-year-old overseas student who was arrested and held in […]
Guardian readers share memories of the actor best known for roles in The Rocky Horror Show and Stephen King’s It I first saw him in the 1978 series Will Shakespeare, where he played Shakespeare alongside Nicholas Clay. Two very classy actors who, whatever the value of the programme, made me want to know more about the man and his work. Tim Curry always had a glorious glint in his eye which drew you in as if you were the only person who understood. Margaret Carradus, Lancaster Continue reading...
“Avengers: Doomsday” going into production without a finished script did not faze directors Joe and Anthony Russo. As the former recently told the Associated Press: “We always view the script as a living organism.” “We’re improvisation-based, rehearsal-based directors,” Joe maintained. “We like to see what the actors bring to the characters, and sometimes you don’t […]
“Dancing With the Stars” Season 34 set a high bar — and the Season 35 cast is delivering. On Wednesday morning, the celebrity and pro partners were revealed for the Emmy-nominated reality competition, including multiple reality breakout stars, athletes and actors. It also includes Jenna Dewan and Harry Shum Jr., both of whom have extensive […]
On the professional dancer side, 'The Next Pro' judge Mark Ballas returns while season 34 troupe member Hailey Bills was promoted to pro in the third-ever same-sex 'DWTS' pairing.
Referencing Tarkovsky and French theory, the Austrian-Iranian singer is writing some of today’s wittiest music – though she’s ‘too pop for the art world, too indie-darling for the mainstream’ You wait ages for a brilliant pop song about film-making and then two come along at once. Following on from Charli xcx’s Camera comes Actress by Sofie Royer, with lyrics referencing rotoscoping, call sheets, screenplays, establishing shots, cinéma verité and more. “When the dust settles on your heart / I’d like to audition for the leading part,” she purrs over pumping disco, screwball-funny as she stacks up the metaphors to woo some Letterboxd-brained beau. “My mise-en-scène is flawless, don’t you know I’m quite adored / I’ll win you over in 35mm 4K-restored.” It’s a typically smart and witty number from a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and, as it happens, aspiring actor, whose erudition
A sequel should be similar to the film that preceded it, but not the same. That’s the conventional wisdom that, for better or worse, not all filmmakers observe when picking up the mantle of a series or franchise. But when they’re working from a high-concept premise, it’s a challenge especially fraught with risk. And following […]
Hundreds of unseen images of the star feature at the Venice film festival, alongside virtual worlds exploring wildfires, wolves and the birth of stars David Bowie shares the bill with starmen, firefighters and Walt Disney wolves at the 10th anniversary edition of Venice Immersive, the film festival’s pioneering showcase for new forms of storytelling. David Bowie: Unseen Unheard – a 3D documentary featuring hundreds of previously unseen images – is among 69 XR (extended reality) pieces playing at the event’s regular base on Lazzaretto Vecchio, a repurposed small island off the Venice Lido. Venice Immersive’s 10th birthday marks a milestone for an event which aims to provide a bridge between emergent technology and traditional narrative cinema. But the programme’s organisers are at pains to emphasise the ongoing scope of a project that has in recent years prompted similar sections at the C
‘I worry whenever big companies are consolidating,’ Clooney said at Venice film festival, supporting Ruffalo’s right to criticise the deal amid antisemitism accusations George Clooney has defended Mark Ruffalo’s right to criticise the proposed $111bn Paramount takeover of Warner Bros Discovery , saying he is concerned about the consequences of further consolidation in Hollywood. Speaking in Venice ahead of receiving the festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, Clooney said he supported Ruffalo’s “ability to speak freely” about the proposed merger, while expressing his own doubts about the deal. Continue reading...
The political thinker became famous for declaring the triumph of liberal democracy. Thirty-seven years on, he explains what he really meant and why he made the rare journey from right to left There are not many public intellectuals who can say they’ve been cited by Capt James T Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, but Francis Fukuyama is one of them. In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, William Shatner’s character is in a reflective mood, and speaks to the Klingon chancellor. “Some people think the future means the end of history ,” Kirk muses. “Well, we haven’t run out of history quite yet.” When the film came out in 1991 and in the years that followed, you’d often hear comments like that. They were nods to a thesis so famous it hardly needed spelling out. It debuted in a 15-page essay written by Fukuyama, then a 36-year-old thinktanker, which was published in the National Interest, a
Rapper’s supporters reflect on ‘astonishing’ events leading to Duane Davis being found guilty over 1996 fatal shooting A criminal conviction this week in the murder of Tupac Shakur , the first since the rapper was gunned down in 1996, sent shockwaves through his sea of fans who have waited three decades for answers. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a former California gang leader, was found guilty of murder on Monday for the role he played in orchestrating the fatal shooting of Shakur. Continue reading...
Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAID Aid experts have denounced the US’s “embarrassing” and “pitiful” initial response to the Nepal flood disaster after the US state department announced it was releasing $500,000 in emergency funds to help the relief effort. The modest sum – which has since been increased – allocated in response to the devastation caused by mudslides in the mountainous Asian country was mocked on social media , where users contrasted it with the amount spent on other Trump administration priorities. Continue reading...
For many people, the name Robert Capa evokes a mysterious, jet-setting American photographer responsible for some of the mid-20th century’s most iconic images from the frontlines of war. In the fascinating “The Girl With The Leica,” Italian director Alina Marazzi puts paid to that myth. The time-jumping film reclaims the legacy of German-born photojournalist Gerda Taro (née Gerta Pohorylle) […]
A frantic journey across London on foot provides a lot of exercise for Gal Gadot, but not much reward for viewers, in “The Runner.” Hardly the first thriller centering on an exceptionally action-ready parent surmounting various obstacles to rescue an imperiled child from some diabolical abductor, and surely not the last, this Prime Original has […]
Long past his sexually explicit enfant terrible mumblecore origins, writer-director Joe Swanberg continues his ongoing experiments in honoring the romantic comedy’s conventional satisfactions while expanding its sexual parameters with “The Sun Never Sets.” Wendy (Dakota Fanning) has been dating sedate single dad Jack (Swanberg regular Jake Johnson) for two years. When he decides they should […]
The film, for which the Oscar-nominated documentarian was granted exclusive access to the titular star over several years, will be released in the U.S. in October.
Hundreds of university staff were stationed at picket lines, calling for stronger protections around the use of AI Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The same week union members at the University of Sydney agreed to a 24-hour strike, staff received the results of an internal survey. In the faculty of arts and social sciences, 0% agreed with the statement: “I trust the University of Sydney to act in the best interests of staff, students and the broader community.” Continue reading...
The New York Times has prepared some exclusive goodies for its subscribers: a weekly drop of bonus puzzles based on the publication's popular games. Five to six new puzzles will be released every Wednesday, each featuring "a twist" on games like Wordle, Strands, Connections, and Crossword that are designed to keep puzzleheads playing with fresh […] The New York Times has prepared some exclusive goodies for its subscribers: a weekly drop of bonus puzzles based on the publication's popular games. Five to six new puzzles will be released every Wednesday, each featuring "a twist" on games like Wordle , Strands , Connections , and Crossword that are designed to keep puzzleheads playing with fresh yet familiar experiences. The availability of bonus puzzles may vary each week, but here are some examples you can expect: Wordle in 1 : A version of Wordle with five rounds, where each round h