commentary The White House correspondents’ dinner was phony and ugly. Comic Con was joyful, colorful and way more real Published July 31, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Ryan Reynolds in his Deadpool costume speaks during 2026 Comic-Con International in San Diego, July 25, 2026. (Amy Sussman/Getty Images) I walked up to theContinue Reading
The passion from Emporia residents opposed to the zoning change has been growing., The passion from Emporia residents opposed to the zoning change has been growing., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Syrian lawyer takes on ex-Assad official in landmark trial, Syrian lawyer takes on ex-Assad official in landmark trial NewsFeed Syrian lawyer Nouha al-Masri is seeking justice for her brother, who died in the 2011 Daraa crackdown that sparked Syria’s uprising. She’s a prosecutor in the trial of ex-Assad official AtefContinue Reading
As settler attacks reach record levels, the government has distributed more than 100,000 assault rifles to Israelis., NewsFeed Why is Israel arming illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank? As settler attacks reach record levels, the government has distributed more than 100,000 assault rifles to Israelis. Al Jazeera’s Leila WarahContinue Reading
Kitty is a popular terminal emulator that supports many modern features. Focused on power users, it offers a wide range of customization that other terminals often lack. For example, it includes a functional image display protocol and smooth cursor animations. I have shown Kitty tweaking in the past, and inContinue Reading
Open source projects have mostly split into two camps on AI. Some keep a human in the loop, letting contributors use whatever tools they want as long as they take responsibility for the result. Others have gone further and banned AI-generated contributions outright, no matter who reviews them. GCC hasContinue Reading
Mosaic brings automatic tiling to GNOME Shell, but without asking you to use it permanently. Turn it on when you want windows to arrange themselves, turn it off when you want floating windows back. The extension works with GNOME 45 and up, adding a toggle to Quick Settings to enableContinue Reading
Google has used AI tools to detect and patch 1,072 vulnerabilities in versions 149 and 150 of its Chrome browser, the company announced in a blog post. That’s more vulnerabilities patched than in the previous 23 updates combined, according to Bleeping Computer. One vulnerability detected by AI had been presentContinue Reading
Apple’s outgoing CEO, Tim Cook, bade an emotional farewell to analysts and shareholders on Thursday as the company announced a record June quarter. His successor, John Ternus, takes over at the beginning of September with the company seemingly in solid shape. The results were impressive, though some worrying challenges were confirmed. AppleContinue Reading
Ariana Grande isn’t mincing words on her latest release. The Grammy-winning singer unveiled her eighth studio album, Petal, on Friday, July 31, alongside a cinematic music video for its title track that transforms years of public scrutiny into a biting satire about fame. Rather than quietly addressing the commentary thatContinue Reading
“Jimmy” opens Friday at the IFC Center in New York City. The Barry Jenkins-produced “Jimmy” imagines James Baldwin’s 1948 arrival in Paris as a 24-year-old aspiring writer. Running barely more than an hour, the black-and-white feature by writer-director Yashaddai Owens combines Baldwin’s writings from the era with an imagined lookContinue Reading
This story was originally published by ProPublica. On the northeast edge of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, nearly 1,100 people gathered in late June for the International Bridge Walk across the long span that links two cities with the same name: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Both theContinue Reading
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. As tech companies have built hundreds of hyperscale data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom, they have triggered conflicting predictions over how these facilities will affect the nation’s power grid. Critics have argued that data centers willContinue Reading