Oil prices fell and U.S. stock-index futures jumped Sunday after President Donald Trump said the U.S. has agreed to a peace deal with Iran, apparently ending months of hostilities that shut the Strait of Hormuz and sent the global economy into an oil shock.
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The prime minister promises "bold action" ahead of Monday's announcement on restrictions for children.
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The new Oura Ring 5 is smaller and has upgraded features to improve how you track your health and fitness. Image courtesy of Oura Ring Oura Ring has announced the release of the newest generation of its smart ring. The Oura Ring 5 promises to be smaller, more proactive, and more personalized than before. With the new software portfolio, Oura Ring includes upgraded features that help track more than 50 metrics, including GLP-1 insights. Oura rings are smart devices that help you track your
Anthropic Dispatches Staff to D.C., Racing to Resolve AI Export Restrictions WSJ Scoop: Anthropic flies staff to D.C. to clean up White House fight Axios Donald Trump has cut off access to the world’s best AI model The Economist A warning from Amazon led the White House to shut down Anthropic’s Mythos model Fortune Anthropic scrambles after Trump administration freezes its top AI models Financial Times
Dozens of women on OnlyFans describe being exploited by managers who promised to help maximise profits.
Apple’s standard AirPods start at $129 and are fine daily drivers. But you’re absolutely paying a heavy premium for the Apple logo and ecosystem convenience. If you care primarily about sound reproduction, actual battery depth, and active noise cancellation (ANC) as a standard feature, you can get so much more for less. These three highly rated alternatives under $100 deliver features and audio quality that outperform the standard AirPods. Best overall value: EarFun Air Pro 4+ ($99.99) The EarFu
Many say that generative AI only produces bland homogenized slop. This overlooks the use of good prompts. Prompt your way to creativity. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
What makes this combustible: at the very moment that tens of thousands of workers are being shown the door, a small cohort of AI insiders is becoming wealthy on a scale that's hard to comprehend.
The UK is the latest country to follow Australia in implementing a total social media ban for children under 16, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced. The ban, which could take effect from early next year, will be joined by wider measures that will also prevent children from talking to strangers in online games, livestreaming, or using sexual or romantic chatbots. "Do we truly believe that social media creates a happy environment for our children? Do we truly believe that it's a place where
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The security measure millions rely on to protect their accounts may not be as foolproof as they think. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning the public about a fast-spreading scam targeting users of popular Microsoft 365 products, including Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive. The scheme allows cybercriminals to capture Microsoft authentication tokens, bypassing multifactor authentication without needing a user’s password. At the center of the scheme is a hacking platform called Kali365. Unlik
Rank One, whose board includes a former CIA deputy director and a former FBI science chief, supplied face recognition to Meta for internal development of its smart glasses app.
A new survey from the University of Michigan asks parents about their use of technology to track their adult children, ages 18-25, including using "always on" location tracking on their smartphones.
The barriers to getting a formal ADHD diagnosis are many: cost, time, the availability of qualified clinicians, a general lack of awareness. Plus, those with inattentive ADHD—which is believed to be more common in women and girls—often struggle with completing long or complex tasks, ironically making it extra difficult to go through the lengthy process of getting diagnosed. A further complication is the fact that ADHD doesn’t show itself in ways that can be objectively observed on a brain scan,
Eighteen months ago, most business leaders were still debating whether AI could write a convincingly human-sounding email without hallucinating. Today, artificial intelligence systems are managing codebases, conducting research, screening contracts, and operating as autonomous agents inside enterprise workflows. Some capabilities that senior technologists expected to arrive in three to five years have arrived in months. At the same time, capability scaling in other areas has lagged expectations.
The ban could include platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X.
The federal government is planning to let a rule regulating federal data center operations sunset in September with no replacement.
In recent months hackers have attempted to extort money from porn stars with big followings, in some cases filling their feeds with pro-MAGA and crypto content.
Chinese technology companies and cinema exhibitors are positioning High Dynamic Range LED screens as both a remedy for a slowing local box office and a vehicle for challenging America’s long-standing grip on international cinema standards, according to a panel at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The push is being led by tech giant Huawei through […]
The concept of inflatable furniture typically brings to mind a teenager’s room in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Think translucent, cheap, and disposable; built for the short lifespan of a trend phase rather than the long-term needs of an adult furnishing their home. Now, a French furniture manufacturer is upgrading the product category with furniture that blows up—but is durable and aesthetic enough for actual outdoor, backyard seating. Airmaan’s new three-seat M Sofa and its N Chair inflate i
When I moved into a house in upstate New York after years of living in apartments, I decided to get an old-fashioned reel mower—the kind you push yourself, with no engine to help—for the lawn. The exercise seemed like a good idea at the time. But after spending hours each week covering my half-acre lot, I decided to test the other extreme: a robot mower guided by GPS. Husqvarna, the Sweden-based company that pioneered robo-mowers three decades ago, let me try out one of its latest versions, the
The ban will apply to platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. The move makes the U.K. part of a growing global movement to tighten online safety for children.
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Even the aging iPhone 11 will feel a little more responsive soon, thanks to improvements in an unsung iOS feature.
The measures will see apps including TikTok and Snapchat banned for UK teens early in 2027.
The crease isn’t quite invisible, but otherwise this feels like the complete foldable package — on the hardware side at least. On paper, the Honor Magic V6 sounds like a tremendous leap forward for foldable phones: It's the thinnest one yet, with the biggest battery, and the best water-resistance ever. In practice, only the bigger battery feels like a meaningful improvement. The other upgrades are only fractionally superior to what came before. This isn't entirely Honor's fault. It's getting h
Panthalassa sees data centers powered and cooled by the ocean as a cheaper alternative to the orbiting server farms Musk is pitching to SpaceX investors.
Walking into World Labs—the San Francisco startup cofounded by Fei-Fei Li, known in tech circles as the “godmother of AI”—visitors are met with a wall tiled in rainbow hues. A grand piano beckons at the end of the deep, sunlit lobby. Chair-size iridescent spheres rest against the walls, as if a giant forgot to pick up his toys. But around the corner, the walls and floor look scrambled, like a cubist painting left out in the rain. Luckily, this “world” is just a simulation of the World Labs lobby
Through more than two decades of travel for both work and leisure, my packing list has evolved from a random assortment of gadgets and accessories thrown together at the last minute into a refined checklist of gear honed by trial and error. The right packing list, I've found, can be the difference between a good trip and a great one. Or at least the difference between hectic trips to the local Best Buy and some extra time by the pool. My family's summer vacation this year will involve lots of hi
In April, for the first time ever, an Earth observation satellite found what it was looking for, all on its own.
The BBC's technology editor Zoe Kleinman on the big changes coming down the line for young people online.
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These new solid-state ACs promise a cool future. Scientists aren’t so sure. After three years of record-breaking heat and another scorcher underway, air-conditioning isn’t going anywhere. That’s good for our health,…
On Friday Google announced it was making a relatively unknown feature of Google Earth available to a wider audience. The desktop version of Google Earth has had a hidden flight simulator mode since 2007, but it's now easily accessible through a web browser without having to download or install any apps. To take to the virtual skies you'll need to open the Google Earth website and then click on the "Explore Earth" button found near the top right corner of the page. From there you'll find the "Fli
NewCore argues the next challenge in enterprise security will be managing AI agents, not people.
Anthropic says it was forced to shut down access to its new Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 AI models after the Trump administration issued a broad warning against use of the models by foreign nationals. The warning, from the Commerce Department, would have banned even many of Anthropic’s own employees from using or working on the models. That dramatic result came after a multiday back-and-forth involving numerous administration officials and input from tech industry leaders. The effects of t
Indian IT services company HCLTech is investing $150 million in the Bengaluru startup.
Today, I’m talking with Adam Bry, who is CEO of Skydio, the leading US maker of autonomous drones. Before we recorded this episode, I actually got to remotely operate one of Skydio’s drones in the Bay Area from Adam’s laptop in our podcast studio in New York and fly an indoor drone around our office. You can check out the full video of that on our YouTube channel. Beyond flying drones around the country, Adam and I talked about why Skydio is so focused on the enterprise market — I asked him a lo
Mark Zuckerberg's mega spending spree began a year ago, when he lured Alexandr Wang to oversee a new AI strategy. The results so far are underwhelming.
From the day it was announced, on June 16th, 2025, the Trump phone sounded ridiculous. The T1 Phone 8002 (gold version), as it was officially called, was a combination of contradictory specs, product images that were clearly not photographs of a real phone, and the worrying requirement of a $100 deposit to secure a preorder of a $499 phone with no release date. But none of Trump Mobile's outlandish announcements were as bold as the claim that the phone would be "designed and built in the United
Anthropic received an export control directive that ordered the company to suspend access to its latest AI models by any foreign national.
The ban would apply to a range of social media platforms including Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X.
Electronic Arts announced EA Advertising, a new way for brands to connect with fans through its portfolio of games, from stadium signs to custom content.
The AM52 can charge devices via Qi2.2 and USB-C simultaneously. | Photo: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge I recently published a buying guide on the best Qi2 power banks. Out of seven feature-packed batteries, I really dug the Baseus AM52 10,000mAh power bank that has a built-in USB-C cable. It’s fast at Qi2.2 wireless charging for iPhones, and it’s quick with wired charging, too. And now, it’s an unbeatable value thanks to a new exclusive deal. Verge readers can use the offer code THEVERGECODE at
How will the under-16s social media ban work and what apps will it hit? We answer your questions BBC Britain has unveiled one of world’s toughest social media bans for kids. Here’s what to know CNN Government supporting social media ban 'epic' - campaigner BBC What to Know About Planned Social Media Bans in Australia, the U.K. and Beyond The New York Times Britain announces sweeping ban on most social media for children under 16 The Washington Post
A group made up of dozens of cybersecurity experts urged the White House to remove export control restrictions on Anthropic’s models Fable and Mythos, arguing that the order is going to limit the ability of cybersecurity defenders to secure their software and products.
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A police officer allegedly used AI to fabricate evidence. The deeper problem is that no one kept the original recording to catch it. Here is the fix.
Last week, Xbox boss Asha Sharma sent a memo warning of an Xbox "reset" ahead of expected layoffs, and today, Kotaku reported that Xbox plans to shut down Compulsion Games, the studio behind South of Midnight. Since taking over in February, Sharma has made some big decisions, including cutting the price of Xbox Game Pass and making Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution Xbox console exclusives. But in their "reset" memo, Sharma and chief content officer Matt Booty discussed many challenges
Former Netflix and Warner Bros. executive Victoria Furniss has launched the Alliance for Responsible Innovation in the Arts & Media, a new AI-focused content coalition dedicated to supporting “responsible and sustainable AI innovation and the importance of human creativity.” The initial members of the coalition, announced Monday, include Disney, the New York Times, Adobe, Condé […]
Remembering the ups and downs of the Intel Mac era as it finally winds down.
Angelo Martino pleads guilty in a shocking insider ransomware scheme tied to BlackCat. Learn how ransomware evolved into a global criminal enterprise with insider threats.
Microsoft is reportedly considering a spinoff or restructuring of its Xbox gaming unit, as the division’s bets on subscriptions and cloud gaming have come up short and console sales have continued to decline. Sales of Xbox hardware were down 33% year over year, the company reported in its most recent earnings. That’s a long way from the unit’s heyday. Xbox launched in 2001 and came close to outselling Sony during the Xbox 360 era. Sony regained dominance in the last console generation and has ex
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Google Chrome version 150 and 151, expected in late June and July, respectively, will cut off support for the last remaining workarounds for running older ad blockers, 9to5Google reports. Google phased out support for ad-blocking extensions built for Manifest V2, like uBlock Origin, in 2024. At that point, most Chrome users either switched to newer Manifest V3 ad blockers like uBlock Origin Lite or switched to a different browser. Google is now removing the final bits of code referencing its pr
AMD’s stock is surging, with the company now worth more than JPMorgan Chase.
Meta announced Monday that it's rolling out a wave of new AI features on Facebook, the latest sign of the company's effort to catch up in the AI race and keep users more engaged on the platform.
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
“Countries don’t need you for tax revenue. Corporations don’t need you for your labor. Because it’s coming from AI.” That’s the warning from filmmaker Daniel Kwan and tech ethicist Tristan Harris. In this episode of “Adventures in AI,” Kwan and Harris examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy, from what Harris calls “the intelligence curse” to the financial incentives driving AI companies “to replace every form of human economic labor in the economy.” The question, the
Anthropic was already navigating one dispute with the government in its standoff with the Pentagon, and then came an order on June 12th to block off foreign access to its most recently released AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. When they launched on June 9th, Anthropic said “Fable 5’s capabilities exceed those of any model we’ve ever made generally available,” and that Claude Mythos 5 had the same underlying model, “but with the safeguards lifted in some areas.” According to reports, the order ca
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. When I landed in Seoul after a grueling 12-hour flight from San Francisco, I walked through an unmanned immigration checkpoint, where a machine scanned my face and passport. On the subway home,…
The rocket's breakup likely generated 100 to 150 new pieces of space junk.
MiniMax has launched Hub, a multimodal AI video generator that consolidates image creation, video, voiceover, music and editing into a single platform. Xu Lüyang, from the product operations department of MiniMax, introduced the tool at the Shanghai International Film Festival. “We used to open one AI tool for images, another for video, then others for […]
Amazon’s Smart Thermostat looks surprisingly nice for such a cheap gadget. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge If your electricity bill climbs every summer, a smart thermostat could help keep cooling costs in check. The Amazon Smart Thermostat is an excellent option for its price, especially today. It’s down to just $57.99 at Amazon as a part of Amazon’s early Prime Day sale, which is the best price we’ve seen since Black Friday. Amazon Smart Thermostat Where to Buy: $79.99 $57.9
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Fox is about to take over the TVs in more than 100 million homes worldwide. On Monday, Fox announced that it's acquiring Roku, the streaming middleman that serves as a portal for viewers to hop into services like Netflix, Disney Plus, Hulu, and more. The $22 billion deal may not change Roku's familiar purple interface, but it could put Fox in control of your data behind the screen. During a call with investors, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said the plan is to keep the two companies separate. Fox aims
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At graduation ceremonies in 2026, the mere mention of artificial intelligence is enough to garner boos from the crowd. It happened at the University of Central Florida, where speaker Gloria Caulfield said the “rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution.” It happened at Middle Tennessee State University, where Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta claimed “AI is rewriting production as we sit here.” And it happened at the University of Arizona, where former Google CEO Er
Don’t be fooled by the compact size of this soundbar. It’s a solid option for smaller TVs or spaces without having to sacrifice sound quality.
Xbox is closing down Ninja Theory, the studio behind the Hellblade series, a source tells The Verge. Staffers were told on a call on Monday about the closure, but they are hoping the studio will find a buyer. The closure comes as "several" Xbox studios at Microsoft, including Compulsion Games and Double Fine, are in "active negotiations" about spinning off, Bloomberg reports. The closure and negotiations follow Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and chief content officer Matt Booty warning last week of a "re
In an internal memo seen by WIRED, Bosworth promised employees more stability, better communication, and the return of workplace perks as the company seeks to improve morale.
Your public Facebook posts could help inform AI-generated results in Meta's new AI Mode. When you search on Facebook, the "AI Mode" option will appear alongside the usual search modes like "People" and "Marketplace." It's one of several new AI features Meta is rolling out starting today, including photo presets that swap sports jerseys onto fans and suggestions for collage templates. Instead of "just links," it gives users AI-generated results that pull from publicly-posted content across Meta's
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The Trump administration's decision that forced Anthropic to pull its latest cybersecurity models could be reactionary, retaliatory, or both, but the message is clear: The AI industry isn't immune from U.S. government interference.
In July, Xbox may be the next company hit with major changes to its workforce. According to Bloomberg, people familiar with Xbox’s strategy said that the company is “planning major job cuts next month,” although the scale and details of the cuts are still unclear. Along with staff cuts, Xbox is also planning “significant” budget cuts “for marketing and some other areas of the business.” Fast Company reached out to Xbox for comment regarding details about the layoffs and budget cuts. This would
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Perhaps the only thing that can be said with certainty about Kevin Warsh’s press conference following his first meeting as Federal Reserve chair this week is that he will have a captive audience.
JPMorgan can't be pleased by any of this.
If the first day's share price is anything to go by, investors are still very optimistic on the stock.
Orbio announces $21 Million Series A in round led by Dawn Capital.
Backlash Is Growing Over Kevin O’Leary’s Data Center. He Is Blaming China. WSJ The AI Boom Sparks a Rural Rebellion in Utah New Lines Magazine Residents worry proposed Box Elder County data center could transform the ‘mythical American West’ The Salt Lake Tribune How Utahns Took on Mr. Wonderful and a Data Center on the Great Salt Lake The New York Times ‘It’s how the world should be’: Brigham City residents stand united against Stratos Project despite differences ABC4 Utah
Are you heads down, cranking out work, staying late, and hitting deadlines? Have you consistently brought major projects in under budget, but no one seems to notice? Are you devoted to your employer, yet aren’t being promoted, and worse, your male peers are? You’re experiencing the classic visibility problem. And you’re not alone. Despite women earning the majority of college degrees, they receive fewer promotions than men do at every level. And the problem begins with the first step on the so-c
Being at the forefront of beauty technology has been one of my brand’s greatest superpowers since day one. It has been fundamental to how we disrupted the beauty industry, allowing us to scale expertise, accelerate innovation and move at exponential speed. From the very beginning, I had a clear vision: technology would be a cornerstone of my consumer-first business strategy. My mission has always been to democratise beauty, removing barriers to entry and meeting customers wherever they are. I wa
Asian tech stocks surged Monday on news that Iran and the U.S. have reached a deal.
A large real estate development in the middle of Vancouver, British Columbia, shows how cities can build more housing.
Elon Musk has a history of setting bold targets and then failing to achieve them . His latest forecasts for SpaceX revenue are more than double what his bankers expected.
Over the past few years, the social psychologist Ron Friedman has been studying what makes teams successful—really successful—and what high-performing teams do differently. In his new book, Superteams: The Science and Secrets of High-Performing Teams, Friedman has written the ultimate playbook for how to build exceptional teams. He and his team asked 6,000 knowledge workers across a number of industries—including tech, legal, marketing, and sales—two simple questions: How effective is your team
“He claimed that fixed-rate annuities are the sparkly, rainbow-fairyland of investments.”
One of the world’s leading themed entertainment developers has teased a $54.4 billion project which is expected to be one of the biggest investments in its history.
Career advice to recent law school graduates from the lawyer who built the world's largest law firm.
Semiconductors could selloff and software stocks could get a boost after the U.S. government cracked down on model releases from a major AI model, says UBS
“We have combined savings of $950,000 in retirement plans, Roth IRAs and Treasuries.”
Fox Corp. is making a dramatic move to expand its streaming footprint, unveiling with plans to buy Roku in a deal that values the streaming platform at $22 billion. Fox announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Roku for $160.00 per share in a combination of cash and Fox Class A common stock, valuing […]
The research firm Citrini says hot inflation and jobs readings mask a more somber reality — and that’s good news for the stock market.
KFC is facing more competition from legacy giants and upstarts alike, thanks to the growing global popularity of chicken.
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. When Sumit Singh left Amazon and joined Chewy as chief operating officer in 2017, the then-privately held online r
Electronic Arts, the maker of interactive sports gaming favorites like Madden NFL and EA Sports FC, wants to get in on a different kind of contest: winning dollars from advertisers focused on sports. The videogame giant has launched EA Advertising, a new platform it hopes will lure advertisers who are increasingly putting their marketing money […]
It would be very easy for Ben Blumenrose to buy his nearly 7-year-old daughter a kit to build a Rube Goldberg machine. Instead, he gave her some spent toilet paper rolls, pieces of cardboard, and bits and bobs found around their house. That’s because she’ll need to play, imagine, and pivot with these objects. It’s his way of helping her discover the value of tinkering, an activity that shaped his way of thinking. As a child, he hacked the first video games he bought and figured out how to use hi
“I was married to my former husband for 23 years. After repeated instances of infidelity, we divorced.”
Fox, the owner of the news and sports networks, said it has reached a deal to acquire Roku for about $22 billion in enterprise value.
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Commodity analysts warn that oil price volatility is likely to persist, despite the U.S.-Iran peace agreement.
"I think we're gonna make hundreds of billions of dollars," Baron said Monday on CNBC's "Squawk Box."
Crowded positioning, a pause in central-bank buying, an increase in the dollar and a rise in real interest rates all contributed to the 26% peak-to-trough decline in the gold prices.
For years, companies treated employee mental health as peripheral rather than central to their core operations. It was something you offered employees as a benefit, pointed people toward as a resource, or handed off to HR rather than owned at a leadership level. That era is over. Mental health now shapes how people lead, collaborate, solve problems, manage stress, and stay in the workforce—in other words, it shapes the very things organizations depend on to perform. The most forward-thinking com
Over the next two decades, roughly $124 trillion is expected to change hands in what analysts describe as the largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history. A growing share of that wealth is moving to women through inheritance, entrepreneurship, and rising lifetime earnings. At the same time, healthcare is confronting another reality: Much of modern medicine was built around male biology. Those two shifts are beginning to collide. For decades, women were routinely excluded from clinical t
West Marine, a major boating and marine supply retailer that has been operating since 1968, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. While the bankruptcy will allow the company to continue operating during its restructuring, West Marine has confirmed in court documents that it will close 59 locations as part of the process. Here’s what you need to know about West Marine’s bankruptcy and which stores are closing. What’s happened? On May 17, West Marine, Inc. announced it had filed for volu
Every June, my coaching conversations change. The leaders I work with are still talking about strategy and succession, but underneath, a second operating system is running. One client described her summer as “a staffing plan involving three camps, four children, three pickup times, and one car.” Another scheduled our session for her car, in a parking lot, between a board call and a camp release that happened at the exact same instant as her other child’s, twenty minutes away. The American school
Businesses are accelerating their agentic offerings for enterprises as competition heats up.
The financial-services company “continues to look strategically adrift,” an analyst says, as the stock falls further.
The Federal Reserve's June meeting, the first helmed by new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, may impact many consumer borrowing and savings rates down the road.
The bull market for stocks has been dogged by peak earnings revisions breadth and peak liquidity, but fear not says Morgan Stanley.
“Given that at least half of the remodeling cost is to accommodate my disabled mother, I’m wondering if some of this may be tax deductible.”
Elon Musk's space and artificial intelligence company raised an initial $75 billion on Thursday.
“They let go of a pretty high-up manager who they only hired a month ago.”
Claiming benefits before full retirement age while keeping a job can trigger unexpected withholdings — but the money isn’t lost forever.
A credit-limit increase can help strained borrowers improve how their financial picture looks on paper.
Salesforce says it wants to use Fin's team and technology to improve Agentforce, its existing enterprise platform that businesses can use to build custom AI agents that automate tasks.
“I feel like he may be taking advantage of us.”
These stocks trade at or lower than half the P/E valuation of the S&P 500, while having much higher projected revenue growth rates than that of the index.
Nvidia is launching a seven-tranche debt offering to refinance its existing debt, as investor appetite for AI credit surges.
Dow jumps 600 points, hits fresh record on potential Iran deal to end the war; SpaceX rises in second day of trading: Live updates CNBC Oil prices fall to lowest level since March after US announces Iran deal ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos Trump says oil prices will drop like a rock. It’ll be more like a feather CNN What This Iran Deal Might Mean for American Consumers WSJ After US-Iran deal, tanking oil prices, analysts see ‘grey area’ for China firms South China Morning
Roku’s stock is rallying to a four-year high after agreeing to be bought by Fox in a deal valued at $22 billion.
SpaceX’s initial public offering lived up to expectations, making Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire and minting more than 4,000 millionaires in an instant as the stock price blew past its asking price and kept rising—up 27% in the first few hours of trading. While the firm sought $75 billion from the public market, there was reportedly more than $250 billion in demand. Jay Ritter, director of the IPO Initiative at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business, tells Fast Comp
Underwriters on the already record-breaking IPO exercised the option to buy another 83 million shares.
Iran peace prospects are spurring gains for riskier stocks, and Anthropic’s battle with the U.S. government could prompt a broadening of the AI buildout.
Dick's Sporting Goods announced a partnership to bring Lids shops to 100 Dick's stores.
Substack wants to simplify the search for sponsorship revenue for its thousands of newsletter writers. The platform on Monday said it debut a new stage of its native sponsorships program that gives individual creators to strike up partnerships with advertisers such as Yahoo Scout, Whatnot, Granola, Balenciaga, T-Mobile, Polymarket, and Uber. Specific terms of these […]
Food is one of the most powerful tools for relationship building in emerging markets. Learn how the language of hospitality can open doors that no business plan can.
Growing a business requires scaling systems and equipment across operations. It’s just as important that your business values sustain with growth as well—and that’s the hard part.
State AGs should abide the message of 2024, and retreat from antitrust actions that pretend Joe Biden is still in the White House.
The company’s shares jumped on Monday, and executives announced that they had raised even more money in an already record-breaking initial offering.
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The world’s richest person became the first trillionaire after SpaceX’s trading debut.
“My sister thinks Medicaid will take the house my mom and I own together.”
Most founders can't name their importer of record. A new executive order is about to make that the question that decides whether you're exposed.
Demand for CPUs has driven expectations that pricing power for memory can last into next year, an analyst said.
The products pictured here aren’t on sale, but we certainly hope they will be soon. | Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Amazon’s earlier-than-usual Prime Day doesn’t begin until June 23rd, but there are several even earlier deals on must-have products that you can check out right now. To name some examples, Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 are selling at their cheapest-ever price. Also, you can grab Ring’s latest battery-powered doorbell for $60 off and it includes a free Indoor Cam Plus with purchase. Whil
“Our kids are grown and independent.”
The average retail gasoline price was just above the psychologically significant $4-per-gallon mark on Monday.
A botched marketing campaign by Starbucks’ South Korean operation that’s resulted in boycotts, an investigation, a fired executive, and a public apology continues as all 2,000-plus locations nationwide will close early on June 22 for mandatory history and social sensitivity training. This will mark the first nationwide early closure of Starbucks Korea since the coffee chain began operating in the country in 1999. After the U.S. and China, South Korea is the third-largest market for Seattle-based
Debt sale set to test investor appetite for further exposure to AI sector amid a deluge of borrowing.
The U.S. and Iran have reached a tentative deal to extend their ceasefire by 60 days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but it will take an excess of global crude supplies and lower shipping costs for the market to see any semblance of normality.
Elon Musk built a huge complex outside the city of Bastrop, population 14,000. Its residents now wonder what the historic SpaceX initial public offering might mean for them.
Nvidia is set raise capital in a debt sale for the first time since 2021, when the chipmaker was a fraction of its current size.
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There’s been much debate over whether SpaceX’s public debut would lift other space stocks or suck up investors’ attention.
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. During the Pandemic Housing Boom, many publicly traded homebuilders achieved record profit margins as home prices soared and buyer demand ran red hot. Once the national housing demand boom fizzled out in the summer of 2022, many large homebuilders including Lennar—a giant homebuilder with a $23 billion market capitalization—made affordability adjustments where and when needed to ma
The $30 Treasury market is taking a wait-and-see approach to the U.S.-Iran peace framework deal and to Kevin Warsh’s first meeting as Federal Reserve chair.
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From Sonny Angels to Labubus, the blind box trend has taken over the world, filling customers with anticipation and excitement over cute collectibles. Now, fans can find the trends in an unexpected place: grocery stores. German supermarket chain Aldi is tapping into the craze by introducing the Aldi Blind Box, offering four different themed boxes filled with curated products from the grocery aisles, turning “grocery shopping into something a little less predictable,” the company said in a statem
The health insurer Centene did not indicate to how many employees were offered buyouts or how much it is aiming to reduce its workforce.
Health-related financial risks are the No. 1 threat to retirement security.
Moody's is warning investors that if lower capital requirements lead to higher payouts and more risk taking, this would be credit negative for banks.
An M&A playbook for international buyers of entertainment assets looking to enter the US market.
Oil executives have warned that global inventories are rapidly depleting due to the supply disruption triggered by the Iran war.
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Storage stocks are hot as investor appreciation builds for the companies’ pricing potential.
Obamacare insurer Centene is offering employees buyouts companywide to cut costs after losing more than two million health plan members this year.
Options traders are bracing for what could be a very busy few days as a number of potentially market-moving developments are being crammed into a shortened four-day trading week.
“I plan to continue working until age 60.”
China's economy sees a lift from artificial intelligence-related industries, while real estate and domestic demand remain lackluster.
Michael Selig said that incumbents will always fear the future, but it's important to develop the new asset class domestically rather than only offshore.
Shasta County voters had approved a ballot measure that would have heavily restricted voting by mail and imposed photo ID requirements. State officials said the new rules were illegal.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's order to remove some exhibits at national parks. One historic site targeted by that order faces an uncertain future.
Some Republicans see a political opening in Sunday’s fights at the White House. Democrats say they see a distraction from more pressing matters.
Thousands are expected at the mixed martial arts fight, which coincides with Trump's 80th birthday.
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Trump endorses Collins in Georgia Senate runoff. It's his latest 'MAGA' pick in Republican primaries AP NewsSee more headlines & perspectives on Google News
Kennedy Center exterior remains covered after Trump’s name is removed CNN Kennedy Center to establish new endowment in Trump's name after court forces name change CBS News Workers begin to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, in photos AP News The Kennedy Center, Minus Trump The Atlantic At the Kennedy Center, a Name Change Shrouded in Uncertainty The New York Times
White House hosting "UFC Freedom 250" fight on Trump's 80th birthday tonight CBS News UFC Freedom 250 at White House delayed by inclement weather ESPN Trump Administration Live Updates: President Hosts U.F.C. Fights on White House Lawn The New York Times UFC Freedom 250 live updates: Predictions, analysis and more from the White House NBC News Trump’s UFC cage was built to frame the White House Fast Company
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Donald Trump turns 80 and celebrates with UFC cage fighting on the White House lawn AP News Trump at 80: A President ‘Really Uncomfortable’ With Aging The New York Times Trump puts himself at center of birthday spectacle — his own and America’s The Washington Post Live updates: Trump celebrates his 80th birthday with an Iran deal and a UFC cage fight at the White House AP News The Generational Disaster of Trump, Bush and Clinton Politico
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Kennedy Center to establish new endowment in Trump's name after court forces name change CBS News Kennedy Center exterior remains covered after Trump’s name is removed CNN Workers begin to remove Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, in photos AP News The Kennedy Center, Minus Trump The Atlantic Kennedy Center removes Trump's name from the building NPR
President Trump sat ringside beside his wife, Melania Trump, for an event that used the trappings of the White House for a U.F.C. brawl.
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Nominating Mr. Blanche to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer crosses a red line, and the Senate needs to defeat him.
At no point has the Trump presidency more closely resembled a scene out of “Idiocracy,” Mike Judge’s 2006 satire about a Philistine society that abhors intellectualism, than on Sunday night, as the White House played host to UFC Freedom 250 — a series of MMA brawls on the South Lawn ostensibly meant to commemorate the […]
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The UK government is introducing a ban on social media for children and a minimum age for some chatbots in an attempt to shield young people from dangerous corners of the web.
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In a new letter to President Donald Trump, Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., asks what the administration's plans are for Social Security reform.
It's becoming common for campaigns to seek out viral moments and the support of internet stars to reach new voters. But the strategy, albeit flashy, has yielded mixed results in key races this year.
The Home Office had challenged a High Court ruling that the group's proscription should be quashed.
Both kratom and one of its active components, 7-OH, have opioid-like effects and are widely available across the US. As health secretary RFK Jr. aims to get 7-OH banned, proponents of both are fighting.
Congress wants a new command focused on AI and autonomous systems. Critics argue it could make the U.S. military less effective, not more.
Luigi Mangione's legal team is back in court in New York City this week for a key pretrial hearing. He's accused of stalking and killing an insurance CEO. Donors have given $1.5 million to support his defense.
Property and a car linked to the prime minister were targeted in arson attacks last year.
Enrollment on the Obamacare exchanges is falling for the first time in years. Before policymakers lament, they should make sure the enrollment they’re counting is real.
Secret memos show that the White House debated last year, to a greater degree than previously known, whether to limit habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants.
While the president says the agreement with Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz and provide economic relief, the country’s nuclear program is still a subject for negotiation.
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A day after the National Symphony Orchestra played perhaps its final notes at the Kennedy Center for years, mixed martial artists brawled outside the White House.
In America, U.S.A., Princeton historian Eddie Glaude Jr. looks at the country through the lens of its previous anniversaries and centennials. "The divided soul of the nation is in full view," he says.
The new Fed chair is on a political honeymoon with a U.S. president who has been the Fed's biggest opponent.
President says 250th celebration on July 4 will be a ‘Trump rally’ The Washington Post Trump says he'll headline July 4 rally in D.C. Axios Trump announces July Fourth ‘TRUMP RALLY’ on National Mall Politico Inside America’s Ugly Birthday Battle The Atlantic Trump promotes rally, martial music and 'historic' fireworks for July 4 USA Today
Held in Évian-les-Bains, France from June 15-17, this will be the president’s fifth time physically attending the conference, and comes amid heightened global turmoil.
Medicare Part A, which pays for inpatient hospital stays, would see an 11% payment cut.
The health secretary is trying to restart the work of a panel that advises the government on vaccines, after a judge froze its decisions and prevented it from meeting.
Vance on CNBC's "Squawk Box" expressed confidence that America has "all the cards" in subsequent talks with Iran.
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From the athletes to the Octagon Girls, the Freedom 250 Flag Day event was a fashion show in red, white and blue.
Aides to Gov. Gavin Newsom of California say several people associated with the couple have been contacted by federal agents in the past week. He criticized the move as politically motivated.
Senate to confirm Jay Clayton as soon as Thursday Politico A new intelligence chief in America may oversee a shrinking office The Economist Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After Backlash Over Bill Pulte The New York Times Sen. Mark Warner says he hopes Senate can confirm Trump's DNI pick "this week" CBS News This week on The Hill: Senate tees up Clayton DNI nomination as FISA talks stall The Hill
Police in New Jersey say a federal immigration agent was struck by a vehicle while attempting to apprehend someone
California Gov. Newsom called President Donald Trump "simply the most corrupt President in American history."
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In a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and national parks officials, lawmakers said that members of the administration could face fines and even criminal prosecution.
The mayoral election in fast-growing Frisco was seen as a rejection of anti-Islamic rhetoric that has become prevalent among the state GOP.
Newsom claimed Trump is coming for him because he's weighing a presidential run.
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With support from Markwayne Mullin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the kratom industry is pursuing a potentially lucrative policy. Mr. Mullin owns equity in a company that could benefit.
Marco Battaglia, who hopes to run for GOP Rep. Zach Nunn’s seat, claims a bizarre pressure pressure campaign is mounting against him.
Republicans had accused Democrats of attempting to confuse voters by boosting a candidate with the same name as the incumbent Republican senator.
Trump arrives at G7 summit looking for momentum after announcing a deal to end the Iran war AP News At G-7, allies plan for a world less reliant on the U.S. The Washington Post Trump’s recent insults show just how strained his relationships with G7 leaders have become CNN Trump Arrives in France for Group of 7 Summit The New York Times Trump to face European allies at odds with him over two wars at G7 summit NBC News
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Israelis across the political spectrum have said the agreement appears to leave fundamental security threats posed by Iran unaddressed.
Paying tribute, Sir Keir Starmer said Lord Hattersley "was a giant of the Labour movement".
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Lauren Edwards says she will bring the exact same bill which was narrowly passed by the Commons but ran out of time in the Lords.
Swiss voters reject proposal to cap population at 10 million The Guardian Swiss vote against proposal to cap population at 10 million BBC Swiss reject population cap in referendum, avoiding EU clash and cheering business CNN Vote looms in Switzerland after foes of migration put proposal to cap population at 10 million AP News Should Switzerland Cap Its Population at 10 Million? Voters Will Decide. The New York Times
Marines were joined by National Crime Agency officers in the six-hour long operation in the early hours of Sunday.
Mark Carney: Canadian PM heads west towards ancestral homeland BBC From Davos to the G7: Mark Carney’s middle-power moment Politico Canada’s Carney charmed by Irish county filled with dozens of cousins politico.eu ‘A global rupture’: Carney calls for Canada-EU unity before G7 summit Al Jazeera Canadian Prime Minister Carney visits grandparents' Irish village on eve of G7 Reuters
The deal follows weeks of mixed messaging from both Washington and Tehran on the trajectory of the conflict.
In a call to The New York Times, President Trump praised Russia and China’s leaders and described Israel’s prime minister as “a very difficult guy.”
The country will face Iran on the field tomorrow. It has the U.S. soft-power landscape to itself.
National Crime Agency officers detain an Indian national on suspicion of sanctions offences.
A Ukrainian drone attack in the Russian city of Tula, south of Moscow, killed three people and wounded three others.
Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA says Attacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted, arrested or otherwise harmed in 2024 and 2025, according to new research. Attacks were reported in 83 countries, with the highest incidences recorded in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Palestine and
Oil prices fell and stocks gained early Monday after Iran and the U.S. reached a deal that may allow more energy and other goods to flow through the Strait of Hormuz.
A large-scale Russian attack killed 5 rescuers in Kharkiv, wounded 20 in the capital Kyiv, set apartment buildings ablaze and sparked a fire at one of Ukraine's most significant religious landmarks.
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Nearly 55% of voters in Switzerland rejected an initiative championed by the top right-wing party to cap the rich Alpine country's population at 10 million, early results showed.
U.S. and Iran reach deal to extend ceasefire and open strait Axios Live updates: US-Iran war, Trump and Tehran reach agreement, G7 summit starts CNN Iran, US agree to halt war and reopen Hormuz, sending oil prices tumbling Reuters Trump Celebrates While America Capitulates The Atlantic Monday briefing: Trump’s late-night deal with Iran The Guardian
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Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and given four years in jail.
Russian drones and missiles targeted Kyiv in a major attack on Sunday night, Ukrainian officials said.
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Marius Borg Høiby has been sentenced to four years in prison. He was found guilty of two of the four rape charges he was facing and acquitted of the other two.
The deal is a major breakthrough in the conflict that set the Middle East aflame and shook the global economy. However, it did not resolve critical issues set aside for further negotiations.
Even though negotiations will begin for Ukraine to join the bloc, the path ahead is a long one.
Three men have been arrested after instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge.
Stocks rose after a preliminary U.S.-Iran agreement, but questions remain over Hormuz, Israel and what follows a potential signing in Geneva.
President Trump said Iran had promised to suspend enriching uranium, but it is unclear for how long.
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West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude fell after officials agreed to a 60-day ceasefire while final arrangements are being negotiated.
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At G-7, allies plan for a world less reliant on the U.S. The Washington Post Trump Administration Live Updates: President Heads to Group of 7 Summit The New York Times The U.S.-led war in Iran will dominate Trump’s G7 trip to France NPR Trump heads to G7 summit with wind at his back after announcing agreement aimed at ending Iran war AP News Macron frames Évian G7 agenda in hope Trump will stay for whole summit The Guardian
Ukraine is running out of American-made Patriot air-defense interceptors, and is pleading for more.
Adam Castillo, founder of AGS Myanmar, was detained Thursday at Yangon International Airport. The U.S. State Department is aware of a reported detention but hasn't commented further.
President Trump has long been at odds with European leaders over trade, Ukraine and NATO, but he has lashed out in recent weeks over their refusal to support the U.S. war with Iran.
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Evidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups.
Outpouring of public grief for Lidia ‘Taty’ Almeida, leader of group of mothers that has marched every week since 1977 The human rights activist Lidia “Taty” Almeida – who spent more than half a century searching for her son after he was forcibly disappeared by Argentina’s military junta – has died aged 95, prompting a public outpouring of grief. Almeida, 95, was the president of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, made up of women who have marched around the square outside Argentina’s presidential pa
Instructors hurled Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas into 40-metre abyss without attaching safety equipment A 21-year-old woman who died when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, has been buried in Brazil’s São Paulo state. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practice extreme sports. The young woman, who aspired
Live updates: US and Iran reach agreement but key questions remain CNN With Iran Deal, Trump Celebrates a Win but Much Remains Unfinished The New York Times Iran and U.S. reach an initial deal to extend the ceasefire and open the Strait of Hormuz but challenges remain PBS Iran, US agree to halt war and reopen Hormuz, sending oil prices tumbling Reuters Trump Celebrates While America Capitulates The Atlantic
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government planned to bar children under 16 from social media, following similar efforts in Australia and elsewhere.
U.S. and Iran announce a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz NPR Trump Winds Down the War He Started With Goals Unmet The New York Times Iran US Peace Deal: Trump’s Iran Truce Has the Hallmarks of Defeat Bloomberg.com US-Iran ceasefire offers welcome respite but true peace looks distant as ever The Guardian Schumer calls on Trump to brief Congress on ‘understanding’ with Iran The Hill
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An Indian national is charged with contravening sanctions after the tanker was detained.
Mark Carney says Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise office hasn’t been ‘effective’ since its 2019 setup Canada is eliminating a watchdog that investigates alleged human rights violations committed by Canadian companies operating abroad, after Mark Carney said the office hadn’t been “effective” since it was set up in 2019. The move comes as Canada faces criticism from Donald Trump’s administration over its “unacceptable” efforts to combat forced labour. Continue reading...
The U.S.-Iran framework agreement appears to omit some of the most important provisions that Israel wanted.
Critics say bans push kids to riskier alternatives and can be beaten with VPNs.
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Tanker traffic through Hormuz could quickly increase but it is unclear whether transits will approach prewar levels, according to Kpler.
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Trump says Strait of Hormuz will be open from Friday but there is still confusion about the exact contents of the agreement.
Cape Verde pulls off a shocker at the World Cup. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
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A government spokesman tells the BBC that the current offer "does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment".
A new vaccine designed by AI is the first to be tested on humans and may protect against a wide range of coronaviruses related to SARS and COVID-19. miodrag ignjatovic/GettyImages Researchers have tested a vaccine designed to protect against a range of coronaviruses. This new vaccine was the first designed by AI to be tested on humans. The pEVAC-PS vaccine could enable protection against future mutations. The use of AI also enables the development of new vaccines much faster. However, more r
Beneath our feet lies a vast hidden fungal superhighway that helps sustain much of life on Earth—and scientists have now mapped it for the first time. Researchers estimate that these underground networks stretch an astonishing 110 quadrillion kilometers, move about 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide into soils each year, and play a major role in supporting plants and regulating the climate.
Oxford physicists have created an entirely new type of Schrödinger’s cat-like quantum state using components that are themselves highly quantum in nature. The advance could open new possibilities for more resilient quantum computers and deeper insights into the strange rules that govern the quantum universe.
After three years of record-breaking heat, this one is set to be yet another scorcher. Air-conditioning? Not going anywhere. The International Energy Agency projects that the number of AC units will triple by 2050. That’s good for health—one Lancet study estimated that AC prevented nearly 200,000 premature deaths in 2019 alone—but bad for the planet.…
NASA satellites have detected a vast pulse of warm water reaching the coast of South America, signaling that El Niño is likely developing. The warm water is being carried eastward by massive ocean waves known as Kelvin waves, which also cause sea levels to rise. El Niño can reshape weather patterns worldwide, bringing floods, droughts, and temperature extremes.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at GM’s push to develop data center batteries and turning to street lights to boost EV charging options.
This has been a persistent, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos.
Casey Harrell has had a set of electrodes embedded in his brain for almost three years. Harrell, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is paralyzed, first used his brain-computer interface (BCI) to “speak” sentences with the help of a research team in 2023. Since then, Harrell has clocked thousands of hours of use. He…
AstraZeneca’s new oral GLP-1 pill showed promising results for weight loss and blood sugar in a phase 2 trial. Guido Mieth/Getty Images A new GLP-1 oral medication from AstraZeneca, known as elecoglipron, lowered blood sugar levels and led to 10.5% weight loss in a phase 2b clinical trial. Experts say GLP-1 drugs in tablet form may encourage more people to take these medications to help treat type 2 diabetes and obesity. When using any GLP-1 medication, it’s still important to maintain a hea
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 12: Shaquille O’Neal attends the 2026 Disney Upfront at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on May 12, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by John Nacion/FilmMagic) Shaquille O’Neal is taking Zepbound to help manage his weight and reduce obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) symptoms. Zepbound is FDA approved for moderate to severe OSA in adults living with obesity. Excess weight, especially around the neck, can worsen OSA symptoms by narrowing the airway and increasing the risk of
Recent research has found that despite the benefits, people using GLP-1s may be less likely to exercise. Image Credit: Fiordaliso/Getty Images A recent study found that people taking a GLP-1 medication, like Ozempic or Wegovy, may be less likely to engage in regular exercise. The study showed that, among people with obesity, daily step count and moderate-to-vigorous activity duration decreased after starting GLP-1 medication. The greatest decline was seen in males and people with musculosk
New research found that more unhealthy, savory foods were consumed on drinking days versus non-drinking days. Jovana Milanko/Stocksy Drinking alcohol may lead to increased consumption of ultra-processed savory foods. Researchers found that alcohol can amplify the FGF21 hormone, which can cause cravings for protein and savory foods. Natural cravings for protein may be disrupted due to the widespread availability of ultra-processed foods that taste savory but lack protein. Drinking alcohol ma
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Research shows that eating more avocado can reduce your risk of diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Image Credit: Anjelika Gretskaia/Getty Images Research suggests that females who eat 30–38 grams of avocado per day may have a lower risk of diabetes. A recent study also found that eating one avocado and 1 cup of mango each day may help lower blood pressure in people with prediabetes. A new study found that eating fresh avocado each day may help improve your body’s blood sugar response, lo
Research shows that certain fruits and vegetables may be higher in flavanols, which improve heart health. Image Credit: Alex_Schmidt/Getty Images A recent study has found that most people are not getting enough flavanols in their diet. Flavanols are naturally occurring compounds that are found in various foods and drinks, including fruits and vegetables. Research has found that eating around 500 mg of flavanols per day can reduce your risk of death from cardiovascular disease. Not all frui
Influencers tout peptide injections for fitness and longevity, but experts warn of health and safety risks. Mariya Borisova/Getty Images Injectable “wellness” peptides have become wildly popular among health and wellness enthusiasts, despite lacking credible evidence for their safety and effectiveness. Social media influencers and biohackers tout wellness peptides as a “fountain of youth” to achieve longevity and fitness gains. Experts in the medical community have raised alarms about the sa
Doctors say a rise in infectious disease rates in the U.S. is largely due to declining vaccination rates. Luis Velasco/Getty Images Doctors are reporting increases in infectious diseases, including measles, whooping cough, rotavirus, and others, especially in children. Experts say the primary reason for the rise of these illnesses is the increasing number of adults and children who are not vaccinated. They say it’s important for medical professionals to educate their patients about the safet
Jennifer Seigrist (left) and her daughter Taisie Seigrist (right). Photo by Jennifer Seigrist The FDA has approved Afrezza, an inhaled insulin, for children and adolescents. Taisie Seigrist is a 15-year-old who took part in the clinical trial for Afrezza. Seigrist said the needle-free option has changed her life. When Taisie Seigrist was 10 years old, she began experiencing persistent thirst and the urge to urinate frequently. “She would come home from school and drink five glasses of water
“Spermmaxxing” is the newest social media trend. Why are younger males so concerned with fertility? Image Credit: Irina Shatilova/Getty Images “Spermmaxxing” is one of the most recent social media “maxxing” trends. In this trend, men seek to increase their fertility through lifestyle changes and other approaches, such as eating raw garlic. “Maxxing” refers to maximizing almost anything and has become part of the broader trend in online culture. Social media is filled with trends that promis
Bemotrizinol (PARSOL Shield), an advanced sunscreen filter that has long been used in Europe and Asia, has been approved for use in the U.S. by the FDA. Image Credit: Photo by LumiNola/Getty Images The FDA has approved bemotrizinol (PARSOL Shield). This is the first new sunscreen ingredient approved in over 20 years, offering superior UVA and UVB protection. Consumers in the United States can expect new products featuring PARSOL Shield by the end of 2026, with broader availability to follow.
New research found that health risks accelerate after 1 drink per day. Oleg Breslavtsev/Getty Images New research suggests alcohol-related health risks may begin at lower levels of drinking than previously thought. Researchers found no clear health benefit from even moderate alcohol consumption and concluded that both men and women should limit intake to no more than 1 drink per day. The findings add to growing evidence that any amount of drinking may carry long-term health risks. A major ne
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A new whey protein manufacturing technique could make protein shakes taste better and feel smoother in the mouth. Researchers traced unwanted bitterness to concentrated minerals and found a way to remove them without sacrificing the improved texture.
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an Ebola outbreak is reshaping life, with fear spreading faster than information and hospitals turning into places of urgent containment rather than care.
Congolese authorities have reported a significant rise in Ebola cases, with 72 new cases in one day
For years, calcium and vitamin D supplements have been promoted as a simple way for older adults to protect their bones and prevent falls. But a massive review of nearly 154,000 people found that calcium, vitamin D, or a combination of both provided little to no meaningful protection against fractures or falls for most older adults.
A large-scale study suggests that men with higher levels of the amino acid tyrosine may have shorter lifespans, potentially losing close to a year of life expectancy. The finding is especially intriguing because tyrosine is commonly associated with brain health and is often used in supplements aimed at boosting focus and performance.
The manufacturing processes used to produce ultra-processed foods are linked to negative impacts on human health. Image Credit: Andy Sacks/Getty Images A recent study has found that it may not just be what’s in ultra-processed foods that makes them unhealthy, but how they’re made. The study noted that factors such as changes in the food’s cellular structure, loss of beneficial chemical compounds, and additives and chemicals in packaging may all pose health risks. This adds to previous rese
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Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported a record one-day increase in Ebola cases, one month after the outbreak was detected.
ABC News' Dr. Darien Sutton explains the key health screening men often miss and why it could be lifesaving as National Men's Health Week begins.
Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.
A parade up Broadway to City Hall on Thursday will celebrate the team’s N.B.A. championship win, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani will present players with keys to the city.
Kai Havertz scored two goals as Germany pulled away from World Cup first-timer Curaçao late in the opening half and piled on after that in a 7-1 win in a group match.
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The FIFA World Cup is expected to draw millions of fans to cities across North America, potentially increasing the risk of respiratory illnesses. Image credit: Photo by wakila/GettyImages Public health experts are concerned that the 2026 FIFA World Cup may test the public health playbook. The risk of other respiratory illnesses spreading during the games is possible, as is heat-related illness. Ebola and measles are unlikely to spread amongst World Cup spectators despite current outbreaks.
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After Sean Strickland defeated Khamzat Chimaev in a split decision to re-win the UFC Middleweight Championship belt during UFC 328 in May, the promotion company travels from New Jersey to Washington DC for UFC Freedom 250 in June. For the historic sporting event, the main card features Georgian fighter Ilia Topuria (17-0-0) defending his UFC […]
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Dennis Reinbold's love for the Indy 500 including fielding two, top-notch efforts even though he didn't have a full-time team in IndyCar. Reinbold passed away on June 14.
Daichi Kamada scored on a header off Koki Ogawa's corner kick in the 88th minute, sending the Samurai Blue fans into a frenzy and giving Japan a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in their World Cup opener.
The New York Knicks are taking over “The Tonight Show” with a dedicated episode on Monday. Fresh off their championship victory, the team’s starting five — Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges — will join Jimmy Fallon to celebrate their miraculous NBA finals run and taking home the franchise’s first […]
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Tournament favorite Spain is at odds with the U.S. president over Iran, Gaza, defense spending, immigration and green energy.
Manchester United winger Amad Diallo scored a superb 90th-minute winner as Ivory Coast beat Ecuador in Philadelphia.
The 2026 college football season will be the 49th since Division I split into two levels, I-A and I-AA. Only the USC Trojans have not played an FCS program.
Hurricanes stifle Golden Knights, secure franchise's 2nd Stanley Cup with Game 6 shutout behind rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi Yahoo Sports Carolina Hurricanes win Game 6, raise Stanley Cup in Vegas ESPN Carolina Hurricanes Win 2026 Stanley Cup Final NHL.com Carolina Hurricanes win second Stanley Cup, beating Vegas Golden Knights in 6 games CBS News Stanley Cup Final Game 6: Carolina at Vegas - Preview and Thread Canes Country
England's Jordan Henderson says he finds it "hard to read" what is written about Jude Bellingham but believes the midfielder can be the team's "X-factor" at the World Cup.
Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak and Yan Diomande all shine as the World Cup provides a perfect scouting opportunity for new Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola, says Phil McNulty.
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The Carolina Hurricanes held Vegas to five total goals in Games 4 and 5 and used a suffocating defense in a 3-0 shutout Sunday night in Game 6 to win their first championship in 20 years.
Yasin Ayari scores a stunner for Sweden against Tunisia but refuses to celebrate. The Brighton midfielder could have represented the opposition as his father is Tunisian.
Iran's striker Mehdi Taremi said the country's political predicament "undermines the joy of the World Cup".
For a manager who was dismissed by West Ham in September after failing at Chelsea before that, few would have expected Graham Potter to be steering a nation to a winning start in the World Cup this summer.
Now that the FIFA World Cup is underway in Mexico, Canada and the U.S., the drama has shifted to the fields where there have been several surprising results heading into the first full week.
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Fans greeting the champs at Westchester County Airport after their plane was met with a water-cannon salute.
A new report warns that Miami, Kansas City, Philadelphia, Dallas, and Houston could be particularly hot places to play during the 2026 World Cup.
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The Toronto Blue Jays’ former franchise shortstop offered the New York Mets a glimpse into his expectations for a return to form.
The Philadelphia Phillies superstar shortstop offered an NSFW reaction to the Milwaukee Brewers’ budding superstar.
ABC News' Danny New highlights some of the World Cup celebrations which involved bagpipes and Pikachu.
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The San Francisco Giants’ former outfielder opted to move on from Major League Baseball after being cut by the team.
The Atlanta Braves’ ironman slugger was the focus of a message from The Athletics president as they plan a move into contention.
The French captain has faced scrutiny over both his performances and leadership, but supporters say the criticism has gone "too far".
Fifa is seeking an explanation over a hand gesture made by video assistant referee Shaun Evans before Germany's 7-1 win over Curacao on Sunday.
Bud Cauley shocked the golf world with his first PGA Tour win at the RBC Canadian Open. The win puts Cauley in the U.S. Open field next weekend at Shinnecock Hills.
Ahead of its much-hyped racing weekend in San Diego running June 19-21, NASCAR is launching a real-world accurate version of the Naval Base Coronado track in Roblox game “Driving Empire.” While NASCAR has previously added virtual versions of its LA Memorial Coliseum and Chicago Street courses, this game update marks the first-ever NASCAR track in-game […]
It was a long-time coming for the Knicks to win another NBA title, only the third their history. The first was in 1970 and the second in 1973. Here's remembering 1970.
We want you to name the leading scorer from each of the top 20 countries according to Fifa's global rankings.
The Hurricanes won their first NFL title since 2006 after beating the Vegas Golden Knights on their home ice in Game 6 of the hard-fought series.
Shredded paper and confetti will rain down on the Knicks Thursday as they parade up Broadway to City Hall, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani will hold a key to the city ceremony for the NBA champions.
The 2026 World Cup is playing out in communities across the country. Journalists from NPR and its member stations are in your city — capturing the excitement and asking the important questions.
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UFC boss Dana White spoken out against against Josh Hokit after the fighter made disparaging and false remarks about Michelle Obama during the White House’s UFC Freedom 250 event. “I understand that the Obama’s are public figures but I’m completely against saying nasty and false things about people’s families,” White wrote Time magazine in a […]
The 2026 Finals MVP joins “The View” to discuss New York's first championship win in 53 years and why he credits his upbringing to keeping him composed.
The small nation of Cape Verde managed a draw against Spain, a World Cup favorite.
For fans lucky enough to make their way to a World Cup game this season, they might spot cheering fans, overpriced snacks, and of course, soccer. One thing they will not see is logos from non-FIFA sponsors—even if their name is on the stadium. But one brand is leaning into this limitation. Due to a “debranding” mandate from FIFA, companies with naming rights to stadiums across the 16 host cities in Mexico, Canada, and the United States are seeing their names and logos temporarily removed from t
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It will go down as the first commercial to ever air on the White House lawn. After the first fight of the UFC Freedom 250 spectacle on Sunday, a Bud Light ad ran on the event’s screens. Once the lightning rod for MAGA’s fury against corporate wokeness, Bud Light was now the official beer of President Trump’s birthday party on the White House’s South Lawn. Its logo was plastered around the $60 million mixed martial arts event that hosted 4,300 invite-only spectators (the event also streamed excl
Video assistant referee Shaun Evans has denied "intentionally" making a hand gesture "to communicate a message, affiliation, game or belief of any kind" and claimed it was a "an involuntary, subconscious twitch" that he was "unaware" of.
Ciryl Gane's 2nd-round TKO over Alex Pereira at UFC Freedom 250 is overshadowed by video of repeated illegal back-of-the-head shots and questions about referee Herb Dean.
Six-time Olympic medalist Rebeca Andrade makes her comeback at the 2026 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, her first competition since facing off with Simone Biles at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
“The Office” star Rainn Wilson recently told Fox News Digital that the beloved NBC sitcom could’ve never been made in today’s cultural climate. “I do feel like you couldn’t make ‘The Office’ today,” said Wilson. “I think that would be too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was. And I do kind […]
Alessandro Nivola is somewhere on the New Jersey Turnpike, holding his phone vertically. He is heading from New Jersey to New York for the 2026 Gotham TV Awards, where his “Love Story: John F. Kennedy and Carolyn Bessette” co-star Sarah Pidgeon is nominated, and the 25 minutes he has carved out for this conversation are […]
Bruce Springsteen sat down with Bono to discuss democracy, activism, human connection - and apologize to the U2 frontman on the 25th anniversary of the Tribeca Fest.
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“Zi,” the latest film from director Kogonada, has been picked up by Parallax Films for international sales outside North America, it was revealed on the sidelines of the Shanghai International Film Festival. The Hong Kong-set feature follows “Columbus” and “After Yang” from one of contemporary American independent cinema’s most distinctive voices. Shot over three weeks […]
Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Behaviour Interactive have tapped Thordur Palsson to direct their film adaptation of the horror multiplayer game “Dead by Daylight.” Palsson, an Icelandic native, is best known for creating and directing the nation’s first Netflix Original series, “The Valhalla Murders,” which premiered on the streamer in 2020. His feature directorial debut, “The […]
Mexican-Korean American artist Samuel released his EP, 'SAMUELito,' fusing Latin pop and reggaeton with K-pop. He talks creating the album, and the inspiration behind it.
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When some look toward the U.S. semiquincentennial and consider what examplar might best represent American achievement or the nation’s character, only one thing inevitably comes to mind: wrestling. Fortunately, there were others who put their heads together and came up with an alternative choice: John Prine. The leadership at Wolf Trap, the concert venue/national park […]
There are no trailers on a boat. This is the logistical reality that Toby Stephens found himself confronting somewhere in the middle of shooting “The Season,” Hulu’s new drama about the bad behavior of Hong Kong’s sailing elite – a show that, almost by design, offered its cast nowhere to hide. “Normally when you’re filming, […]
“Dear You,” the Teochew-dialect family drama that has become one of China’s biggest theatrical stories of 2026, is heading to North America, Australia and New Zealand after CMC Pictures secured the theatrical distribution rights. The film opens in Australia and New Zealand on June 25, followed by a North America launch on June 26. The […]
Anne Schedeen, who played ALF’s mom, Kate Tanner, in the hit NBC sitcom "ALF" from 1986 to 1990, has died.
As the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival gets underway, the spotlight is fixed on Hong Kong screen icon Tony Leung Chiu-wai, who presides over the Golden Goblet Awards as jury president. Leung’s presence, together with 12 world premieres in the Main Competition, marks SIFF’s distinction as mainland China’s sole FIAPF-recognized A-list festival. “We have long […]
Ahead of the release of “Toy Story 5,” The Walt Disney Company EMEA has launched a new short-film titled “The Magic of Movies: Jessie Saves the Day” as part of a philanthropic campaign supporting local hospitals. Featuring some familiar faces, the short features a nervous young girl about to undergo an X-ray on her foot, […]
The singer-songwriter is among six people presumed dead in air crash over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
Edko Films’ action thriller “The Furious” claimed the number one spot at the China box office during the June 12–14 weekend, unseating a long-running local juggernaut with an RMB76.1 million ($11.2 million) frame, according to data from Artisan Gateway. Having debuted on June 11, the film has amassed a cumulative total of $13.9 million. Directed […]
“The Walking Dead: Dead City” may be a dark show, but it’s also a fitting festival opener, argues Cécile Menoni, executive director of Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “It felt like a natural choice for this anniversary edition,” she tells Variety. “Beyond its success, it is a franchise that has genuinely shaped contemporary television culture. Beneath the post-apocalyptic […]
Rory Kinnear will play economist and Bloomsbury Group figure John Maynard Keynes in the world premiere of “The Standard of Living,” a new play by three-time Olivier Award winner James Graham, producers Brian and Dayna Lee and director Nicholas Hytner revealed Monday. Royal Ballet principal Natalia Osipova, making her West End debut, will star alongside […]
The local action-horror film “Colony” held firmly onto the top spot at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Jun. 12–14. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film pulled in $2 million from 301,049 admissions over the three-day frame, capturing a 34.49% revenue share. […]
In order to create a long-running series, “there has to be meat on the bone,” “Vikings” creator Michael Hirst said Sundance at Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “It has to be a whole world, rich enough to satisfy the requirements of your imagination, as Henry James used to say. The subject needs to be about real things, […]
Jordani’s film industry will be front and center at this year’s Shanghai Film Festival, where it is seeking closer collaboration with China and other global partners while celebrating the first ever screening of two Jordanian films at the event. With Asia now leading the global box office and Hollywood losing ground to local films from […]
Showbox, the Korean studio behind theatrical blockbusters including “Exhuma” and the Netflix series “A Killer Paradox,” has signed a co-production deal with ReelShort to develop original microdramas for the platform’s more than 70 million monthly active users worldwide. Under the agreement, Showbox will initially co-produce microdramas based on ReelShort’s existing intellectual properties, with the collaboration […]
Madrid’s ECAM Forum wrapped its third edition Thursday, June 11, with María Aparicio’s “Undefined Things II” (“Las cosas indefinidas II”) taking its Last Push Award and Pauline Julier and Nicolas Chapoulier’s “The Indies” (“Les Indes”) scoring a special jury mention, closing a three-day event that again positioned the Spanish capital as a strategic meeting point […]
Chinese director Juno Hong has brought her debut feature “Only the Moon Knows” to the Shanghai International Film Festival’s SIFF Project, where it was selected as one of three international co-production projects presented at the market. The film centers on Cheng Jun, a Chinese international student working the night shift at a 24-hour convenience store […]
Taiwan’s presence at the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and its accompanying MIFA market spans four official competition selections alongside more than 20 additional projects in pitch sessions, showcases, and the Taiwan Pavilion, with support from the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA). The strongest competition title in the Taiwanese lineup is “Welcome to Dolly’s […]
SIFF YOUNG, the filmmaker discovery-and-incubation program backed by the Shanghai Film Bureau, has unveiled its class of 2026 – nine talents selected from 59 applicants spanning directing, producing and screenwriting. The five directors named are Bai Xue, Su Biao, Teng Congcong, Wang Tong and Xu Lei. The three producers are Hu Jing, Titi and Xie […]
The first half of the year had few big, buzzy hits. But there were some nice surprises (“Widow’s Bay”) and returning favorites (“The Comeback”).
Roger Cook, the trailblazing investigative journalist best known for fronting U.K. network ITV’s current affairs show “The Cook Report” in the 1980s and 90s, has died. He was 83. Cook’s family confirmed the news in a statement. “Alongside a distinguished and award winning career in journalism, Roger was first and foremost a beloved husband and […]
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Tsui Hark’s “Peking Opera Blues” returned to the big screen in a new 4K Dolby Atmos restoration, with the remastered version screening at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival. The event was backed by Italian jeweler Bvlgari, which partnered with SIFF on the initiative. The restoration was carried out by Bologna-based film archive L’Immagine Ritrovata. […]
After the massive success of Canadian romantic drama series “Sullivan’s Crossing” — which was recently renewed for a fifth season — Fremantle, Bell Media and Reel World Management knew they’d found a rare partnership. “Within the first year of ‘Sullivan’s Crossing,’ you’re kind of dating,” Michela Di Mondo, Fremantle’s executive vice president of distribution for […]
Bruno Mars keeps "I Just Might" at No. 1 on Billboard's Radio Songs chart for a sixteenth week, tying Adele's "Easy on Me."
Academy Award-winning Latvian producer Matiss Kaza, who co-wrote and produced Gints Zilbalodis’ best animated feature winner “Flow,” has boarded Ukrainian director Philip Sotnychenko’s sophomore film “Times New Roman,” which will take part in the Transilvania Pitch Stop co-production forum this week at the Transilvania Film Festival. Kaza’s Trickster Pictures joins the pan-European co-production, which is lead produced by Ukraine’s […]
Leading lady Renée Zellweger and director Sharon Maguire reunited on the Tribeca Film Festival stage, celebrating the boundaries they broke together through their work on “Bridget Jones’s Diary” 25 years ago. Sitting in the audience, the film’s transcendence of time was evident. The theater erupted in boisterous cheering when the title card appeared, and there […]
Turkish director Reis Çelik unveiled “Night of Blindness,” a Turkish-German co-production set during Turkey’s 1980 military coup, at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival. The film is competing for the Golden Goblet Award in the main competition section. The film centers on Fatma, a left-wing activist who goes into hiding in a cramped space between […]
Turns out, Amanda Seyfried’s viral cover of Joni Mitchell’s “California” on “The Tonight Show” wasn’t pure coincidence — the Oscar-nominated actor was once attached to play the singer-songwriter in a biopic. In an interview with British GQ, Seyfried revealed that she learned to play Mitchell’s “Blue” album on dulcimer, piano and guitar during the COVID-19 […]
There's a big new Avengers: Doomsday leak making the rounds, but given its quality and content, it's easy to debate if it's real.
Many legends have graced the Actors on Actors set, but few Hollywood dynasties have collided like Mariska Hargitay’s and Jamie Lee Curtis’. The former is the daughter of Jayne Mansfield, the ’50s bombshell who died in an auto accident. Her rich and complicated legacy is the subject of Hargitay’s acclaimed documentary, “My Mom Jayne,” from […]
As Hollywood continues to wrestle with how to reckon with AI’s omnipresence, the Urbanworld Film Festival has opted for a full-on embrace. The New York-based festival dedicated to championing BIPOC stories — which has seen the likes of Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Nina DaCosta and Cord Jefferson make their way through its doors since it was […]
Anne Schedeen, who played the matriarch of a suburban family hiding a cuddly alien on “ALF,” died at age 77, her family announced Sunday on Facebook. In a statement, Schedeen’s family wrote “She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy of creative energy, whip smart humor, delight in her family, adoration for little dogs, burning hatred for […]
“KPop Demon Hunters” fans rejoice. Ahead of the film’s one-year anniversary, Lego will release a 825-piece set inspired by Derpy and Sussie Bird. The set will be available for pre-sale globally on LEGO.com and will launch in stores starting Aug. 1. In Netflix’s animated film, Derpy is a supernatural tiger from the underworld whose clumsy […]
“Only Murders in the Building” has added even more star power to its Season 6 cast. Variety has confirmed that David Tennant (“Doctor Who,” Rivals,”) Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton,” “Derry Girls”), Jodie Whittaker (“Doctor Who,” “Broadchurch”), Jim Broadbent, Adrian Lukis, Richard Ayoade, and Kathryn Hunter in recurring guest star roles. As is usually the case with […]
Michael J. Fox is set to voice lead character Dougie in the upcoming CG animated feature film “Dragoons” from Icon Creative Studios. Per the official description, Dougie is “an overlooked, ordinary worker at WizCorp — that is, until a freak accident awakens something extraordinary within his new apprentice Dart. Transformed into a mighty dragon, Dougie […]
“If this be victory,” a character on “House of the Dragon” reflects while gazing out at a corpse-strewn battlefield, “I hope I never see another.” That line is essentially the thesis statement of the “Game of Thrones” prequel series, which returns on June 21 after a now-customary two-year absence. (Franchise fans could get their fix […]
Every awards season produces a movie that forces Hollywood to reconsider its own rules and bias. This year that movie did not arrive from a fall festival or a boutique label. It came from a YouTuber. “Obsession,” the breakout horror sensation from writer-director Curry Barker, continues to do unprecedented business, posting $19 million in its […]
Building on the success of “Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir,” Paris-based Zag is launching a new chapter in its youth-focused portfolio with “Ghostforce Evolution” which has been boarded by Netflix, France’s TF1 and Germany’s Super RTL. Currently in production, “Ghostforce Evolution” expands the premise of a prior “Ghostforce” series which came out in […]
Hiam Abbass, who played Marcia Roy in HBO’s “Succession,” will soon be on the big screen in the politically-charged dark comedy “Occupational Hazards,” about a Palestinian family in Jerusalem contending with the risk of forced displacement. Bassel Ghandour (“Theeb,” “The Alleys”) has just completed principal photography in Jordan on the timely satirical film, which takes its cue […]
Shows from Martha Stewart, Lele Pons, and the sibling duo of Kate and Oliver Hudson will be streaming soon on Netflix. In an extension of Netflix’s existing deal with iHeartMedia, Netflix has secured exclusive rights to the video versions of podcasts from Stewart, Pons and the Hudsons. The agreement includes all new episodes from the […]
Over his decades in entertainment, “Scary Movie” creator and star Marlon Wayans has confronted the same prejudices: Hollywood is convinced that international audiences won’t show up for comedies or films starring Black actors. “We’re trying to erase that old-school stigma,” says Wayans, who returned — along with several of his brothers — to the horror […]
In addition to the natural wonders that continue to make Jordan a unique filming location, increased government funding support and new partnership between the country’s Olivewood Film Studios and U.S. studio operator Shadowbox have provided a major boost to the country’s film sector. Last year the country increased its cash rebate program to 45% of […]
Laverne Cox recently told The Guardian while promoting her new book “Transcendent: A Memoir” that 90% of her income has been lost over the last few years due to Donald Trump administration’s attacks on gender ideology and DEI. The “Orange Is the New Black” Emmy winner noted her corporate speaking engagements have dried up in […]
Actor/rapper Travis Bennett and producer Steelo Brim have been tapped as new hosts of “The Shop,” taking over for LeBron James and Maverick Carter as the show returns for a new season of episodes starting Monday, June 22. The news was announced Monday by Fulwell Entertainment, the banner that came out of last year’s merger […]
Hulu is developing a series version of the Humanoids graphic novel “RetroActive” with Bruce Miller onboard as an executive producer, Variety has learned exclusively. “RetroActive” was written by Ibrahim Moustafa. Bobak Esfarjani is attached to write and executive produce the adaptation. Miller and Priscilla Porianda will executive produce via White Oak Pictures, with Fabrice Giger […]
When Seth MacFarlane was brainstorming ideas for the second season of “Ted,” Bill Clinton came to mind. MacFarlane explains, “The show takes place in the ’90s, and we’re always looking for things that are quintessentially emblematic of that decade. Of course, one of those things is Bill Clinton.” The Peacock series follows the ongoing adventures […]
Jordan remains a beloved location not only because of its awe-inspiring cultural and geological sites but also due to a dynamic film industry and highly skilled crews honed over decades of hosting international productions. The world heritage sites of Petra and the unique desert landscapes of Wadi Rum have been attracting major international productions […]
The stars behind the voices of Woody and Buzz speak with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos about the newest installment of the beloved movie franchise.
Drake's Iceman holds at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and with a fortieth turn atop the tally, the rapper matches Adele's career run.
Clive Standen has signed with Range Media Partners for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. He continues to be repped by Verve in the U.S., Independent Talent Group in the U.K., and Behr Abramson Levy Johnson, LLP. Standen is best known for his work onscreen in the hit History channel show “Vikings.” Standen starred as Rollo […]
The Tribeca X brand conference drafts off of the creative exhaust fumes that surround the Tribeca Festival and leaned into celebrating the human creative spirit.
Peter Serafinowicz has been cast as Peeves the Poltergeist in HBO’s “Harry Potter” series. The character, a cheeky ghost known for causing trouble in the Hogwarts halls, is a fan-favorite who didn’t appear in any of the original “Harry Potter” movies. Serafinowicz, who is repped by Curtis Brown Group, UTA, 3 Arts, and Peikoff Mahan, […]
“Stranger Things” creators Matt and Ross Duffer have set their first film under their rich, four-year deal at Paramount. The Duffer brothers will write and direct a new, yet-to-be-titled movie at the studio, dated for wide theatrical release on November 3, 2028. Details about the project, including the plot, are being kept under wraps. The […]
James Barker, an executive producer known for his work on “Love Island USA” and “Queer Eye,” died last week in Fiji, where “Love Island USA” was filming, after an unexpected medical emergency. He was 40. The news was confirmed to Variety by ITV America and Peacock; Barker will be honored in Tuesday’s “Love Island USA” […]
The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer was put in an induced coma after emergency intestinal surgery.
“The Four Seasons” will soon be three seasons. Tina Fey’s vacationing comedy series has been renewed by Netflix for an eight-episode Season 3. Jinny Howe, the streamer’s head of scripted series, made the announcement during a conversation with Variety‘s Michael Schneider at the Banff World Media Festival. The show, which premiered in May 2025, is […]
Netflix has found its “sex on ice” series. The streamer has ordered a series version of the Hannah Grace novel “Icebreaker, Variety has learned exclusively. Netflix exec Jinny Howe revealed the news onstage during a fireside chat with Variety‘s executive editor for TV, Michael Schneider, at the BANFF World Media Festival. Amanda Lasher and Jade […]
Ron Perlman is set to guest star in the new episode of Dropout’s “Game Changer,” Variety has learned exclusively. Perlman will appear in Episode 3 of the show’s ongoing eighth season, which will debut tonight at 7 p.m. ET. The 10 episode seasons releases biweekly. Exact details on Perlman’s appearance are being kept under wraps, […]
Variety will honor Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey with the Variety Legend & Groundbreaker Award at Filmland on Friday, August 14. The award recognizes artists who have broken barriers in the industry and withstood the test of time. McConaughey will accept the honor for his career achievements, including his upcoming role in Andrew Patterson’s “The […]
“Fargo” and “Alien: Earth” creator Noah Hawley’s production company 26 Keys has named industry veteran Mia Ammer to a top strategic role. Ammer, who has worked expansively across the Hollywood studios and at major firms, has been named executive vice president of marketing and public relations at Hawley’s shop. She starts today, and will report […]
The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illness South African jazz composer and pianist Abdullah Ibrahim has died at the age of 91. His family announced his death in a statement released Monday. Continue reading...
James Barker, an executive producer on the hit reality series “Love Island USA,” died following a medical emergency while the show was filming in Fiji, according to published reports.
Lin-Manuel Miranda has penned a new original song for Disney’s live-action “Moana” “Along The Way” with both “Moana” actresses leading the vocals. The song is performed by Catherine Laga‘aia, who portrays Moana in the upcoming film; Dwayne Johnson, who reprises his role as the demigod Maui; and Auli‘i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in the animated […]
“Creepy,” the popular creepypasta podcast created and hosted by Jon Grilz, has a new home. Be Afraid Media has acquired full ownership or “Creepy,” including its catalog of over 1,200 episodes, almost all of which have been sourced from and shaped by a community of fan writers. Grilz will continue being the “Creepy” host and […]
When she’s up for a TV role, Lesley Manville doesn’t care which platform the show in question is going out on. “My job is just to go there and deliver a character,” she says, “so whether it’s for the BBC, ITV, Netflix, it doesn’t really make any difference to me.” Not that the star whose […]
Issues of under-written female roles, mid-life career transitions, and negotiating male-dominated spaces took center stage at the 2nd edition of the Kering Women in Motion forum at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The high-profile panel at Shanghai’s historic Cathay Theatre saw veteran Hong Kong actor Cecilia Yip and Chinese actor Rebecca Li Manxuan share the […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the newly elected Board of Governors for the 2026-2027 term year. The new board is comprised of a mixture of new faces to the board, like director Guillermo del Toro and composer Kris Bowers, returning incumbents like actor Lou Diamond Phillips and executive Hannah Minghella, […]
All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is getting into the musical theater game. The pro wrestling promotion has announced a partnership with the stage show “The Last Match: A Pro-Wrestling Rock Experience.” Under the partnership, “The Last Match” will take over a venue near Tottenham Court Road in London’s famed West End this fall. “On behalf of […]
A billion dollars? During summer movie season? Groundbreaking. “The Devil Wears Prada 2” has grossed $676 million at the global box office, propelling the franchise past the $1 billion mark. That’s combined with the haul from the original 2004 film, which ended its run with $326 million, not adjusted for inflation. It’s a notable milestone […]
Three BTS songs — "Into the Sun," "Merry Go Round" and "Please," all taken from Arirang — return to the Billboard Global 200 together.
Taylor Swift’s run as a true action figure on the charts continues as her “Toy Story 5” song “I Knew It, I Knew You” was announced Monday as debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s only the third time a theme song from an animated Disney film has reached the summit, following […]
Adam McKay is a big fan of Climate Defiance’s no holds barred approach to shaming fossil fuel companies and the corporations and politicians who support them. The non-profit is known for its provocative protests, which include everything from unfurling a banner stating “Eat Shit, Darren” at an event honoring Exxon CEO Darren Woods to disrupting the White House Correspondents […]
Sheridan Smith, Alison Steadman and ‘SNL U.K.’s Hammed Animashaun are set to lend their voices to an adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s “The Baddies.” Smith will narrate the half-hour animation from multi-Oscar-nominated production company Magic Light Pictures while Steadman voices Witch and Animashaun plays Troll. They will be joined by Robyn Cara as […]
Anya Taylor-Joy is the latest star to join the cast of “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.” The new film is directed by and starring Andy Serkis, who returns to play Gollum, alongside Ian McKellen (as Gandalf), Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Lee Pace (King Thranduil). Taylor‑Joy joins an ensemble of new cast […]
New Orleans icons Cash Money Records and No Limit Records — two of the most legendary labels in hip-hop history — are taking their Verzuz battle last year to arenas nationwide later this year with a tour featuring Master P, Birdman, Juvenile, Silkk The Shocker, Mannie Fresh, B.G, Mia X, Choppa Style, Mac, Mercedes, Fiend […]
BTS fans can soon get a deeper look inside some of the group’s most beloved songs. “BTS Lyrics Inside,” a new official book from the K-pop superstars, is set to be released Sept. 15 through Running Press Adult and is currently available to pre-order. The 184-page hardcover is designed as both a keepsake for ARMY […]
The “FX on Hulu” confusion is over — you just might have missed it if you weren’t tuning in closely across both platforms. When Season 5 of “The Bear” debuts on June 25, it will mark the first returning FX on Hulu series that will simultaneously release on linear cable channel FX and the Hulu/Disney+ […]
CMX Cinemas has acquired select iPic theater and restaurant locations in Texas, Georgia, Florida, Maryland and New Jersey. The locations will continue to operate under the iPic name, offering dine-in cinema experiences, luxury seating and chef-driven food and beverage offerings, according to CMX. The deal adds nine iPic locations to the CMX Cinemas portfolio including […]
Animayo Gran Canaria, Spain’s foremost animation film festival, has awarded its top prizes to family-themed “18 Months” and “Because Today is Saturday” (“Porque hoy es sabado”). Both features will go on to compete at the Oscars given that Animayo remains the first and only animation festival in Spain recognized by the Academy as an Oscar-qualifying […]
Hong Kong cinema stalwart Derek Yee spoke about taking responsibility for nurturing younger generations of filmmakers at Shanghai International Film Festival’s forum on Hong Kong’s “Director’s Succession Scheme.” The panel was joined by filmmakers from younger generations, including Stephen Fung, T. Keane Wong, Wong Hoi, Norris Wong and Nick Cheuk. “Afterpiece,” the opening film of […]
Stepping into the shoes of a character as iconic as James Garner’s Jim Rockford from the 1970s detective drama “The Rockford Files” might deter some actors. Not David Boreanaz. “People say that maybe you shouldn’t do it,” he says during a trip to the Monte-Carlo Television Festival to promote the forthcoming reboot. “But come on, […]
Hulu has added four new cast members to the upcoming legal drama series “Conviction.” Variety has learned exclusively that Linda Emond has been cast in a series regular role, while Zainab Jah, Ashley Zukerman and Jose Zúñiga have all joined in recurring guest star roles. The new additions join previously announced lead Elisabeth Moss as […]
Executive producer Ben Winston is no stranger to producing variety specials. He counts “The Late Late Show,” “The Grammy Awards,” and more among his credits. When it came to bringing “Wicked: One Wonderful Night” to audiences, his biggest concern was: “How do we do justice to this thing?” Winston was speaking at an FYC event […]
Can any of this year’s Oscar acting contenders receive a double take? One of the most notable rule changes for the 99th Oscars allows an actor to earn multiple nominations in the same category, provided each performance ranks among the top five vote getters. Previously, only the highest finisher advanced. The move finally aligns the […]
Regina Hall reflects on first cars, growth, and milestone moments, sharing a personal take on Hyundai’s “Look At You Now” and the meaning of progress.
A new original animated series with the working title “Journey” has been greenlit for Disney+. The show is currently in production from Disney Kids & Family and Higher Ground. Per the logline, “When the energy shield protecting her city begins to fail, Journey answers a mysterious call that leads her beyond its walls — and […]
Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ creative clash over “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” was recently revealed in a Spielberg oral history published by Vulture. Franchise producer Kathleen Kennedy noted how Spielberg and leading man Harrison Ford were both “struggling with the movie” because “they didn’t want to do a ‘Raiders’ movie that involved […]
West Wilson won’t be returning for “Summer House” Season 11 when the Bravo show begins filming in the Hamptons in early July, a source has confirmed. His contract has not been renewed. After delivering its most-watched season ever — propelled by an intra-cast scandal that put the Bravo show in the headlines for months — the next season […]
Ian McKellen revealed at a recent film festival in Rome (via The Guardian) that he channeled his fury for Donald Trump during an action scene in “Avengers: Doomsday,” in which the 87-year-old actor returns as his iconic “X-Men” villain Magneto. The film’s directors, the Russo Brothers, instructed McKellen “to look more furious” during one scene […]
Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” star Jordan Klepper has now produced seven of his “Fingers the Pulse” specials, with another one on the way. And if there’s anything he’s learned from his time out in the field, it’s that Americans love to talk to people with a camera. “When you get out into the wild […]
This year’s amfAR Venezia benefit gala will honor renowned conceptual and performance artist Marina Abramović. The sixth annual event returns to Venice, Italy, on Sept. 6. “It is an honor to recognize the humanitarian impact of Marina Abramović’s work and philanthropy in Venice this year,” said amfAR CEO Kyle Clifford. “Her groundbreaking artistry and dedication to people living with HIV/AIDS are an inspiration […]
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual […]
Los Angeles quartet the Linda Lindas, who first captured national attention as teenagers (or pre-teenagers) in 2018, have signed with Reprise-Warner Records and celebrated by releasing the new single and video “Burning Out,” likely a precursor to a third album from the group. “‘Burning Out’ felt so simultaneously new and nostalgic for us, and […]
RisingJoy has launched RJOY, a direct-to-consumer microdrama streaming service, initially available to audiences in the U.S. and Japan via TikTok Minis, the in-app feature that enables access to vertical content. The launch was revealed by Cassandra Yang, CEO and co-founder of the Singapore-based company, at the APOS conference in Bali. “RJOY is the natural next […]
Eleven passengers and a pilot were killed after the plane climbed about 100 feet and then crashed to the ground at the Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri, officials said.
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Some of us treat creativity like a reward. Something we’ll fully inhabit once a major milestone is reached or when the weekend comes around. Through years of working with leaders, I’ve realized that this deferral isn’t a personal flaw; it’s an epidemic. And it may be the single biggest drag on organizational performance today. Jess Ekstrom, founder of Mic Drop Workshop and author of the new book Making It Without Losing It, has been studying this trap and the neuroscience behind it. When I sat d
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The sentence of Vickrum Digwa, who was convicted of the murder of Henry Nowak, has been referred to the Court of Appeal.
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With Father's Day on the horizon, happening June 21st, it's time to start thinking about what kind of gifts you want to buy for the fathers you care about. You know your dad best - he may be a man of simple pleasures who wants nothing more than to share a meal or drinks with his loved ones. Or, he might have… extremely specific preferences and expectations of how his big day should go. Of the many dads and dad-knowers polled at The Verge for this here gift guide, we think we have all of the base
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An Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Monday, the base said.
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