This is an animated 3D visualization of the growth of Paris from 300 BCE to the present day . It was made with Blender (no AI) by Christian Ivan, who notes that it’s a “simplification” and so might not be 100% accurate. To my eye, the broad strokes are all there. The subtle
An aggressive President Donald Trump is moving to cripple and remove adversarial governments in Venezuela and Iran, a campaign that is also aimed at damaging efforts by China and Russia to build and maintain anti-Western alliances globally. In a meticulously planned military
So far, that figure is an improvement, since he reportedly missed about half of his planned gigs last year
Judd Apatow and Glen Powell’s forthcoming country music comedy will hit theaters on February 5, 2027, Universal announced Friday. The film, about a country western star in free fall, is set to star Powell and Cristin Milioti. Apatow will direct from a script that he and Powell
A Reagan-appointed federal judge says the Trump administration’s targeting of pro-Palestinian activists is an “unconstitutional conspiracy.” U.S. District Judge William Young, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985, criticized Trump’s draconian crackdown on people
Everything we know so far about how the dynasty system works.
The companies experimented with the idea during the 2024 Paris games, and are now expanding on the idea.
"We put a lot of very, very deliberate effort into making the game about the items."
President Yoweri Museveni is in a commanding lead ahead of his main challenger, pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine.
He wanted to lead design on The Elder Scrolls 6 but ended up leaving The post Starfield Struggled Due To Bureaucracy, Says Bethesda Veteran Who Left After 20 Years appeared first on Kotaku .
[African Arguments] The 15 January elections in Uganda are almost a foregone conclusion, preceded, as has become customary, by a violent crackdown against the opposition. As the results begin to trickle in, what are the prospects for the NUPs Bobi Wine and Uganda's Gen Z?
Wes Anderson’s meticulously curated worlds are heading offscreen and into the home with “Live Like Wes,” a new interiors book that translates the filmmaker’s signature visual language into practical design inspiration. Authored by writer Jessie Atkinson, “Live Like Wes: Home
Beyond Andreessen and the Winklevoss twins, Crockett has also received contributions from Ben Horowitz as well as a roster of crypto executives.
The rate at which the universe is expanding differs depending on how it’s measured. Gravitationally lensed supernovas could solve the discrepancy ; the lensing allows for the tracking of the supernovas over time.
Posición Unida are a bunch of kids from Washington, DC in their teens and early twenties. They make fast, simple, committed old-school hardcore, singing in Spanish and English and bringing the mosh with no pretension whatsover. Posición Unida’s demo came out a year and a half
If you’re a fan of “Heated Rivalry,” you might just have Ontario’s Guelph Storm ice hockey team to thank. Last year, the team missed the playoffs, leaving their facility, the Sleeman Centre, unusually vacant. “We normally don’t book anything into April and May,” said Ryan
[IPS] Nairobi -- President Donald Trump has escalated efforts to further distance the United States from international organizations and entities focused on climate, the environment, and energy. This strategy is in step with his administration's established approach to
President Trump's name will soon be attached to several miles of Sunshine Boulevard in Palm Beach, Fla. The president will participate in the renaming ceremony on Friday after commissioners voted last summer to designate 4 miles of the stretch running from Palm Beach
"What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We’re all finding out."
Ghost story, family drama, murder mystery, time-travel story: The enjoyable but odd horror movie The Confession has some of everything.
Lillian Carrier also stars in the feature from writer-director Lauren Meyering, whose script made the 2020 Black List.
The move marks a major departure for the company that had so far relied on subscriptions.
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.06% this week — down from 7.04% a year ago.
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Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded
Decide who is accommodated and who is liquidated in this zombie apocalypse medical management sim.
Voidhearts are a rare crafting material in Hytale, and they're needed to craft mithril items. Here's how to get them.
A majority of Americans said that President Donald Trump’s first year back in office was a failure, according to a humiliating CNN poll published Friday. No kidding. Fifty-eight percent of Americans called Trump’s first year a failure, according to the poll, which showed
It’s Pokémon meets Animal Crossing , and every character you cared about might be dead The post Pokémon Pokopia: Everything We Know About The Animal Crossing-Style Life Sim appeared first on Kotaku .
The former vice president spoke for about 20 minutes, touching on topics around the theme of “Defending Our Democracy, Protecting Our Rights.”
The term Gold Star Family refers to the immediate family of a U.S. service member who died in the line of duty. It’s a term Oscar-nominated actor Virginia Madsen was all too familiar with even before she signed on to the film “Sheepdog,” which hits theaters today. Written,
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, on Friday called for the U.S. to take decisive action against the “instrument of repression” in Tehran to stop the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and warned against any deals with the country’s autocratic leaders.
Syria's interim president surprised the country's Kurdish citizens with a decree enshrining their culture and language as an "inseparable component of Syria’s unified and diverse national identity."
Director Kenichiro Akimoto explains how All You Need Is Kill’s death-loop premise fuels character-driven stories and multiple adaptations.
The filmmaker discusses her career mining wildly different IP, zombie semantics and capturing one of Ralph Fiennes' wildest performances to date: "It’s a beautiful example of collaboration in film and an actor just willing to really fucking rock it."
Do you have a bone to pick with the skeleton in Quarantine Zone: The Last Check?
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check’s Modern Prometheus quest has you channel your inner Dr. Frankenstein.
The summit, which will be held from 3-5 February, is expected to bring together 35 heads of state and government, more than 150 government delegations and over 6,000 attendees.
O’Leary dismissed the idea of equipping any of Ryanair's more than 600 jets with Musk's Starlink, citing the impact of fuel costs from drag caused by the antenna and estimating the service would cost up to $250 million a year.
Most people can imagine why a shrinking Great Salt Lake would mean unhealthy dust storms for the Wasatch Front, or why refilling the lake through water conservation could reduce dust exposure. Now, there is a data-based modeling tool to visualize it, hosted at the University of
In a startling development, some of President Trump’s advisers have suddenly realized that unleashing heavily armed government militias on American cities to terrorize American citizens with abandon just might be a tad unpopular with Americans. Yep, it’s true. Axios reports
Tens of thousands gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on Friday to protest the deaths of Cuban officers killed during the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The protesters also called for the release of Maduro, a close ally of
Venezuela’s Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López announced Friday a “review and adjustment” of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) following the January 3 US attacks, in which 47 Venezuelan soldiers were killed and President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “If You’re Gonna Come for Me, I’ll Finish You,” the fifth episode of “The Traitors” Season 4, now streaming on Peacock. Michael Rapaport is under fire for his latest comments on “The Traitors.” During the fifth episode of Season
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed on Friday that the free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union (EU), due to be signed Saturday in Asunción, will benefit global trade, democracy and
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It seems that Venezuelan opposition leader Mar í a Corina Machado’s ultimate show of fealty to President Trump will get her nothing. Machado met with Trump on Thursday and brought along her Nobel Peace Prize, offering it to the president. It was clearly a last-ditch attempt to
Shay Mitchell’s luggage brand BÉIS — with its pastel-hued Weekender bags and innovative compartments for extensive wardrobes — has made a name for itself among female content creators since its launch in 2018. Now, the viral luggage brand is tapping into the men’s market with
Gone are the 30-day suspensions for those egregiously cheating The post Arc Raiders Starts Handing Out Brutal Permanent Bans To Its Worst Cheaters appeared first on Kotaku .