Amazon Reportedly Forced Devs To Make A GenAI Game And Then Laid Them Off When It Wasn’t Working
Project Trident apparently pivoted several times to meet unrealistic deadlines and a corporate-directed mandate to use generative AI
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Israelis chant threats, anti-Palestinian slogans at Jerusalem Day march
Israeli nationalists swept through the narrow streets of Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday, chanting "Death to Arabs" and "May your villages burn" during the annual Jerusalem Day march, while many Palestinian residents remained barricaded indoors. Every year, tens of thousands
Asia Argento to Executive Produce Gia Carangi Doc (Exclusive)
'Gia – The Shadow of Beauty,' treating her "not as a pop-cultural icon but as a young woman navigating desire and visibility in 1980s New York," is being presented to potential partners at Cannes.
Giant new dinosaur identified from fossils in Thailand
The nagatitan is the largest dinosaur found in South-East Asia and weighs as much as nine elephants.
The 25 Best Drake Songs of All Time
It’s been three years since Drake has released a solo album, but he’s far from cooled off. Since releasing 2023’s “For All the Dogs,” Toronto’s finest teamed up with PartyNextDoor for “Some Sexy Songs 4 U”; dropped a massive collection of footage and files, including a handful
Federal appeals court probes Trump's targeting of law firms
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday scrutinized President Trump’s executive orders targeting several of the nation’s top law firms, which claim they were retaliated against for representing his political adversaries. Sharp questions were asked of both the law firms and
Party Animals gets review bombed after devs announce AI video contest
Party Animals players have review bombed the game after its developer announced a generative-AI-mandatory video contest.
Doctor Who’s missing revival era returns shockingly soon to streaming on AMC+
Doctor Who’s 2005 revival era, including all 176 episodes from Christopher Eccleston through Jodie Whittaker, starts streaming on AMC+ very soon.
‘Lost Women of Alaska’ Team on Spotlighting the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Crisis: The Community ‘Has Been Through a Lot’ and ‘Hasn’t Been Heard’
The team behind the docuseries “Lost Women of Alaska,” which explores the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis, discussed raising awareness around the disproportionate violence against Native women at the Variety FYC TV Fest on May 6. Held in conversation with
First Look at Supernatural Thriller ‘Hide and Don’t Speak’ Features Star Momona Tamada
Mister Smith Entertainment has unveiled a phot look still of its supernatural horror film “Hide and Don’t Speak.” Pic features the film’s star Momona Tamada (“Avatar: The Last Airbender”). The cast also includes Tanner Buchanan (“Cobra Kai,” “How to Date Billy Walsh”), Garrett
Where to find lithium in Subnautica 2
Finding Subnautica 2's lithium locations is essential for crafting a better air tank. This guide shows you where to find lithium in Subnautica 2
How Trump plans to keep pushing his tariffs despite court losses
President Donald Trump just can’t quit tariffs. He suffered a major defeat when the Supreme Court ruled in February 2026 against the sweeping emergency tariffs he’d announced the previous year. Then, on May 7, a federal court knocked down the interim tariffs he’d announced
NASA's Psyche spacecraft buzzing Mars on its way to a rare metal asteroid
A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.
Chance of a 'super' El Niño grows – and it's just around the corner
El Niño is waiting in the wings. An updated forecast released by the National Weather Service on Thursday gave the climate phenomenon an 82% chance of taking over at some point between May and July.
Subnautica 2 Sells Over 1 Million Copies In Less Than Two Hours
Former publisher Krafton is likely going to have to pay out that $250 million bonus after all
The story trailer for Remothered: Red Nun's Legacy, an upcoming survival horror game, reveals more of the twisted location and odd inhabitants
What happened at the Ashmann residence? Nun of your business.
A Pokémon card's hidden Pikachu has sent its price soaring
Ascended Heroes' Treekachu has TCG fans reaching for nearly anything they can get, even if it's a card belonging to an entirely different Pokémon
Montclair Film Sets Mary Anne Vaughn as Board of Trustees President; Evie Colbert Shifts to President Emeritus
Additionally, longtime trustee Sarah Barrack has been appointed to the role of vice president of the board.
Eight Directors, Five Countries, Four Films: Inside KawanKawan Media’s ‘Next Step Studio Indonesia’ at Cannes
There is a moment, somewhere between exchanging favorite films and confronting each other’s psyche, where two strangers from different countries have to decide whether they can actually make something together. For the eight directors at the center of “Next Step Studio
The 'Big Three' asset managers use auditor-sharing for portfolio management
The "Big Three" institutional investors—BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)—have burgeoned into load-bearing pillars of the U.S. economy. With great power comes great responsibility, as well as a risk-averse investment strategy that favors common
Water drops on soap bubble films act like merging galaxies
Water droplets on soap films orbited and merged like colliding galaxies, a technique that could help scientists study the cosmos.
The Greatest French Actor You’ve Never Heard of
At 76, Daniel Auteuil arrives at Cannes with two films, a parrot on his head and five decades of work that somehow still hasn’t made him a household name outside of France
Kamala Avila-Salmon’s Kas Kas Productions Reveals Initial Development Slate, Including Sci-Fi Series Starring Rainn Wilson (EXCLUSIVE)
A feature project with John Legend and Mike Jackson and a kids’ TV project based on Chrissy Teigen and Tracy Stevens’ podcast are among the projects that have been unveiled as part of Kas Kas Productions’ initial development slate. Founded by former Lionsgate executive Kamala
Is Obama's call for Justice Department independence an impossible dream?
Former President Barack Obama suggested that the attorney general should not be the president's "consigliere" and should instead be the "people's lawyer", in order to avoid the weaponization of the Justice Department, a problem that has been present in the Nixon and Trump
Combinations of climate extremes may prompt carbon budget rethink
Combined extreme climate events are likely to become more common in the future if carbon emissions continue to rise, a paper in Nature suggests. The study finds that the frequency of compound events—such as concurrent hot–wet and drought–heat extremes—is linked to cumulative
Even For Marvel Rivals, The New Skimpy Magneto Skin Is Crazy Work
The Untamed Overlord skin literally frames his bulge
When Your Participation Is Decoration
This is a smart piece about where we are in America right now, post-Citizen’s United, post-Voting Rights Amendment, post-Dobbs, mid-MAGA: The VRA Was the Nice Version ( archive ). First, let’s be honest about what the Voting Rights Act actually was, because everything here on
Discovery of antimicrobial peptides in ant venom has far-reaching implications
In addition to serving as biochemical weapons for offense and defense, the venoms produced by ants in the subfamily Formicinae also fulfill additional roles. For example, the ants use it to protect their nests from pathogens. It has long been assumed that the primary
