‘SNL’: Watch Dua Lipa Perform ‘Illusion,’ ‘Happy For You’

The British pop singer and SNL host also stars in a sketch about a hip-hop producer who wants her to come up with a cool new tag for him, but she has other ideas

‘Turtles All the Way Down’ Review: A Young-Adult Romance with an Original Dramatic Obstacle: The Heroine Has OCD

"Turtles All the Way Down" makes Aza’s OCD just specific enough to draw us in, then deals with it in a way that’s just manipulative and sugar-coated enough to leave us thinking, "Yep, it’s another YA movie."

Are humans a ‘keystone species’? This captivating new book rethinks our role in rewilding

Sophie Yeo talks to us about her new book Nature’s Ghosts and the lessons for conservationists buried in landscapes of the past.

Cop29 summit to call for peace between warring states, says host Azerbaijan

Organisers of this year’s environmental conference hope cooperation on green issues could help ease global tensions This year’s Cop29 UN climate summit will be the first “Cop of peace”, focusing on the prevention of future climate-fuelled conflicts and using international

Less is more: The Supreme Court should not decide immunity ‘for the ages’

Instead, the court should keep it simple, treat the Trump immunity decision as the easy “non-official” electioneering case that it is, and avoid making a definitive, complicated and time-consuming ruling on presidential immunity for other circumstances.

Emily Blunt Reveals She Did Her Most “Stressful” Stunt in ‘Mary Poppins Returns’

Emily Blunt is revealing what movie she did her most “stressful” stunt in, and her answer may surprise some fans. The Oscar-nominated actress may have been surrounded by death-defying stunts in her latest movie, The Fall Guy, but she recently told People magazine that her

Cease-fire talks to resume in Cairo as Rafah offensive looms

The latest cease-fire negotiations are set against the tense backdrop of a planned Israeli offensive in Rafah and worsening humanitarian conditions across Gaza.

Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: 'Tech bros conflate luck with talent'

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/04/scott-galloway-algebra-of-wealth-pivot-elon-musk Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262438 Points: 20 # Comments: 3

‘SNL’ Makes Fun of JoJo Siwa’s Edgy Rebrand: Like a ‘Figure Skater Joined a Street Gang’ and ‘Mad Max on Broadway’

On “SNL,” a Weekend Update segment playfully poked fun at 20-year-old singer JoJo Siwa’s transformation into an edgier and more adult persona. Chloe Fineman appeared as Siwa at the Weekend Update desk dressed in head-to-toe black glitter and a black body suit, the same outfit

‘SNL’ Weekend Update Trashes Courtroom Trump, Puppy Killer Kristi Noem

Jerry Seinfeld also stops by as "The Man Who Did Too Much Press"

Could Croatia be the most sustainable travel destination in Europe? Its tourism minister hopes so

Shoulder season travel and regional destinations top the Balkan country’s sustainable tourism strategy.

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Jerry Seinfeld Roasts His Excessive ‘Unfrosted’ Press Tour on ‘SNL’: I Used to Be ‘Funny’ and ‘Good Looking’ Like ‘Ryan Gosling’

Jerry Seinfeld joined “Saturday Night Live’s” Weekend Update to make fun of his press tour for his Netflix movie, “Unfrosted,” which chronicles the origin story of the Pop-Tart. Colin Jost introduced Seinfeld as a “man who did too much press” for his Netflix movie, which also

Panama to choose president after front-runner sentenced

The man who led the polls, ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, was found guilty of money-laundering.

Why France is finding vegan croissants hard to stomach

The idea of butter-free patisseries appeals to some but horrifies dairy farmers and traditionalists.

Fake videos of Modi aides trigger political showdown in India election

Russian forces execute surrendering Ukrainian soldiers: Human Rights Watch report

Human Rights Watch said Ukrainian soldiers were "gunned down in cold blood".

‘SNL’ Cold Open Addresses Campus Protests and Riffs on Canceled Graduations

As college campus protests ignite across the U.S. over the Israel-Palestine conflict, “SNL” weighed in with its cold open this week as Kenan Thompson played an incredulous parent of a Columbia University student. Michael Longfellow acted as a reporter for Spectrum News New York

Time-Based CSS Animations

Article URL: https://yuanchuan.dev/time-based-css-animations Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262236 Points: 17 # Comments: 2

Megaconstellations like SpaceX's could weaken Earth's magnetic field, atmosphere

Article URL: https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/controversial-paper-claims-satellite-megaconstellations-like-spacexs-could-weaken-earths-magnetic-field-and-cause-atmospheric-stripping-should-we-be-worried Comments URL:

‘SNL’ Monologue: Not Even Radical Optimist Dua Lipa Can Put a Positive Spin on Kristi Noem Killing Her Puppy

After releasing her new album, Radical Optimism , Lipa had her hands full with the GOP governor

Dua Lipa Explains the Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar Rap Beef on ‘SNL’

Dua Lipa dove deep into the scorching-hot rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar on “Saturday Night Live.” On the latest episode, Lipa appeared alongside Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner and Devon Walker as morning talk show hosts who attempt to explain the diss tracks that have

Judge mulls sanctions over Google's "shocking" destruction of internal chats

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/judge-mulls-sanctions-over-googles-shocking-destruction-of-internal-chats/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262190 Points: 62 # Comments: 59

Latest round of Gaza truce talks expected in Egypt

Talks to strike a Gaza truce were expected to resume Sunday after Hamas rejected any deal that failed to end the war in the Palestinian territory and accused Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu of "personally hindering" an agreement. Negotiators seeking to halt the devastating

Israelis rally for hostage deal as ceasefire talks continue

Tens of thousands protest in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem ahead of further ceasefire negotiations in Cairo.

State police arrest 25 protestors at University of Virginia

State police officers arrested around 25 pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Virginia (UVa.) on Saturday. Saturday was the fifth day of the ongoing protests in Charlottesville, Va., where calls for the school to divest from Israel continued. A group called UVA

Cylon: JavaScript framework for robotics, drones, and the Internet of Things

Article URL: https://github.com/hybridgroup/cylon Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262115 Points: 11 # Comments: 5

Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two

Article URL: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/is-boeing-in-big-trouble-worlds-largest-aerospace-firm-faces-10-more-whistleblowers-after-sudden-death-of-two-101714838675908.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262093 Points: 19 #

Elegant Wind Turbine Blades Made of Wood Can Outperform Composites

Article URL: https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/03/elegant-wind-turbine-blades-made-of-wood-can-outperform-composites/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40262059 Points: 16 # Comments: 5

Ghosts in the Machine 2 [video]

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6hu83yVMlU Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40261985 Points: 7 # Comments: 4

SEQUOIA: Exact Llama2-70B on an RTX4090 with half-second per-token latency

Article URL: https://infini-ai-lab.github.io/Sequoia-Page/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40261965 Points: 76 # Comments: 29

Today's Wordle answer for Sunday, May 5

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2 years after UK poop-engulfed beaches became national scandals, it's even worse

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/england-uk-sewage-poop-beach/index.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40261884 Points: 40 # Comments: 7

‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Star Says Robin Williams Wrote Letter to Principal After She Got Kicked Out of School During Filming

A Mrs. Doubtfire star is sharing how the late Robin Williams went above and beyond for her, both on and off-screen. On a recent episode of the Brotherly Love podcast, alongside her Mrs. Doubtfire co-stars Mara Wilson and Matthew Lawrence, Lisa Jakub, who played Lydia Hillard in

Tunisian town gripped by youth exodus

When Mohamed Lafi vanished at sea one fateful night, it marked yet another tragedy for a Tunisian town struggling with the exodus of its youth. Mohamed's disappearance adds to the deepening despair in El Hencha, situated just 150 kilometres (90 miles) from the Italian island of

Trump campaign says it raised $76 million last month

Former President Trump and the Republican National Committee (RNC) raised over $76 million last month, according to a campaign official. Trump’s advisers, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio, shared that the former president’s political operation is projected to have

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sees profits drop but thousands still want to hear from investing guru

Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become “the growth industry of all time.”

Moving the largest camera from California lab to Andes mountaintop

Article URL: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-move-the-worlds-largest-camera-from-a-california-lab-to-an-andes/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40261705 Points: 24 # Comments: 2

Is Zimbabwe zigzagging into further currency chaos?

Traders suffer a case of déjà-vu as any savings are wiped out with a new currency called the Zig.