Republicans tried to snag Jack Smith on technicalities. But they didn’t engage with the facts.

Instead of focusing on the crux of the former special counsel’s Trump cases, GOP House members questioned him on process.

Capital One is buying startup Brex for $5.15 billion in credit card firm's latest deal

It Took An Xbox Showcase To Get A Rare Look Inside The Makers Of Pokémon

Game Freak appeared on Xbox’s stream to talk about Beast of Reincarnation The post It Took An Xbox Showcase To Get A Rare Look Inside The Makers Of Pokémon appeared first on Kotaku .

Ex-Goldman banker in 1MDB scandal asks Trump for pardon: report

Leissner filed his pardon application with the Department of Justice last year, according to a report. He is scheduled to surrender to a federal prison in Southern California next month.

Oscars: Can ‘Sinners’ Win the Best Picture Battle? Yes, It Can.

Oscar season is never boring. It was a record-breaking morning for Oscar nominations — and in a season where casual awards watchers were ready to call the race back in September after the debut of Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another,” we now find ourselves staring

Zelenskyy takes the floor in Davos - All you need to know about day three

Our correspondents on the ground bring you all the highlights of the third and final day of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

How to unlock dailies in Arknights: Endfield

Arknights Endfield dailies unlock after you reach a certain point, and the rewards you get for completing dailies are worth the wait

Game Freak Addresses Your Valid Concern About How Its Non-Pokémon RPG Will Run

Beast in Reincarnation looks pretty ambitious, especially given Game Freak’s track record The post Game Freak Addresses Your Valid Concern About How Its Non-Pokémon RPG Will Run appeared first on Kotaku .

America’s best and worst airlines for 2025 revealed in new rankings

The Wall Street Journal’s 18th annual airline scorecard named the Dallas-based carrier Southwest Airlines the top performer.

A new optical centrifuge is helping physicists probe the mysteries of superfluids

Physicists have used a new optical centrifuge to control the rotation of molecules suspended in liquid helium nano-droplets, bringing them a step closer to demystifying the behavior of exotic, frictionless superfluids.

Clipse, Pharrell Williams to Perform at 2026 Grammy Awards

"I like to think that we slammed the door on ageism in hip-hop," Malice recently told us

A desperate race is on to resurrect newly-named 'zombie' tree

A recently identified tree species in Queensland has been given the name "zombie" by scientists who say ambitious assistance is needed to reverse its "living dead" status.

Growth chambers could enable reproducible plant-microbe data across continents

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to study plant microbiomes—communities of microbes living in and around plants—could help improve soil health, boost crop yields, and restore degraded lands. But there's a catch: AI needs massive amounts of reliable data to learn

‘Hannah Montana’ Creator Denies Being Inspired by ‘The Lizzie McGuire Movie’

The comment comes after Hilary Duff suggested that the Miley Cyrus-led series took inspiration from its predecessor

Amplifying feedbacks could drive Greenland ice sheet to near-complete disappearance

Greenland, which has been prominently in the news in recent days, hosts a vast ice sheet. If it melts, it will become one of the largest contributors to global sea-level rise. Under a high-emissions scenario, the Greenland Ice Sheet is expected to largely disappear over time,

Nicola L.’s Soft Power

The late artist’s playful “functional sculptures” nod to second-wave feminism, but make a broader statement about resistance through collaboration.

The commercialization of the West African coast's slavery heritage

Along West Africa's slave coast, a painful past is being preserved — and marketed — raising questions about memory, tourism and profit.

Fugees’ Pras Michel Denied Bail As He Appeals Foreign Influence Conviction, 14-Year Sentence

Musician granted two-month delay of prison surrender date to appeal bail matter with higher court

Ms. Rachel Apologizes for Liking Antisemitic Instagram Comment: ‘I’m a Human Who Makes Mistakes’

Rachel Accurso, the prominent children’s entertainer known as Ms. Rachel, came under fire after screenshots circulated online that showed her Instagram account liking a comment that read, “Free america from the Jews.” The antisemitic comment appeared under a now-deleted post

Heroic former PC Gamer writer creates a script to banish all the AI features from Google Chrome

Just the Browser removes a bunch of AI cruft and telemetry garbage, and it's incredibly easy to use. It supports Firefox and Edge, too!

Bank of America, Citigroup may offer credit cards at 10% rate in bid to appease Trump: report

“We’re working hard,” Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan said during a Bloomberg TV interview Thursday, nodding to calls for affordability. “We’re trying to come up with solutions.”

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95....

Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95 . “Her painstaking calculations and programming helped transform raw satellite data into precise geodetic models, enabling reliable satellite-based navigation.”

Bigger than K-pop: E-sports is serious business in South Korea

The country’s game industry has been outstripping the combined export value of K-pop, dramas, movies and books for years.

The First Person to Get Hit by Space Junk

Decades later, extraterrestrial rubbish is quickly piling up The post The First Person to Get Hit by Space Junk appeared first on Nautilus .

FF7 Remake on Xbox highlights Rebirth's biggest shortcoming

Revisiting FF7 Remake for its Xbox Series X debut highlights how its character-first pacing gives it an emotional edge over Rebirth.

Study reveals why light-driven chemical reactions often lose energy before bond-breaking

Florida State University researchers have discovered a pathway within a certain type of molecule that limits chemical reactions by redirecting light energy. The study could enable development of more efficient reactions for pharmaceuticals and other products.

Mickey Rourke and Money: The Story of a Troubled Relationship

The fallen star wasn’t ready for the closeup on his financial woes, but he’s been here before. And his embattled manager says hope — a much-needed payday— is on the horizon.

Education Department says New York school violated Title VI over Native American mascot change

The Education Department accused a New York school district of violating a civil rights law by changing its Native American mascot to match state law, which the department said amounted to discrimination. Connetquot Central School District, on Long Island, changed its mascot

The Sims 4's most notorious sex mod gets launched 400,000 times a day, which is more people than I realized were even playing The Sims every day

One of The Sims 4's biggest mods is putting up numbers a triple-A game would be jealous of.

NASA and families of fallen astronauts mark 40th anniversary of space shuttle Challenger accident

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident gathered back at the launch site Thursday to mark that tragic day 40 years ago.

Trump appoints Rubio head of US effort to secure 2035 World Expo

President Trump on Thursday appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to chair the United States’ bid for the 2035 World Expo. The job can now be added to the growing list of Trump administration roles for the secretary. Rubio also serves as acting administrator of the U.S.

Trump’s ‘master plan’ for Gaza contrasts with reality on the ground

Jared Kushner presented a vision for Gaza at the World Economic Forum in Davos that included high-rises, data centers and little input from Palestinians.

Stingrays inspire smarter ocean robots: The physics of fin motion

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could help underwater vehicles avoid disastrous ground collisions.

Accessing water on Mars: Examining the best technologies for future missions

A new study has examined how future human missions to Mars could access one of the planet's most vital resources—water. The "Martian aqua: occurrence of water and appraisal of acquisition technologies" paper, published in the Advances in Space Research journal, presents a

New tools measure 'woke' attitudes on both left and right political spectrums

Oskari Lahtinen, Senior Researcher at the INVEST Research Flagship Center at the University of Turku in Finland, has developed validated tools for studying "woke" attitudes on both the political left and the political right.

Copper-carrying compound targets and kills MRSA bacteria by mimicking iron

A research team at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson is developing a drug that works in combination with copper to kill bacteria, including those that cause MRSA, a type of staph infection that is resistant to usual treatments. The team's research is

How China can meet its rapidly growing cooling demand without heating the planet

China's rising demand for cooling doesn't have to drive rising temperatures. A recent study shows how rapid shifts to cleaner refrigerants and high-efficiency technologies could cut cooling-related climate impacts to near zero by mid-century. The work is published in the

Trump taps Joint Chiefs adviser as top Venezuela diplomat

President Trump tapped a foreign policy adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the United States's top diplomat in Venezuela as the administration looks to control the country's oil industry following its capture of Venezuela’s strongman, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this month.

Clint Bentley Says Joel Edgerton Oscar Snub Makes ‘Train Dreams’ Best Picture Nod “Bittersweet”

"The film being recognized is in large part because of him," says the writer and director of the Netflix period drama.

Al Gore booed Howard Lutnick during Davos speech

Former Vice President Al Gore on Tuesday booed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick during his speech at a VIP dinner in Davos, Switzerland. The Financial Times reported the dinner "descended into uproar after combative remarks from Lutnick," with European Central Bank President

Researchers seek worldwide solutions to conserve coral reefs

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they are essential for food supply, culture and recreation and coastal protection from hurricanes for communities around the world and even contain a vast

US military assets heading to Middle East even as Trump backs off toughest Iran rhetoric

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets will arrive in the Middle East region in the coming days, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, even as U.S. President Donald Trump voices hopes of avoiding new military action against

You can get Enshrouded Twitch Drops today, tomorrow, and next month—even for that one outfit you missed years ago

Nothing stands between me and a fluffy hoodie.

ATLAS confirms collective nature of quark soup's radial expansion

Scientists analyzing data from heavy ion collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)—the world's most powerful particle collider, located at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research—have new evidence that a pattern of "flow" observed in particles streaming from

Sony Pictures Execs Caught Bashing Blake Lively in Baldoni Court Docs: ‘She Orchestrated All This Drama in a Totally Unsavvy and Amateur Way’

Dozens of text and email conversations from the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni PR dumpster fire have become public thanks to ongoing the legal battle between the “It Ends With Us” star and director. This week, global spectators read exhibits from a New York district court

Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 episode 4 is the anime's most cathartic (and visually inventive) entry yet

Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 episode 4 of the latest season etches an operatic revenge arc for a fan-favorite character.

‘The Last First: Winter K2’ Review: A Mountain-Climbing Documentary With More Tragedy Than Vertigo

"The Last First" is not a story of unabashed glory like those previous climb-every-mountain documentaries. Here the glory is threaded with human folly. During the 2020-2021 attempt to climb K2, a total of five climbers died. "The Last First" is a revealing look at how they

How Growing Up at Sundance and Around Robert Redford Taught Me That Art Could Shape Culture

I can’t believe we are about to embark on our last Sundance in Utah. Before Covid, I attended the festival every year of my life. Sundance — and Robert Redford — were more than inspirations for my pursuit of a life in the arts. They shaped my entire worldview about the value of

Beyond Good & Evil 2 ‘Remains A Priority For Us,’ Ubisoft Says

The long-awaited sequel has survived the recent cancellation of multiple Ubisoft games The post Beyond Good & Evil 2 ‘Remains A Priority For Us,’ Ubisoft Says appeared first on Kotaku .

Vundabar Announce Deluxe Edition Of Surgery And Pleasure: Hear “Death Punch”

On last year’s Surgery And Pleasure, the Boston indie band Vundabar pulled in elements from all over the alt-rock spectrum, landing on a punchy, effervescent post-punk/new wave aesthetic that still left room for power ballads like “I Need You.” The record was pretty poppy in