New York City Art Shows to See Right Now

Some of our favorite exhibitions, including those by Kader Attia and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, address intimacy and healing, but we're also enjoying Monet.

Despite 'Mixed' Steam reviews and a touch of AI slop, strategy city builder Anno 117: Pax Romana has the best launch in series history

The eighth city builder in the Anno series has become its fastest seller, according to Ubisoft.

Fallout Star Walton Goggins Must Need Money Bad

The actor plays a knock-off version of Jim Carrey's Grinch in Walmart's expensive holiday ad The post Fallout Star Walton Goggins Must Need Money Bad appeared first on Kotaku .

Sabrina Carpenter Makes Her First Sisterly Arrest With Elle and Dakota Fanning

The singer apprehended the duo during her performance of “Juno"

2025 International Documentary Awards Nominations: ‘Apocalypse In the Tropics’ Tops Film Nods

The winners across 13 categories will be revealed at a Dec. 6 ceremony.

The Little Sargent Watercolor That Sold for $7M

The record-breaking sale of the artist’s “Gondolier's Siesta” shows collectors are still willing to wave their paddles for a truly exquisite specimen.

How the viral Baby Shark video created a $400m business

Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.

New AI Model Captures the Milky Way in Stunning Detail

Researchers gain a hi-def view of galactic activity with an assist from a deep-learning surrogate The post New AI Model Captures the Milky Way in Stunning Detail appeared first on Nautilus .

Overwatch fans are desperately trying to solve a mystery with its newest hero, but Blizzard already revealed the answer

Blizzard didn't do a great job at keeping this a secret.

Making Dark Chocolate Hilarious

Dark chocolate is very serious business. That’s why this ad for Bournville dark chocolate, which takes aim at dark chocolate snobbery, is so funny. This one is so intense. It comes with a list of side effects. Mine comes with a therapist. To the uneducated palette, this

Jacques-Louis David Knew That Style Is Political

Where art history is a subjective observer, he was on an active quest for the representational form for the “truth.”

Trump approval sinks to second-term low of 38 percent: Reuters/Ipsos poll

President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to a second-term low, according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday found Trump’s approval sitting at 38 percent, down 9 points from the beginning of the president’s second term, when it was at 47 percent. In recent

Ace Frehley’s Custom ‘Smoker’ Guitar From His Last Kiss Tour Is Headed to Auction

The custom Les Paul the late guitarist used during the band's 2000-2001 Farewell Tour will be sold via Gotta Have Rock and Roll

Daniel Radcliffe Wrote a Letter to New ‘Harry Potter’ Actor and Got ‘Sent a Very Sweet Note Back’: ‘I Just Want to Hug’ HBO’s New Cast

Daniel Radcliffe revealed on “Good Morning America” that he wrote a letter directly to Dominic McLaughlin after the child star was cast as the new Harry Potter in HBO’s television series reboot. Radcliffe will forever be associated with the franchise after playing Harry in

What the east-up view means for Indo-Pacific regional stability

General Xavier T. Brunson’s recent article, “The East-Up Map: Revealing Hidden Strategic Advantages in the Indo-Pacific” has quickly become a major point of discussion in South Korea. In the article, the commander of all US forces on the peninsula argues that South Korea has

Drowning in the Light of Monet’s Venice

Venice turned out to be the ideal environment for the artist to explore the relationship between water and light that long preoccupied him.

Goldman Sachs employees shocked after exec caught up in Epstein scandal sends tone-deaf email

"The fact they’d put her name on this after last week’s emails ... it's beyond offensive," one insider said of Goldman Sachs' Kathy Ruemmler.

Met Museum Returns Buddhist Painting Taken During Korean War

It’s the latest in a series of high-profile repatriations for the New York institution.

BBC apologizes to Kate Middleton after name mix-up

The BBC has a long history with the royal family and has a royal liaison officer who helps it with royal coverage

Tech giant seeking $1.7bn from Mike Lynch's estate after yacht death

Hewlett-Packard is seeking payment from the estate of Mike Lynch, who died when his yacht sank last year.

House demands Epstein financial records from JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and US Virgin Islands

Microsoft Warns That Windows 11 AI Might Install Malware On Your PC

The upcoming AI agents will have to be turned on by users and I'd advise you not to do that The post Microsoft Warns That Windows 11 AI Might Install Malware On Your PC appeared first on Kotaku .

Apple's 1991 Macintosh shipped with a bug that should've stopped it from booting, but no one ever knew because an undocumented CPU trick 'almost too crazy to be true' miraculously made it work

And it's all thanks to the MAME emulator.

Almost half of Oregon elk population carries advantageous genetic variant against chronic wasting disease, study shows

Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD has now reached Idaho near the Oregon border, causing concern for the Columbian white-tailed

Bird flu cases are on the rise again, including 2 million turkeys: Will that affect Thanksgiving dinner?

Out on his farm in Dundee Township, Cliff McConville sees geese landing in the fields where his turkeys and chickens graze. It's a sight that often unnerves poultry producers, as migratory waterfowl carry and spread a highly infectious strain of bird flu that has been resurging

ESPN angers fans with YouTubeTV fight; FIFA takes Kennedy Center; Why is Collinsworth upset?

Disney’s carrier dispute with YouTubeTV might be settled for now, but the war between legacy media companies and major streamers over live sports is far from over. The two-week dispute, which kept top NFL and college football games off the screens of some 10 million

Rust's 'Pivot or Die' update was meant to shake up the meta, but it's a nightmare for solo survivors that leaves me no choice but to die

Is 'pivot' code for 'join a clan'?

Senate unanimously approves bill to force release of Epstein files

The Senate agreed by unanimous consent Tuesday to approve a House-passed bill to require the Justice Department to release all unclassified records and documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sending the bill to President Trump’s desk for a signature. The

Monster Hunter is getting a Magic: The Gathering collab, and I think I speak for all fans of cool lizard art when I say: Hell yeah

Shoutout to the dozen Yian Garuga enthusiasts who just had their day made.

Kesha Looks Back at Her Debut 15 Years Later: ‘What A Fearless Bad Bitch!”

Kesha is ready to embrace her earliest music again: 'I'm like the dopamine doula to the drunk people on the dance floor'

Megabonk developer withdraws from 'Best Debut Indie Game' nomination at The Game Awards for a pretty good reason: 'It's not my debut game'

Vedinad says they've previously released games under other studio names.

Stranded whale euthanized after failed rescue attempt off Oregon coast

Young humpback whale was found washed ashore and individuals had rallied together to try to help A humpback whale stranded off the coast of Oregon was euthanized on Monday following a failed rescue attempt from several organizations and agencies. On Saturday, the young whale

A Definitive Music Lover’s Gift Guide: Record Players, Books, Speakers, Vinyl and More

There are countless gift options for the music lover in your life, whether it’s a high-end speaker, a swanky vinyl storage solution or some quality guitar picks. Variety has curated this list of the best music books, merchandise and listening devices — as well as instruments

Enzyme-free approach gently detaches cells from culture surfaces

Anchorage-dependent cells are cells that require physical attachment to a solid surface, such as a culture dish, to survive, grow, and reproduce. In the biomedical industry, and others, having the ability to culture these cells is crucial, but current techniques used to

Trump administration issuing $1B loan to bolster Three Mile Island restart

The Trump administration is issuing a $1 billion loan to help finance the restart of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. Three Mile Island was the name of a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, one of whose reactors partially melted down in 1979, becoming one of the

O2 Arena London Apologizes For Confiscating Lorde Concertgoers’ Palestine Shirts

Considering Lorde has quite literally yelled " free fucking Palestine " mid-song during her Ultrasound world tour, I don't think she has an issue when fans show up to her shows wearing Palestine shirts. And yet, at the singer's show at London's O2 Arena Sunday night, two

Diné Weaver Venancio Aragón Dyes Wool With Kool-Aid

The Diné weaver and teacher reimagines pre-trading-post-era weaving techniques, continually coloring his practice with new aesthetic and material horizons.

Venezuela's president says he's ready for direct talks with Washington

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered talks with Washington as President Trump refuses to rule out sending troops into the country, raising tensions across the region.

Valve accidentally steps on the make-up deal it offered to the indie game whose 2024 release was ruined by a Steam bug: 'I really get the feeling that Planet Centauri is cursed'

Permadeath's sci-fi sandbox game was showcased as a Steam Daily Deal on November 12—the same day Valve announced the Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller.

Duckworth fires staffer accused of pretending to be lawyer at ICE facility

Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has fired a staffer accused by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of misrepresenting himself as the attorney of a detained undocumented migrant, Fox News reported Monday. Duckworth, in a letter to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons obtained by

Edward O. Wilson in 2009: “The real problem of humanity is the...

Edward O. Wilson in 2009 : “The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

13 killed in Israeli strike on Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

The IDF said it targeted a Hamas training facility in southern Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh. The attack could put pressure on the tenuous ceasefire in Gaza.

Bob Dylan Fanpage Creator Says It Got Him Banned From Glasgow Show

Last year Daniel Hildebrand started Daily Dylan, a series of social media accounts devoted to Bob Dylan fandom. The account has more than 55,000 followers on Instagram and 48,000 on Facebook; there's also a Daily Dylan presence on Twitter, Bluesky, and Substack, plus occasional

Slotkin, Kelly lead Democrats in military, intelligence appeal: 'You can refuse illegal orders'

A coalition of Democratic lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds urged servicemembers and those in the intelligence community to defy any illegal orders. The video, which is edited to show multiple lawmakers reading one statement, comes as President Trump has

Why mysterious structures within Earth's mantle hold clues to life here

For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so vast and unusual that they defy conventional models of planetary evolution.

New Utah congressional map puts Republicans in a bind

House votes to release the Epstein files: 5 takeaways

The House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday afternoon to force a release of files relating to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, capping a saga of high political drama and moving the measure along to the Senate. The final tally was 427-1, with only Rep. Clay Higgins

Megabonk dev rejects The Game Awards nomination, says vote for other indies

Vedinad, the developer behind Vampire Survivors-inspired Steam roguelike Megabonk, says he's withdrawing his nomination from The Game Awards 2025.