Nicki Minaj Not A Fan Of AI-Powered ‘Super Bass’ ’70s-Style Cover

Nicki Minaj's 2010 hit "Super Bass" became the latest rap song to be reinvented as an older version of itself using A.I.; to results the star wasn't fond of.

White House hits back at Stefanik after she blasts Biden in Israel

The White House hit back against House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) speech before the Israeli government’s legislative body on Sunday, when she attacked President Biden for his policy approach to Israel and the war in Gaza. In a statement, White House

‘The Substance’ Review: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in a Visionary Feminist Body-Horror Film That Takes Cosmetic Enhancement to Extremes

Shocking and resonant, disarmingly grotesque and also weirdly fun, "The Substance" is a feminist body-horror film that should be seen in movie theaters all over the world.

At Umana Bali, you can have an unforgettable time without ever leaving your villa

The all-villa Umana Bali sits on a sprawling 10-hectare plot of land with cliffside ocean views.

Perfect start to IJF World Judo Tour in Abu Dhabi

The IJF World Judo Tour has arrived in the United Arab Emirates for the eagerly anticipated 2024 edition of the World Championships, and a chance for the names of the world's greatest judoka to be written into the history books.

A24 Acquires U.S. Rights for Ruben Östlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’

A24 acquired the U.S. rights to Ruben Östlund’s The Entertainment System Is Down this weekend. The eight-figure deal gives A24 U.S. distribution rights to what will be the Swedish film director’s second English-language movie, after 2022’s Triangle of Sadness. The latter won

How to Watch the ‘American Idol’ Season 22 Finale (and Katy Perry’s Farewell) Online Free

The latest winner of “American Idol” will be crowned tonight as the long-running singing competition show bids farewell to judge Katy Perry. Want to watch the “American Idol” finale live? The episode airs tonight, Sunday, May 19, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC. You can watch the

Biden addresses NAACP in Detroit: Watch live

President Biden will give remarks Sunday at a campaign event with the NAACP in Detroit, Mich., following his commencement speech at Morehouse College, where the president made his first appearance on a college campus since the start of the student-led protests amid the

Stefanik blasts Biden in speech to Israel's Knesset

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) harshly denounced President Biden’s policy toward Israel during a speech to the country’s parliament, the Knesset, on Sunday in Tel Aviv. Stefanik, the highest-ranking Republican to visit Israel since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, blasted

Unprojecting Text with Ellipses (2016)

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Beating Jeff's 3.14 Ghz Raspberry Pi 5

Article URL: https://jonatron.github.io/randomstuff/pivolt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409718 Points: 11 # Comments: 0

Meteor Just Seen in Portugal

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1cva6j6/meteor_just_seen_in_portugal_23h45/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409710 Points: 48 # Comments: 9

Trae Tha Truth Jumps Into Action To Support Those Affected By Recent Houston Storms

Trae Tha Truth has spent the weekend helping Houstonians impacted by a spate of storms that has left seven people dead, with more weather concerns looming.

Prayers and concern in Iran as Raisi's helicopter remains missing

Fear and worry weighed on Iran Sunday as the Islamic republic waited for news on the fate of President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter went missing in a foggy mountain area. Thousands of Muslim faithful prayed for his safe return in mosques nationwide -- including amid the

Cannes film follows Egypt feminists on brink of adulthood

Filmmakers Nada Riyadh and Ayman El Amir spent so much time following an all-girl theatre troupe in a remote Egyptian village that at one point someone tried to sell them a house. "He thought we were always there so we might as well live there," Riyadh told AFP after the

Speedier Wall Street Trades Are Putting Global Finance On Edge

Taiwan swears in new president, stands up to Chinese aggression

Lai Ching-te has vowed to continue Taiwan’s defense and foreign policy of avoiding tensions with China while also standing up for the island democracy’s freedoms.

Here are the 7 states most likely to flip in the Biden-Trump race

The looming November rematch between President Biden and former President Trump could be decided by just a handful of states. Six months out from Election Day, all eyes are on seven toss-up states — Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

The Toilet Theory of the Internet

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/05/google-generative-ai-search-toilet-theory/678411/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409671 Points: 19 # Comments: 7

We don't have to live like this: you can set Chrome to default to Google's new nonsense-free 'Web' search, which also completely bypasses that awful AI answer box

Web search is great, and it's not too hard to set it to be your default.

Trump suggests he could be a 3-term president if he wins election

Former President Trump suggested Saturday that he could be considered a three-term president if he clinches a win next November. Speaking to the National Rifle Association (NRA) on Saturday, Trump questioned whether he would be a two- or three-term president if he secures a win

Biden says supports 'peaceful' Gaza protests

Biden's comments come following major pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities which in some campuses saw students suspended, and arrested by police.

Operation CHARM: Car repair manuals for everyone

Article URL: https://charm.li/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409588 Points: 5 # Comments: 0

Marco Rubio clashes with Kristen Welker over accepting the 2024 election results

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Sunday refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results, instead pinning the blame on Democrats for creating doubts about election credibility. When asked on NBC News's "Meet the Press" whether he would accept this year's election outcome

Sergei Loznitsa’s ‘The Invasion’ Picked Up for France Following Cannes Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)

Atoms & Void, the Netherlands-based production and sales company run by Sergei Loznitsa and Maria Choustova, has closed a French sale on Loznitsa’s most recent feature documentary “The Invasion,” which premiered on Thursday as a Special Screening in Cannes. Potemkine Films has

Box Office: ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Hits $237 Million Globally, ‘IF’ Nears $60 Million

Disney and 20th Century’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” conquered the international box office again with $40.6 million in its second weekend of release. So far, the fourth chapter in the “Apes” reboot franchise has generated $136 million overseas and $237 million

The stock market's bull rally could last another 5 years, but it'll end in a 'spectacular bursting of a bubble,' veteran tech investor Gene Munster says

Out with the old: Blue- and white- collar job labels aren't cutting it anymore, says researcher

The old way of classifying jobs as blue- or white-collar is no longer relevant in Canada's modern labor market. Our 21st century economy and workforce are too complex to boil jobs and work categories down to a simple blue- or white-collar contrast.

Unicode (1889)

Article URL: https://archive.org/details/unicodeuniversa00unkngoog Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409528 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

Lawmakers push to speed up NYC casino licenses timetable: ‘We’re leaving $2B on the table’

Two state lawmakers say it's time to roll the dice on awarding casino licenses in the New York City area and are backing a bill that would speed up the current much-criticized timetable.

North Korea's bizarre, post-modern cityscapes

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/pictures/architecture-control-north-koreas-bizarre-post-modern-cityscapes-2024-05-19/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409509 Points: 31 # Comments: 26

A24 Closing U.S. Rights Deal on Ruben Ostlund’s ‘The Entertainment System Is Down’

A24 is closing an eight-figure deal to acquire the U.S. rights to Ruben Östlund’s “The Entertainment System Is Down,” Variety has confirmed. The deal was struck between A24 and Paris-based Co-Production Office, which launched international sales for the project at the Cannes

Lower Fifth Avenue retail scene thriving after several high-profile leases, expansions

Manhattan’s retail scene is such a mixed bag as to defy generalization.

Key moments in the life and presidency of Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi

The 63-year-old hard-liner is widely seen as a protégé and trusted confidant of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Stanford CS231n: Convolutional Neural Networks for Visual Recognition

Article URL: https://cs231n.github.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409405 Points: 43 # Comments: 3

New Docuseries Digs Up Pompeii’s Lost Histories

Pompeii: The New Dig on PBS follows a group of archaeologists involved in the largest excavation at the ancient site in a generation.

How Can Grantmakers Support Artists of Color?

Those of us in arts philanthropy need to redouble our efforts to fund artists and organizations of color and sharpen our grantmaking practices to advance racial justice.

New rules for NSW polluters to require ‘credible’ plan for mitigating climate impact

Exclusive: EPA chief executive says ‘foundational’ rule changes put climate impacts ‘front and centre' of planning process Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast New coalmines, gas fields

Why Are Hiroshige’s Woodblock Prints Still So Moving?

The artist subverts the status system of 19th-century Japan, foreshadowing the impact of modernization and industrialization.

Seattle International Film Festival Awards Top Honors to ‘Sing Sing,’ ‘Gloria!’

The 50th Annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) wrapped up on Sunday and announced the winners of the 2024 Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards. The festival began on May 9 and screened 261 films representing 84 countries with “62% of the

Meringue Philosophy

Article URL: https://meringue.readthedocs.io/en/latest/meringue_philosophy.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40409309 Points: 14 # Comments: 1

Bezos's Blue Origin sends first crew to edge of space since 2022

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’s rocket company, sent its first crew into space in nearly two years, after a failed, uncrewed test flight in 2022 temporarily grounded passenger flights. The New Shepard rocket successfully completed its 25th mission into space Sunday. The 10-minute