Restaurant giant Landry’s Inc., owned by Texas mega-billionaire Tilman Fertitta, is buying bankrupt Fireman Hospitality Group for $22 million -- a deal that’s poised rescue the company’s three most iconic venues from recent business woes.
Musk says special committees within both companies have been formed to look at a possible mega-merger.
Shrek 2 Remastered launches in November 2026 with 4K visuals, online co-op and updated graphics, Aspyr confirms.
And it could shed light on the evolutionary origins of disgust The post Primates Also Become Germophobes After Living Through a Viral Outbreak appeared first on Nautilus .
On Tuesday, US District Judge Zachary Bluestone dismissed the lawsuit Ann Altman filed last year alleging that her brother, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, had sexually abused her throughout her childhood. As reported earlier by The Guardian, the judge wrote that over the last year, Ann
Mike Flanagan discusses his Warhammer 40,000 TV adaptation, the franchise's lore and why it's harder to tackle than Stephen King's novels.
People are more likely to mimic — or even surpass — rule breakers than rule followers, a study finds. But real-world consequences may keep people in line.
SpaceX shares surged in after-hours trading Tuesday after the rocket and satellite giant reported a whopping 161% jump in quarterly revenue -- fueled by an AI business that has overtaken its Starlink internet service as the company's biggest moneymaker.
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Can existing laws take on AI? Trump is betting on it. The Trump administration is relying on existing criminal and civil laws to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents. But legal
SYDNEY, Oct 21 - The man who allegedly rammed his car into Australian lawmaker Helen Haines outside her electoral office will appear in court on Wednesday after being charged with three offences, in an attack authorities say was deliberate.
Prolonged space travel can wreak havoc on the circulatory system The post Are Our Hearts Strong Enough to Get to Mars? appeared first on Nautilus .
In Haute-Corse, a person went missing in Ghisonaccia on Tuesday evening; another was found dead in Saint-Mitre-les-Remparts in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Another longtime Bay Area favorite is being sunk by soaring rent, and its landlord is none other than the city itself.
The loans come as Republican Senate candidates have struggled to fundraise this cycle — and as the party has boasted about its large cash advantage.
Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance said on Tuesday that the Trump administration was giving right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley $10,000 and launching a $25 million bounty program for members of the public to report fraud. In December 2025, Shirley published a viral video
Amazon and UA have greenlit the untitled feature and set a release for late 2027.
Álvaro Urbano presents an homage to the innovations of Casa Cueva, an icon of modernist Mexican architecture. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article
Americans are more likely to assume the executives heading up the largest technology firms are Republican, marking a drastic shift in perception of what was once known as a liberal Silicon Valley, according to a new poll. In a new poll published by Politico on Monday, American
The FAA has approved Boeing’s 737 Max 10 for passenger service after years of delays, with deliveries of the 230-seat jet set for 2027.
Google is bringing Personal Intelligence to Gemini AI in your car. With this update, Gemini in Android Auto and cars with Google built-in can tap into your information across Google apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Maps, Photos, YouTube, and Search. As an example, Google says
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) is pushing for a six-year pause on electricity rate hikes in the commonwealth as part of a merger between NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy. Spanberger on Monday filed expert testimony with the State Corporation Commission (SCC), urging it
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic booked a staggering $80.7 billion net loss in the first half of 2026 -- mostly from accounting charges -- as it warned that growing opposition to data centers could threaten its business.
A new viral video targeting Amy Acton is roiling the increasingly ugly Ohio governor’s race, where the Democrat is running against GOP nominee Vivek Ramaswamy. The clip features Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling the Democrat “a liar” and urging Ohioans to vote
American farmers reeling from record-high diesel prices are getting $8 billion in relief from the Trump administration.
Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have decided to declare support for Saudi Arabia, but differing interests, alongside mutual suspicion and the American avoidance of intervention, will make it difficult for them to coordinate against the Houthis
They're saying Fallbearers isn't a real show, but it is a game, and it's blessedly AI-free
Shenzhen is accelerating improvements to visitor services and urban safety as it prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November. But which changes will endure after world leaders leave?
Billionaire hedge funder Bill Ackman says the Democratic Party is in the worst shape in its history – and thinks likely 2028 presidential contenders like Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are “disasters.”
India is inserting itself deeper into the global electronics supply chain. Has that progress been worth what taxpayers have paid for? Andy Mukherjee weighs in for Bloomberg Opinion.
Oscar-winning costume designer Sandy Powell is set to present this year’s Film London Jarman Award on Nov. 24, where she will also be the guest of honor. Powell frequently collaborated and was mentored by Derek Jarman, whom the award was established in honor of in 2008 to
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma announced planned layoffs affecting 3,200 staffers over the course of Microsoft's 2027 fiscal year,
Still rated E for Everyone by the ESRB, though.
Erik von Detten, the former Disney star known for his roles in “The Princess Diaries” and “Brink!” is facing a lawsuit alleging elder abuse and fraud after an elderly couple claimed he persuaded them to invest more than $2 million of their retirement savings in significantly
Dispatches from open studios events across town and the Tompkins Square Dog Halloween Parade.
From Wrath of God to Cyclonic Rift, these are the spells that turn crowded battlefields into devastation.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) are the latest among several officials across the country who have reported receiving suspicious packages at their offices ahead of the midterm elections. Ocasio-Cortez released a statement Tuesday evening
India has repeatedly dismissed such criticism and cast it as interference in the country's internal affairs.
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 - UN experts called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into Indian authorities' conduct in a recent crackdown on protests, where they said demonstrators had sustained injuries and some reported being subjected to ill-treatment.
In a victory for data privacy, a federal court in New York definitively ruled that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) violated the law when it disclosed millions of federal employee records to DOGE agents. In a summary judgment ruling issued on October 20, 2026, the court
CAIRO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Iran has not received a response from Saudi Arabia or Yemen's Houthis to its offer to help broker talks to end the fighting between them, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a television interview aired on Tuesday. Araqchioffered to help
A federal judge ruled Monday that North Carolina is permitted to keep its strict mail-in ballot rules in place for November’s election, which were changed just before ballots were mailed in September. In the ruling, Judge Thomas D. Shroeder wrote that it was too close to the
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story How bond yields are slowing AI-fueled stock rally Bond yields in the U.S. have risen this year, slowing down a stock market that has risen for years on the back
I remember this 90s TV commercial for 93.7 The Edge , a Minnesota alternative radio station, very well. It features very non-alternative old people reciting lyrics like “bow down before the one you serve” and “Winona’s got herself a big brown beaver”.
After a five-decade career with BMI, Barbara Cane has announced that she will retire from the company at the end of this year. While she is leaving her current role as BMI’s Vice President of Worldwide Creative, Cane has agreed to serve in an advisory capacity to BMI, working
The Trump administration is taking the position that existing criminal and civil laws will be enough to hold artificial intelligence developers accountable in an age of unpredictable AI agents, even as legal experts question whether this will suffice. President Trump’s
Opus 5.5 continues to wreak havoc among independent devs.
Tesla and SpaceX have formed special committees to discuss a possible merger, Elon Musk said during the latter's third quarter earnings call Tuesday. Musk, who serves as CEO of both companies, said the special committees were formed at the request of shareholders and consist of
The word disruptor is a vividly descriptive one, and it’s almost always applied to an individual. But it doesn’t have to be. Take the rule-busting, category-smashing, one-of-a-kind-because-you’ve-never-seen-anything-of-its-kind “You Can See Everything,” a movie that in one
