Stop Killing Games bill passes first vote in California
After making headway in the U.K. and EU, the Stop Killing Games movement is gaining ground in the U.S with a bill in California.
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Ex-CNN reporter blasts Jill Biden over new memoir: ‘Act of supreme selfishness’
“With her memoir, Biden has essentially confirmed the speculation that she was part of a cover-up,” Nia-Malika Henderson Henderson wrote on Friday.
A 'stupid, futile waste of lives': The empty triumph of Israel's latest conquest in Lebanon
'Beaufort is in our hands!' a government minister exulted, when Israel captured a Crusader fortress it once occupied for 18 years. For Joseph Cedar, who directed an Oscar-nominated film about the last days of the IDF outpost there, it is a cursed mountain – but for Netanyahu,
Sweden eases rules for teenage migrants facing deportation, migration minister says
Following a large influx of asylum seekers in Sweden in 2015, successive left- and right-wing governments have tightened asylum rules.
China and Brazil should 'jointly fend off' challenges, Beijing says
BEIJING, June 1 - China and Brazil should \"jointly fend off external challenges\", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Brazilian counterpart, Mauro Vieira, during a meeting in Beijing on Monday, according to a statement released by the Chinese ministry.
‘Plane’ and ‘The Bricklayer’ Actor Oliver Trevena Joins Felicity Jones and Vincent Cassel in Agatha Christie Mystery-Thriller ‘Eleven Missing Days’ (EXCLUSIVE)
“Plane” and “The Bricklayer” actor Oliver Trevena has joined Felicity Jones and Vincent Cassel in the upcoming noir mystery-thriller “Eleven Missing Days.” The film tells the true story of Christie (being played by Jones) who, at the height of her fame, became front-page news
Can cities keep pace with growing populations?
Housing, climate resilience and urban development took centre stage at the 13th Session of the World Urban Forum, where delegates exchanged ideas and practical solutions for the challenges facing cities worldwide.
Tehran suspended negotiations via mediators with US, Iranian media says
Iran has suspended all indirect talks with the US and announced it would pursue “complete closure of Strait of Hormuz”, accusing Israel of "continuing crimes" in Lebanon and stating that any ceasefire breach on one front breaks the truce in general.
Strava blames zero-code AI apps and scrapers as it tightens API access
The popular fitness-tracking platform, Strava, is restricting access to its API as part of efforts to clamp down on AI scraping, as reported earlier by TechCrunch. Developers who want to build an app using Strava's features now need to pay for a flat $11.99 / month
Former BioWare producer says we could be saved from a world where there's 'no AAA games that aren't live services' by looking to movies
Hello, Hollywood.
How a 10-Minute Short Film Landed Luke Barnett a Role in ‘Dark Winds,’ a Feature in Development and More: ‘It’s Had a Far Greater Impact Than Anything Else I’ve Done’
“I don’t know that I will ever make something else that has had that effect on people,” says Luke Barnett of his short film “The Crossing Over Express.” “I still get messages once a week, three paragraph-deep messages from somebody who has lost someone close to them who saw it
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Promises No More ‘Clowny’ Skins: ‘No Lady Gaga, No Omni-Man, No Teletubbies, No SpongeBob’
The military shooter is yet another victim of the Fortnite -ification of video games
Iran is stopping message exchanges with U.S., may block Hormuz, Tasnim news agency says
DUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) - Iran's Tasnim news agency said on Monday that Tehran's negotiating team is stopping exchanges of messages with the United States through mediators due to attacks on Lebanon, as diplomatic efforts to end the three-month-old Iran war continue. The agency
China Box Office: ‘Dear You’ Stays on Top as ‘Memento’ and ‘Master Zhong’ Debut
Jinant Film & TV’s family drama “Dear You” comfortably retained its crown at the China box office during the May 29–31 weekend, grossing RMB199.4 million ($29.3 million), according to data from Artisan Gateway. Directed by Lan Hongchun and starring Li Sitong and Wang Yantong,
UK banks blocked from cyber AI tool Mythos get offer from rival OpenAI
Nine banks have been offered access to GPT 5.5 Cyber, as fierce rival Anthropic has blocked previews of its tool.
Phoebe Bridgers Announces One-Dollar Madison Square Garden Show This Week
Right now, Phoebe Bridgers is in the middle of what appears to be an elaborate album rollout plan. Bridgers has been relatively quiet ever since boygenius won all those Grammys in 2024, though she'll make her acting debut in the upcoming To Catch A Predator movie Primetime .
One of our planets may be missing, and it could explain why the solar system looks the way it does
Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published in the journal Icarus, this extra world might have triggered a violent planetary shuffling billions of years ago that could have disrupted some of
Researchers use phylogenomics to identify cyanobacteria in Shenandoah River
You've probably seen slimy mats of brownish green clinging to rocks in streams or on lake beds, and perhaps not given it another thought. But George Mason University's Rosalina Stancheva Christova has. For more than 20 years, Christova, an assistant professor in the College of
Should California elect a governor who can't decide about the death penalty?
Let’s look at Xavier Becerra’s record on the death penalty.
Charli XCX Announces New Album Music, Fashion, Film With John Cale, Marc Jacobs, & Martin Scorsese On The Cover
It was only a matter of when. In the long tail of her big Brat moment from two summers ago, Charli XCX has been on a prolific tear, taking on a slew of acting roles last year (including her own mockumentary, The Moment ) and releasing a full soundtrack album for Emerald
AI avatars and smart footballs: Inside FIFA's high-tech 2026 World Cup
FIFA is integrating AI-generated player avatars, tracking technology in the balls and digital coaching assistants in this year’s World Cup.
