In the bombshell trial over OpenAI’s future, Elon Musk’s attorney Steven Molo hammered OpenAI President Greg Brockman Monday over entries in a personal journal which Molo said display a blatant straying from OpenAI’s charitable mission – including an entry where Brockman mused
Io is a world of extremes. It is by far the most volcanically active world in our solar system. Being continually squeezed in the never-ending tug-of-war between Jupiter and its larger satellites will do that to a moon. As a result, Io has over 400 "paterae"—volcanic
If you're registered to vote in the United States and you're not among the richest of the rich, political scientist Peter K. Enns has a message for you: Your voice still matters. So does data analysis methodology.
The Pussycat Dolls' comeback is not going as planned. First, there was drama about Jessica Sutta and Carmit Bachar's exclusion from the new lineup, which consists only of Nicole Scherzinger, Kimberly Wyatt, and Ashley Roberts. Now, the group has canceled all but one North
'The industry would have difficulty selling games for $80 if GTA 6 came out at $70'
The feature centers on an aspiring singer who begins a chaotic tour with his teenage brothers.
Urbanization, climate change, and fire suppression practices are contributing to increased wildfire risk at the densely populated wildland-urban interface. These factors make fires more unpredictable and harder to manage. In January 2025, this was made devastatingly clear in
A new autonomous laboratory recently navigated through billions of potential material synthesis recipes to identify brighter, lead-free light-emitting nanomaterials in just 12 hours. The work could accelerate development of safer light-emitting nanoplatelets for use in
Last year, the SEC sued Elon Musk over the way his acquisition of Twitter (now X, and a part of SpaceX) started, and today it announced a settlement that looks like a massive bargain, while Musk's own lawsuit against Sam Altman continues to play out. A week before the Trump
Greetings from Variety Awards Headquarters! Today is May 4, 2026, which means it’s 3 days until the May 7 entry deadline for programs that identify as Primetime programming by virtue of genre and were originally presented June 1, 2025 – May 31, 2026. It’s also 38 days until
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Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care The Big Story Mifepristone is back at the Supreme Court On Monday, the Supreme Court temporarily restored mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone by pausing a lower court’s ruling from
President Trump’s escalated attacks on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have created opportunities for Democrats racing to seize control of the lower chamber in this year’s midterm elections. But they also carry plenty of political risks. Trump is widely unpopular
Valve's new Steam Controller sold out quickly, creating an opportunity for tech scalpers.
Former NBC head honcho Robert Greenblatt is returning to Universal TV with a first-look deal, Variety has confirmed. Under the deal, Greenblatt and his production company, The Green Room, will develop and produce TV projects for UTV across all platforms. Jon Wu continues to
Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds Norwegian fish farms are filling fjords and other coastal waters with nutrient pollution equivalent to the raw sewage of
For women in their 50s experiencing homelessness, daily life means far more than finding a place to sleep. It means navigating dangerous shelter environments, managing serious health conditions without adequate support, and fighting to maintain dignity in a system that was
A team of scientists from Berlin analyzed water and sediment samples from six water bodies in Berlin and the adjacent federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, as well as the inflow and outflow of a wastewater treatment plant in Berlin. The scientists
Thailand is considering mandatory insurance for tourists to ease pressure on its healthcare system, but industry players caution that poor implementation could deter visitors in a competitive regional market.
From the Board of Peace to the Iran war, Indonesia’s foreign policy is increasingly defined by decisions made before consultation, says an academic.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reached a settlement with Elon Musk over the delayed disclosure of his stake in Twitter, the platform now known as X, according to court documents. Musk, who purchased X for $44 billion in late 2022, will pay a $1.5 million civil
In much of Asia, reading is reinforced by education systems, politicians and personal ambition, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.
The Booksellers is a 2019 feature-length documentary film about antiquarian and rare book dealers; you can watch the whole movie for free on YouTube .
The 58th iteration captures some of the excitement of earlier exhibitions, providing vital commentary on issues of authoritarianism and militarism.
When Nvidia revealed its DLSS 5 AI tech, players criticized it for how it changed Resident Evil 9's Grace, which a dev viewed as a "positive."
Blizzard better not be playing with us.
Climate change is likely to drive rodent-borne arenaviruses into parts of South America that have never faced these diseases, putting new communities of people at risk, finds a study from the University of California, Davis. For the study, published in the journal npj Viruses,
A new wildfire risk assessment tool that takes social vulnerability into account indicates that more than 400 communities in the Pacific Northwest are at greater risk than previously thought. However, researchers at Oregon State University and The Nature Conservancy say their
Group makes "the difficult and heartbreaking decision" to cancel dates after taking "honest look" at the run
Are you in the market for a superyacht? Maybe Gabe can help.
The anonymous witness statements contain details and quotes, and describe alleged encounters with Hajdini in September 2024.
Musk won't have to give up any money he allegedly saved from the delay.
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday pushed back on his successor, Sean Duffy, for blaming the Biden administration for Spirit Airlines shutting down all operations. Duffy said Monday on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” that Buttigieg “made the wrong call” in
Paramount Skydance has nearly doubled its theatrical-film slate in 2026 — but it will see “significantly” lower box office revenue overall from those movies, according to the company. David Ellison, Paramount Skydance’s chairman and chief executive officer, said the company is
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Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post and, with his wife Lauren Sanchez, he’s an honorary co-chair of Monday evening’s Met Gala. The Post cost Bezos a reported $100 million last year in losses, prompting him to lay off one third of the newsroom. The Met Gala co-chairmanships set
An ad attacking Sen. Susan Collins in Maine claimed that she voted "to raise healthcare costs and raise insurance premiums," as well as give President Donald Trump "a blank check for his war in Iran." But neither claim fully explains Collins' more nuanced position on those
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is experimenting with a policy that has drawn national attention and local skepticism: providing cash compensation to people confined in the Allegheny County Jail in the city of Pittsburgh. The funds include monthly disbursements to all those
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PFAS, often called "forever chemicals," are notoriously difficult to remove from the environment. Their extreme chemical stability means they can persist in water and the human body for decades, creating a major global pollution challenge. Now, researchers have made an
It’s one of fashion’s biggest nights as stars arrive for the 2026 Met Gala. This year’s theme is “Fashion is Art,” tied to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Art exhibition. The theme allows for a vast range of interpretations, from Emma Chamberlain’s multi-hued. custom
Activision confirmed the shift after 12 years of supporting last-gen platforms
Cuban Ambassador to the U.N. Ernesto Soberón Guzmán on Monday said Havana is “ready to defend” itself if attacked after months of a U.S. oil blockade and the threat of political intervention from the Trump administration. “If someone thinks that words like ‘give up,’
The secret settlements ended in 2018, but new data indicated they were more extensive than previously known.
Petey Pablo's Timbaland-produced 2001 anthem "Raise Up" is almost certainly the greatest song ever written about taking your shirt off, twisting it around your hand, and spinning it like a helicopter. Over the past quarter century, Petey Pablo's career has been through peaks
By Gram Slattery, Jonathan Landay and Erin Banco WASHINGTON, May 4 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence assessments indicate that the time Iran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not changed since last summer, when analysts estimated that a U.S.-Israeli attack had pushed back
A National Taiwan University study shows that traffic particles can create sharply localized exposure hotspots near busy roads, intersections and elevated corridors. The findings suggest that targeted street-level planning may better protect children and other vulnerable groups
Using bright X-rays from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), researchers pioneered an innovative approach to designing proteins with targeted functions. Their method generated new insights
From Andor to The Mandalorian and all the Boba Fett books in between, we ranked the Star Wars TV series
