Mother of ‘Rust’ Victim Halyna Hutchins, Olga Solovey, Dead at 67

Solovey sued actor Alec Baldwin after he discharged a replica revolver on set, fatally shooting her daughter

Nvidia in talks to back $500B OpenAI data center — days after CEO Jensen Huang voiced support for controversial open-source AI used by China

Nvidia’s backing of the data center project – which could cost $500 billion – would allow the SoftBank-owned developer to raise debt at more favorable terms than it could if OpenAI had no financial backer.

40 percent report buying less produce amid cyclospora outbreak: Poll

A new poll released Sunday shows that 40 percent of U.S. adults are buying or eating less produce after the cyclospora outbreak. Comparatively, according to survey results from CBS/YouGov, 4 percent of people said they are eating more produce. More than half, 56 percent, said

Federal panel votes to propose changes to historic preservation rules that Trump administration says holds up projects

A federal panel on Friday voted to advance a revamp of the nation’s historic preservation rules that Trump administration officials say slow down projects. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, which is made up primarily of Trump appointees, voted to propose to rewrite

Harmful bugs can thrive in your kitchen sponge for weeks, and you won't be able to tell

That kitchen sponge sitting by your sink is not as innocent as it looks. It could be harboring Salmonella enteritidis, E. coli or Staphylococcus aureus—and there's no way to tell just by looking at it or smelling it.

Purple corn offers a stable natural alternative to artificial food dyes

University of Missouri researchers are turning a unique variety of corn into an effective natural alternative to artificial food dyes.

13 Ubisoft games go free on PC if you own them on Xbox

Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Far Cry 6, Skull and Bones, Rainbow Six Siege, and others are now part of Xbox's 'Console to PC' program.

After leaving Epic Games last month, its former 'Unreal evangelist' is now building his own game engine

Sjoerd De Jong aims to combat game development "stagnation" he says has emerged from Epic and Unity market dominance.

'Wtf is going on': Indie dev discovers their neglected Steam game is powering an Undertale multiplayer mod following its freak 1700% jump in player activity

Little-known platformer Crashphalt is enjoying an unexpected popularity—but its players are enjoying something else.

Halo: Campaign Evolved Sergeant Johnson mod replaces every human NPC

Halo: Campaign Evolved mod turns every human NPC into Sergeant Johnson, including key characters like Captain Keyes.

Low-cost spray can help tomatoes grow in salty soils

A simple, low-dose leaf spray could give farmers a practical new tool to keep growing tomatoes on land that salt has rendered increasingly unproductive, according to a study led by a researcher at The University of Texas at El Paso.

How to Stream Shark Week Live Online Without Cable

Shark Week has officially returned, bringing another frenzy of great whites, makos and other underwater predators to Discovery Channel. The network’s annual programming event kicked off Sunday, July 26, and runs through Saturday, Aug. 1, with new specials airing nightly

Sean Astin Says ‘I Had to Sell My House’ During ‘Lord of the Rings’ Era Because $250,000 Payday Was So Low: ‘I Negotiated Such a Small Amount on the Trilogy’

Sean Astin said in a new interview with The Guardian that he was forced to sell his house amid “The Lord of the Rings” fame in the early 2000s because he negotiated such a small salary to play Samwise Gamgee in Peter Jackson’s landmark movie trilogy. The reveal may come as a

Hubble shows star formation in Andromeda galaxy is winding down

A new study using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope finds that star formation in the nearby Andromeda galaxy has undergone a 500-million-year decline, with an even steeper drop in the last 40 million years. Andromeda, a spiral galaxy comparable in size to our Milky Way,

Cracking the code: Can AI help us decipher ancient languages?

Every ancient language that has ever been deciphered needed an anchor. Usually that's a bilingual text, like the Rosetta Stone, or a known relative to compare it to. Linear A, the writing system of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization on the Greek island of Crete, has neither.

Companies rally behind open-source tech

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Nvidia launches new open-source AI security alliance Nvidia is launching a new alliance focused on building and sharing open-source AI tools to boost cybersecurity defenses, as the push for open-source technologies ramps up in the

We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country ....

We Used to Be Able to Buy Things in This Country . “Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy.”

Top Democrat calls on Taylor Farms to provide information on Trump administration cyclospora communications

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday called on Taylor Farms to provide information about its connections with the White House amid a parasitic outbreak potentially linked to the company's lettuce

US singer D4vd to go on trial for murder in death of teen

The star is accused of killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in a Tesla registered to his address.

Case Against D4vd, Singer Accused of Murdering Teen, Will Proceed to Trial

Musican was a “very clever adult” who sexually abused Celeste Rivas Hernandez and “gaslit” her before murdering her, prosecutors argued

Saudi Arabia stares down Trump whiplash on nuclear deal

Saudi Arabia is sending no signals it will accept President Trump’s after-the-fact condition that Riyadh establish ties with Israel as part of a nuclear energy deal with the United States. In fact, its leaders haven’t even conceded that the deal signed last week is off.

‘Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror’ Comic-Con Panelists Predict the Four Biggest Upcoming Trends in Genre Filmmaking

Horror is red-hot at the box office, but what is up next for the genre? Ideas flowed freely at the San Diego Comic-Con panel for Bold Voice of Contemporary Horror: Tenth Anniversary Edition, which took place on July 24. Panelists included both actors and behind-the-camera

Trump says Iran war talks taking place during lull in strikes

The US president says "there is a good chance that something could happen", as Iran denies direct talks are taking place.

Burning soil and peat drove most emissions in Canada's record 2023 wildfire season, study finds

Most of the carbon released during Canada's record-breaking 2023 wildfire season came from burning soil and peat, rather than trees, according to new research from McMaster University.

New quantum chip architecture could use built-in vibrations to link distant qubits

A new concept from Warwick researchers could help solve one of the biggest challenges to building large-scale quantum computers: enabling communication between vast numbers of quantum bits (qubits) over long distances across a single chip.

A Pokémon Fan Explains Why He Set Up 58 Consoles Searching For A One-In-Nine-Million Shiny

Shiny Golduck may not seem like anything special, but the math behind this one makes it near-impossible to find

Tell Us, O Muse, of Elon Musk's Racist AI Version of "The Odyssey"

The tech billionaire denounced Christopher Nolan's blockbuster, vowing to create his own feature-length film using Grok.

As the US pauses the war with Iran, is Trump really running out of weapons?

The US has fired thousands of hard-to-replace missiles during its war with Iran. We unpack whether its "arsenal of freedom" is perilously low.

Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Cadence Design Systems, Rambus, Welltower and more

These are the stocks posting the largest moves in extended trading.

How invasive rats rewire coral reef food webs to create winners and losers

Invasive rats on tropical islands are creating winners and losers among the tiny underwater animals near the bottom of the food chain that inhabit surrounding coral reefs. Scientists say the changes to these marine ecosystems can rewire food chains on the reefs.

‘Jay and Silent Bob’ Marijuana Farming Game in the Works

The newly launched indie company Nitrate Games is backing the project, described as an "adult cozy farm sim."

Unveiling fungal plant infection strategies to reshape the future of crop protection

Fungal diseases are among the leading causes of crop destruction, threatening global food security and agricultural livelihoods. Among phytopathogenic fungi, anthracnose fungi and the rice blast fungus are known to share a common infection strategy. They develop specialized

NBC Comedy ‘Newlyweds’ Casts Emma Meisel, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio, Bill O’Neill

NBC’s new multi-cam comedy “Newlyweds” has cast three new series regulars, Variety has learned. Emma Meisel, Ignacio Diaz-Silverio and Bill O’Neill have all joined the series opposite leads Téa Leoni and Tim Daly. As previously reported, series executive producer Jamie Lee

ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for ‘Shark Tank,’ ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘DWTS’ and More

ABC has announced a slate of fall premiere dates. After some football kickoffs, “Dancing With the Stars” will return with a two-episode premiere on Sept. 15. Celebrity cast members include Ciara Miller, Maura Higgins and Jackson Olson, with more to be announced. “America’s

Biodegradable implant can deliver targeted cancer immunotherapy while protecting healthy tissue

Scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute have developed a biodegradable implant designed to deliver cancer-fighting immunotherapy drugs directly into tumors over an extended period, a strategy that could improve treatment effectiveness while reducing side effects.

Just one in three Americans back Iran war, most unsure of Trump's goals, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Bo Erickson and Jason Lange WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) - Just one in three Americans support the waron Iran, the lowest reading in a Reuters/Ipsos poll since the five-month-old conflict's early days, with most respondents saying that President Donald Trump has failed to

Canal+ Seals Landmark Pact to Invest Nearly $1.1 Billion in French and European Films

Canal+ has reached a five-year deal with French cinema organizations which will see the pay-TV powerhouse invest nearly €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in French and European films between 2028 and 2032. Canal+ Chairman and CEO Maxime Saada announced the deal in a post on X,

Ryan Gosling Pitched His Own ‘Ghost Rider’ Movie to Marvel as Studio Slows Down Output to Restore Quality: ‘When Quantity Is So Much, You Get Spread Thin’

Marvel’s buzzy Comic-Con presentation put two huge comic book movie tentpoles on the studio’s 2028 release calendar: “Black Panther 3,” featuring the debut of David Jonnson as T’Challa II/Toussaint, and “Ghost Rider,” starring Ryan Gosling in the title role. The announcement

Mercury reveals short-lived radiation belts during its swing farther from the sun

Mercury was long considered the exception to the rule that magnetic planets have radiation belts similar to Earth's Van Allen belts, but a new study by University of Michigan Engineering and the University of California, Berkeley, suggests otherwise—Mercury occasionally has

Bird‑safe glass must become the norm to prevent collisions with buildings

Birds are facing a crisis—nearly 3 billion birds have been lost across North America since 1970 as a result of human activities affecting birds and their habitats.

BuzzFeed Laying Off 35% of Its Employees After Byron Allen Takes Over Company

BuzzFeed is slashing its workforce on the heels of the digital media company’s deal to sell a controlling ownership stake to entrepreneur and comedian Byron Allen. The company disclosed that it is laying off about 35% of its current employees and contractors. “The reduction in

House map roughly as favorable to GOP as 2018’s, despite redistricting: Analysis

A new analysis released Monday says that GOP-led mid-decade redistricting efforts have resulted in a map that resembles 2018's, when Democrats won the majority in the House. “There’s no question that 2025-2026 mid-cycle redistricting made the overall U.S. House map more

Trump Flips Out at Protester Calling Him “Pedophile Protector”

President Trump’s speech at a rally in Michigan Monday afternoon was interrupted by a persistent heckler. Someone kept yelling “pedophile protector” while Trump was extolling the benefits of his tariffs on foreign automakers. Others in the crowd eventually tried to drown him

Physical Copies Of GTA 6 In Japan Will Expire After A Few Months

You'd better use that code in 170 days or less...

Light reveals transient electronic step behind a hidden state in metal-organic framework

A fleeting photoinduced electronic state and the subsequent formation of a photoinduced hidden state in a metal–organic framework were captured in just 30 femtoseconds by researchers at Science Tokyo, Tohoku University and Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. By combining

The Smithsonian Is Not the President's Museum

The Trump administration’s latest order marks an unprecedented effort to subordinate one of America's foremost public institutions to partisan power.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Soul weekend beta was love it or hate it

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls' beta left players divided: its visuals are gorgeous, but its PC port is terrible, and its gameplay is a mixed bag.

Trump sounds communism alarm in Michigan but doesn't mention El-Sayed

President Trump sounded the alarm over communism during a campaign-style stop in Michigan on Monday ahead of the state’s Democratic Senate primary next week. Trump did not name Senate candidates Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and Abdul El-Sayed during his rally in Milford,

Nvidia's Huang heads to Capitol Hill for AI talks

‘Colorstruck!’ Examines the Connection Between Race and Chromatic Expression

'Colorstruck! Painting, Pigment, Affect' delves into the ways that color and social, political, and cultural forces intersect in Black American art. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as