Production has begun on EA's singleplayer Iron Man game

Boy, I wonder what they'll call the hardcore difficulty option.

Nick Cave on the Art of Growing Older

"We’re often led to believe that getting older is in itself somehow a betrayal of our idealistic younger self, but sometimes I think it might be the other way around."

An In-Depth Look at WebGPU

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Trudeau says Canadian health care isn't living up to promise

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada’s health care system isn’t living up to its promise, and he plans to add billions more in funding

The New Madrid Seismic Zone

Article URL: https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/new-madrid-seismic-zone Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34701813 Points: 39 # Comments: 10

Yung Bleu Gives Virtual Tour Of State-Of-The-Art Moon Boy University Campus

Yung Bleu has completed construction on his state-of-the-art Moon Boy University and he's just about ready to open the doors on the creative's paradise.

As jets closed in on China balloon, hobbyists were listening

WASHINGTON (AP) — The extraordinary scene of U.S. fighter jets getting ready to strike a Chinese balloon had many people along the Carolina coast straining their necks and pointing their smartphones to the sky to capture the moment of impact.

Halo Infinite Adds Fan-Made Map Playlist, Fixing Huge Problem

Halo Infinite has had a rocky life. While it launched to critical acclaim, its multiplayer offerings have felt lacking, even compared to older Halo games’. One of the biggest problems facing the shooter is its lack of maps. And while 343 has added some over the last few

Jackson water system a step closer to getting new owners

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson’s troubled water system could be one step closer to getting new owners after legislation passed the state Senate Tuesday.

Prehistoric Images and Medicines Under the Sea in Cosquer Cave

Article URL: https://www.bradshawfoundation.com/cosquer/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34701692 Points: 58 # Comments: 10

My employer is reneging on its remote-work promise

Article URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/02/work-advice-my-employer-is-reneging-its-remote-work-promise/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34701676 Points: 23 # Comments: 13

Chinese balloon part of vast aerial surveillance program, U.S. says

China’s spy balloon effort operates in Hainan province off China’s south coast and has for years collected information on military assets in several countries, U.S. officials say.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders to highlight age difference in response to Biden's State of the Union

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) is set to highlight the 40-year age difference between her and President Biden as she delivers the Republican Party’s official rebuttal to his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate

Manchin warns Biden not to 'berate' Republicans during State of the Union

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is warning President Biden against berating Republicans during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday evening. "Reset it. Say today is a new day. Recalibrate," Manchin said during an appearance on Fox News hours before Biden was set to address a

Lil Wayne More Interested In Watching Skate Videos On His Phone Than Partying

Lil Wayne has been in the game for nearly three decades, and at this point, clubs don't really do it for him like his other passions.

In a Turkish town shattered by the earthquake, death is everywhere

As hope for the missing dissolved, there were bursts of sorrow and anger, in terrible scenes that played out on what seemed like every block in the town of Nurdagi.

Here's when to earn Hogwarts Legacy Twitch drops for special cosmetics

Hogwarts Legacy has five cosmetics to earn exclusively through Twitch Drops.

Lubomir Strougal, Moscow’s Cold War ally in Czechoslovakia, dies at 98

Mr. Strougal, who served 18 years as prime minister, backed the Soviet-led invasion in 1968 to crush the Prague Spring protests.

Soulja Boy Explains Delay Over $400 Video Game Console

Soulja Boy has responded to angry fans who ordered Soulja Game consoles last year with an update to their orders and an explanation for the delayed shipping.

Biden to appeal to Republicans during his first State of the Union before divided Congress

President Biden will try to appeal to Republicans in his State of the Union address, calling on them to work with him over the next two years of a divided Congress. “To my Republican friends, if we could work together in the last Congress, there is no reason we can’t work

N. Carolina education board proposal revived in House bill

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina House committee on Tuesday backed a bill that would shift influence over public education away from the governor and toward the superintendent of public instruction and voters.

Final Fantasy 14 dispute ends in the death of its most popular mod

GShade briefly became malware before it was wiped from GitHub.

BP cuts back 2030 climate goal

Oil giant BP is scaling back its plans to cut emissions by reducing its oil and gas production by 2030, the company said Tuesday. In announcing 2022 profit of nearly $27.7 billion, the company said it would now try to reduce the emissions from its products by 20 to 30 percent

Virginia lawmakers hustle ahead of legislative deadline

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The politically divided Virginia General Assembly churned through hundreds of bills Tuesday as it approached a key deadline for the year's legislative session. Lawmakers debated topics ranging from accommodations for transgender students to abortion restrictions to energy policy ahead of what’s known as “crossover,” the point by which all legislation but the budget bills must clear its originating chamber.

Hearthstone Mercenaries is getting one last big update before Blizzard mothballs the mode forever

The next content update will be a big one, and also the last one.

Brendan Fraser Disses Golden Globes as ‘Hood Ornaments’ That ‘Mean Nothing to Me’: ‘I Don’t Want It. I Didn’t Ask to Be Considered Even’

Brendan Fraser joined Howard Stern’s SiriusXM talk show and continued to sound off on the Golden Globes, which he did not attend this year despite being nominated for best actor in a motion picture drama thanks to his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale.” Austin Butler

Pentagon says Austin rebuffed when he sought to reach out to Beijing over Chinese spy balloon

Directly after the U.S. military shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon on Saturday, the Pentagon’s top civilian attempted to reach out to his Chinese counterpart but was rebuffed, the Defense Department revealed Tuesday. “Immediately after taking action to down

House panel advances impeachment articles against prosecutor

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky House panel on Tuesday recommended that lawmakers move forward with a prosecutor's removal from office over allegations he promised a defendant favors in court in exchange for nude images of her.

Mexico blames anesthesiologist for 35 meningitis deaths

Mexican authorities have arrested an anesthesiologist they blame for an outbreak of meningitis that has killed 35 patients and sickened 79

Uber earnings preview: Here's what to expect

Diablo 4's open beta might be real soon

The game's producer says an announcement is on its way.

Dueling abortion bans emerge in South Carolina chambers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dueling abortion bans are once more advancing in the South Carolina House and Senate as Republican lawmakers approach a familiar standstill.

Can you change your appearance in Hogwarts Legacy?

Image: Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games via Polygon How to change everything but your face and skin color Continue reading…

Sundance: From Barista to Award-Winning Documentary Director

Pipelines are always a popular topic of conversation when it comes to the Sundance Film Festival, thanks to how the festival funnels and supports talent by way of grants, labs, fellowships and other Sundance Institute programs. But not everyone has that sort of traditional path

Here's why the strong January jobs report will push interest rates higher

The Federal Reserve is on track to extend its aggressive rate hike campaign and put more pressure on the U.S. economy after a stunning January jobs report, top officials said this week. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed has a “significant road

Hillicon Valley — Microsoft heats up the AI arms race

Microsoft said it will incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into a new version of its search feature Bing, on the heels of a similar announcement from Google. Meanwhile, President Biden will address kids’ online safety and data privacy during his State of the Union speech

The Turner Prize Wrestles With an Identity Crisis

How does a selective competition fit with the contemporary art world’s aspirations toward greater inclusivity?

‘War on cigarette butts’: Coalition plan to reduce pollution ‘never existed’, Tanya Plibersek says

Up to 9bn plastic cigarette butts are discarded and washed into waterways in Australia each year Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Almost two years after the former Coalition

How to address vulnerability at our ‘third border’

The U.S. has three competitors for influence in the Caribbean.