Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions (The Information)

The Information: Sources: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is among tech leaders who raised concerns with Trump officials about Mythos 5, setting in motion new export restrictions Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was amo

NBA Finals Game 5 preview: Why the Knicks are poised to close out the Spurs after stunning comeback

We could see the end of the 2026 NBA season tonight, and it might come with the New York Knicks hoisting the NBA Finals trophy. Those words mean a lot to many people, but before we get there, we get one last opportunity to make some money after going 2-1 on Game 4 with the lone loss coming by the hook.Let's take on Game 5 of the NBA Finals. This paragraph is dedicated to Knicks haters: They should've lost at least three games in this series. It is very possible they could, and should be the team...

Canada vows to restrict social media for kids under 16. Teens say they'll 'always find a way'

US soccer star Gio Reyna reveals wife is pregnant after stunning trivela goal caps USA's 4-1 World Cup win

U.S. men’s soccer team star Gio Reyna did more than just punctuate the team’s 4-1 win with a sweet goal; he announced his wife’s pregnancy.Reyna, 23, scored a trivela goal – a goal scored with the outside of a player’s foot – in the 98th minute, and then made his announcement during his celebration. He first covered his ears in celebration and was mobbed by his teammates.After doing that, he scooped up the ball, and put it under his shirt and sucked on his thumb, something soccer players have do...

India Caps Fuel Sales To Avoid Shortages

India Caps Fuel Sales To Avoid Shortages Submitted by Irina Slav of OilPrice.com India has imposed limits on gasoline and diesel sales at retail fuel stations to avoid supply crunches, with commercial consumers banned from buying any fuel from retail stations, Bloomberg reported, noting there will be daily limits on diesel sales. The diesel cap was set at 200 litres per vehicle or customer, with resale of the fuel forbidden, Reuters noted in a report on the news. Commercial user...

US Congress Lets 'Warrantless Wiretap' Law FISA Lapse

It's the U.S. law that allows wiretaps without a warrant for surveilling foreign targets. And the U.S. Congress just let it lapse. Sort of. NPR reports: Each year, the provision is used by American intelligence agencies to collect the electronic communications of hundreds of thousands of foreigners located outside of the United States. The government says that more than 60% of the president's daily intelligence briefing relies on information collected under the authority. The tool officially l...

Why your cardiologist might tell you to skip AirPods

The magnetic fields emitted by your headphones will need to be used a safe distance away from your CIDs.

This Guy Is Trying to Vibe Code GTA 6 Before Its Official Release

An AI startup founder is using Claude to make a GTA ripoff.

Teen punched and kicked into a coma after Knicks-Spurs altercation near Madison Square Garden: police

The New York Knicks' miraculous Game 4 comeback earlier this week resulted in a teen being beaten into a coma.The New York Police Department said Friday that a "group approached a 17-year-old" near Madison Square Garden and "got into an argument" before an individual "punched and kicked the teen.""He had a seizure and was in a coma," the NYPD said of the teen.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMAccording to the New York Post, the wanted individual was the aggressor when he shouted,...

No, You Can’t Stream the UFC Fight at the White House for Free

At least not legally.

Northeast Heat Wave Arrives As World Cup Matches Get Underway

Northeast Heat Wave Arrives As World Cup Matches Get Underway As the World Cup starts, a prolonged spell of summer heat is expected to grip New York and much of the Northeast through the end of the week and into the weekend. Daytime temperatures are forecast to reach the 90s across several major cities, while high humidity will make conditions feel even hotter, according to Bloomberg. Forecasters expect the most intense heat on Thursday and Friday, when heat alerts will be in pl...

San Francisco Giants host gay couples renewing vows with drag queen in virtue-signaling Pride Night ceremony

We're nearly at the halfway point of June, which means we're halfway through Pride month.Yeah, it's Pride month. Haven't you heard?! It's only been all over Major League Baseball these past few weeks.Some teams celebrated the month with a typical PR social media post. Others, like the Dodgers, celebrated it by wearing rainbow hats last weekend. Others, like the Texas Rangers, didn't acknowledge it at all and instead are having a "Faith and Family Night" next week.And that brings us to the San Fr...

Joan Collins shares her simple secrets to aging gracefully at 93

Joan Collins knows a thing or two about building a "Dynasty."The legendary actress, who is keeping busy at age 93 and starring in a new movie titled "My Duchess," is offering crystal-clear advice on aging gracefully."I just love life," the "Dynasty" alum told The Independent at Variety's Women of Power event. "I wake up every morning and breathe the air, try to get a good night's sleep, drink lots of water and take care of myself."DENNIS QUAID SAYS 'EVERY DAY IS PARADISE' WITH WIFE 39 YEARS HIS ...

NASCAR legend Tony Stewart calls mourning fans 'a--holes' in tone-deaf rant about Kyle Busch

It's been nearly a month since Kyle Busch's tragic death shook the NASCAR world, and I thought we'd seen all the takes.We've seen the tributes and the warnings. The flashbacks. The memories. We've heard all the Kyle Busch stories, seen all the highlights from all of his wins, and heard from wife, Samantha, and son, Brexton.One month post-Rowdy, I thought we'd heard it all ...Until now. Enter, Tony Stewart.One of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time, and Kyle's former Joe Gibbs teammate, has d...

It Was 1973, and the Knicks Were Heading to Game 5 …

Lifelong fans reminisced on the team’s last championship win. “When the Knicks won, it was like a different New York City,” one said.

The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes

John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill nicknamed "Fighting Jack" and "Mad Jack" fought through the entire Second World War armed with a Scottish broadsword, a longbow, and a set of bagpipes. He graduated from Sandhurst in 1926, left the army a decade later to work as a newspaper editor and film extra, then re-enlisted when Germany invaded Poland in 1939. Read the rest The post The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes appeared first on Boing Boing.

Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with U.S. directive

AI giant Anthropic said on Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals.

Montreal mayor urges calm, vows to uncover truth after police unit suspected of racist behaviour

Why are car keys always kept in the visor in movies?

Surely, you've seen the old movie trope where our plucky heroes duck into an abandoned car to flee from some encroaching danger, fold down the visor, and have the keys drop right into their laps. Have you ever seen anyone do that in real life? Read the rest The post Why are car keys always kept in the visor in movies? appeared first on Boing Boing.

I still don't know what Kingdom Hearts is about, but there's a new one coming

Kingdom Hearts is one of those weird franchises I've never understood, and which becomes more obscure every time I've attempted to do so. So it's like Final Fantasy, but there are also a bunch of Disney characters there, along with a bunch of original characters that look like they've tumbled through a shared costume warehouse serving both franchises and a vat of hair gel. Read the rest The post I still don't know what Kingdom Hearts is about, but there's a new one coming appeared first on Boi...

San Francisco Giants pitcher writes Bible verse on hat in defiance of Pride Night

As the old saying goes, courage is contagious. That is the exact term that should be used when a professional athlete defies the calls for complete and utter loyalty to the LGBTQ agenda during Pride Nights.We’ve seen it from Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Treinen this season, and from a small few around professional sports that have refused to wear rainbow Pride jerseys, hats and more. On Friday night in San Francisco, Giants pitcher Landen Roupp made a powerful statement of faith in God by h...

Paramount Gets Justice Dept. Approval to Buy Warner Bros.

The Department of Justice has no issue with Paramount getting what it wants, but state AGs and overseas regulators still have concerns.

Ozempic Users Are Skimping Out on Exercise, Study Finds

People's daily steps might drop after starting a GLP-1 prescription, new research suggests.

Endgame Finally? Iran Peace Deal Signing Expected Within 24-Hours, Technical Talks To Follow, Pakistan's Sharif Says

Endgame Finally? Iran Peace Deal Signing Expected Within 24-Hours, Technical Talks To Follow, Pakistan's Sharif Says After Friday witnessed a rare moment of agreement between Tehran and Washington saying that indeed a peace deal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is indeed 'very close' - there's been more color issued by Pakistan. The country's Prime Minister Shehbaz ​Sharif said that the United States and ​Iran have ​agreed to the final text of the agreement, but that curiously Pak...

Larry David's new HBO show is basically historical Curb

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Larry David has been the master of awkward, people-talking-over-each-other comedy since Seinfeld, a talent he later honed on his long-running series Curb Your Enthusiasm. With Curb officially over since 2024, I and many others have wondered what Larry is going to do next and the answer seems to be "more Curb, but this time in a funny wig." Read the rest The post Larry David's new HBO show is basically historical Curb appeared first on Boing Boing.

Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing

If you were fired or excluded from a job due to your race, age, or other demographics unrelated to the work you're being paid to do, it's called discrimination. But in our late capitalist world, the yacht-owning powers-that-be call it surveillance pricing. Read the rest The post Washington Post sued over alleged surveillance pricing appeared first on Boing Boing.

Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake

Zack Snyder is known for many things. He brought an innovative, visually provocative rendition of Frank Miller's 300 to theatres! He was responsible for bringing Superman back to the big screen (again). He completely misunderstood the canonical role Pa Kent played in Clark Kent becoming Superman. Read the rest The post Jason Momoa won't touch the Escape from New York remake appeared first on Boing Boing.

Bill Maher urges Maine voters to elect Graham Platner, despite the candidate’s ‘scary’ issues

Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time," endorsed Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Friday, saying he supported the Democrat's run despite some of Platner's "scary" positions and actions."I would still urge the folks in Maine to vote for him, for two reasons," Maher said after listing off numerous controversies. "One, we need to restore balance in our government, and a Democratic Senate would help a lot with that." He then added, "And two, get used to it. America is a country filled with a ...

Mystery Orb Videos, Other UFO Records Released By White House

The Trump administration released another large batch of government UAP records, including videos of glowing orb-like objects appearing to split and rejoin, witness accounts, illustrations, and decades-old investigative documents. Axios reports: The documents indicate that government agents have spent years monitoring, investigating and documenting suspected UAP incidents. At lease some of the sightings took place near sensitive government facilities, according to the reports. Videos showing red...

Taylor Swift’s controversial wedding rule has fans debating who should make plus-one list

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have so far been keeping their wedding plans very locked down even as rumors swirl but there's already a controversy brewing.The famous couple, engaged since August 2025, have not yet confirmed where or when they will tie the knot. Yet according to reports, the couple is reigniting a long-standing debate about plus-ones at weddings.Swift and Kelce are apparently enforcing a no ring, no bring policy so if a guest is not married or engaged, he or she cannot bring a da...

Grammy-nominated singer Anne Wilson says speaking about Jesus cost her opportunities, but she won't back down

Anne Wilson believes following Jesus can come with a cost and she's willing to pay it.The Grammy-nominated Christian-country singer opens up in her new book, "Rebel: Following Jesus When the World Walks the Other Way," about navigating criticism, industry pressure and fears of rejection while refusing to soften her message about faith.The Kentucky native told Fox News Digital that she believes being outspoken about Christianity has cost her professional opportunities along the way despite her su...

83-year-old woman sues Honolulu after website error turned into $590K nightmare

An 83-year-old woman is suing the city of Honolulu after she was fined nearly $600,000 over an online rental listing error.Sandra May has lived in her Honolulu home for 56 years, raising her son there and relying on rental income from an attached apartment to supplement her fixed income.According to a newly filed federal lawsuit, the City and County of Honolulu fined May $10,000 a day for nearly two months over a glitch on the rental website. May’s attorney said the hosting platform's system acc...

EXCLUSIVE: Collins pits record built in Maine potato fields against Platner's 'angry rhetoric'

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, learned hard work in the dirt. When she was 10 years old, like several other children in Caribou, Maine, she left school to pick potato fields to aid farmers with the harvest deep in potato country in Aroostook County, dubbed "The County" by locals. "I remember my mother saying to me when I was going to pick for the first time at age 10, saying, ‘Now, Susan, this is really hard, back-breaking work, but you cannot quit.
The farmers are depending on you, and...

How to use AirPods to control your iPhone camera

You can use your AirPods as a remote control for your iPhone's camera. Here's how.

Anthropic Blocks Foreign Access To Fable 5, Mythos 5 After U.S. National Security Order

Anthropic Blocks Foreign Access To Fable 5, Mythos 5 After U.S. National Security Order About four days after Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, a next-generation "Mythos-class" AI model, the frontier AI lab led by Dario Amodei revealed late Friday that it was disabling foreign customers' access to these cutting-edge models, citing an export-control directive from the federal government. "The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directiv...

Manhattan Street Closures for World Cup to Start at Noon on Saturday

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has declared a “gridlock alert” day every day that a match is scheduled at MetLife Stadium.

Chiefs heiress Hunt sisters inspire Team USA to incredible win over Paraguay, buy Bulls banner and brisket

Let's get this Saturday rolling with an edition of Screencaps where we address an inspired Team USA performance last night against Paraguay and why that single performance should inspire you to watch this team even if you hate soccer.Look, I get it, you hate the sport, you think guys just flop around on the field like LeBron James after someone breathes on his arm. Last night was just different from when I've watched Team USA in the past. I'm not even some soccer nerd, but there I was glued to t...

Robot soccer player dents wall with terrifying kicks

A robot soccer player just gave goalkeepers another reason to feel nervous. Booster Robotics titled its YouTube video "Try Stopping This Robot," and after watching its T1 humanoid hammer soccer balls toward a goal, you can see why.Most of the kicks hit the curtain behind the net. But several shots appear to hit with enough force to leave visible impact marks and dents in the wall. That part is what everyone is talking about.At first, it just looks like a viral robot soccer video. Then the wall d...

Phil Mickelson obtains defamation counsel to absolve 'false rumors' that got him booted from golf club

Phil Mickelson is ready to fight the latest accusations made against him that got him booted from his own golf club.The six-time major champion was accused of making inappropriate contact with a female employee before a round of golf this spring at The Farms Golf Club in the San Diego area.Mickelson allegedly approached the female employee at the clubhouse and made nonconsensual and inappropriate physical contact with her. The employee reported the incident to the club's supervisors after reject...

Parker Solar Probe makes another flyby of the sun, solar energy bags a win, and more science stories

This week's science news.

Why some USB ports are purple (and why they're rarely sold in the US)

Have you ever looked at a USB connector or port and wondered why it was that color?

Knicks Bring Back Watch Party Outside the Garden for Game 5

The official watch parties on Saturday night require tickets or registration and will be outside Madison Square Garden, in Central Park and at Radio City Music Hall.

Britain Goes Full 'Airstrip One'

Britain Goes Full 'Airstrip One' Authored by Stephen Green via PJMedia.com, In George Orwell's 1984, Great Britain was just a province of Oceania named "Airstrip One" as a none-too-subtle nod to the U.K.'s role as host to the heavy bombers of U.S. Eighth Air Force during World War II. Four decades past the real 1984, and there's still no Oceania. But Britain looks more and more like Airstrip One as Parliament considers a bill opening up everyone's smartphone to government superv...

California guaranteed income advocacy group recommends permanent policy funded by 'dedicated local taxes'

A group dedicated to instituting guaranteed income programs across the country and aiming for a permanent policy in California wants to fund it with taxpayer dollars.Founded in 2016, the Economic Security Project (ESP) consisted of "100 entrepreneurs, activists, researchers, and philanthropists" that signed on to promote direct cash payments, their website states.The organization helped create over 100 guaranteed income pilots across the U.S.MICHIGAN LAWMAKER MOVES TO SHUT DOWN 'GUARDRAIL-FREE' ...

Divorcees and widows share concerning mental health trait, researchers find

Divorcees and widows may face a higher risk of death than those who are still coupled up, a new study reveals.Researchers in Norway analyzed long-term national health data to weigh mortality risk among those who were divorced, ended situations where they lived with a partner, or became widowed.The study, published in the journal BMJ Public Health, looked at three groups of about 20,000 people each, from 1984 to 2019, who were married or living with a partner at the time.ONE TOXIC BEHAVIOR KILLS ...

JONATHAN TURLEY: When journalists whine about #MeToo, they don’t mean Platner, too

Some people just like classic Coke. Others insist on the original Reese’s recipe. New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor went on CNN to explain why Democrats can vote for Maine senatorial candidate Graham Platner despite multiple women coming forward to denounce him: this is really not the classic Me Too allegations that Kantor and others seem to prefer for outrage.Kantor won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s sexual abuse and was called forth by CNN to explain...

Solving the 3Blue1Brown String Probability Problem (Without AI)

Let's practice data science thinking through a probability problem The post Solving the 3Blue1Brown String Probability Problem (Without AI) appeared first on Towards Data Science .

Sweden Plans To Lower Criminal Age To 14 Amid Rise In Violent Crime By Children

Sweden Plans To Lower Criminal Age To 14 Amid Rise In Violent Crime By Children Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, The Swedish government has announced plans to reduce the age of criminal responsibility to 14 after dropping plans to lock up violent offenders as young as 13 in special prison units. Ambulance and police stand at the scene where Swedish rapper Einar was fatally shot in Hammarby Sjostad district, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Oct. 22, 2021. Christine Olsson/TT N...

A report on the benefits of AI was reportedly full of AI hallucinations

KPMG published a paper about the benefits of AI last year. An investigation found that it was full of AI hallucinations.

Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 tops text-to-SQL benchmarks by a wide margin

Google Research's Gemini-SQL2 turns natural language into executable SQL queries. Built on Gemini 3.1 Pro, it tops the BIRD benchmark at 80.04 percent accuracy, well ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic. Goo

Microsoft's SkillOpt boosts GPT-5.5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file

Microsoft and three Chinese universities have developed SkillOpt, a method that optimizes instruction documents for AI agents using principles from traditional model training. A simple Markdown file i

UNRWA fires 70 Gaza staffers amid allegations of Hamas ties, says terminations not admission of guilt

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) fired 70 staff members working in Gaza after long-standing claims from Israeli authorities that the agency is a collaborator with the Hamas terrorist group."Today, the Commissioner-General ad interim of UNRWA, Christian Saunders, took the decision to terminate the employment of 70 UNRWA staff members in Gaza with immediate effect," UNRWA wrote in a Friday statement.UNRWA insisted its decision was not an ad...

Carney holds news conference with Taoiseach of Ireland

Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a joint news conference in Dublin with the Taoiseach of Ireland, Micheál Martin.

Hungary Backs Away From Crypto Criminalization In Regulatory U-Turn

Hungary Backs Away From Crypto Criminalization In Regulatory U-Turn Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, Hungary is dismantling the restrictive digital asset framework introduced under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a policy overhaul that will decriminalize crypto trading and eliminate the prison sentences that had driven major platforms from the country, government spokesperson Anita Kobol said Thursday, according to Bloomberg.  The rollback marks a full re...

Talarico touts Texas roots as out-of-state cash powers Senate campaign

Donors from outside of Texas accounted for roughly 50% of the funds Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico received during the final stretch of the first quarter of 2026, compared to his Republican opponent, who received just about 25% of his cash from out of state.Of the $8.5 million Talarico raised between February 12 and March 31, a period where he saw a significant uptick in donations owing to his growing national profile, approximately $4 million came from states other than Texas, a...

Customers hit with automatic 20% gratuities as restaurants combat tipping confusion

As restaurants in several FIFA World Cup host cities welcome an influx of international visitors this weekend, some operators are adding automatic gratuities to customers' checks citing concerns that guests from countries without a strong tipping culture may unknowingly undercompensate workers. Fox News Digital reported last month that the Missouri Restaurant Association advised Kansas City establishments to temporarily implement automatic gratuities of 20% during the soccer tournament.Now, some...

‘Hell on wheels’ killer Mackenzie Shirilla lands prison job while serving life sentence for fatal 2022 crash

Convicted killer Mackenzie Shirilla has landed a prison job as she serves a life sentence for the 2022 crash that killed her boyfriend and their friend, Ohio prison officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.Shirilla’s institutional work assignment at the Ohio Reformatory for Women is food service worker, according to Tara Nickle, a correction warden assistant and public information officer for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.But officials declined to provide more detail about ...

Hasan Piker celebrates America being 'closer than ever' to socialism as he backs NYC candidates

Controversial Twitch streamer Hasan Piker threw his support behind two far-left candidates running for Congress in New York City, arguing their victories would help push the country closer to socialism. "For the longest time, I thought we were so far away from socialism, and we might still be far away from socialism, but we do have an opportunity right here right now, more than ever before," Piker said Thursday at a Brooklyn rally for candidates endorsed by the New York chapter of the Democratic...

Sammy 'The Bull' reveals why his love for John Gotti turned into prison hate

Sammy "The Bull" Gravano is known as the Mafia power who betrayed his own boss, John Gotti, and sent him away to prison for life. But he is revealing a surprising sense of personal affection that he had for the Mob Godfather."I loved him," he said."I got to like the guy. We fought a war. It was us against the world," he told Fox Nation. "I loved him until we got pinched, and he came up with the idea of his talking on the wiretap tapes and using those behind my back."Gravano is speaking out as Fo...

Steven McBee Jr. says dad's prison sentence will be 'the best moment of our entire lives'

Steven McBee Jr. revealed to Fox News Digital that his father’s prison sentence for fraud was a surprising blessing because it allowed their family to reprioritize what’s important."The silver lining in this, as difficult as this has been for us as a family, I also think five years, 10 years, 15 years from now, we're gonna look back and say, ‘This was the best moment of our entire lives because it allowed us to reprioritize and refocus on what's actually important to who we are as people,’" McBe...

America 250 demands a return to the founders’ dream for higher education

Leading a major public university teaches you something the administrative class never quite grasps: Institutions are living things. Further, the people tasked with guiding them are obligated to pivot and adapt in order to remain faithful to our country’s first principles. I led the University of Alabama from 2015 to 2025. I too watched the DEI movement on the national stage begin as a professed commitment to "opportunity," but evolve into something else entirely an ideological enforcement regim...

Residents in Brooks, Alta., seek info on the data centre megaproject planned right next door

A substantial but largely confidential plan to build a huge data centre near Brooks, Alta., has led local officials to update bylaws and launch an education program for residents about the benefits, drawbacks and potential mitigation strategies of hosting such large-scale industry.

Engadget review recap: Razr Ultra, AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE and more

A roundup of recent reviews published by Engadget.

Lopez: From the scene of South L.A.'s erupting sidewalks, 5 questions for Bass and Raman

Local activist Earl Ofari Hutchinson calls for emergency response to busted South L.A. sidewalks.

Meet the New Dyson Vacuums: V16 Piston Animal, V10 Konical, V8 Cyclone (2026)

The rest of Dyson’s promised 2026 vacuum lineup is here, from the new Dyson V16 Piston Animal to an updated version of the favored Dyson V8 Cyclone.

Power ranking the most patriotic fans at the USMNT's World Cup opener against Paraguay

The U.S. Men's National Team's 2026 World Cup run is underway, and boy, does it already feel like the entire nation has caught a case of World Cup fever.Trust the science.That's the beauty of international sports, though. Any other time, we're all divided and cheering for our respective pro or collegiate teams, but now?We're all in on Team USA, baby.WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONEAnd there was some serious patriotism at the U.S.'s first game of the tournament against Paraguay, and here is t...

BROADCAST BIAS: Platner’s nomination exposes media double standards … again

Radical leftist Graham Platner easily seized the Democrat nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maine on Tuesday, despite a semi-truckload of scandal baggage. It began last year with the revelation that Platner had a Nazi tattoo on his chest, and it was not a swastika – it was a "Totenkopf," the symbol of the S.S. troops that guarded the death camps in the Holocaust.The broadcast networks avoided the subject of Platner and his tattoo for months. On April 22, a National Public Radio story skipped ove...

Menendez brothers eyed $20M insurance payout after parents' murders, Jose's ex-business partner claims

Thirty years after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, Jose's former business partner still questions what led to the killings.In his new memoir, "Karmic Winds: Reflections from the 'Smartest Guy in Hollywood,'" Peter M. Hoffman recounts his rise in the entertainment industry, including his tenure as president and CEO of Carolco Pictures, the studio behind hits such as "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," "Basic Instinct" and the "Rambo" franchise....

World's First Crewed Solid-State Flight Electrifies Aviation's Future

The Helios Horizon has completed what its developers call the first crewed, fixed-wing flight powered by solid-state batteries. New Atlas reports: On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon -- the first crewed, fixed-wing aircraft ever to fly on solid-state batteries. The flight was neither spectacular in distance nor in duration -- it was a series of short tests to validate the aircraft's weight and balan...

'The Suicide Of Europe': Historic EU Migration Pact Goes Into Force Today As Fracture-Lines Grow

'The Suicide Of Europe': Historic EU Migration Pact Goes Into Force Today As Fracture-Lines Grow Via Remix News, Six years ago, in 2020, French political leader Marine Le Pen described the Migrant Pact, which was then in the planning stages, as the “suicide of Europe.” She said it would bring 60 to 70 million new migrants to Europe, as Remix News reported at the time. Europe is about to find out just how prophetic its critics have been. On June 12, the highly contested EU Migrat...

NBA streetball, crafting with renewable energy and other new indie games worth checking out

Plus, the next game from the Mouthwashing devs and trying to survive as a sentient guitar.

How Can Soccer Players Bend Their Shots in Midair?

As World Cup action kicks off, we look at the physics of the beautiful game.

Woman swept out to sea in Santa Cruz becomes California's second death amid ongoing swell

One woman is dead and another is in critical condition after they were swept out to sea by a powerful tide in Santa Cruz amid hazardous ocean conditions that forecasters warn will continue across the California coastline this weekend.

Platner's 'deranged' response to Musk becoming a trillionaire sparks online outrage: 'Loserthink'

Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner was widely mocked by conservatives on social media over a post lamenting Space X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk being labeled the world’s first trillionaire."Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire," Platner posted on X on Friday. "Let’s make sure he’s also the last."Platner’s post, which was seen over 2 million times as of Friday evening, was referring to news that Musk’s SpaceX began trading at $150 a share on Friday, above its listing pri...

EcoFlow PowerOcean Battery Review: Cutting My Bill in Half

Whether you want to buy cheaper electricity, store solar energy, or guard against outages, EcoFlow’s home battery might be just what you need.

The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones

Plus: AI bug hunting fuels Microsoft’s biggest-ever Patch Tuesday, ShinyHunters ransomware gang exploits an Oracle zero-day, and more.

MIKE DAVIS: Congress must finally kill the hidden tax in your online shopping cart

Every time you buy something online, you pay a toll. You just never see it.It doesn't show up on your receipt. No politician voted for it. But it's baked into the price of nearly everything you buy, and it flows straight into the pockets of the most powerful corporations on earth.That's the racket Amazon built. The Senate finally has a chance to break it by passing the bipartisan American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA).When Amazon first opened its marketplace, it took roughly 19 cents ...

Claude Fable 5 outpaces GPT-5.5 by 13 points on FrontierMath's toughest problems

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 hits 88 percent accuracy on the hardest FrontierMath tier, a massive jump from Opus 4.5, which sat below 10 percent in early 2026. OpenAI's GPT-5.5 reaches about 75 percent

Anthropic says it has taken its latest AI models offline to comply with new export controls

AI giant Anthropic said Friday it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their

Convicted killer Karmelo Anthony sentenced to 35 years after yearlong legal battle: Timeline

More than a year after Austin Metcalf was stabbed to death at a Texas high school track meet, a jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder and sentenced him to 35 years behind bars.The case, which began with a confrontation between two teenagers under a team tent, quickly grew into a national flashpoint that drew intense public scrutiny and competing claims of self-defense.As Anthony begins serving his sentence and prepares an appeal, here's a look back at the moments that defined the case.LISTEN:...

Socialist-run California city takes on Chevron while residents worry about long-term consequences

Politics in Richmond, Calif., have revolved around one company for decades: Chevron. The oil giant operates a massive refinery in the city, creating jobs and contributing millions of dollars in tax revenue that helps fund local government. Despite its outsized economic role, Chevron has remained the primary political target of Richmond's democratic socialist leaders, particularly the influential Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA).The relationship between Richmond and Chevron has evolved from on...

Rivian’s CEO on Tesla’s Cybertruck, Ferrari’s Luce, and What Happens If the R2 Fails

RJ Scaringe, the CEO of Rivian Automotive, joined us for a wide-ranging interview about how his company’s new electric SUV fits into the current EV industry, and what comes next.

Trump prosecutor in L.A. pushing unusual public search for voter fraud before count is in

First Assistant U.S. Atty. Bill Essayli is waging an unusual campaign to find election fraud in California despite DOJ guidelines saying not to during vote counting.

NorCal braces for dry, dangerous fire season as SoCal faces typical conditions

Fire officials are bracing for an active fire season in Northern California as high temperatures dry out forests. Southern California will likely see a typical season.

Woman airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after shark attack at popular Sydney beach

A 30-year-old woman was rushed to a hospital Saturday with serious injuries after being attacked by a shark at a Sydney beach, the latest in a string of recent shark attacks off Australia's coast.Officials said emergency crews responded to Coogee Beach on Saturday morning following reports that a swimmer had been bitten.The woman was airlifted to a hospital for treatment, police said in a statement."The woman was pulled from ⁠the water by members of the public who commenced ​first aid," police s...

Elon Musk sent Gad Saad a cryptic late night text that led to a secret canyon rendezvous

Behavioral scientist and author Gad Saad revealed a previously untold story about a late-night meeting with billionaire Elon Musk, describing a series of security checkpoints and mysterious escorts that made him feel like "James Bond."Speaking on the "Hang Out with Sean Hannity" podcast, Saad said Musk sent him a text with an address in Austin, Texas, that led him to transportation for what became a secretive meeting."I receive a one-line text from Elon at around 9:30 at night, the address of hi...

A Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews

The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.

A German Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews

The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.

A German Court Has Ruled That Google Is Liable for False Statements Generated by AI Overviews

The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.

Where Trump has lost support with independents, according to polling

Where Trump has lost support with independents, according to polling

Ex-SEC chair says Kalshi is flat wrong: Sports bets aren’t swaps

Ex-SEC chair says Kalshi is flat wrong: Sports bets aren’t swaps

What Elon Musk's trillion means in real terms

What Elon Musk's trillion means in real terms

Athletics legends and mascot Stomper surprise Las Vegas pediatric patients

Athletics legends and mascot Stomper surprise Las Vegas pediatric patients

Las Vegas animal nonprofit receives $15K Petco Love grant to expand veterinary care

Las Vegas animal nonprofit receives $15K Petco Love grant to expand veterinary care

Open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weights model with one trillion parameters built for programming. It still trails GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 in coding benchmarks but costs a fraction

Moonshot's open model Kimi K2.7 Code undercuts GPT-5.5 and Claude by up to 12x on price per token

Moonshot AI has released Kimi K2.7 Code, an open-weights model with one trillion parameters built for programming. It still trails GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 in coding benchmarks but costs a fraction

Trump's White House UFC headliner accused of assault, forced sex, stalking

WATCH: House Dems blame racism, 'all-White' jury for Karmelo Anthony's guilty verdict

House Democrats are raising concerns about how race and jury selection may have impacted the guilty verdict in the Karmelo Anthony case, with several arguing the verdict highlights the racism they believe exists in the criminal justice system."A travesty, two lives ruined, and what struck me most is that you had an all-White jury," Rep. Christian Menefee, D-Texas, said when asked his thoughts on the guilty verdict. "You had preemptive strikes that were used in order to achieve an all-White jury....

Some provinces want more say in appointing judges. What does Canada's chief justice think?

Several provinces are calling for a constitutional change to give themselves more say in how federal judges are appointed at the provincial level. What does Chief Justice Richard Wagner make of this ongoing political debate over Canada's judicial system? CBC's The House spoke with him earlier this week to get his thoughts.

Red flag or red herring? The numbers behind assisted dying in the Netherlands

Assisted deaths among people with mental disorders in the Netherlands have surged in recent years. Some Dutch psychiatrists say that's a red flag for Canada, but not everyone agrees.