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Trump Just Called LeBron James a “Total Disgrace.” The Anthem Video Is Everywhere.
Intro It was supposed to be a quiet few seconds before tip-off. Players in a line, an anthem singer at center court, 20,000 people standing still. But one viral clip from Madison Square Garden has turned the NBA season opener into a national argument, and now the President of the United States is demanding that…
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AI Found a Bug That Sat in PHP for 14 Years. Then the Internet Started Going Dark.
On Wednesday morning, three of the most serious cybersecurity agencies in the United States spoke with one voice. The NSA, the FBI, and CISA all issued the same blunt instruction to anyone running a website: update your PHP now, or unplug your site until you can. Not next week. Not during the next maintenance window.…
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For the First Time Ever, Young Americans Say They Will Be Poorer Than Their Parents
For the First Time Ever, Young Americans Say They Will Be Poorer Than Their Parents If you are under 30 and feel like the ladder your parents climbed has been pulled up behind them, a new Harvard poll says you are not imagining it. The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School released its 53rd…
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Caleb Williams vs Drake Maye, Take Two: Everything You Need for Patriots vs Bears on Thursday Night Football
Caleb Williams vs Drake Maye, Take Two: Everything You Need for Patriots vs Bears on Thursday Night Football Two quarterbacks, one draft class, and a whole lot of unfinished business. Tonight at Soldier Field, Caleb Williams and Drake Maye meet for the second time in three years, and this time neither one is a rookie…
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Meta Burned $35 Billion in 90 Days and Its Cash Flow Just Went Negative. Wall Street’s AI Bill Has Come Due.
Yesterday afternoon, Wall Street was popping champagne. The S&P 500 had just closed up 0.6% at 7,757.17, the Nasdaq had jumped 1.1% to 26,702.86, and SpaceX had rocketed 7.8% higher after posting its first profit as a public company. Earnings season was saving the bull market, one beat at a time. Then Thursday morning happened.…
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Taika Waititi’s Star Wars Movie Is ‘Very Iced’ After 6 Years
Six years. That is how long Star Wars fans have been waiting for Taika Waititi to take them to a galaxy far, far away, and this week the director finally gave them an answer. It was not the one they wanted. Speaking to Inverse on Sunday while promoting his new sci-fi drama Klara and the…
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Instacart Wanted American Job Seekers to Mail Paper Resumes. The DOJ Just Made It Pay $5 Million.
Picture this. You find a job opening at a big tech company. You click “apply now.” Except there is no apply button. Instead, the listing tells you to print your resume, stuff it in an envelope, and mail it. Like it is 1994. That is exactly what job seekers ran into at Instacart, and now…
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12 Hecklers, Two Punches, One Boxing Legend: Trump’s Clemson Rally Turned Into a Royal Rumble
President Trump came to Clemson, South Carolina on Wednesday night for a routine midterm rally. He was supposed to fire up the base for Sen. Darline Graham, take a victory lap for her polling lead, and fly home. Instead, the night at T. Ed Garrison Arena turned into the rowdiest campaign event of the year:…
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Allen Bailey Dead at 37: Remembering the Chiefs’ Beloved “Hulk”
Allen Bailey Dead at 37: Remembering the Chiefs’ Beloved “Hulk” The NFL lost one of its good ones this week. Allen Bailey, the former Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons defensive end whose teammates called him “The Hulk,” died Tuesday at his home in Florida. He was 37. The news broke Wednesday when Bailey’s brother,…
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EA Is Closing BioWare After 31 Years. The Studio That Defined RPGs Is Gone.
What EA announced on Wednesday On Wednesday, October 21, EA told its employees what gamers had been quietly dreading for years. The company is closing BioWare, the studio behind Mass Effect, Dragon Age, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. The announcement came in a memo to staff from Cam Weber, EA’s president and…
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Julia Stiles Reunited the ’10 Things I Hate About You’ Cast on DWTS for Heath Ledger, and Nobody Was Ready
Twenty-seven years ago, a boy with a paint-splattered shirt climbed to the top of a set of bleachers, handed a marching band his sheet music, and sang Frankie Valli to the girl who hated him. It is still one of the most famous scenes in any romantic comedy ever made. This week, the girl from…
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Millions of Americans Have a 401(k) They Forgot About. It Is Quietly Losing Money.
You probably remember your first job. The desk, the boss, the parking situation. What you might not remember is the retirement account you started there. And if you left a four-figure 401(k) behind when you quit, that money could be shrinking right now, a little every month, while you never think about it. A white…
