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Fast Pair, loose security: Bluetooth accessories open to silent hijack
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 GMT
Sloppy implementation of Google spec leaves 'hundreds of millions' of devices vulnerableHundreds of millions of wireless earbuds, headphones, and speakers are vulnerable to silent hijacking due to a flaw in Google's Fast Pair system that allows attackers to seize control without the owner ever touching the pairing button.


S Twatter: When text-to-speech goes down the drain
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 GMT
Rinse of the machines: A cautionary tale about relying on robotsBork!Bork!Bork!UK water company Severn Trent learned an unfortunate lesson about text-to-speech systems when a robocall to customers went hilariously wrong.


Coming soon: We interrupt this ChatGPT session with a very special message from our sponsors
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 GMT
Gotta pay for those datacenter buildouts somehowOpenAI's budget ChatGPT Go subscription tier has migrated to the US, soon to be accompanied by advertising. The company's free tier will be similarly afflicted.


Trump wants big tech to pay for big beautiful power plants
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 GMT
It just needs PJM Interconnection, one of the US's biggest grid operators, to green light the auctionThe Trump administration says it wants big tech companies to take more accountability for the power their datacenters consume in an effort to shield voters from higher power bills at home.


Experiment suggests AI chatbot would save insurance agents a whopping 3 minutes a day
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Does that kind of time saving actually pay for itself?Researchers at Dakota State University, in partnership with regional insurance carrier Safety Insurance, devised an experimental chatbot called "Axlerod" to assist independent insurance agents. Whether that assistance was substantial is up for some debate.


Micron breaks ground on humungous NY DRAM fab after beating bats and tree huggers
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Chipmaker claims the four-fab site could expand US-based DRAM production by a factor of 12Micron broke snowy winter ground in New York on Friday to begin building a chip fab that promises to bring up to 50,000 jobs and much-needed computer memory production to US shores, as the AI boom continues to push memory prices up.


Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Microsoft claims it's a Secure Launch bugWe're not saying Copilot has become sentient and decided it doesn't want to lose consciousness. But if it did, it would create Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday update, which has made it so that some PCs flat-out refuse to shut down or hibernate, no matter how many times you try.


Windows Backup adds second-chance restore at sign-in
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
First sign-in restore aims to cut rebuilds when users skip setup optionsMicrosoft has quietly tweaked Windows Backup for Organizations to include restore at first sign-in.


Ready for a newbie-friendly Linux? Mint team officially releases v 22.3, 'Zena'
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Newer kernel, newer Cinnamon, new tools, and even new iconsThe timing is right if you're looking to try out Mint. New improved "Zena" is here– still based on Ubuntu Noble, but now with Cinnamon 6.6 and improved Wayland support, plus better internationalization, new System Information and System Administration tools, and clearer icons.


German cops add Black Basta boss to EU most-wanted list
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Ransomware kingpin who escaped Armenian custody is believed to be lying low back homeGerman cops have added Russian national Oleg Evgenievich Nefekov to their list of most-wanted criminals for his services to ransomware.


Meta retreats from metaverse after virtual reality check
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
That went wellImagine changing your popular brand to capitalize on an emerging tech trend that never emerged. Mark Zuckerberg did just that, and now Meta is backing away from the virtual reality business in which it invested billions.


Hyperscalers, vendors funding trillion dollar AI spree, but users will have to pay up long term
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Analyst: We'll hit a spot where 'we go from that was a great idea to where's my revenue?'Software vendors and cloud providers are bearing the burden of the expected trillion-dollar increase in AI spending this year, as investment hits $2.52 trillion, according to Gartner.


Lawmakers urge FTC to probe Trump Mobile over 'deceptive' marketing
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Gold phone more like fool's gold as none show up six months laterSenator Elizabeth Warren is leading calls for the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Trump Mobile for failing to ship gold phones, months after collecting deposits.


RondoDox botnet linked to large-scale exploit of critical HPE OneView bug
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Check Point observes 40K+ attack attempts in 4 hours, with government organizations under fireA critical HPE OneView flaw is now being exploited at scale, with Check Point tying mass, automated attacks to the RondoDox botnet.


Congress throws NASA a lifeline, leaves Mars sample mission to die in the dust
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Agency dodges deep cut and mass mission shutdowns, but ambitious red planet plan gets the bootUS Congress has rejected plans to slash NASA's science budget, restoring most funding with one notable exception: Mars Sample Return remains cancelled.


Researchers scrutinize datacenters' lifecycles, aiming to make them more sustainable
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Much of the damage done well before first power-on, in bit barns' childhood, says studyConstructing datacenters accounts for 39 percent of their total carbon dioxide emissions, almost as much as operating them, according to an environmental analysis covering the entire lifecycle of a facility.


Bankrupt scooter startup left one private key to rule them all
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Owner reverse-engineered his ride, revealing authentication was never properly individualizedAn Estonian e-scooter owner locked out of his own ride after the manufacturer went bust did what any determined engineer might do. He reverse-engineered it, and claims he ended up discovering the master key that unlocks every scooter the company ever sold.


Just because Linus Torvalds vibe codes doesn't mean it's a good idea
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
For trivial projects, it's fine. For serious work, forget about itOpinionVibe coding got a big boost when everyone's favorite open source programmer, Linux's Linus Torvalds, said he'd been using Google's Antigravity LLM on his toy programAudioNoise, which he uses to create "random digital audio effects" using his "random guitar pedal board design."


Probably not the best security in the world: Carlsberg wristbands spill visitor pics
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Researcher shows how anyone can access Copenhagen experience attendees' names, videosExclusiveThe Carlsberg exhibition in Copenhagen offers a bunch of fun activities, like blending your own beer, and the Danish brewer lets you relive those memories by making images available to download after the tour is over.


An old parking meter and a Pi make beautiful music together
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
You can't park there, mateAn enterprising engineer has turned an old parking meter into a jukebox using a Pi Zero 2 and some open source code.


Engineer used welding shop air hose to 'clean' PCs– hilarity did not ensue
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
How not to maintain computersOn CallWelcome again to On Call,The Register'sFriday column in which we take great delight in telling your tech support stories– mostly the ones involving bizarre behavior and heroic fixes.


Wikimedia’s 25th birthday gift: Letting more AIs scour pages volunteers created
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Microsoft promises to be a responsible copilotThe Wikimedia Foundation, the org behind Wikipedia and other open knowledge platforms, has revealed it’s signed six more AI companies as ‘enterprise partners’, status that gives them preferential access to the content it tends.


TSMC sees no signs of the AI boom slowing for at least two or three years
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
2nm process will go large this year, and bring inevitable price risesTaiwanese chipmaking giant TSMC has posted huge growth, says more is on the way as the AI boom is not abating, but also pointed to the inevitability of price rises for its output.


OpenAI invests in brain-interface biz co-founded by CEO Sam Altman
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 GMT
Merge Labs envisions controlling devices using your brain - without implanting hardware in your bodyOpenAI, having invested heavily in artificial intelligence, is placing a side bet on organic intelligence.


Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
This is a threat to security - and to the weekend for some unlucky netadminsCisco finally delivered a fix for a maximum-severity bug in AsyncOS that has been under attack for at least a month.


Open ISA champ SiFive leaps aboard Nvidia's proprietary interconnect bandwagon
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
You might call it a RISC-V/NVLink Fusion ... or a bad day for UALinkRISC-V champion SiFive has joined a growing number of chip companies by throwing its weight behind Nvidia's proprietary NVLink Fusion interconnect tech, a move that casts doubt on the viability of rival interconnect tech UALink.


Over half of AI projects are shelved due to complex infrastructure
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
The answer seems to be educating the enterprise workforce, and creating smarter use casesMore than half of AI projects have been delayed or canceled within the last two years citing complexities with AI infrastructure, according to a research report commissioned by DDN, a data optimization company in partnership with Google Cloud and Cognizant.


Chinese spies used Maduro's capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
What's next for Venezuela? Click on the file and seeWhat policy wonk wouldn't want to click on an attachment promising to unveil US plans for Venezuela? Chinese cyberspies used just such a lure to target US government agencies and policy-related organizations in a phishing campaign that began just days after an American military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.


Flipping one bit leaves AMD CPUs open to VM vuln
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Fix landed in July, but OEM firmware updates are requiredIf you use virtual machines, there's reason to feel less-than-Zen about AMD's CPUs. Computer scientists affiliated with the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany have found a vulnerability in AMD CPUs that exposes secrets in its secure virtualization environment.


Bond, debt bond: Investors shaken, not stirred by Oracle’s borrowing spree sue Big Red
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Investors upset that company failed to inform them might need to take out even more debt.Datacenters don't come cheap. Oracle debt bond holders are suing the tech giant, because they say that the company didn't tell them it would need to borrow even more money after its original sale, making their purchases less valuable.


Contagious Claude Code bug Anthropic ignored promptly spreads to Cowork
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Office workers without AI experience warned to watch for prompt injection attacks - good luck with thatAnthropic's tendency to wave off prompt-injection risks is rearing its head in the company's new Cowork productivity AI, which suffers from a Files API exfiltration attack chain first disclosed last October and acknowledged but not fixed by Anthropic.


OpenAI to serve up ChatGPT on Cerebras’ AI dinner plates in $10B+ deal
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
SRAM-heavy compute architecture promises real-time agents, extended reasoning capabilities to bolster Altman's valuationOpenAI says it will deploy 750 megawatts worth of Nvidia competitor Cerebras' dinner-plate sized accelerators through 2028 to bolster its inference services.


Apple, Google pulled into Grok controversy as campaigners demand app store takedown
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
The chatbot's challenges no longer just Elon Musk’s problem, as campaigners call on tech giants to step inThe ongoing Grok fiasco has claimed two more unwilling participants, as campaigners demand Apple and Google boot X and its AI sidekick out of their app stores, because of the Elon Musk-owned AI's tendency to produce illicit images of real people.


A simple CodeBuild flaw put every AWS environment at risk– and pwned 'the central nervous system of the cloud'
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
And it's 'not unique to AWS,' researcher tellsThe RegA critical misconfiguration in AWS's CodeBuild service allowed complete takeover of the cloud provider's own GitHub repositories and put every AWS environment in the world at risk, according to Wiz security researchers.


Budget smartphones will be hit hardest as memory prices rise
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
When margins are this tight, mergers might followThe memory shortage is forecast to push smartphone prices higher in 2026, triggering a market decline and forcing budget phone makers to merge or disappear.


Windows App forgets how to log in with first security update of the year
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
January patch trips up Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authenticationMicrosoft has kicked off 2026 with another faulty Windows update. This time, it is connection and authentication failures in Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 related to the Windows App.


Teach an AI to write buggy code, and it starts fantasizing about enslaving humans
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Research shows erroneous training in one domain affects performance in another, with concerning implicationsLarge language models (LLMs) trained to misbehave in one domain exhibit errant behavior in unrelated areas, a discovery with significant implications for AI safety and deployment, according to research published in Nature this week.


US regulator tells GM to hit the brakes on customer tracking
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Smart Driver pitched as safety app, but feds claim it's a data-harvesting scheme that jacked up premiumsThe Federal Trade Commission has banned General Motors and subsidiary OnStar from sharing drivers' precise location and behavior data with consumer reporting agencies for five years under a 20-year consent order finalized January 14.


Woman bailed as cops probe doctor's surgery data breach
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Suspect assisting West Midlands Police over alleged theft at Walsall GP practiceThe UK's West Midlands Police has released a woman on bail as part of an investigation into a data breach at a Walsall general practitioner's (GP) surgery.


Wine 11 runs Windows apps in Linux and macOS better than ever
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Transparently runs 16, 32, and 64-bit Windows apps, but still doesn't use the Microsoft store.The latest version of the Wine Windows app runner arrives a year after version 10. Given its annual release cycle, its magic is starting to seem almost boring and routine, but it's far from it.


Raspberry Pi 5 gets LLM smarts with AI HAT+ 2
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
40 TOPS of inference grunt, 8 GB onboard memory, and the nagging question: who exactly needs this?Raspberry Pi has launched the AI HAT+ 2 with 8 GB of onboard RAM and the Hailo-10H neural network accelerator aimed at local AI computing.


Microsoft taps UK courts to dismantle cybercrime host RedVDS
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Redmond says cheap virtual desktops powered a global wave of phishing and fraudMicrosoft has taken its cybercrime fight to the UK in its first major civil action outside the US, moving to shut down RedVDS, a virtual desktop service used to power phishing and fraud at global scale.


Ofcom keeps X under the microscope despite Grok 'nudify' fix
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Cold milk poured over 'spicy mode,' but it might not be enough to escape a huge fineOfcom is continuing with its investigation into X, despite the social media platform saying it will block Grok from digitally undressing people.


Microsoft's 'From SA' scheme on trial as license resale row refuses to die
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
ValueLicensing case rumbles on as Windows giant appeals against copyright judgmentMicrosoft's From Software Assurance (SA) program is the subject of a disclosure application as the long-running spat between Microsoft and ValueLicensing over the resale of software licenses rumbles on.


AWS flips switch on Euro cloud as customers fret about digital sovereignty
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
EU-only ops, German subsidiaries, and a pinky promise your data won't end up in Uncle Sam's handsAmid continued trade and geopolitical volatility between Europe and the US, Amazon Web Services is making its European Sovereign Cloud generally available today and plans to expand so-called Local Zones.


Dell wants£10m+ from VMware if Tesco case goes against it
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Retail giant's disty, reseller, and vendor all say they can't and won't sellExclusiveDell has filed a claim against VMware in the software licensing dispute brought by supermarket giant Tesco and wants the virtualization giant should fork over at least£10 million under certain circumstances.


China's Z.ai claims it trained a model using only Huawei hardware
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Hasn’t revealed how much kit did the job, so Nvidia can probably rest easyChinese outfit Zhipu AI claims it trained a new model entirely using Huawei hardware, and that it’s the first company to build an advanced model entirely on Chinese hardware.


AI may be everywhere, but it's nowhere in recent productivity statistics
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Forrester principal analyst JP Gownder says jobs eaten by bots don't come backInterviewAnalyst firm Forrester’s vice president and principal analyst J. P. Gownder remains unconvinced that AI will revolutionize productivity.


Maker fight! SparkFun cuts ties with Adafruit in harassment dispute
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 GMT
Adafruit claims SparkFun aims to shoot the messenger for criticizing corporate tolerance of intoleranceRetailer SparkFun Electronics last month said it would no longer do business with electronics kit-maker Adafruit Industries, citing violations of SparkFun's Code of Conduct during online interactions.


CrowdStrike shareholders lose battle to recoup losses from 2024 outage
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 GMT
Investors didn't present a valid claim, says judge, but they're welcome to try againA group of CrowdStrike shareholders who sued the company over losses sustained following its 2024 global outage will have to head back to the drawing board if they hope to recoup losses, as a Texas judge has deemed they failed to adequately state a claim.


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Could Marcello Hernández Be the Next ‘SNL’ Cast Member to Become a Superstar?
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
The comic’s new special, “American Boy,” shows that he has the leading-man charisma and hunger. His career will be interesting to watch.

How a Play Skewering Modern Russia Evaded a Crackdown to Become a Hit
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
Everyone expected“The Kholops,” a drama exploring oppression, to be shut down soon after it opened in St. Petersburg. Instead, it is two years into a sold-out run.

A‘Weird, Wonderful’ Night at the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
City Winery’s 50th anniversary screening of the film encouraged some inventive dress up, including tributes to fan favorites like Rocky and Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

With‘Sinners’ and ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ Jack O’Connell Is in His Villain Era
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
In Jack O’Connell’s hands, the vampire of “Sinners” and the cult leader of “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple” are vicious in very different ways.

Rebecca Hall Is OK With Her Cats Waking Her at All Hours
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
“I find it weird when I go away and there are no noises of someone knocking over something or munching at the cat food or playing with a toy at 3 a.m. annoyingly keeping you up.”

Mitski, Flea: 8 Songs We’re Talking About This Week
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
Mitski and Flea have new albums on the way, and a classic Prince track is surging on the singles chart thanks to“Stranger Things.”

‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Review: Go Westeros, Young Man
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
A lighter story about an itinerant sword-swinger cuts“Game of Thrones” down to small pleasures.

‘Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ Prequel, Explores Dunk and Egg
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
With no dragons and no warring dynasties, HBO’s “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is the first test of whether the “Thrones” formula works on a human scale.

After an Earthquake, Preserving a Slow Craft in a Fast World
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
In Wajima, Japan, where hundreds of homes and studios were destroyed, master-class artisans are struggling to keep lacquer alive and nurture the next generation of creators.

ASAP Rocky Grew Up, Settled Down (with Rihanna) and Returned to Rap
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The artist reflects on how the chaotic eight years since his last release— including three kids and two trials — led to his latest album, “Don’t Be Dumb.”

Martha Graham Dance Company Won’t Celebrate Centennial at Kennedy Center
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The oldest dance troupe in the United States decided not to perform at the Washington venue during its nationwide tour.

‘The Disappear’ Review: A Couple on the Rocks and Out of Sync
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Erica Schmidt’s discordant comedy, starring Hamish Linklater and Miriam Silverman, is a farce clumsily straddling two genres.

Viva the Absurd:‘What to Wear’ and a Wave of Opera Surrealism
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman’s “What to Wear” at BAM is a visually rich, textually odd work — and a hot commodity.

Washington National Opera Finds a Stage Outside Kennedy Center Amid Trump Tensions
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Spring performances of“Treemonisha” and “The Crucible” will be held at George Washington University.

Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.

Prize Fight
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
In the run-up to the Oscar nominations, a chat with a reporter who has followed every twist and turn of the race.

Photographing the Golden Globes Winners
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
Chantal Anderson breaks down how she captured this year’s Golden Globe winners backstage on an assignment from The New York Times.

As Kennedy Center Rebrands It’s Mired in Black Tape
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
After the institution’s board declared it the Trump Kennedy Center, a lot of signage around the building is in the midst of a makeover.

Walter Steding, Otherworldly One-Man Band and Portraitist, Is Dead at 75
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his portraits offered an eerie commentary on the times.

Met Museum Employees Vote to Unionize
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The bargaining unit, which includes curatorial, conservation and retail departments, could represent about half of the Met’s work force.

Julio Iglesias Denies Sexual Abuse Claims by Former Employees
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The singer called the accusations“completely false” in a statement released after Spanish prosecutors said they would investigate.

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
In this month’s picks, hijacked bullet trains, comet creatures and time loops in the British countryside.

‘Eat the Rich’: Cambridge Was a Culture Shock. She’s Getting the Last Laugh.
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Jade Franks mines the awkwardness of social mobility in her one-woman show“Eat the Rich.”

Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
From a Wim Wenders masterpiece to a Stanley Tucci gem, these films all revolve around the possibility of fresh starts and new beginnings.

10 Steamy Books Like‘Heated Rivalry’
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Steamy love stories starring athletes and top-notch yearners will tide you over until your next trip to the cottage.

8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

‘Seeds’ Review: Farms and a Way of Life Hang in the Balance
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The director Brittany Shyne’s film is slow-moving and lyrical in its focus on the seasonal rhythms of the work, even as it shifts to policy concerns.

Seth Meyers Never Guessed Trump Was Such a Milk Fan
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The“Late Night” host said there was no way President Trump drank milk, “unless someone tricked you into thinking your Diet Coke came from a cow.”

‘The Pitt’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: Dirty Work
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Viewers got extra intimate this week with the hard physical realities of life in the emergency ward.

‘The Rip’ Review: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Star in Cop Thriller
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play grizzled cops looking at each other sideways in this Netflix crime thriller that has all the concepts but not much else.

Humanities Endowment Awarding Millions to Western Civilization Programs
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
The National Endowment for the Humanities is giving more than $40 million to programs that have been embraced by conservatives as a counterweight to liberal-dominated academia.

Nick Reiner Was in a Mental Health Conservatorship in 2020
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
Mr. Reiner, who is accused of killing his parents, was under a yearlong legal arrangement that allows for involuntary psychiatric treatment.

Harvey Pratt, Who Designed the Native American Veterans Memorial, Dies at 84
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
A self-taught artist, he also spent more than half a century creating forensic sketches and reconstructions for law-enforcement agencies.

John Cunningham, Character Actor and Broadway Stalwart, Dies at 93
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of“Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie and TV appearances.

In‘Sons of Echo’ Male Dancers March to Female Choreographers’ Beat
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
“Sons of Echo,” in which standout male dancers perform work by women, proves that male choreographers don’t have a monopoly on bad taste.

Tessa Thompson in‘Hedda,’ and More Theater to Stream
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Other picks include“Bat Out of Hell: The Musical,” a new season of Playing on Air podcasts and “Lazarus,” featuring the music of David Bowie.

‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Will End Broadway Run and Open Overseas
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
Though the show will close in New York next month, a North American tour will continue, and productions in Australia, Germany and South Korea are planned.

Bob Weir Is Gone, but the Dead’s Music Plays On
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
A concert honoring the Grateful Dead guitarist showed the durability of the band’s music and culture, even as its members dwindle.

‘Riot Women’ Review: Women of a Certain Rage
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
There’s much more to Sally Wainwright’s series about middle-aged punk rockers than the music.

Holly Hunter Reaches for the Stars
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
In“Star Trek: Starfleet Academy,” she got to play a few things she never had in her varied career: a space captain and a woman over 400 years old.

‘Queen Kelly’ Review: His Majesty, Von Stroheim
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
The 1929 silent film returns in a shimmering, sensitively scored restoration that brings out the lurid and the romantic in Erich von Stroheim’s story of orphan-meets-prince.

He Survived Dachau. He Captured Its Horrors on Paper the Next Day.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
When Brian Stonehouse, a British spy posing as an artist, was freed from the concentration camp, he made drawings to document what he had witnessed.

As Megadeth Counts Down to Extinction, Dave Mustaine Opens Up
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
The heavy metal pioneer known for his lightning-fast shredding and snarling vocal style is going out his way, with a final album and tour.

White Lies, Inner Truth: The Contradictions of Henri Rousseau
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
His naïve style landed him outside the firmament, but his painterly innocence was more seductive — and intentional — than many critics appreciated.

‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: Machine Yearning
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
A grieving widower finds his problems are just beginning when his wife returns in the form of a household appliance in this gloriously funny, shape-shifting debut feature.

‘Sound of Falling’ Review: A Fortress of Feminine Mysteries
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
This detour-heavy film moves across time periods to follow girlhood mischief, desire and abuse on a German farm.

‘Shuffle’ Review: The Real Price of Rehab
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
Benjamin Flaherty discovered some disturbing tendencies in the addiction recovery industry. His documentary is upsetting and revelatory.

‘A Private Life’ Review: Jodie Foster Uncovers a Twisty Plot in Paris
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Speaking in French (but cursing in English), the actress plays an American psychiatrist abroad who stumbles into unexpected intrigue.

‘Night Patrol’ Review: Things That Go Bump in the Night
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
Rival gangs in Los Angeles join forces when a bloodsucking unit of the police department invades their community.

‘Deepfaking Sam Altman’ Review: Altmanesque
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
A filmmaker who can’t secure an interview with the A.I. executive turns to technology for a solution.

Trisha Donnelly’s Mysteries
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
The artist isn’t known for her drawings, but in a new show these cryptic, sometimes unsettling works speak volumes.

‘All You Need Is Kill’ Review: It Doesn’t Bear Repeating
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
By condensing the logic of the action, this anime adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s light novel undermines the story’s excitement.

‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Review: Sympathy for the Devil
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
The latest installment in the zombie saga is all about evil and good, and whether any of it exists.

Colbert Jokes That Trump Has Found‘a New National Bird’
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
“You got to hand it to that auto worker for getting under Trump’s skin,” Stephen Colbert said after the president appeared to flip off a heckling worker at a Ford plant.

Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Rebecca Kilgore, 76, Dies; Acclaimed Interpreter of American Songbook
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
An elegant jazz singer with adventurous taste, she counted among her fans the performer Michael Feinstein and the songwriter Dave Frishberg, who called her technique“flawless.”

Star Seize Chance to Speak Out at Night Honoring Leonardo DiCaprio
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
Actors and filmmakers were celebrated at the annual National Board of Review gala, where winners called attention to protests in Minneapolis and the violent crackdown in Iran.

Applying Richard Foreman’s Off-Kilter Aesthetic (and Ducks) to Opera
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
The composer Michael Gordon collaborated with Foreman on“What to Wear” in 2006. The opera makes its belated New York premiere at BAM on Thursday.

Harper Lee Expanded on Her View of the South in Letters to a Friend
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.

Jim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
He was best known for his long-running collaboration with Alan Jackson and their signature hit,“Chattahoochee.”

Tony Dokoupil’s Road Trip on CBS News Hits a Rough Patch
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
A stretch of big news revealed growing pains for CBS’s new evening anchor and problems with its Bari Weiss-era philosophy.

Want Your MTV? A Rogue Site Is Bringing Back the Videos.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
The unofficial website MTV Rewind has recreated the channel’s classic era, pulling in thousands of clips. Its developer says it’s an antidote to the algorithms.

NY Times Obituaries:




Walter Steding, Otherworldly One-Man Band and Portraitist, Is Dead at 75
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
A self-taught musician, he wore flashing goggles while playing the violin. But his real skill was as a painter, and his portraits offered an eerie commentary on the times.

Leonard D. Jacoby, 83, Dies; Brought Legal Services to the Masses
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
He and Steven Z. Meyers opened their first low-cost legal clinic in 1972. Within a decade, they had revolutionized the legal industry, and Jacoby&Meyers had become a widely known brand.

John Cunningham, Character Actor and Broadway Stalwart, Dies at 93
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
He was a familiar face from Broadway productions of“Company,” “Titanic” and “Six Degrees of Separation” and from many movie and TV appearances.

Jim Hartung, Gymnast Who Helped Deliver U.S. Gold, Dies at 65
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
In an upset victory over China at the 1984 Olympics, he and five others became the only American men ever to win the gold medal in the gymnastics team competition.

Harvey Pratt, Who Designed the Native American Veterans Memorial, Dies at 84
Fri, 16 Jan 2026 +0000
A self-taught artist, he also spent more than half a century creating forensic sketches and reconstructions for law-enforcement agencies.

Frank Dunlop, 98, Dies; Director Who Gave Theater a Free-Spirited Spin
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 +0000
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” (the Who took the stage at one point) before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
He played a key role in ending apartheid South Africa’s secret weapons program in the 1980s by helping the African National Congress bomb critical facilities.

Rebecca Kilgore, 76, Dies; Acclaimed Interpreter of American Songbook
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
An elegant jazz singer with adventurous taste, she counted among her fans the performer Michael Feinstein and the songwriter Dave Frishberg, who called her technique“flawless.”

Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed months later when Rosa Parks made history with a similar stand.

Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
A professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, he was a key contributor to a landmark paper that laid out how the universe came to look like it does today.

Rhoda Levine, Pathbreaking Opera Director, Dies at 93
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
Starting out in the 1970s as a rare woman in a field dominated by men, she directed the premieres of a pair of politically charged modern classics.

Gabriel Barkay, 81, Dies; His Discoveries Revised Biblical History
Sat, 17 Jan 2026 +0000
One of Israel’s leading archaeologists, he found evidence that the writing of the Old Testament likely began much earlier than historians had thought.

Jim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
He was best known for his long-running collaboration with Alan Jackson and their signature hit,“Chattahoochee.”

Scott Adams, Creator of the Satirical‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip, Dies at 68
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 +0000
His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller was widely distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers to cut their ties with him.

Elle Simone Scott, Chef and Cooking Show Stalwart, Dies at 49
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 +0000
She was the first Black cast member on the PBS show“America’s Test Kitchen,” and used her influence to help other female chefs of color.

David Mitchell, Who Led Fight on Drug Prices, Dies at 75
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 +0000
After receiving a diagnosis of terminal cancer, he used his experience in public relations to draw attention to the skyrocketing cost of medication.

Daniel Walker Howe, Historian of Antebellum America, Dies at 88
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 +0000
In a Pulitzer-winning book, he saw modern America’s origins not so much in one president’s policies as in the sweeping social and technological changes wrought in the years 1815-48.

Jirdes Winther Baxter, 101, Dies; Last Survivor of Epidemic in Alaska
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 +0000
An outbreak of diphtheria inspired a celebrated sled dog relay of nearly 700 miles to deliver lifesaving serum to the remote town of Nome.

Richard Codey, a New Jersey Acting Governor Many Times Over, Dies at 79
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 +0000
He was the state’s longest-serving legislator, and as president of its Senate he was frequently called on to serve as a fill-in governor, being next in line of succession.

Erich von DÀniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90
Sun, 11 Jan 2026 +0000
His 1968 book,“Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”

Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78
Mon, 12 Jan 2026 +0000
His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution.