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AI coding tools make developers slower but they think they're faster, study finds
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Predicted a 24% boost, but clocked a 19% dragArtificial intelligence coding tools are supposed to make software development faster, but researchers who tested these tools in a randomized, controlled trial found the opposite.


Hegseth signs flying memo to expand military use of cheap drones in oddball video
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
An announcement so weird it could only come from the Trump administrationvideoFlanked by a pair of buzzing drones that threatened to drown out his voice, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth reached up to grab a memorandum hung from a third drone hovering above his head. 


Tech to protect images against AI scrapers can be beaten, researchers show
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Data poisoning, meet data detoxai-pocalypseComputer scientists say they've devised a way to remove image-based protection mechanisms developed to protect artists from unwanted use of their work for AI training.


ICANN fumes as AFRINIC offers no explanation for annulled election
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
As allegations fly regarding fraudulent powers of attorney, one member wants to wind up AFRINIC and start againThe receiver of the African Network Information Center (AFRINIC) has not explained why he chose to annul its recent election, prompting ICANN to again warn that it may need to step in, and longtime AFRINIC litigant Cloud Innovation to call for the body to be wound up.


CVSS 10 RCE in Wing FTP exploited within 24 hours, security researchers warn
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Intruders looked up how to use curl mid-attack - rookie errors kept damage minimalHuntress security researchers observed exploitation of the CVSS 10.0 remote code execution (RCE) flaw in Wing FTP Server on July 1, just one day after its public disclosure.


Rimini Street, Oracle edge toward truce after years of legal warfare
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Hush-hush settlement follows decision to wind down PeopleSoft supportEnterprise software support giant Rimini Street has entered into a confidential settlement agreement with Oracle, signaling the two companies may be nearing the end of their long-running legal dispute.


British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
A controversial and polarizing figure, but also widely hailedobituaryMatt Trout will be missed by many, even though he was a divisive figure who featured several times onThe Register.


Pentagon snaps up ownership stake in America's only rare earths mine
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Rare earth metals are vital to electronics, and most of them are mined in ChinaThere is only one active rare earth mine in the whole of the United States. As of Friday, the Department of Defense has become the largest shareholder in the company that owns and operates it. 


Datacenters feeling the heat as climate risk boils over
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
A warmer world will affect bit barn resilience, warn consultantsMany of the world's top 100 datacenter hubs are at risk from rising global temperatures, as growing cooling requirements push up costs and water consumption, while shutdowns to prevent overheating during heat waves may become more frequent.


Users of PostgreSQL in the cloud say the uptime just ain't up to it
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
One in five users hit by service failures in the last year, research findsA survey of PostgreSQL users has found that the levels of uptime experienced using cloud providers falls well short of their expectations in terms of reliability.


Microsoft fixes the ESU blues for Windows 10 users
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
WIndows 11 might have a bigger market share, but Windows 10 is still alive. Kind ofEven as its market share is finally eclipsed by Windows 11, Windows 10 is still alive and in need of fixes. Alongside the replacement of the Blue Screen of Death in Windows 11, Microsoft has released a fix for the Extended Security Updates wizard to Windows 10 Insiders.


More license upheaval to come after SAP kills RISE with SAP products, users warn
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Intro of package for cloud ERP is creating challenges, and more changes likely next yearBiz customers should expect further changes to SAP's licensing as the company introduces the reboot of its Business Suite construct into its product packages, the German-speaking user group has warned.


Telefónica Germany offloads VMware support to Spinnaker due to high renewal costs
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
'Our offer from Broadcom was five times higher than we expected'The German arm of telecoms biz Telefónica has shifted support for its VMware installed base to Spinnaker after Broadcom quoted it a renewal figure five times the size of what it was previously paying.


UK Online Safety Act 'not up to scratch' on misinformation, warn MPs
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Last summer's riots show how some content can be harmful but not illegalThe Online Safety Act fails to tackle online misinformation, leaving the UK in need of further regulation to curb the viral spread of false content, a report from MPs has found.


Microsoft offers EU cloud providers fresh commercial terms, staves off risk of litigation
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Agreement or otherwise expected from CISPE top brass before AugustExclusiveMicrosoft has tabled a fresh set of commercial terms for an association of cloud providers in Europe that earlier filed a complaint with antitrust authorities in the trading bloc over allegations of anti-competitive licensing practices.


Security company hired a used car salesman to build a website, and it didn't end well
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
First came the dodgy lawyer, then the explosively angry HR person, leaving a whistleblower techie to save his careerOn CallWelcome once again to On Call,The Register's Friday column that shares your stories of tech support terror and triumph.


French cops cuff Russian pro basketball player on ransomware charges
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
'He's useless with computers and can't even install an application' says lawyerA Russian professional basketball player is cooling his heels in a French detention center after being arrested and accused of acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang.


Chinese censorship-busters claim Tencent is trying to kill its WeChat archive
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Alleges Singaporean infosec outfit sent feeble legal demands to hosting company, which cavedAnti-censorship organization GreatFire.org has accused Singapore infosec outfit Group-IB of helping Chinese web giant Tencent to quell its activities.


China's biggest car rental company now offers autonomous cars
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 GMT
Three-seater from Baidu delivers itself, follows directions, then finds its way homeChina’s largest car rental operator, Car Inc., now rents autonomous cars.


Lovestruck US Air Force worker admits leaking secrets on dating app
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Oh my sweet secret informant lover, what happened in that NATO meeting today?A lovestruck US Air Force employee has pleaded guilty to conspiring to transmit confidential national defense information after sharing military secrets information about the Russia-Ukraine war with a woman he met on a dating app.


Now everybody but Citrix agrees that CitrixBleed 2 is under exploit
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Add CISA to the listThe US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added its weighty name to the list of parties agreeing that CVE-2025-5777, dubbed CitrixBleed 2 by one researcher, has been under exploitation and abused to hijack user sessions.


Intel's leaders have stopped pretending– and it's about time
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Not even in the top 10, CEO Lip-Bu Tan reportedly tells employeesCommentPat Gelsinger's tenure as Intel's chief executive was epitomized by his unwavering optimism and ambitious plan to return the ailing chipmaker to its former glory. His successor has no such delusions of grandeur.


Thousands of NASA senior staffers expected to quit after budget slashed
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
It could have the same headcount as 1960 by the end of the monthNASA senior staff are being offered the opportunity to leave voluntarily before the axes start swinging, and it seems likely that thousands will take the escape hatch.


Ex-ASML engineer who stole chip tech for Russia gets three years in Dutch prison
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
'Whether those files were allowed to go to Russia? I didn't ask'A former ASML and NXP semiconductor engineer will spend three years in a Dutch prison after stealing secret chip technology from his employers and sharing it with Russia.


IBM moves scientists out of Almaden Research Center
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Company mum on whether the site will be shutteredIBM, which employees say stands for "I've Been Moved" due to frequent relocation directives, is moving research scientists from its Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California, to its Silicon Valley Lab a few miles east.


EU tries to explain how to do AI without breaking the law
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
A new code aims to make it easy to figure outThe EU has a new set of AI regulations poised to take effect soon. While debate over them continues, Brussels has put out a handy guidebook to help companies make sense of what they can and cannot do. 


Slow down on building power plants for all those new AI datacenters, report warns
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Projections are likely exaggerated, a new analysis from an environmental group saysDatacenters are slurping ever more energy to meet the growing demands of AI, but some estimates of future demand imply an increase in hardware that would be beyond the capacity of global chipmakers to supply, according to an environmental nonprofit.


Please don't cut funds for space traffic control, industry begs Congress
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
TraCSS is like an FAA for space, and it's slated for the chopping blockSpace industry bigwigs have sent letters to Congressional leaders urging them not to eliminate funding for preventing space collisions, as requested in a budget proposal for FY 2026. 


Red Hat sweetens the RHEL deal for biz devs– just don't put it in prod
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Up to 25 instances for free, but only to play withIBM's Linux subsidiary is offering a new way to get RHEL without paying, now with up to 25 instances.


Firebase Studio's new Agent Mode wants to code so you don't have to
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Gemini CLI integration is nice, but there's little polish in building apps from promptsGoogle today unveiled updates to Firebase Studio at its Cloud Summit event in London, adding Gemini command-line interface (CLI) integration, initial Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, and "Agent Mode."


Russia, hotbed of cybercrime, says nyet to ethical hacking bill
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Politicians uneasy over potential impact on national security, local reports sayRussia, home to some of the world's most lucrative and damaging cybercrime operations, has rejected a bill to legalize ethical hacking.


Trump tariffs turn techies topsy-turvy as US braces for PC tax
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Shipments in America flat, surge across ROTW ahead of Win 10 support cutoffTariff uncertainty caused by US President Donald Trump still hangs over the PC industry despite manufacturers navigating a "complex regulatory maze" to avoid being in the firing line over import taxes when the shooting begins.


Microsoft says regulations and environmental issues are cramping its Euro expansion
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
'I don't think there's a spare megawatt sitting anywhere idle in all of Europe, or the US, as a matter of fact'Microsoft intends to more than double its European datacenter capacity by 2027, but suspects this won't be easy because of all the red tape and environmental safeguards it faces.


Former reality TV star appointed NASA interim administrator
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Can Sean Duffy embrace the challenge?NASA has a new interim administrator. US President Donald Trump has announced that former reality TV star and current Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will be taking on the role.


NCA arrests four in connection with UK retail ransomware attacks
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Crime-fighting agency cagey on details, probes into intrusions at M&S, Harrods, and Co-op continueThe UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four individuals suspected of being involved in the big three cyberattacks on UK retail businesses in recent weeks.


Sovereign-ish: Google Cloud keeps AI data in UK, but not the support
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Processing and storage for Gemini 2.5 Flash to stay in BlightyGoogle Cloud is attempting to ease concerns about where AI data is stored by offering organizations the option to keep Gemini 2.5 Flash machine learning processing entirely within the UK.


Outlook takes another sick day
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Millions of users disrupted, mailbox infrastructure blamedupdatedMicrosoft Outlook was down for the count in a major outage affecting millions of users worldwide for the more than 11 hours.


Write-back to aging UK health systems lessens benefits of Palantir-based platform
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Controversial system requires local NHS investment to maximize productivityThe benefits of the UK health sector's Palantir-powered data and analytics system are being suppressed by the limits of writing back to NHS software, MPs heard this week.


At last, a use case for AI agents with sky-high ROI: Stealing crypto
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Boffins outsmart smart contracts with evil automationUsing AI models to generate exploits for cryptocurrency contract flaws appears to be a promising business model, though not necessarily a legal one.


Swiss boffins just trained a 'fully open' LLM on the Alps supercomputer
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Source code and weights coming later this summer with an Apache 2.0 bow on topSupercomputers are usually associated with scientific exploration, research, and development, and ensuring our nuclear stockpiles actually work. 


Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson backs plan to do a Jurassic Park on extinct birds
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
New Zealand’s Giant Moa stood over three meters tall but were easy preyResearchers from New Zealand will try to revive extinct birds, with help from Colossal Biosciences and film-maker Sir Peter Jackson.


Chinese TV uses AI to translate broadcasts into sign language. It’s not going well
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Deaf professor who worked on one product says developers won’t listen to feedback – about their products or their tech bro waysChina’s efforts to employ AI as a means of improving access to media for its deaf population aren’t going well, according to a professor at Beijing Normal University’s Faculty of Education.


Citrix signals return to the mainstream hypervisor market with a product it says isn’t quite ready for the job
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 GMT
Cites‘aggressive licensing changes’ from rivals, but like Broadcom only sells bundlesCitrix has decided to return to the market for mainstream hypervisors with a version of its XenServer product which it currently claims isn’t ready for the job.


Eggheads hold science fair on Capitol Hill to decry funding cuts
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
'The Things We’ll Never Know' show highlights what we'll be missingPresident Trump's budget slashes funding for science and led to the cancellation or reduction of thousands of research programs, so scientists have staged a series of presentations to show legislators innovations that America will miss out on in the future.


How to trick ChatGPT into revealing Windows keys? I give up
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
No, really, those are the magic wordsA clever AI bug hunter found a way to trick ChatGPT into disclosing Windows product keys, including at least one owned by Wells Fargo bank, by inviting the AI model to play a guessing game.


Perplexity rips another page from the Google playbook with its own browser, Comet
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
Built on Chromium, ironicallyPerplexity has released its own web browser called Comet, and it's clearly aimed at Google.


Microsoft pushes $4B at AI education for the masses
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
Hey, teacher, leave those kids to AIAfter committing more than $13 billion in strategic investments to OpenAI, Microsoft is splashing out billions more to get people using the technology.


Court cancels FTC click-to-cancel rule on a technicality
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
Welcome back to the age of dark patternsThe US was supposed to celebrate the enforcement date for an FTC rule requiring companies to offer simple, clear, one-click subscription cancellations next Monday, but a panel of appeals court judges has decided otherwise.


US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle SamThe US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect revenue and secret data for Pyongyang.


AMD warns of new Meltdown, Spectre-like bugs affecting CPUs
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 GMT
Low-severity bugs but infosec pros claim they are a 'critical' overall threat– patch accordinglyAMD is warning users of a newly discovered form of side-channel attack affecting a broad range of its chips that could lead to information disclosure.


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Can‘Superman’ Fly Above Today’s Polarized Politics?
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
The director of the reboot, James Gunn, called the superhero from the planet Krypton“an immigrant,” thrusting the summer popcorn movie into an Earthbound culture war.

How James Gunn Modeled Superman’s Dog Krypto After His Own Pet
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
For the furry sidekick, Krypto, in“Superman,” the director James Gunn found inspiration — and a physical model — in his own unruly pet.

Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Writing for The Daily Planet about his heroic alter ego raises thorny issues for Clark Kent. Lois Lane has her conflicts, too.

The Joys of K-Swing, Korean Swing Dancing, Come to New York
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Swing and Lindy Hop, dance forms created by Black Americans in the 1920s and’30s, are flowering in Korea. New York will get a taste in a mini festival.

Was Murderbot Smiling in the Finale? Only the Creators Know for Sure.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Chris and Paul Weitz talked about Season 1 of the acclaimed Apple TV+ series and the challenges of being a responsible human being— or cyborg.

As Climate Change Heats Up Europe’s Summers, Avignon Festival Tries to Adapt
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Rising temperatures pose an existential threat to the theater extravaganza, where extreme heat is making it tough for the audience.

This Year’s Aix-en-Provence Festival Is Pierre Audi’s Last Act
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
This year’s edition of the Aix-en-Provence Festival was planned by Audi but opened without him, following his death in May.

“The Nine Jewelled Deer,” a New Opera, Has Nothing to Do With Antlers
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Artists from different cultural traditions adapted an ancient tale to explore how to respond to betrayal and exploitation.

Meet the French Game Show Contestant Who Won 646 Times in a Row (and 23 Cars)
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
He also won TVs, musical instruments, a parachuting session, makeup, household appliances and much, much more.“It’s a lot,” he acknowledged.

Justin Bieber’s Surprise Album ‘Swag,’ and 10 More New Songs
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Hear tracks by Tyla, Kassa Overall, Syd, Jay Som and others.

‘Madea’s Destination Wedding’ Review: Hellur, Bahamas
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Tyler Perry returns as a series of characters, and this time, the real struggle for the family is boarding a plane.

Celebrating Humanity, Stubbornly, at Europe’s Photography Mecca
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Since the 1970s, the Rencontres d’Arles has been the place to debut the art form’s latest developments. This year’s edition had a more retro feel.

In‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ Director Petra Costa Examines Brazil’s Rightward Shift
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
The director Petra Costa examines a rightward shift in her country by zeroing in on the rise of a televangelist.

In Des Moines, Big Operas and Big Ambitions Fill a Tiny Theater
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space.

Mark Snow, Who Conjured the‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.

Brian Clarke, Stained-Glass Innovator, Is Dead at 71
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace.

Rebekah Del Rio, Mournful Singer of‘Mulholland Drive’ Fame, Dies at 57
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Her pivotal role performing a Spanish-language cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” in the 2001 David Lynch movie raised her profile, but her career was marked by misfortune.

What’s Next for ‘Love Island’ Contestant Jeremiah Brown? A Book Club.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Jeremiah Brown asked his 2 million TikTok followers what to do after being voted off the hit series. The answer has him, and his fans, reading“The Song of Achilles.”

Five Action Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
This month’s picks include desperate fathers, a remorseful MMA fighter and more.

‘Rage’ Is a Wild Spanish Dramedy About Women Who Are Pushed Too Far
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
The behaviors are extreme and exciting, but the show itself isn’t bleak. It is bright and funny, colorful and surprising.

9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
This month’s picks include a live-action version of Disney classic and an animated K-pop fantasy musical.

Ronny Chieng Ponders Iran’s Threat to Kill a Sunbathing Trump
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
The“Daily Show” host called the threat “an attack on all of America, because now we all have to picture him with his bare belly glistening in the sun.”

‘And Just Like That 
’ Season 3, Episode 7 Recap: Double Standards
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Guiseppe’s mother has opinions about her son’s new relationship with Anthony. Carrie gets defensive about seeming to flirt with her neighbor.

James Carter Cathcart, a Voice of‘Pokémon’ Characters, Dies at 71
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
He was known for playing Professor Oak and Meowth in the long-running franchise. He also made appearances in other popular animated series such as“Yu-Gi-Oh!” and “One Piece.”

Thornton Willis, 89, Who Brought Emotion to Geometric Painting, Dies
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface— in terms of color, texture, process and space.

John Martin, Black Sparrow Press Founder and Champion of Literary Rebels, Dies at 94
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the U.S., championing writers like Charles Bukowski.

Dave‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
His“The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.

Jane Lazarre, Author of‘The Mother Knot,’ Dies at 81
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
With books like“The Mother Knot” and “Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness,” she challenged liberal orthodoxies about feminism and the Black experience in America.

Bronx Museum Picks New Leader
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Shamim M. Momin, who started her curatorial career at the Whitney Museum of American Art, returns to New York to take the helm of the Bronx Museum of the Arts.

Video Game Actors End Contract Dispute Over A.I.
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
The actors went on an 11-month strike against the studios behind Call of Duty and other games because of concerns that visual and voice replicas would reduce their work.

A Tiny Chef Inspires an Outsize Outpouring
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
When Nickelodeon canceled“The Tiny Chef Show,” fans rallied around the wee gourmand. But his TV future remains uncertain.

Review:‘Too Much’ Is Not Nervy Enough
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
This new Netflix comedy by Lena Dunham is the surprisingly mild tale of a young woman fleeing New York after a catastrophic breakup.

La Scala Warns Opera Patrons: No Flip-Flops or Tank Tops Allowed
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Milan’s famed opera house is cracking down on the underdressed, even as it and other European opera companies try to attract a wider audience.

‘Wild Diamond’ Review: The Reel World
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
In this French coming-of-age drama, a young woman auditions for a reality show to escape life at home.

‘Sovereign’ Review: The Fringe and the Forgotten
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Nick Offerman stars as an anti-government widower whose extremist philosophy inches closer and closer to violent conflict.

‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ Review: Through a Child’s Eyes
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
This drama about a white family in Zimbabwe is told almost entirely from the girl’s point of view.

‘Brick’ Review: No Way Out?
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
In this overly constructed thriller from Germany, tenants are trapped in an apartment building by a mysterious bulwark.

‘Daniela Forever’ Review: His Girlfriend’s Back
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
In this agreeably unpretentious science-fiction feature, Henry Golding plays a D.J. who has lucid dreams about his dead girlfriend.

Does Lorde Still Want to Be a Star?
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
The beloved pop singer’s fourth album, “Virgin,” once again ponders whether being famous and obsessed over is all it’s cracked up to be.

When Writers Split Up, Who Gets to Tell the Story?
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Hannah Pittard wrote a memoir about the breakup. When she learned that her ex planned a novel about it, she took it back up, this time as fiction (sort of).

Clifford Owens: Performance Art at the Edge of Transgression
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
In his new show, the artist, known for pushing the limits of acceptable behavior in his performance art, carefully, even timidly explores what it means to make transgressive art today.

‘Rosa la Rose: Fille Publique’ Review: Lady Liberty of the Streets
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
A new restoration of a 1986 drama by the filmmaker Paul Vecchiali melds a candy-colored vision of the world’s oldest profession with a grim take on neoliberalism.

‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Dwelling in the Cosmos
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
The experimental director Jem Cohen’s latest is an uncategorizable film about astronomers and humanity and love and the stars.

In Beauford Delaney’s Luminous Watercolors, Color Flirts With Line
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
A rich exhibition of works on paper at the Drawing Center in SoHo showcases the paradox at the heart of Delaney’s work.

Jonathan Adler at MAD: A Potter’s Way With Puns and Commerce
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
The Museum of Arts and Design’s ceramics collection inspires a self-described pottery nerd.

Late Night Is All Over Grok’s Antisemitic Posts
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
“Do you know how racist and antisemitic you have to be for Elon Musk to step in?” Anthony Anderson, sitting in for Jimmy Kimmel, asked rhetorically.

The Surprising Presence in‘The Gospel at Colonus’
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
In this revival at Little Island, the singer and pastor Kim Burrell shares the stage with a team of queer artists.

‘Ne Zha 2,’ Blockbuster Chinese Animated Film, Will Get English Version
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
The English-language version will feature the voice of Michelle Yeoh and be released in the United States in August.

‘The Gilded Age’ Enriches Its Portrait of Black High Society
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
Phylicia Rashad has joined the cast as an aristocratic matriarch. In an interview, she, Audra McDonald and Denée Benton discuss the show’s depiction of Black families.

Danielle Deadwyler on’40 Acres and Balancing Brutality and Family
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
The star plays a stoic matriarch raising a militant brood to protect their land and each other against cannibals in R.T. Thorne’s new horror indie.

“Too Much” and the Reality of Looking for Love in London
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Like the lead character of“Too Much,” they moved across the Atlantic with visions of Jane Austen and Merchant Ivory. The reality was a little less dreamy.

Mel Robbins, Author of‘The Let Them Theory,’ Shares 5 Tips For a Healthy Relationship
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
The author and podcast host reveals how to let go of control.

Tim Blum, Leading L.A. Art Dealer, Closes His Gallery
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
Over 30 years, Blum Gallery was a powerhouse for Los Angeles and Japanese artists. But rising costs and lower sales in the art market forced a reckoning.

How the Women of‘Too Much’ Made Lena Dunham’s Rom-Com Just Right
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
Lena Dunham wanted to open up the world of romantic comedies with her new Netflix series. In interviews, she and the stars Megan Stalter, Janicza Bravo and Emily Ratajkowski discuss how they did it.

Gilberto Gil Steps Away From the Stage, Vowing‘My Music Will Continue’
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
At 83, the lauded Brazilian singer and songwriter whose career in music and politics has encompassed six decades is on a farewell tour.

Ronny Chieng on Trump’s Nobel Nomination: Consider the Source
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
An endorsement from Benjamin Netanyahu for the Nobel Peace Prize is like“a Husband of the Year nomination from O.J. Simpson,” the “Daily Show” host said.

Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 +0000
More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York’s upper middle class.

‘Superman’ Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Reboot!
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
Beginning again with the Man of Steel, this time in the hands of James Gunn.

Sean‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 +0000
The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each carrying a maximum of 10 years in prison.

Listening Back to When Janet Jackson Was for Lovers
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 +0000
Hear six sensual songs by the pop great.

NY Times Obituaries:




David Gergen, Washington Veteran Who Advised Four Presidents, Dies at 83
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
After serving in the government, he became a prominent political commentator.“Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said in 2020.

Mark Snow, Who Conjured the‘X-Files’ Theme, Is Dead at 78
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
It took a misplaced elbow, a quirk of Los Angeles geography and some whistling from his wife to produce one of television’s most memorable melodies.

Brian Clarke, Stained-Glass Innovator, Is Dead at 71
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Believing that the art form had to move from religious to secular settings, he designed installations in airports, corporate buildings, a country club and a marketplace.

Rebekah Del Rio, Mournful Singer of‘Mulholland Drive’ Fame, Dies at 57
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
Her pivotal role performing a Spanish-language cover of Roy Orbison’s “Crying” in the 2001 David Lynch movie raised her profile, but her career was marked by misfortune.

James Carter Cathcart, a Voice of‘Pokémon’ Characters, Dies at 71
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
He was known for playing Professor Oak and Meowth in the long-running franchise. He also made appearances in other popular animated series such as“Yu-Gi-Oh!” and “One Piece.”

Dave‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead at 83
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
His“The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.

John Martin, Black Sparrow Press Founder and Champion of Literary Rebels, Dies at 94
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the U.S., championing writers like Charles Bukowski.

Thornton Willis, 89, Who Brought Emotion to Geometric Painting, Dies
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface— in terms of color, texture, process and space.

Jane Lazarre, Author of‘The Mother Knot,’ Dies at 81
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
With books like“The Mother Knot” and “Beyond the Whiteness of Whiteness,” she challenged liberal orthodoxies about feminism and the Black experience in America.

James B. Maas, Guru of Slumber and the‘Power Nap,’ Dies at 86
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 +0000
An author, public speaker and professor, he taught a hugely popular and entertaining psychology course at Cornell that focused on the essential importance of sleep.

Henry Mount Charles, Whose Castle Was a Mecca for Rock, Dies at 74
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
To preserve his Irish manor, he staged concerts on its grounds, drawing the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Madonna, 50 Cent and the Rolling Stones as well as tens of thousands of fans.

Paul Bugas, Director of a Nuclear Bunker For Members of Congress, Is Dead at 96
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
The Cold War-era shelter, hidden below the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, was designed to house members of Congress in the event of a nuclear attack.

Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67
Tue, 08 Jul 2025 +0000
More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York’s upper middle class.

Ivar Giaever, Nobel Winner in Quantum Physics, Dies at 96
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
A former“D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory about superconductivity.

Norman Tebbit, Conservative Force in Britain and Thatcher Ally, Dies at 94
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
He was a potential prime minister until he left high office to care for his wife, who was seriously hurt in a bombing by the Irish Republican Army.

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, Dies; Helped Create a‘Beautiful’ DNA Experiment
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 +0000
He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s helical structure.

Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 +0000
Her stewardship of the troupe that bears his name became a model for other dance companies, like Martha Graham’s, after their founders died.

Jim Parkinson, Logo Artist in Print’s Glory Days, Dies at 83
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 +0000
His work blended classic design with a loose’60s-style energy, giving publications like Rolling Stone an identity that radiated with gravitas and personality.

Julian McMahon,‘Nip/Tuck’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ Star, Dies at 56
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 +0000
He played a half-human, half-demon in the WB supernatural series“Charmed” and a playboy plastic surgeon in the FX series “Nip/Tuck.”

Stuart Burrows, Welsh Lyric Tenor Who Straddled the Atlantic, Dies at 92
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 +0000
He was a mainstay at both the Metropolitan Opera and the Royal Opera House, winning acclaim for his full tenor range and a rich, unforced tone, notably singing Mozart.