To hear it from Apple or Elon Musk, AI is our inevitable future, one that will radically reshape life as we know it whether we like it or not. In the calculus of Silicon Valley, what matters is getting there first and carving out the territory so that everyone will …
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As promised, Kate Middleton made her first public appearance in months as the Princess of Wales joined the Royal Family Saturday at the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London celebrating King Charles III’s “official” birthday. Despite “lashing rain,” as the BBC put it, and a canopy-less balcony outside Buckingham Palace, …
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O ne night in 2021, Sharonda Johnson had a dream. A figure was standing over a baby’s bassinet. She couldn’t tell what it was, but she sensed this figure emanating overwhelming dread. “I remember saying to myself, ‘I don’t know how anyone can fight this,’” she says. Sharonda woke up …
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Following allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, several museums have decided not to go ahead with exhibits featuring the work of artist Kehinde Wiley, The New York Times reports. The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Pérez Art Museum Miami both said they would not host the traveling Wiley exhibit, …
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Pope Francis held a comedy summit of sorts at the Vatican on Friday, hosting the likes of Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon,Stephen Colbert, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and over 100 other comedians and entertainers to celebrate the importance of laughter and humor. “You unite people because laughter is contagious,” Pope Francis told the …
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King Charles III’s forthcoming birthday parade will feature an appearance from Kate Middleton, marking her first public appearance since revealing that she has been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer. The Princess of Wales is expected to appear alongside the royal family on the Buckingham Palace balcony on Saturday. …
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They might call it a hobby, but the girls and young women who competitively prance and jump around holding stick-mounted felt horse heads ride with a certain passion. “Hobbyhorsing,” which replicates equestrian events with a toy in place of the actual horse, of course has its roots in childhood play. …
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Anyone who watches Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston’s iconic 1990 documentary about the New York City ballroom scene, will immediately fall in love with Venus Xtravaganza, the 23-year-old trans woman and aspiring model who is prominently featured in the film. In Paris Is Burning, the gorgeous, optimistic, fragile Venus describes …
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If you ask anyone of a certain age, they’re likely to recall a time when video games were considered something just for kids. Of course, in the early days, they were. Nintendo built an empire on making characters as recognizable as Mickey Mouse across a dozen different franchises. And despite …
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Jerry West, the Los Angeles Lakers legend as both a player and an executive who was later dubbed “the Logo” after he was immortalized on the NBA’s symbol, has died at the age of 86. The Los Angeles Clippers, for whom West served as a consultant in recent years, announced …
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