When Octavia Butler published 1993’s Parable of the Sower — a sci-fi novel about California burning in 2024, following a presidential election of a candidate whose slogan is “Make America Great Again”— her intentions weren’t to prophesize, but rather make an observation backed by historical research and future optimism. “Parable …
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The death toll in the wildfires devastating the Los Angeles area was raised to at least 25 people, the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner said Tuesday night. The deaths are still under investigation by the department. Nine of the deaths were attributed to the Palisades Fire, while …
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The AI rush has brought with it thorny questions of copyright and ownership of data as tech companies train bots like ChatGPT on existing texts, but it seems Meta largely brushed these aside as they worked to integrate such tools into Facebook and Instagram. As first revealed in a motion …
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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk, claiming the world’s richest person of deliberately waiting too long to disclose his purchase of more than five percent of Twitter shares in 2022. Alex Spiro, a lawyer for Musk, told Reuters that the lawsuit was the culmination of the SEC’s “multi-year …
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T here are two men bleeding in a chain-link cage in front of the next president of the United States. A week and a half ago, Donald Trump was elected for his second term, and now he is back home at the center of the world, underneath the lights at …
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In the first verse of “I’d Rather Be Me” from the musical Mean Girls, there’s a note that’s frankly a bit too high for your average voice to sustain. It requires a clear tone and solid belt —a vocal technique that comes from using your chest voice to hit a …
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XO, Kitty fans start your engines. The Netflix original and To All the Boys spinoff series returns for a second season on Jan. 16 — and Rolling Stone can exclusively reveal a first look at both the soundtrack and several key images from the new episodes. While author Jenny Han‘s …
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Kate Middleton is in remission from an undisclosed cancer. The Princess of Wales shared the positive news on Instagram, which comes months after she first let the public know about her diagnosis. “It is a relief to now be in remission and I remain focused on recovery,” Middleton wrote in …
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There are certain video game franchises that excel at delivering sheer spectacle. In that regard, Dynasty Warriors: Origins (out Jan. 17) is unwavering from beginning to end. Twenty five years after the release of Dynasty Warriors 2, the entry that set the blueprint that the series currently follows, Origins takes …
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More women have come forward with sexual assault allegations against author Neil Gaiman, including a woman who worked as a babysitter for him. The story in New York Magazine, which was published early this morning, offers a deep dive into Gaiman’s life, marriage, and split with Amanda Palmer, and the …
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