At least 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a hostel in South Africa. Fourteen others were wounded when gunmen stormed the venue in Saulsville township, west of the capital Pretoria, early on Saturday. A three-year-old is among the dead. “At least three unknown gunmen entered this hostel where a group of … Read more
NBC The “Friends” theme song, “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts, is considered one of the best theme songs of the 1990s — but according to several cast members, the actors themselves didn’t necessarily love filming the imagery that accompanied it. During a 2016 appearance on … Read more
It was only in June that Jeremy Carrasco uploaded his first videos to TikTok and Instagram. In that short time, he’s amassed over 300,000 followers on each platform. No, it’s not exactly Charli D’Amelio numbers, but that does make him one of the biggest names in AI literacy on social media. Jeremy told The Verge … Read more
The SEC’s Crypto Task Force scheduled a four-hour roundtable on financial surveillance and privacy for Dec. 15, bringing together zero-knowledge proof developers, civil liberties advocates, and protocol executives to debate whether blockchain privacy tools can coexist with anti-money laundering enforcement. The timing is deliberate. Two months ago, the co-founders of Samourai Wallet received five- and … Read more
Two survivors clung to the wreckage of a vessel attacked by the U.S. military for roughly 45 minutes before a second strike killed them on September 2. After about three quarters of an hour, Adm. Frank Bradley, then head of Joint Special Operations Command, ordered a follow-up strike — first reported by The Intercept in … Read more
Horses has become the current face of the fight against video game censorship and what gets to be art. After getting banned from Steam and the Epic Game Store, the narrative horror game has become a bestseller on GOG.com, and has brought gamers of all stripes together in support of it. But as a game, … Read more
Russia carried out a large-scale missile and drone attack across Ukraine early on Saturday, Dec. 6, triggering nationwide air raid alerts and striking multiple cities. At least three people were injured in the Kyiv region, officials said. Ukraine’s Air Force tracked 704 incoming aerial targets overnight, including 51 missiles—17 ballistic—and 653 drones, mostly Shahed and … Read more
Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature just dropped, giving listeners a fun, personalized summary of their listening habits. It has gained immense popularity over the years, and as a result, many companies have seized the opportunity to create similar year-in-review experiences, offering users a recap of their habits, preferences, or interactions from the past year. Here are … Read more
While Fallout returns to a dystopian wasteland for Season 2, Walton Goggins is aware of the video game-based series’ real-world parallels. After he “spent a lot more time” in Cooper Howard’s origin story before becoming The Ghoul, the 3x Emmy nominee explained to Deadline that the character is “a reflection of all of us” as … Read more
Witkoff and Kushner are back in Miami after meeting Putin in Moscow.