how Donald Trump became a military interventionist

Time and again, Donald Trump has crowed about the failures and humiliation of US presidents who got bogged down in foreign misadventures, from Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to George W Bush’s ill-fated invasion of Iraq. On Iran, too, Trump has a long memory, musing in recent months about how Jimmy Carter’s 1980 re-election … Read more

John Oliver On Paramount Buying WBD: “Not Great News”

John Oliver has a history of berating the owners of his network, HBO. So much so, that he regularly refers to them as “business daddy.” “It turns out we might be getting a new business daddy,” the Last Week Tonight host said at the beginning of Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight. “Yeah, not great … Read more

Ryan Coogler Repeats Cast Ensemble Win With ‘Sinners’ Victory

Sinners filmmaker Ryan Coogler is the first person to direct two cast ensembles to Actor Award victory. With the triumph of the vampiric period drama at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards (fka SAG Awards), he followed up his initial 2018 win for Black Panther, which also starred Michael B. Jordan. Though he did not join … Read more

Magic Eden Shifts Focus From NFTs to Casino Platform

Magic Edin is shifting resources from NFTs to its casino platform Dicey, after a closed beta saw $15 million wagered by around 200 users in two months. Solana-based nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Magic Eden is winding down its support for Bitcoin and Ethereum to double down on its upcoming online casino and sportsbook, Dicey.   Magic … Read more

The Motorola Razr Fold is shaping up to be pure flagship

Motorola has revealed a little more about its upcoming folding phone, and all signs point toward a premium option — not the budget-friendlier alternative the category could use. For starters, the Razr Fold will cost €1,999 (about $2,350) bundled with the Moto Pen Ultra. It’ll go on sale first in Europe, with North America to … Read more

Crypto Scams and Hacks Drop Sharply in February, PeckShield

The monthly losses from crypto hacks and scams in February hit the lowest level since March 2025, with $26.5 million stolen last month, says blockchain security company PeckShield.  Out of 15 instances in February, only two accounted for most of the month’s losses, with the largest being the $10 million theft from YieldBlox’s DAO-managed lending … Read more

Vitalik Buterin Says AI Coding Could Help Ethereum Roadmap

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says an experiment that used artificial intelligence to prototype the blockchain’s roadmap out to 2030 in just a few weeks could have lessons for developers.  “This is quite an impressive experiment. Vibe-coding the entire 2030 roadmap within weeks,” Buterin posted to X on Saturday after a developer made a bet with … Read more