Not surprisingly, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver wasted no time addressing the topic that has been at the forefront of the news cycle since Friday: the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that made abortion legal in 1973.

There’s a peculiar wisdom in George Lucas’s direction of the Star Wars prequels. It’s memorialized in the very first seconds of the very first trailer for The Phantom Menace: “Every generation has a legend.”

Retail may be going gaga for gaming and all things metaverse for the moment, but if the incoming consumer target group — and easily the most tech-savvy generation — isn’t quite fazed by the frenzy, what gives?

If you’ve seen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, you know the Marvel hero faces a bevy of villains—Gargantos the tentacle monster, the mentally unbalanced Scarlet Witch, and even an extremely evil version of himself. But in his jaunt through the multiverse, Strange managed to create a new foe—one that might test him to his limits. Or at least ask for $5.

Experts anticipate a "brutal battle" between Apple and global regulators amid concerns about how the company may "exaggerate" its privacy and security claims for commercial gain and curtail interoperability to keep users locked into a "walled garden."

Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated the SpaceX team for conducting three "flawless launches" in under one week. "Congrats to SpaceX Falcon team for executing 3 flawless launches in 2 days!, Musk tweeted on Sunday.

When the House select committee began its 10-month investigation into the January 6 insurrection, lawmakers set out to uncover and present evidence from the first disruption of the peaceful transfer of power in American history. Now, with the committee half-way through its hearings for June, another goal is coming into sharper focus: To painstakingly show why they believe former President Donald Trump violated several federal laws in the events leading up to the insurrection and its aftermath; a...

Quantum security trials with Toshiba have begun on 124-mile quantum network—one of the nation’s longest—which will soon be open to industry and academics for testing.

James Joyce fans around the world celebrate Bloomsday—June 16, the date on which his novel Ulysses takes place—any number of ways. There are marathon readings and brilliant stage performances. There are solemn rituals (eating a Gorgonzola sandwich), whimsical gestures (carrying a potato in your pocket), and more canonical Joycean exploits (late-night brothel hijinks). Given all the ways Joyce’s novel tends to seep into everyday life, on Bloomsday and year-round, it’s remarkable that Ulys...

In December 2021, politicos were abuzz over what the Democrats should do with Joe Biden, given his flagging approval numbers and intention to run for re-election. I wrote about why it was far too early to offer any meaningful analysis of the 2024 election, much less make any predictions. I rattled off 25 things that might happen between then and November 2024 which could individually change the dynamics of the election. Six months later, the landscape is already changing...

There is “no widespread harassment, or systemic harassment at Activision”, claim the findings of a new investigation, conducted and published by Activision. Over the last 12 months, two major lawsuits have been filed against Activision, claiming that some of its employees are victims of gender and sexual harassment, and that some of the company’s directors – despite being aware of various instances of misconduct – have failed to take appropriate action.

It was initially a big success because of its user-friendly design and single-application concentration, but the iPad had become a little boring for some who want more depth. One of the world's most powerful medium-format computers, the gap between its capabilities and the types of work it accepts has been widening...

When it comes to the genre of televised cooking competition series, Iron Chef exists on its own hallowed tier. There had been influential cooking series before the Japanese invented a wonderfully wacky mode of over-the-top haute cuisine presentation in the 1990s, and there will surely be great competition shows to come.

An official notification from the Binance team states that they are actively working on a solution. Zhao asserts that he expects the issue to be resolved in 30 mins.

In the world of HBO Max’s period comedy Minx, Jake Johnson’s Bottom Dollar publisher Doug is king — and production designer Jeff Sage, along with set decorator Doug Mowat, helped build his castle. The first season of HBO Max’s dramedy Minx is most obviously a time capsule of feminism, capitalism, race and sexuality, but it’s also a rare look back into the world of ’70s publishing.

Salt Lake City – If the Great Salt Lake, which has already shrunk by two-thirds, keeps drying up, here’s what: Lake flies and brine shrimp will die out — scientists warn it could begin sooner than this summer — threatening the 10 million migratory birds that stop at the lake annually to feed on the tiny creatures. The ski conditions at the resorts above Salt Lake City, a significant source of revenue, would worsen. The lucrative extraction of magnesium and other minerals from the lake co...

In May, the AMC in Times Square played 70 different screenings of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in one day. Doctor Strange was meant to be a unique Marvel movie by virtue of it being helmed by one of those dark sorcerers of the cinematic arts – an auteur – in this case, Evil Dead genre legend Sam Raimi.