Deaths in 2025: A Yearlong Procession of Giants
Marquee names all, they found international fame in the arts, politics, the sciences and beyond.
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The best and most ridiculous robots of 2025 in pictures
Robbyant’s R1 cooks up a storm Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images This striking humanoid robot is the R1 from Robbyant, a company owned by Chinese tech giant Ant Group. The allure of humanoid robots is their versatility – you can imagine them doing any job that a human can, simply because they have the same…
GOG’s Steam-alternative PC game store is leaving CD Projekt, staying DRM-free
GOG has always been built on strong values and clear principles. When Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński first came up with the idea for GOG in 2007, the vision was simple: bring classic games back to players, and make sure that once you buy a game, it truly belongs to you, forever. In a market…
bitchy | “Brigitte Bardot passed away at the age of 91” links
Brigitte Bardot passed away at the age of 91. While she was an icon of film, beauty and fashion, she was also an unrepentant racist, Islamophobe and supporter of the far-right politics of Marine le Pen. French outlets are doing a better job than American outlets at explaining Bardot’s complicated legacy in death. [France24]Russell Brand…
Bills bring back red helmets, Super Bowl-era look for Highmark Stadium finale
Getty Images The Buffalo Bills will pay homage to their championship past during Sunday’s regular-season finale against the New York Jets. In what will be the final regular-season game ever played at Highmark Stadium, the Bills will celebrate the occasion by wearing their Super Bowl-era uniforms, which include their iconic red helmet. The uniforms the…
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Despite Differences, Trump and Netanyahu Present United Front
The American and Israeli leaders showed few signs of disagreement after meeting in Florida, giving no public indication of their growing strains over Gaza, Syria and other issues.
New Year’s AI surprise: Fal releases its own version of Flux 2 image generator that’s 10x cheaper and 6x more efficient
Hot on the heels of its new $140 million Series D fundraising round, the multi-modal enterprise AI media creation platform fal.ai, known simply as “fal” or “Fal” is back with a year-end surprise: a faster, more efficient, and cheaper version of the Flux.2 [dev] open source image model from Black Forest Labs. Fal’s new model…
Spotify Launches AI-Powered ‘Prompted Playlists’ to Let Listeners Build Their Own Soundtracks
Spotify is pushing personalisation into a new era with the debut of Prompted Playlists, an AI-driven tool that lets listeners type a natural-language prompt and instantly generate a custom soundtrack. The feature, now in beta for premium users in New Zealand, reflects a significant shift in how audiences can shape their listening experience, not just…
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