SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from Hacks‘ Season 4 finale. Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) goes to hell and back in the Season 4 finale of Hacks, which aired on HBO Max tonight. After blowing up her late-night dreams, she finds herself under a network non-compete in Episode 10, “Heaven,” which states that she…
Grammarly has secured a $1 billion commitment from General Catalyst. The 14-year-old writing assistant startup will use the new funds for its sales and marketing efforts, freeing up existing capital to make strategic acquisitions. Unlike a traditional venture round, General Catalyst will not receive an equity stake in the company in return for the investment….
The premiers of Manitoba and Saskatchewan declared states of emergency in each province as out-of-control fires threatened communities.
In the early 1980s, then real estate developer Donald Trump famously tried to evict a group of New York City residents from a rent-controlled building that he wanted to replace with a luxury high-rise. The tenants eventually beat back the plan. Today President Trump is having more luck with NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies…
Photos from the NYC premiere of Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme. It just occurred to me that Scarlett Johansson & Benicio del Toro are starring together in this movie, decades after those elevator rumors. [Just Jared]Luke Evans is ageing like a fine wine. [Socialite Life]I wonder if Natalie Portman will stick with her…
We’ve compiled a list of investors that are pouring money into Asia’s AI startups.
A look at tonight’s nine finalists Well, here we are. It’s all happening. The championship finals of the 97th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee are upon us. The eyes of the English-language orthographic world are trained on the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, where spelling’s biggest night is a little…
After video of the incident went viral, showing a face and body covered in ice, the local sporting authority said it had banned the paraglider from the sport for six months.
Illustration of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle Gabriel Ugueto Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in the Arctic for at least 73 million years. “Which is kind of crazy, because it’s not easy to live in the Arctic and have newborn babies up there,” says study…
Scuf is adding drift-resistant Hall effect sticks to updated versions of its wireless Envision and Reflex controllers. The revised models include the $149.99 Envision and $199.99 Envision Pro for PC as well as the $249.99 Reflex Pro and $279.99 Reflex FPS for PlayStation 5 and PC. Those are all starting prices, of course, as the…
