SG game studio opens pre-registration for mobile 8-ball pool game
The game will offer advanced physics for realistic gameplay, competitive leaderboards, and an in-game marketplace.
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Former Movie Academy President & Governor Was 95
Richard Kahn, a former president and longtime governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who also had a long career in film publicity and marketing, died April 5 in Los Angeles, the Academy announced. He was 95. “All of us at the Academy are deeply saddened to learn of Richard’s passing,” CEO…
Live Video: Watch Amazon Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites
The battle of billionaires in space between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk has entered a new arena: satellite internet. Amazon, the company that Mr. Bezos started as an online bookseller three decades ago, is now a merchandising behemoth, the owner of the James Bond franchise, a seller of electronic gadgets like Echo smart speakers and…
2025 Masters picks, odds: Expert predictions, favorites to win from betting field at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The week of festivities have already at Augusta National Golf Club with the first round of the 89th Masters fast approaching. As usual, the key question everyone’s asking remains the same across the golf world: Who are you picking to win the green jacket? With an extraordinary 95-man field (ranked in its…
Funding for National Climate Assessment Is Cut
The Trump administration has cut funding and staffing at the program that oversees the federal government’s premier report on how global warming is affecting the country, raising concerns among scientists that the assessment is now in jeopardy. Congress requires the federal government to produce the report, formally known as the National Climate Assessment, every four…
Meta wants you to be on your phone during special showings of M3GAN
Horror entertainment specialist Blumhouse is running special screenings of its movie M3GAN where audiences will be encouraged to use their smartphones. Yes, flying in the face of all the warnings and announcements to not interrupt the experience for other viewers, Blumhouse is with Meta to deliver special content during screenings of M3GAN. During these ,…
bitchy | Us Weekly: Princess Kate will work more when she’s closer to becoming queen
The next time we see the Princess of Wales, it will probably be Easter Sunday, the 20th. Sidenote: everything feels off-kilter because Easter is so late this year, right? It feels like a lot of people’s spring break schedule got thrown for a loop. Anyway, if we see Kate on Easter Sunday, that will be…
Canada Will Use Its Retaliatory Tariff Earnings to Aid Workers and Businesses
The 25 percent tariff Canada began collecting on cars and trucks imported from the United States early Wednesday is not just the country’s latest act of retaliation against tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canadian exports. The estimated 8 billion Canadian dollars a year, about $5.7 billion, that those levies are expected to generate will…
U.S. Tariffs Hobble African Cocoa Industry and Chocolate Makers
Dana Mroueh, a small-business owner in Ivory Coast, was negotiating to introduce her organic chocolate bars into stores in New York and Washington when President Trump announced new tariffs on all U.S. imports last week. Ivory Coast is the world’s biggest cocoa producer, and the United States is the world’s largest consumer of chocolate, though…
IOC says LA28 Olympics will be the first female majority Games
The 2028 Olympics will be the first to feature more women than men, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday after approving the medal events and athletes quota for them. The IOC announced an athlete quota of 10,500 in 31 core sports, which matches the Paris Games, the first Olympics to achieve gender parity. Including the…