President Trump and Europe are clashing over tariffs, the war in Ukraine and the very purpose of the European Union’s existence. But they are also divided over free speech — with potentially far-reaching implications for how the digital world is regulated. The E.U. has been investigating U.S. companies under the Digital Services Act, a new…
Vimeo is launching a new service that lets content creators run their own subscription service without needing coding experience. Vimeo Streaming removes the technical hurdles of building a monetized video service while avoiding the whack-a-mole game of chasing YouTube’s algorithms or the often-meager payouts on TikTok and Instagram. The company says the product is ideal…
Russell Brand has said he is “incredibly grateful” that his day in court is coming after being charged with rape and sexual assault by UK authorities. The one-time Forgetting Sarah Marshall star said he was a “drug addict, sex addict and an imbecile” during his youth, but he was never a rapist. “I’ve never engaged…
An ankle injury has delayed 6-foot-7 sophomore pitcher Aidan Kent of JSerra High from making an immediate impact this season, but he offered a glimpse of what’s to come during a brief appearance in the Boras Classic. His team was trailing No. 1-ranked Corona 2-0 when Kent was summoned from the bullpen in the fourth…
“FREE MARINE LE PEN!” With this blunt call, a strange one in that the French far-right leader is walking the streets of Paris, President Trump has waded into the politics of an ally, condemning her conviction this week on embezzlement charges and her disqualification from running for public office. The conviction was “another example of…
Super NES, which came out after the NES, couldn’t play NES games. Since Switch 2 can play Switch games, it didn’t feel right to use the same naming convention as Super NES. Switch 2 is a new system with improved performance, but we’d like players who get their hands on it not to focus on…
A coworker told me this week that everytime he watches the news, he hears my dry, sarcastic voice in his head saying: “Thank goodness we have such a robust federal (fill in the blank) agency to fix this (fill in the blank) disaster.” Followed by a sad clown noise. Not gonna lie, I was touched…
TAMPA, Fla. — The 2025 women’s Final Four has arrived at last, with four heavyweights — a No. 2 seed and a trio of 1-seeds — clashing in Friday’s national semifinals. The first game (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) features an SEC showdown between Texas Longhorns and South Carolina Gamecocks, who have already faced off three…
The Israeli military has called on residents to evacuate several neighborhoods in Gaza City, the latest in a series of orders that have forced Palestinians to flee as Israel again escalates its offensive against Hamas in the war-battered Gaza Strip. The new evacuation order late Thursday came not long after the Palestinian health authorities said…
Genies has been investing heavily for this moment. The culture-focused avatar technology company is revealing its user-generated content tools that let anyone create custom AI avatars. Genies raised $150 million in 2022, and it has been busy ever since building out the tech stack for what it calls Parties, or gaming platforms driven by AI avatars,…
