By Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 23 Apr 202623 Apr 2026 An internal watchdog for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) will review whether the federal government complied with a law mandating the release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein files. The Office of Inspector General, which operates independently…
As thousands of influencers descended on southern California earlier this month for the annual Coachella Music Festival, a very Silicon Valley program dubbed “AI Coachella” was taking shape a few hundred miles north in Palo Alto. The class, CS 153, is one of Stanford’s buzziest offerings this semester, and like the music festival, it features…
British actor and comedian Russell Brand said in a recent podcast interview that he had “exploitative” consensual sex with a 16-year-old girl when he was 30. Brand’s comments on U.S. media personality Megyn Kelly’s podcast come as he awaits trial in the U.K. over rape and sexual assault allegations brought by six women who have…
A Reform UK candidate who called for a “white Britain” and said Keir Starmer should be shot is among a number of contenders fuelling doubts about the party’s claim to have tightened up its vetting. The past comments of Linda McFarlane and other political hopefuls have been unearthed ahead of the 7 May elections, including…
Republicans in the United States Senate have passed a resolution to fund US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the first step in ending a months-long standoff sparked by opposition to US President Donald Trump’s mass deportation drive. Hours of debate gave way early Thursday to a vote on the…
After months of rumors and reports that OpenAI was developing a new, more powerful AI large language model for use in ChatGPT and through its application programming interface (API), allegedly codenamed “Spud” internally, the company has today unveiled its latest offering under the more formal name GPT-5.5. And to likely no one’s surprise, it’s hardly…
23 April 2026 Lorne Michaels wants Saturday Night Live to “continue on into the future”. Lorne Michaels created the show in 1975 The 81-year-old comedian created the hit TV show in 1975, and he hopes it continues after he’s gone, according to Morgan Neville, the director of a new documentary about Lorne. Neville told People:…
A Los Angeles prosecutor said that the singer D4vd, who was charged this week in the killing of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, was in possession of a “significant amount of child pornography”. Police allegedly found the images on the iCloud account of the 21-year-old singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke. The images, prosecutors…
April 23, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm ‘Kraken’ fossils show enormous, intelligent octopuses were top predators in Cretaceous seas Fossil jaws from colossal octopuses place them at the top of a prehistoric marine food chain By Kate Wong Giant octopuses may have been apex predators in the Late Cretaceous period. Yohei…
New Zealand all-rounder Suzie Bates will retire from international cricket after this year’s Women’s T20 World Cup, ending an illustrious 20-year career on the world stage. The 38-year-old will be part of the White Ferns’ 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup taking place from 12 June to 5 July in England, where they will…
