China’s G.D.P. Stronger Than Expected, Led by Infrastructure Spending
A steep slide in housing prices has left consumers less prosperous and less willing to spend, but the government is pouring money into new rail lines and other projects.
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YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an update to the Shorts timer YouTube originally announced in October; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes. The feature was expanded in January to give…
NBA playoffs 2026: Ranking the 50 most impactful players
Zach KramApr 15, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close Zach Kram is a national NBA writer for ESPN.com, specializing in short- and long-term trends across the league’s analytics landscape. He previously worked at The Ringer covering the NBA and MLB. You can follow Zach on X via @zachkram. Multiple Authors Who will decide the next two-plus…
Val Kilmer AI movie: Late actor appears in film As Deep as the Grave one year after death
The filmmakers behind As Deep as the Grave, the indie film that is using an artificial intelligence-rendered version of Val Kilmer in a prominent role, debuted a first look at the recreated actor Wednesday at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. “Don’t fear the dead and don’t fear me,” Kilmer’s character, Father Fintan, a Catholic priest and…
Trump’s Portrayal of the War in Iran Collides With Reality
President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a “pretty reasonable” new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.
When a naked mole rat queen dies, that usually means war—but not for this colony
April 15, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm When a naked mole rat queen dies, that usually means war—but not for this colony When their queen dies, naked mole rat females usually wage bloody battles of succession. But peace may be possible, a new study suggests By Jeanna Bryner edited by Claire…
Microsoft patched a Copilot Studio prompt injection. The data exfiltrated anyway.
Microsoft assigned CVE-2026-21520, a CVSS 7.5 indirect prompt injection vulnerability, to Copilot Studio. Capsule Security discovered the flaw, coordinated disclosure with Microsoft, and the patch was deployed on January 15. Public disclosure went live on Wednesday. That CVE matters less for what it fixes and more for what it signals. Capsule’s research calls Microsoft’s decision…
Sherrill rips FIFA, speaks out after reports of high NJ Transit fares for games
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill spoke about reports NJ Transit tickets from MetLife Stadium to New York Penn Station will cost over $100 on World Cup game days. In a video posted to social media, Sherrill, who took office in January, wanted to tell those attending “exactly…
Ticketmaster and Live Nation had monopoly on big concert venues, jury finds – National
A jury has found that concert giant Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had a harmful monopoly over big concert venues, dealing the company a loss in a lawsuit over claims brought by dozens of U.S. states. A Manhattan federal jury deliberated for four days before reaching its decision Wednesday in the closely watched case,…
Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I.
After selling its business for $39 million last month, the company said it planned to buy powerful computer chips and rebrand itself NewBird AI.