New Banksy Statue Causes Stir in Central London
The statue depicts a man marching with a flag that covers his face. It appeared in a section of London near statues of 19th-century British military and colonial figures.
The statue depicts a man marching with a flag that covers his face. It appeared in a section of London near statues of 19th-century British military and colonial figures.
Roblox’s daily active users continued to slip last quarter due in part to its rollout of age checks on its platform. According to its latest earnings report, Roblox currently has 132 million daily active users globally, down from 144 million at the end of last year, which was a drop from 152 million in Q3…
House price growth slows as buyers stick to cheaper homes Luca Ittimani Australia’s housing market is growing at its slowest rate for almost 18 months as buyers stick to cheaper properties and abandon interest in the top end of the market. Figures today from the data firm Cotality show Melbourne and Sydney house prices fell…
The first leg of the Triple Crown is here, with the 152nd Kentucky Derby set for Saturday at Churchill Downs, and horse racing fans and bettors always love a longshot. The most famous recent upset in the Run for the Roses came in 2022, when Rich Strike went from “also-eligible” entry who was added to…
[This story contains spoilers for Apex.] Silver linings during the pandemic were few and far between. But in the case of screenwriter Jeremy Robbins, receiving an involuntary breather from the breakneck pace of TV writers’ rooms provided him the runway to write a spec feature script called Apex. What also began as a way for…
NewsFeed Kenyan runner Sabastian Sawe received a hero’s welcome from President William Ruto after becoming the first athlete to run an official marathon in under two hours, clocking 1:59:30 in London. Ruto praised him for “expanding the horizon of human potential” as Sawe dedicated the record to Kenya. Published On 30 Apr 202630 Apr 2026…
April 30, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Scientists just discovered what is fueling cows’ potent burps The “hydrogenobody,” a newly discovered structure inside microbial cells in cows’ gut, may play a key role in methane production, a new study suggests By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Johner Images/Getty Images…
OpenAI and Anthropic have been on the warpath lately against third-party efforts to train new AI models by prompting their publicly accessible chatbots and APIs, a process known as “distillation.” That conversation has focused on Chinese firms using distillation to create open-weight models that are nearly as capable as U.S. offerings, but available at a…
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual…
The Lebanese militant group is attacking Israeli troops with explosive drones controlled by fiber-optic cables, like those commonly used in the war in Ukraine.