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…
Monterrey, Mexico – In July 2024, following the arrest of cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in Texas, activist Maria Isabel Cruz and her colleagues started to notice a troubling trend. Zambada was the cofounder of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal networks in Mexico. Authorities in the United States applauded his…
The bright yellow livery of Spirit Airlines may soon disappear from the skies. The country’s seventh-largest airline has been in financial trouble for years: It hasn’t turned a profit since 2019 and filed for bankruptcy twice in the last two years. Despite all that, its leaders predicted that the airline could exit bankruptcy and return…
Lin-Manuel Miranda will host a virtual fundraising event on May 7 for Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) as he seeks reelection this year. Per an invite, the event also will feature performances by Sara Bareilles, Betty Buckley, Rosanne Cash and Alan Menken. Also appearing will be Jason Alexander and Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE). Contributions to the…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman during a media tour of a Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, Sept. 23, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, which the company says is better at coding, using computers and pursuing deeper research capabilities. The launch comes less…
