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Oracle hopes talk of cloud data theft dies off. CISA just resurrected it for Easter
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 GMT
Some in the infosec world definitely want to see Big Red crucifiedCISA– the US government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – has issued an alert for those who missed Oracle grudgingly admitting some customer data was stolen from the database giant's public cloud infrastructure.


CVE fallout: The splintering of the standard vulnerability tracking system has begun
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 GMT
MITRE, EUVD, GCVE
 WTF?CommentThe splintering of the global system for identifying and tracking security bugs in technology products has begun.


Need a Linux admin? Ask a hair stylist to introduce you to a worried mother
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 GMT
Lad who 'stays in his bedroom on his computer' emerged ready to deliver brilliant tech supportOn CallIt may be a holiday Friday in much of theReg-reading world but that won't stop us from delivering another installment of On Call, our weekly reader-contributed column that tells your tech support tales.


IBM orders US sales to locate near customers or offices
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 GMT
'Return to client' push coincides with RTO for cloud staff, DEI purgeExclusiveIBM, which employees wryly or ruefully say stands for I've Been Moved, is once again moving its employees.


Google wins 1-1: Judge rules ad giant broke some antitrust law
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
After battle with Uncle Sam over online competition, web giant vows to appeal the bit it lost, celebrates the half it wonFor the second time in less than a year, a federal judge has found that some parts of Google broke US antitrust law.


Krebs throws himself on the grenade, resigns from SentinelOne after Trump revokes clearances
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Illegitimi non carborundum? Nice password, Mr Ex-CISAChris Krebs, the former head of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and a longtime Trump target, has resigned from SentinelOne following a recent executive order that targeted him and revoked the security clearances of everybody at the company.


Congress wants to know if Nvidia superchips slipped through Singapore to DeepSeek
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
As Huang jets to Middle Kingdom after H20 ban forces $5.5B hitNvidia's troubles with the US government have just begun: The day after the Trump administration's export restrictions on its AI chips triggered a $5.5 billion charge, US elected officials are now demanding answers about how advanced silicon ended up in China. Meanwhile, CEO Jensen Huang has flown to China to try and smooth things over with the regime there.


No rest for the rocketry as NASA's Easter weekend heats up
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Returning crew and a vital supply launch distract managers from chocolate eggsThe US Space Agency has a busy few days ahead as a trio of International Space Station (ISS) residents prepare to return to Earth this weekend, and a critical SpaceX Dragon freighter is readied for launch on Monday.


Small ocean swirls may have an outsized affect on climate, NASA satellite shows
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
SWOT satellite lets scientists observe small-scale eddies and waves for the first timeA NASA-led satellite mission has suggested that swirls and eddies in the middle of the ocean have a bigger influence on Earth's climate system than scientists previously realized.


Google, AWS say it's too hard for customers to use Linux to swerve Azure
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Re-writing applications takes years, is expensive, in-house expertise neededWhen moving to the cloud, companies with significant investments in Microsoft infrastructure wares simply can't afford to rewrite everything for Linux, so they end up migrating to Azure to dodge the markups Redmond charges for running its server software in competitors' clouds.


MX Linux 23.6 brings Debian freshness, without the systemd funk
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Bookworm 12.10-based release is a few steps ahead of upstreamMX Linux 23.6 is here, taking the baseline of Debian 12.10 and adding some selected tweaks and updates of its own.


Europe's cloud customers eyeing exit from US hyperscalers
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
'It's amazing how fast the change has been'Are customers on the European side of the pond considering a move from US hyperscalers in the wake of recent events? Some of the region's vendors are reporting an uptick in inquiries as organizations mull their options.


TSMC prepping for tariff turmoil, denies joint venture talks with Intel
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Chip contract manufacturer not immune to 'uncertainties and risks' caused by Trump's import taxesTSMC's top brass insist it is not entertaining a joint venture with beleaguered chip biz Intel, though it is steeling itself for potential effects from the Trump administration's ever-changing tariff schemes.


Datacenters selling power back to the grid? Don’t bet on it, say operators
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Bit barns in Dublin doubled as battery farms, the rest of the world isn’t buying itAnalysisThe idea of datacenters feeding power back into the electricity grid during peak demand may sound promising, but operators say it's unlikely to catch on beyond a few trials in Ireland because of the cost and technical complexity involved.


Brit soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Truck-mounted demonstration weapon costs 10p a pop, says MODBritish soldiers have successfully taken down drones with a radio-wave weapon.


Bank of England flirts with offline digital dosh
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
No signal? No problem. But also no solid commitment to Britcoin yetThe Bank of England has shown offline digital payment systems can work but plans to study policy choices before giving them the green light.


Competition boffin launches class action against Google UK over search dominance
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Alleges£5B in harm caused by Android deals, anticompetitive actionsA British academic has launched a class-action suit against Google, alleging abuse of its market dominance in online search caused£5 billion ($6.6 billion) of damage to advertisers.


Daddy of a mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for about 90 minutes
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Manager of the .us namespace managed to block zoom.usA bad mistake by GoDaddy took Zoom offline for almost two hours on Wednesday afternoon, US time.


Heat can make Li-Ion batteries explode. Or restore their capacity, say Chinese boffins
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Future chargers could re-arrange battery chemistry to make them live longerResearchers at China’s Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering have found a way to restore the energy density of old Lithium-Ion batteries by heating them to over 150°C.


Whistleblower describes DOGE IT dept rampage at America's labor watchdog
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Ignored infosec rules, exfiltrated data
 then the mysterious login attempts from a Russian IP address began – claimDemocratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation after a tech staffer at the US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) blew the whistle on the cost-trimming DOGE's activities at the employment watchdog– which the staffer claims included being granted superuser status in contravention of standard operating procedures, exfiltrating data, and seemingly leaking credentials to someone with a Russian IP address.


Tesla fudged odometer to screw me out of warranty, Model Y owner claims
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 GMT
Give Elon an inch and he'll take thousands of miles ... allegedlyTesla has been accused of somehow sneakily altering a customer's odometer to hasten the end of his vehicle's warranty period.


California sues President Tariff
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Ah yes, the courts, that'll totally workWorld War FeePresident Trump's reign of tariffs has been challenged on the left and right by the State of California and the Liberty Justice Center.


Microsoft: Why not let our Copilot fly your computer?
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Redmond talks up preview of AI agents navigating apps through the UIMicrosoft will soon let Copilot agents drive computers through the GUI just like humans– by clicking buttons, selecting menus, and even completing forms on screen.


White House confirms 245% tariff on some Chinese imports not a typo
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Just make it 420.69 and be done with it, Mr PresidentWorld War FeeNo, it wasn't a typo. Some Chinese imports are indeed subject to a 245 percent tariff in the United States.


Free Blue Screens of Death for Windows 11 24H2 users
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Microsoft rewards those who patch early with bricks hurled through its operating systemKeeping with its rich history of updates that break Windows in unexpected ways, Microsoft has warned that two recent patches for Windows 11 24H2 are triggering blue screen crashes.


Signalgate chats vanish from CIA chief phone
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Extraordinary rendition of data, or just dropped it out of a helicopter?CIA Director John Ratcliffe's smartphone has almost no trace left of the infamous Signalgate chat– the one in which he and other top US national security officials discussed a secret upcoming military operation in a group Signal conversation a journalist was inadvertently added to.


Microsoft admits it's not you, Classic Outlook can be a real CPU, power hog sometimes
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Bug or migration strategy for New Outlook, we wonderFar be it from us to suggest Microsoft is trying to force people onto its New Outlook application, but it has admitted Classic Outlook occasionally and mysteriously turns into a system resource hog.


First Nvidia, now AMD: Trump trade turmoil threatens $800M in China chip sales
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Is that MI in MI308 going to be Mission Impossible?World War FeeTurns out Nvidia's not the only chip shop caught in the crossfire of Trump's tit-for-tat trade battle with China.


Microsoft blames 'latent code issue' after Windows 11 upgrades sneak past admin blockades
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Intune policies turn out to be mere suggestionsMicrosoft has admitted some users are being offered Windows 11 upgrades despite Intune policies configured otherwise.


Figma bucks market trends, plunges into IPO waters after Adobe's failed buyout
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Timing not ideal with Wall Street fearing recessionIt's been a little over a year since Adobe abandoned its plans to purchase web-based design tool Figma. Now, the smaller of the two app makers is bucking market uncertainty by filing for an IPO.


CVE program gets last-minute funding from CISA– and maybe a new home
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Uncertainty is the new certaintyIn an 11th-hour reprieve, the US government last night agreed to continue funding the globally used Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program.


20 years on, DART still a masterclass in how not to rendezvous in orbit
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Two decades have passed since NASA made two spacecraft collideIt is twenty years since NASA's DART mission collided with a satellite after depleting its fuel during a rendezvous attempt.


Law firm 'didn't think' data theft was a breach, says ICO. Now it's nursing a£60K fine
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
DPP Law is appealing against data watchdog's conclusionsA law firm is appealing against a£60,000 fine from the UK's data watchdog after 32 GB of personal information was stolen from its systems.


AWS claims 50% of Azure workloads would jump ship if licensing costs allowed
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Bezos' biz and Google tell regulator higher cost of running Windows Server in their clouds isn't fairAWS estimates half of the workloads Microsoft enterprise customers run on Azure would migrate away from the Windows giant's cloud if only the licensing costs of doing so were not prohibitively high and a competitive deterrent.


ASML hits targets but orders sag as Trump trolls markets
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Dutch lithography king sticks to€35B forecast despite investor jittersEuro tech giant ASML hit its revenue guidance last quarter and still expects the coffers to swell this year, but order bookings are down as Trump's tariff turmoil casts uncertainty over the entire industry.


Russians lure European diplomats into malware trap with wine-tasting invite
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Vintage phishing varietal has improved with ageRussia never stops using proven tactics, and its Cozy Bear, aka APT 29, cyber-spies are once again trying to lure European diplomats into downloading malware with a phony invitation to a lux event.


In wake of Horizon scandal, forensics prof says digital evidence is a minefield
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Outdated and misinformed legal presumptions at the heart of concernsDigital forensics in the UK is in need of reform, says one expert, as the deadline to advise the government on computer evidence rules arrives.


Microsoft hits Ctrl-Z after Teams trips over file sharing
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Maybe don't push to production without properly testing first?Microsoft Teams experienced a file-sharing outage overnight that disrupted collaboration for many users and forced the software biz to roll back a recent backend change.


Legacy tech is the gift that keeps billing for UK's tax collector
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
£5.2B more thrown at the never-ending quest to modernize HMRCIn 2022, the UK's tax collector put£4.5 billion ($5.9 billion) on the table to help its applications become "less dependent upon legacy technologies." The extent to which His Majesty's Revenue& Customs (HMRC) achieved that goal is debatable, but there is no doubt it intends to spend up to£5.2 billion ($6.9 billion) more to continue the job.


TalkTalk Business pulls disappearing act on customer emails
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
It's not DNS. It can't be DNS? Right?TalkTalk Business customers were forced to survive without email nearly a week after a technical fault disrupted domain hosting.


Apple: Since you care about yOuR pRiVaCy, we'll train our AI on made-up emails
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
It's LLMs all the way downApple, having starved its AI models of data by respecting customer privacy, plans to improve its chatbot suggestions by using made-up emails.


Guess what happens when ransomware fiends find 'insurance' 'policy' in your files
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
It involves a number close to three or six depending on the pickle you're inRansomware operators jack up their ransom demands by a factor of 2.8x if they detect a victim has cyber-insurance, a study highlighted by the Netherlands government has confirmed.


South Korea to build mini-fabs as part of $25B plan to prop up tariff-targeted industries
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Fancy a doctorate in semiconductor design? The land of K-Pop wants you to help future-proof its industrySouth Korea has decided to dish out over $25 billion in help to industries impacted by the USA’s new tariff regime.


Japan serves Google a cease and desist order over its Android bundling deals
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Won't let the Big G require its apps and search to be installed on smartphonesJapan’s Fair Trade Commission yesterday ordered Google to stop doing deals that require manufacturers of Android handsets to include its apps.


Trump derails Chinese H20 GPU sales, forcing Nvidia to eat $5.5B this quarter
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
So much for Jensen's million-dollar dinner at Mar-a-LagoWorld War FeeThe Trump administration's latest salvo in the US-China trade war has forced Nvidia to take a $5.5 billion charge, the GPU goliath revealed in a Tuesday regulatory filing that sent its stock tumbling in after-hours trading.


Uncle Sam kills funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 GMT
Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right?UpdatedUS government funding for the world's CVE program– the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws – ends Wednesday.


Pentagon needs China's rare earths, Beijing just put them behind a permit wall. Oops
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 GMT
Trump’s tremendous trade tussle triggers troubling twist, theoreticallyWorld war feeWell, well, well. If it isn't the consequences of thine actions. The Trump administration's global trade war is threatening to hit US military readiness.


Now 1.6M people had SSNs, life chapter and verse stolen from insurance IT biz
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 GMT
800K? Make that double, and we'll need a double, too, for the painA Texas firm that provides backend IT and other services for American insurers has admitted twice as many people had their info stolen from it than previously disclosed.


Meta to feed Europe's public posts into AI brains again
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 GMT
Who said this opt-out approach is OK with GDPR, was it Llama 4, hmm?Meta on Monday said it plans to start training its AI models using public posts and comments shared by adults in the EU, along with interactions users have with its chatbot.


4chan, the 'internet’s litter box,' appears to have been pillaged by rival forum
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 GMT
Source code, moderator info, IP addresses, more allegedly swiped and leakedThousands of 4chan users reported outages Monday night amid rumors on social media that the edgy anonymous imageboard had been ransacked by an intruder, with someone on a rival forum claiming to have leaked its source code, moderator identities, and users' IP addresses.


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Rashid Johnson Finds His Promised Land at the Guggenheim
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
The artist’s first major museum survey fills Frank Lloyd Wright’s spiral with a rich mix of media, a view of the polymathic flux of a 25-year career, and a sense of healing.

The Hype at Coachella This Year? Billboards.
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Some of the hottest advertising space is deep in the California desert, where Lady Gaga, Charli XCX, Djo, Post Malone and more generate buzz for their festival sets.

Jinkx Monsoon Sails From‘Drag Race’ to ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Jinkx Monsoon talks about feeling like a lifetime of hard work is finally paying off, and her return to Broadway as a zany maid in“Pirates! The Penzance Musical.”

Despite Setbacks, Harlem’s Brotherhood Sister Sol Thrives
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Three years after opening its visual jolt of a new headquarters, the Brotherhood Sister Sol has become even more of a haven for the young people it serves.

‘The Wedding Banquet’ Review: The Family You Find
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
A retelling of Ang Lee’s classic of queer cinema comes at the same farcical situation in a new way.

Review: Caryl Churchill Times Four Makes an Infinity of Worlds
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
“Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp,” a new collection of one-acts by the great British playwright, is a cause for celebration, wonderment and grief.

‘Sinners’ Review: Ryan Coogler’s Southern Horror Fantasia
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
The director goes boldly out there in his fifth feature, a genre-defying, mind-bending shoot-em-up that stars Michael B. Jordan as twins.

For This Artist, Doomscrolling Isn’t a Bad Thing
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Jon Rafman’s liberal use of artificial intelligence is on full, dark display in an exhibition that features a kind of MTV warped by internet subcultures.

Where the Precious Things Are: Maurice Sendak’s Art Collection to Be Auctioned
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
From erotic drawings to Mickey Mouse on a motorcycle, works in the author’s home nurtured his creativity. They’ll star at Christie’s June sales.

Joan Chen’s Career Renaissance as the Cool Mom, From ‘The Wedding Banquet’ to ‘Didi’
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
The acclaimed actress and filmmaker is having a career renaissance playing dynamic mother roles in indie films, including in the new version of“The Wedding Banquet.”

Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler and a Dozen Years of Collaborations
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
The star and the director of“Sinners” have risen in parallel since first working together over a decade ago. In a joint interview, they explain their connection.

‘Bad Influence’ and ‘The Devil In the Family’ Highlight the Dark Side of Kid Influencers
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
A pair of documentaries are calling attention to the dangers of child influencer content. But regulation can be difficult in an industry that blurs the line between work and home.

What’s So Funny About These Albums?
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
Jordan Firstman, Mae Martin, Cat Cohen and Kyle Mooney have joined a long list of comedians who make music, with songs that are vehicles for bits and earnestness.

Onstage and Off, Whitney White Is Everywhere This Spring
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
An actor, musician and writer, White is also now an in-demand stage director.“I am looking, I am hungry, I am searching,” she said.

New Pornographers Drummer Is Charged With Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
Joseph Seiders, who joined the band in 2014, is accused of recording boys who were using a restaurant bathroom.

In Hudson, N.Y., Even the Opera Is Locavore
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
At Hudson Hall, the director R.B. Schlather leans on artists and musicians from the community. The results have made for better opera.

‘Love Island: Beyond the Villa’ Will Follow Season 6 Cast Around Los Angeles
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
Trying to capitalize on the success of the sixth season of“Love Island USA,” Peacock announced a series that would follow former islanders around Los Angeles.

Five Action Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
This month’s picks include brave siblings and violent young men.

Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
In films like Andrew Haigh’s “Weekend,” you’ll find new beginnings in time for spring. Here’s a rundown of what’s currently on Tubi, Plex and PlutoTV.

House Democrats Criticize Trump’s Smithsonian Order
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
In a letter to Vice President JD Vance, four U.S. representatives on a committee that oversees the cultural institution urged him to reject President Trump’s push to reshape it.

13 Songs You Didn’t Know Were Big Hits Right Now
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
A tour of the more surprising— and kind of anonymous — corners of the current Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

The‘Pride&Prejudice’ Hand Flex: One Gesture and the Web Is Still Swooning
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
The subtle expression of longing in the 2005 adaptation wasn’t meant to be a key moment. Even the director is surprised it took on a life of its own.

8 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

John Cena Confronts His Final WrestleMania
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
As his in-ring career draws to a close, the most popular star in W.W.E. is trying out a new role: the bad guy.

Ani DiFranco Documentary Shows Her First Time Writing a Song With Another Artist
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
The film“1-800-ON-HER-OWN” follows the fiercely independent artist as she tries a career first: writing a song with another artist.

Podcasts Want Their Own Version of the Oscars. Could It Be Any of These?
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
The iHeartPodcast Awards, the Ambie Awards and the Signal Awards want to represent the best in the industry. But some podcasters fear a“money grab.”

Two Leaders Who Built Gleaming Museums Face a Fraught Art Landscape
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
As Thelma Golden and Lisa Phillips put finishing touches on their expanded buildings, they assess their legacies, and the cultural shift ahead.

Guidebooks to New York Tell How to Survive Among the Natives
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
A collection of indelible photographs, maps and‘intimate guides” from 1807 to 1940 went beyond extolling the virtues of the city.

It’s All Rhythm: A New Festival Embraces Percussive Dance
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
The Uptown Rhythm Festival will mix styles, including tap, swing and flamenco, that are flourishing despite problems of rehearsal and performance space.

A Guide to Emily Henry and Her Romance Books
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
Her best-selling romances have made her a new standard-bearer of the genre.

Stephen Colbert Translates Trump’s Italian Tariff Talk
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
“The Late Show” host said Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, is “seen as something of a Trump whisperer” after she visited the White House on Thursday.

Francis Davis, Sharp-Eared Jazz Critic and Husband of Terry Gross, Dies at 78
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
He wrote prolifically about various aspects of the arts and popular culture. But he kept his focus on jazz, celebrating its past while worrying about its future.

Elaine Wynn, Who Built Wynn Resorts Empire in Las Vegas, Dies at 82
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
She and Steve Wynn were known as the king and queen of Las Vegas. After their divorce, Ms. Wynn became a force in her own right.

Nino Tempo, Who Topped the Charts With‘Deep Purple,’ Dies at 90
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half of a duo act with his sister, April Stevens.

Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film“The Lady Vanishes.”

‘The Rehearsal’ Is an Awkward, Dazzling Ride
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
For Season 2, Nathan Fielder’s focus is commercial airline safety, hardly a typical topic for comedy. But his approach is never typical.

Robert E. McGinnis, Illustrator Behind Classic‘James Bond’ Posters, Dies at 99
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
In the 1960s and’70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Thunderball.”

Playboi Carti and His Offspring Ponder Life After Rage-Rap
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
As rap continues to move in chaotic directions, the Atlanta M.C. Ken Carson and the electro-pop singer 2hollis are harnessing the power of music that moves bodies.

Sculpture Museum in Dallas Names a New Director
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Carlos Basualdo, a veteran curator who has spent most of his career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will take over the Nasher Sculpture Center next month.

‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Nipped, Tucked and Royally Fussed Over
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
This deliciously nasty reworking of the Cinderella fairy tale imagines how far one of the stepsisters would go to marry her prince.

Would Joan Didion Have Wanted the World To See Her Notes on Therapy?
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Readers can decide when“Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week.

‘The Shrouds’ Review: For Cronenberg, Grief Is an Obsession
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
The director’s latest stars Vincent Cassel as an entrepreneur who mourns the death of his wife by inventing technology that surveils her entombed body.

‘Queens of Drama’ Review: A Half-Century Feud
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Alexis Langlois’s musical romance is an unruly story of a love-hate relationship between two ambitious musicians.

‘The President’s Wife’ Review: Would Madame Get Your Vote?
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Catherine Deneuve plays the former French first lady Bernadette Chirac in this puckish, highly fictionalized biopic with a pop-feminist edge.

‘The Legend of Ochi’ Review: The Great, Familiar Adventure
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
A 1980s throwback movie about a teenager who sets out on a journey with a mysterious being.

‘Invention’ Review: Patent Pensive
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
In this strange experimental feature from Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez, a grieving daughter investigates the mysterious gadget her father left behind.

The Treats That Bernadette Peters, Delia Ephron and Marcus Samuelsson Swear By
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Bernadette Peters, Dichen Lachman, Delia Ephron and more share their tiny joys for tough days.

Stephen Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Colbert said both public media entities are“already operating on a shoestring budget — Daniel Tiger can’t even afford to wear pants.”

Tim Mohr, DJ and German Translator Who Ghostwrote Paul Stanley’s Memoir, Dies at 55
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley.

Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Bridal Collection Teases Fans Yet Again
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
Savage x Fenty’s new collection is the latest entry on a list of times the singer and her partner, ASAP Rocky, have alluded to being engaged.

Seth Rogen’s Trump Jokes Are Edited Out of Awards Broadcast
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
While presenting an award at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony this month, Mr. Rogen said President Trump had“single-handedly destroyed all of American science.”

In‘Your Friends&Neighbors,’ the Watches Steal the Show
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
“Your Friends&Neighbors” strives to comment on the vacuousness of wealth while simultaneously glorifying the spoils of being really, really rich.

‘Government Cheese’ Review: Moving on Up, to the Surreal Side
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
The comedy, starring David Oyelowo, straddles a border between the pioneering Black sitcoms of the 1970s and dreamy modern dramedies like“Lodge 49.”

The Concert Cold War in a Quiet Enclave
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Designed to be an idyllic neighborhood more than a century ago, Forest Hills Gardens is now a hub for music— and noise complaints.

‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Gen X? More Like Gen Sex.
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
At 46, Mireille Silcoff divorced her partner of 21 years, and went on to have more sex and better sex than she’d ever had before. She soon realized she wasn’t the only woman her age in the midst of a sexual renaissance.

Nettie Jones, an Audacious Novelist, Is Getting Her Due at Last
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
Nettie Jones made a splash in 1984 with her shockingly erotic novel“Fish Tales,” then fell into obscurity. A new edition has put her back in the spotlight.

‘The Voyeurs,’ ‘Cyrano’ and More Streaming Gems
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Exciting new riffs on 1990s genre movies are among the highlights of this month’s recommendations on your subscription streaming services.

The Grand Egyptian Museum Is Finally Open. (Well, Mostly.)
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long last, here’s a look inside.

Late Night Revels in Harvard’s Rejection of Trump’s Demand
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
“I don’t usually root for Harvard, because they’re Harvard. They’ve got everything. It’s like rooting for Jeff Bezos to win the lottery,” Ronny Chieng said on “The Daily Show.”

Wink Martindale, Popular Game Show Host on‘Tic-Tac-Dough’ and More, Dies at 91
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
He was involved in more than 20 game shows, most memorably as the host of“Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s.

Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman’s Wife, Asked About Flulike Symptoms Before Deaths
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
Videos, photographs and police reports released by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office in New Mexico offered a look into the days before Betsy Arakawa and Mr. Hackman died.

A Tax Day Jam Session
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
File your 1040 to tunes by Destiny’s Child, Dr. John, Big Tymers and more.

Marvin Levy, Oscar-Winning Publicist to Spielberg, Dies at 96
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
For 42 years, Mr. Levy strategized behind the scenes to promote Steven Spielberg’s movies and ensure that the director was seen as Hollywood’s de facto head of state.

In‘Towards Zero,’ Agatha Christie Gets Steamy
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
A new three-part TV mini-series streaming on BritBox amps up the themes of forbidden desire and psychological distress in the detective novelist’s 1944 book.

NY Times Obituaries:




Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, a Calming Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dies at 85
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
From 2003 to 2009, he brought a quiet style of leadership to his Southeast Asia nation after the strongman rule of Mahathir Mohamad.

John J. LaFalce, Democrat Congressman Who Fought for Consumers, Dies at 85
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
A 14-term Democrat from Western New York, he sponsored financial reforms to aid consumers and pressed Washington to protect Americans from environmental hazards.

Elaine Wynn, Who Built Wynn Resorts Empire in Las Vegas, Dies at 82
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
She and Steve Wynn were known as the king and queen of Las Vegas. After their divorce, Ms. Wynn became a force in her own right.

Robert E. McGinnis, Illustrator Behind Classic‘James Bond’ Posters, Dies at 99
Fri, 18 Apr 2025 +0000
In the 1960s and’70s, his leggy femmes fatales beckoned from paperback covers and posters for movies like “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “Thunderball.”

Francis Davis, Sharp-Eared Jazz Critic and Husband of Terry Gross, Dies at 78
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
He wrote prolifically about various aspects of the arts and popular culture. But he kept his focus on jazz, celebrating its past while worrying about its future.

Nino Tempo, Who Topped the Charts With‘Deep Purple,’ Dies at 90
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half of a duo act with his sister, April Stevens.

Tim Mohr, DJ and German Translator Who Ghostwrote Paul Stanley’s Memoir, Dies at 55
Wed, 16 Apr 2025 +0000
An American who had lived abroad, he sought out books by up-and-coming German writers, while ghostwriting memoirs for rock stars like Paul Stanley.

Leo Beenhakker, a Soccer Coach Without Borders, Dies at 82
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
Among many other accomplishments, he led tiny Trinidad and Tobago to the World Cup and Poland to its first appearance in the European championships.

Wink Martindale, Popular Game Show Host on‘Tic-Tac-Dough’ and More, Dies at 91
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
He was involved in more than 20 game shows, most memorably as the host of“Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s.

Overlooked No More: Ethel Lina White, Master of Suspense Who Inspired Hitchcock
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
A powerhouse of the genre, she published around 100 short stories and 17 novels, one of which was adapted into the acclaimed film“The Lady Vanishes.”

Andrew A. Beveridge, Who Found the Unexpected in Census Data, Dies at 79
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
With his own research group and as a professor at Queens College, he plumbed raw data for often-surprising insights about the way the country was changing.

Richard L. Armitage, 79, Dies; State Department Official in a Turbulent Era
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
While serving as Colin Powell’s deputy during the Iraq war, he found himself at the center of a scandal when he leaked a C.I.A. operative’s name.

Marvin Levy, Oscar-Winning Publicist to Spielberg, Dies at 96
Thu, 17 Apr 2025 +0000
For 42 years, Mr. Levy strategized behind the scenes to promote Steven Spielberg’s movies and ensure that the director was seen as Hollywood’s de facto head of state.

Elsa Honig Fine, 94, Dies; Historian Promoted Black and Female Artists
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
As the founder of Woman’s Art Journal and the author of influential textbooks, she documented the work of many accomplished artists who had been ignored.

Brad Holland’s Disruptive Cartoons and Illustrations
Mon, 14 Apr 2025 +0000
His work pushed the boundaries of political cartoons, expanding the possibilities of illustration everywhere.

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
Mr. Vargas Llosa, who ran for Peru’s presidency in 1990 and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, transformed episodes from his personal life into books that reverberated far beyond the borders of his native country.

Nicky Katt, Actor Known For‘Dazed And Confused,’ Dies at 54
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
He began his career as a child actor and later played tough guys and henchmen. He was best known for“Boston Public” and “Dazed and Confused.”

Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at 99
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
Her work for the commandant of a concentration camp in German-occupied Poland led to her conviction as an accessory to more than 10,000 murders.

Jean Marsh, Actress Who Co-Created‘Upstairs, Downstairs,’ Dies at 90
Sun, 13 Apr 2025 +0000
She not only helped develop the hit 1970s show, but also acted in it, and had a decades-long career in film, TV and theater.

Brad Holland, Subversive Artist Who Reinvented American Illustration, Dies at 81
Tue, 15 Apr 2025 +0000
His stark and stunning work for Playboy, The New York Times and Manhattan’s underground papers heralded a new era of conceptual illustration.

Max Kozloff, Art Critic Who Became an Artist Himself, Dies at 91
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 +0000
He wrote extensively about the New York art scene in the 1960s and’70s, then shifted to become a prominent street photographer.

Joseph Boskin, Scholar of Humor and April Fool’s Prankster, Dies at 95
Fri, 11 Apr 2025 +0000
To oblige an eager reporter, he invented a story about the holiday’s origin. He didn’t realize it would turn out to be his “Andy Warhol moment.”

Rick Levine, Who Gave Commercials Cinematic Flair, Dies at 94
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 +0000
An award-winning director, he created ads for brands like Diet Pepsi (starring Michael J. Fox) by bringing a Hollywood sensibility to the small screen.

Suzanne Rand, Half of a Once-Popular Comedy Team, Dies at 75
Sat, 12 Apr 2025 +0000
Like Nichols and May before them, Monteith and Rand had their own Broadway show. Unlike Nichols and May, they faded from view after they broke up.