The debate over aid for Africa raises a vital concern over its true cost
A niche genre is making waves among romance BookTok fans. Dark romance books take readers to the taboo side of romantic literature.
‘The Gallerist’ review: Natalie Portman is a force to be reckoned with in Cathy Yan’s dark art-world satire – Sundance Film Festival
Joseph Bongiovanni was accused of authoring bogus DEA reports, stealing sensitive files, throwing off colleagues and outing confidential informants.
Apple and Google are enabling and profiting from nonconsensual deepfakes by allowing X and Grok to remain on app stores, advocacy groups claim.
Senators from Oregon, Massachusetts and New Mexico urged Apple and Google to suspend X and Grok until Elon Musk curbs AI-generated sexualized images of kids.
Three Democratic senators pushed Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores for AI chatbot Grok’s nonconsensual sexualization of apparent minors.
Chatbots have become places where children ‘talk about violence, explore romantic or sexual role-play, and seek advice when no adult is watching’
Salty employees got the notice on Dec 30, saying Sprinkles would start an “orderly wind-down” of the company beginning Dec. 31st.
Most major retailers and grocery stores will be open on New Year's Eve, although some will have reduced hours.
Tori Spelling postpones event after falling sick, cancelling her Las Vegas '90s After Dark' appearance with Brian Austin Green as she focuses on recovery
With President Trump declaring Dec. 26 a federal holiday, here's what's open and closed on Dec. 26.
More than 20 billion pounds of produce is rejected by U.S. grocery stores each year.
Apple is set to allow third-party app stores and for developers to use external payment systems on iOS in Brazil next year.
Power outage in San Francisco knocks out electricity to one-third of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. customers, with fire at substation on 8th and Mission streets ...
A massive outage knocked out power to 130,000 homes and businesses in San Francisco on Saturday, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said.
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Apple opens iOS to third-party app stores in Japan
It will also allow third-party payment processing and web purchases, though with new fees to compensate.
Beginning on January 15th, 2026, Google will shut down its dark web reports feature, which alerted users when their data was detected on the dark web.
MAVEN has circled Mars for more than a decade, exploring the planet and relaying data from robots on the surface.
