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No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America's skies, senators are urged
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing?US senators have been asked again to consider banning the use of drones made by Chinese manufacturer DJI in American airspace after a previous attempt to outlaw the machines was dropped.


Kamala Harris' $7M support from LinkedIn founder comes with a request: Fire Lina Khan
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
FTC boss must be doing something right if folks will pay to get her binnedLinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman was quick to express support for Kamala Harris' bid for the US presidency this year after incumbent Joe Biden stepped aside, and now the reason has become clear: He's hoping she'll fire FTC boss and Big Tech arch-critic Lina Khan.


Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
You wouldn't download a performerActors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren't willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. 


iPhone kicked out of China’s top 5 smartphone brands as domestic market bounces back
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Chinese brands ascendant in the country’s phone market, but Apple’s exile might only be temporaryFor the first time in a while, the top five smartphone vendors in China are all native, with Apple's position falling to sixth place.


CrowdStrike meets Murphy's Law: Anything that can go wrong will
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
And boy, did last Friday's Windows fiasco ever prove that yet againOpinionCrowdStrike's recent Windows debacle will surely earn a prominent place in the annals of epic tech failures. On July 19, the cybersecurity giant accomplished what legions of hackers could only dream of– bringing millions of Windows systems worldwide to their knees with a single botched update.


SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Cracked line blamed for leakSpaceX aims to resume launching the Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to let the company return to flight operations.


Intel nabs Micron exec to oversee foundry business ambitions
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Memory veteran to help Gelsinger and co with longstanding internal/external contract manufacturing plansIntel is set to hire an executive from memory chipmaker Micron to head its foundry biz as the company pursues its strategy of turning its former internal manufacturing operations into a money-spinning concern.


Happy Sysadmin Day, the Bitlocker keys are in a bowl on top of the fridge
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Vote below for the best way to celebrate our underappreciated heroesSeven days after CrowdStrike's bad update took down Windows-based computers around the world, System Administrator Appreciation Day has arrived. And what lovely gifts did your employer spoil you with today? Shares in the company? A brand new Cybertruck? A USB stick?


Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 daysThe crew of the Boeing Starliner will spend the summer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA and Boeing refused to set a return date for the craft.


Progress discloses second critical flaw in Telerik Report Server in as many months
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
These are the kinds of bugs APTs thrive on, just ask the FedsProgress Software's latest security advisory warns customers about the second critical vulnerability targeting its Telerik Report Server in as many months.


'A moose hit me' and other ways people damage their gizmos
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
The wild world of wrecking our techHave you ever bitten your phone, or thrown it in anger? How about broken it in a collision with a moose? These are just some of the ways in which people have damaged their digital devices, according to a survey.


Google DeepMind's latest models kinda sorta take silver at Math Olympiad
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Sure, it took three days to do what teenaged brainiacs do in nine hours– but who's counting?Researchers at Google DeepMind claim they've developed a pair of AI models capable of taking home a silver medal in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)– although not within the allotted time limit.


UK.gov to chuck up to£5B to gang of back office software vendors
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Framework deal set to run until 2029 as central govt transitions to new ERP SaaS modelThe UK government has gone to market shopping for back office software in a tender which could be worth up to£5 billion ($6.4 billion).


Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray ObservatoryTwenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't need another one of those."


Customer bricked a phone– and threatened to brick techie's face with it
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
There's a difference between a warranty and insurance. In this story the latter could fight backOn CallFriday is the day the working week goes to die for most people– unless, like many aRegreader, they're on call to provide tech support at all hours. Which is why we use this day to celebrate those hardy souls with a fresh instalment of On Call– the reader-contributed column that celebrates survival in the face of stupidity, mendacity, and substandard manners.


Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Management drank the Kool Aid but staff can't cope with new demandsBosses expect artificial intelligence software to improve productivity, but workers say the tool does the opposite, according to a survey by find-a-workplace research org the Upwork Research Institute, a limb of talent-finding platform Upwork.


UK and India sign broad tech collaboration pact
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Pick a hot market– AI, quantum, chips, 6G – and the pair have a plan to work on it togetherThe UK and India agreed on Wednesday to a broad "Technology Security Initiative" that will see the two nations collaborate in ways it's hoped will unlock investment.


Omnissa, VMware's old end-user biz, emerges with promise of 'AI-infused autonomous workspace'
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
We think this means easier-to-administer virtual desktops with extra shinyOmnissa, the newly independent business created by Broadcom's spinoff of VMWare's end-user compute arm, has proclaimed it will become a source of "AI-infused autonomous workspaces".


North Korean chap charged for attacks on US hospitals, military, NASA– and even China
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
Microsoft, Mandiant, weigh in with info about methods used by Andariel gang alleged to have made many, many, heistsThe US Department of Justice on Thursday charged a North Korean national over a series of ransomware attacks on stateside hospitals and healthcare providers, US defense companies, NASA, and even a Chinese target.


Malware crew Stargazers Goblin used 3,000 GitHub accounts to make bank
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
May even have targeted other malware gangs, and infosec researchersInfosec researchers have discovered a network of over three thousand malicious GitHub accounts used to spread malware, targeting groups including gamers, malware researchers, and even other threat actors who themselves seek to spread malware.


CrowdStrike update blunder may cost world billions– and insurance ain't covering it all
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 GMT
We offer this formula instead: RND(100.0)*(10^9)The cost of CrowdStrike's apocalyptic Falcon update that brought down millions of Windows computers last week may be in the billions of dollars, and insurance isn't covering most of that.


Sam Altman wants a US-led freedom coalition to fight authoritarian AI
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Team America AI Police?Sam Altman has called for a US-led coalition of nations to ensure AI remains a vehicle for freedom and democracy, and not a tool for authoritarians to keep themselves in power and dominate others. 


Beware of fake CrowdStrike domains pumping out Lumma infostealing malware
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
PSA: Only accept updates via official channels ... ironically enoughCrowdStrike is the latest lure being used to trick Windows users into downloading and running the notorious Lumma infostealing malware, according to the security shop's threat intel team, which spotted the scam just days after the Falcon sensor update fiasco.


OpenAI unveils AI search engine SearchGPT– not that you're allowed to use it yet
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Launching in Beta is so 2014. We're in the prototype limited sign-up era nowAfter months of speculation, shy and retiring OpenAI has showed the world a glimpse of its very own web search engine powered by AI.


FYI: Data from deleted GitHub repos may not actually be deleted
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
And the forking Microsoft-owned code warehouse doesn't see this as much of a problemResearchers at Truffle Security have found, or arguably rediscovered, that data from deleted GitHub repositories (public or private) and from deleted copies (forks) of repositories isn't necessarily deleted.


NASA sends 4K video from a flying plane to the ISS using lasers
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
900 Mbps from Earth to orbit, and I still can't get reliable Wi-Fi in my backyardJealous of the fact that the International Space Station has better internet than you do? Well, here's one more benchmark to envy: NASA has successfully streamed 4K video from an in-flight aircraft to the ISS and back again.


Oracle's Java pricing brews bitter taste, subscribers spill over to OpenJDK
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Following licensing changes, 86% of users head for the door. Coincidence?Only 14 percent of Oracle Java subscribers plan to stay on Big Red's runtime environment, according to a study following the introduction of an employee-based subscription model.


Uncle Sam accuses telco IT pro of decade-long spying campaign for China
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Beijing has a long history of recruiting US residents to carry out various espionage activitiesThe US is looking to prosecute a Chinese immigrant over claims he has been drip-feeding information of interest to Beijing since at least 2012.


Microsoft adds generative search to its Bing engine
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Looks a lot like Google's AI Overviews, hopefully without some of the early unfortunate summariesMicrosoft is adding generative search to Bing despite the search engine's market share showing no increase after prior AI tech additions.


Apple Maps escapes orchard into web browser wilds
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Chrome and Edge on Windows can now join the funApple has introduced its mapping technology to devices outside its ecosystem with a web version that works in Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs.


STMicroelectronics sees sharp decline in Q2 earnings amid weak auto sector demand
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
NXP Semiconductors and Texas Instruments also hit by slowdownEuro chipmaker STMicroelectronics saw revenue and net income slump in Q2 of this year, blaming low demand in the automotive sector while orders elsewhere failed to meet expectations, in a hint that the semiconductor industry is still in a rough patch.


You should probably fix this 5-year-old critical Docker vuln fairly sharpish
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
For some unknown reason, initial patch was omitted from later versionsDocker is warning users to rev their Docker Engine into patch mode after it realized a near-maximum severity vulnerability had been sticking around for five years.


Adobe exec likened hidden cloud subscription exit fees to 'heroin', says FTC
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Read the unredacted complaint against Photoshop giant and its software plansAdobe's controversial billing practices and punitive fees for those terminating their subscriptions early follow from the software titan's addiction to revenue, the FTC has said.


Kaspersky says Uncle Sam snubbed proposal to open up its code for third-party review
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Those national security threat claims? 'No evidence,' VP tells The RegExclusiveDespite the Feds' determination to ban Kaspersky's security software in the US, the Russian business continues to push its proposal to open up its data and products to independent third-party review– and prove to Uncle Sam that its code hasn't been and won't be compromised by Kremlin spies.


AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Recursive training leads to nonsense, study findsResearchers have found that the buildup of AI-generated content on the web is set to "collapse" machine learning models unless the industry can mitigate the risks.


X.org lone ranger rides to rescue multi-monitor refresh rates
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
X11 isn't dead while people still keep working on itIt isn't quite XKCD 2347, but it's close. At least one developer is still working away on the X.org codebase with an effort to improve variable refresh rate support in several different OSes.


Datacenters guzzled more than a fifth of Ireland's electricity in 2023
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Bit barns binge on Emerald Isle powerDatacenters consumed more than a fifth of Ireland's electricity supply during 2023, according to the latest figures from the republic's Central Statistics Office (CSO). The news comes amid growing concerns over the expanding energy demands of the bit barn industry.


OpenBSD enthusiast cooks up guide for the technically timid
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
If you want a simple step-by-step, this is the best we've seenFrench BSD enthusiast Joel Carnat has written a how-to guide on setting up a laptop with OpenBSD for general use. It's worth a go for the Unix-curious.


Patch management still seemingly abysmal because no one wants the job
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Are your security and ops teams fighting to pass the buck?CommentPatching: The bane of every IT professional's existence. It's a thankless, laborious job that no one wants to do, goes unappreciated when it interrupts work, and yet it's more critical than ever in this modern threat landscape.


You're not hallucinating: Generative AI is helping IBM's mainframes grow
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Big Blue brings in more cash and profit than predictedGenerative AI's powers extend to helping the ancient concept of a proprietary enterprise OS and hardware stack to thrive, if IBM's Q2 2024 results are any guide.


India ditches its 'Google Tax' after US waved a big stick
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Stakeholders found it an 'ambiguous' compliance burden and the world has moved on– or tried toIndia will eliminate its equalization levy– a charge imposed on digital services provided by non-resident companies, known as the "Google Tax."


ServiceNow president leaves after policy breach related to public sector boss hire
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
But the books look good, because of real AIServiceNow has parted ways with president and chief operating officer Chirantan "CJ" Desai after an internal investigation found he had violated company policy when hiring the former CIO of the US Army as the workflow vendor's public sector boss.


Things are going Z-shaped at Huawei: Chinese giant preps three-screen folding smartphone
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
Reports hint they'll be here by ChristmasHuawei has reportedly developed a tri-fold smartphone that can be formed into a Z-shape, and will mass produce the machine before the end of 2024.


How a cheap barcode scanner helped fix CrowdStrike'd Windows PCs in a flash
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
This one weird trick saved countless hours and stress– no, reallyNot long after Windows PCs and servers at the Australian limb of audit and tax advisory Grant Thornton started BSODing last Friday, senior systems engineer Rob Woltz remembered a small but important fact: When PCs boot, they consider barcode scanners no differently to keyboards.


Mistral Large 2 leaps out as a leaner, meaner rival to GPT-4-class AI models
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
It's not the size that matters, it's how you use itMistral AI on Wednesday revealed a 123-billion-parameter large language model (LLM) called Mistral Large 2 (ML2) which, it claims, comes within spitting distance of the top models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta.


The months and days before and after CrowdStrike's fatal Friday
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 GMT
'In the short term, they're going to have to do a lot of groveling'AnalysisThe great irony of the CrowdStrike fiasco is that a cybersecurity company caused the exact sort of massive global outage it was supposed to prevent. And it all started with an effort to make life more difficult for criminals and their malware, with an update to its endpoint detection and response tool Falcon.


AMD stalls Ryzen 9000 launch over poor chip quality
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 GMT
Oh, actual QA? In 2024? In this economy?AMD has delayed the launch of its Ryzen 9000 desktop processors after discovering that production units initially shipped to channel partners weren't up to snuff.


Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome's Topics ad tech
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 GMT
Yes, you can be fingerprinted and tracked via Privacy Sandbox– tho the risk isn't as high as fearedApple last week celebrated a slew of privacy changes coming to its Safari browser and took the time to bash rival Google for its Topics system that serves online ads based on your Chrome history.


Microsoft wants fatter pipes between its AI datacenters, asks Lumen to make light work of it
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 GMT
Is this what the kidz call a glow-up?Microsoft has tasked network operator Lumen Technologies— formerly CenturyLink — with scaling up its network capacity as the Windows giant looks to grow its burgeoning AI services business, the duo revealed Wednesday.


Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 GMT
What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge givethThe Federal Trade Commission's ban on noncompete agreements has been upheld after a second legal challenge, with a Philadelphia judge deciding that the FTC was well within its legal authority to prohibit such contract clauses.


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Billy Joel Brings Madison Square Garden Residency to an End
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The singer and songwriter, 75, wrapped his decade-long residency at Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. Up next? A new era in his live career.

Heirs of Jews Who Fled the Nazis Return Art to Heirs Whose Family Could Not
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
An Egon Schiele drawing was returned on Friday at the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The heirs said in a statement that relinquishing the work was “the right thing to do.”

Scenes From Billy Joel’s Final Night of His Madison Square Garden Residency
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
At the close of his 10-year Madison Square Garden residency, the singer took a victory lap with some of his most ardent fans.

In Shows Like‘Love Island USA,’ the Setting Is Another Character
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Reality TV staples like“Love Island” and “Bachelor in Paradise” often take place in luxury resorts to set the mood. But not all resorts love the attention.

Museum of Natural History Says It Is Repatriating 124 Human Remains
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The museum reports having hundreds of consultations with Native American groups and says it is also returning 90 objects.

A New Batman Is Less a Dark Knight Than a‘Weird and Creepy’ One
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
“Batman: Caped Crusader,” a new animated series, is not concerned with making its hero likable — either to the citizens of Gotham or to its audience.

‘Deadpool’ Refresher: What to Know Before Seeing ‘Deadpool&Wolverine’
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The new installment draws on decades of Marvel and X-Men history. It helps to know the back stories ahead of time.

María Félix and Cantinflas Star in Gems From Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
A Lincoln Center retrospective puts the spotlight on midcentury movies aimed at the masses that continue to influence filmmakers.

Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005.

Saying Goodbye to the Messy, Murderous World of‘Elite’
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
A diverse cast of characters and a murder to solve each school year have helped make this teen drama one of Netflix’s longest-running original shows.

Watch a Reynolds and Jackman Diner Chat in‘Deadpool&Wolverine’
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The director Shawn Levy narrates a scene from the latest sequel in the franchise.

Five International Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
This month’s picks include a ’90s coming-of-age tale from India, a Turkish noir set in a zoo, a Romanian drama about provincial politics and more.

Why the Olympics’ Parade of Nations Is the Heart of the Opening Ceremony
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
When the athletes march in— or float in, as they will in Paris on Friday — you can enjoy the illusion that it’s a small world after all.

Helen Marden, Grieving in Bright Colors and on Her Own Terms
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
The artist’s new paintings at Gagosian show her working through the loss of her husband, the artist Brice Marden, in a hot palette, feathers and shells.

Opening Ceremony Misses the Boat
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The Paris Games began with a new look and sparkled with Celine Dion. But the show suffered from bloat similar to TV’s other spectacles.

Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 +0000
She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

Jerry Miller, 81, Lauded Guitarist With’60s Band Moby Grape, Dies
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 +0000
He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco’s Summer of Love.

He Wrote a Story About Joy, Then Built a Tiny World to Match
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller,“The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and toothpicks.

5 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

In‘Swan Song,’ a Ballet Company Faces Racism and Sexism
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The film follows a National Ballet of Canada production of“Swan Lake” as dancers and others deal with long-simmering issues of racism and sexism.

‘Deadpool&Wolverine’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The director Shawn Levy narrates a sequence from his film starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump for Recycling His Old Insults
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Colbert said the ex-president was“focused on the real issue gripping the country: desperately workshopping a new nickname for Kamala Harris.”

For Billy Joel Fans, a New York Night to Remember
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Thousands of people piled into Madison Square Garden on Thursday to hear Billy Joel’s catalog of hits in the final show of his long residency at the arena.

6 New Books We Recommend This Week
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Actors’ Union to Go on Strike Against Video Game Companies
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
The SAG-AFTRA union wants higher pay for the use of voices and images and protection from losing jobs to artificial intelligence.

‘Playground’ Is Throwback Reality TV, in More Ways Than One
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
The new Hulu series, set at a prestigious Los Angeles dance studio, harks back to the vibes of an earlier age.

Darryl‘Joe Cool’ Daniel, Illustrator of Snoop Dogg’s First Album Cover, Dies at 56
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The 1993 album“Doggystyle” went on to sell millions of copies around the world and solidified the career of Mr. Daniel, known as Joe Cool, as a hip-hop illustrator.

Bob Booker, Whose J.F.K. Parody Was a Runaway Hit, Dies at 92
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Most record companies didn’t think “The First Family,” which he and his writing partner created, was a good idea. It became the fastest-selling album of the pre-Beatles era.

‘Deadpool&Wolverine’ Reviews Are In: Amusing or Exhausting?
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
Few critics could deny that the highly anticipated super spectacle, starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, has its charms— but most left wanting more.

‘Only the River Flows’ Review: A Spiraling Murder Investigation
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
In this Chinese police procedural, directed by Wei Shujun, solutions are murkier than they first appear.

‘Rhinegold’ Review: Rapping With a Rap Sheet
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
Based on the life of an Iranian German drug dealer and rapper, Fatih Akin’s interminable drama feels uncomfortably partial to its violent subject.

‘The Fabulous Four’ Review: Beaches (and Lots of Mojitos)
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
This raunchy comedy features Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Megan Mullally on a bachelorette weekend.

‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’ Review: How the Magic Happens
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show“O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.

‘The Decameron’ Review: They Take a Holiday. Death Doesn’t.
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
A loose Netflix adaptation turns Boccaccio’s story cycle into a gleeful satire of class war in plague times.

Klaus Florian Vogt’s Strange, Essential Voice in Opera
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
Klaus Florian Vogt, a Wagner specialist with an ethereal yet mighty sound, is returning to the Bayreuth Festival to sing in the“Ring.”

Native Modern Art: From a Cardboard Box to the Met
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
Nearly lost, Mary Sully’s discovered drawings riff on Modernist geometries and Dakota Sioux beadwork and quilting. Our critic calls it “symphonically bicultural.”

‘Didi’ Review: 13 Going on Nerdy
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
A vibrant coming-of-age story about an awkward teenager in California in 2008 is also a love letter to the director’s mother.

Suicideboys Don’t Care for the Music Biz. They Got Its Attention Anyway.
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The rap duo’s raw songs and festival-like touring strategy has paid off: Its latest album opened at No. 5 without traditional industry strategies or support.

Solving Wanderlust With the Puzzles Beneath Your Feet
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is full of solutions that slide and stump. Play follow the leader in Flock, and take on bulbous hordes in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.

Stephen Colbert Wants a Kamala Harris-Glen Powell Ticket
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
“I guarantee he will attract suburban women, and I already have his slogan: ‘Yes, We Glen!’” Colbert said.

Toumani Diabaté, Malian Master of the Kora, Is Dead at 58
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society.

Why Is‘Deadpool&Wolverine’ Projected to Set Records?
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
Opening-weekend estimates have been a Hollywood fixture since the 1980s. But surveys of moviegoers can fail to capture those who infrequently visit the theater.

Maestro Accused of Striking Singer Won’t Return to His Ensembles
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year.

Lisa Kudrow Brings Her Daffy Charm to‘Time Bandits’
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The actress dialed up the zaniness in the TV reboot of a Terry Gilliam fantasy classic, created by the team behind“What We Do in the Shadows.”

He Wrote Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’ and Has 2 More in the Vault
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
Steve Porcaro of Toto, who played on some of the biggest hits of the’80s, has sold the rights to his music, including a pair of unreleased tracks with the superstar.

This Year’s BroadwayCon Raises the Curtain on Mental Health
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The ninth annual fan event will include discussions on topics such as sobriety, self-care and body image. Here are six to look out for.

Lincoln Center’s Audiences Deserve Music Worthy of Them
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising.

Dancers Drop Threat to Strike During Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties.

A Rarely Seen David Bowie Rom-Com Gets a New Life
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
“The Linguini Incident,” a low-budget ’90s film directed by Richard Shepard and featuring Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, makes its way to Blu-ray in a director’s cut.

The Met Museum Is Rebounding, but Not With International Visitors
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.

In a New Docuseries, Pete Rose Hustles for Redemption
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
“Charlie Hustle&the Matter of Pete Rose” examines the contradictions of one of the best (and most complicated) players in baseball history.

If A.I. Is Coming for Comedy Writers, Simon Rich Is Ready
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The author of humorous short stories finds emotional connections in tales that engage with tech. But he’s more interested in the ties between humans.

These Effects Wizards Made‘Twisters’ a Blast at 4D Showings
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
For special presentations of that blockbuster and others, companies like CJ 4DPlex have turned splashing and shaking moviegoers into a lucrative art.

Chappell Roan Booked a Tour. Then She Blew Up.
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The rising pop star now has five songs on the Hot 100. The venues her team picked out months ago are struggling to fit her ballooning audience.

‘Inspired by True Events’ Review: True Crime Thriller Riddled With Clichés
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
The actor Ryan Spahn makes his Off Broadway playwriting debut with an immersive, psychologically shallow dark comedy.

How Horror Movies Solve Their Cellphone Problem
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
When one quick call can eliminate danger and undermine screams, filmmakers have to figure out a workaround. Sometimes it can even deepen a story.

The Collapse of Romance Writers of America
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The group worked for decades to build the profile of the genre and its writers. Now romance fiction is booming— but the R.W.A. has filed for bankruptcy. What happened?

Read These Children’s Books About the Olympic Games and Sports
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
Colorful primers, inspirational biographies and books by former champions will get kids excited for the Paris Games— and teach valuable lessons along the way.

Feel Like an Athlete With These Olympic (Video) Games
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
Inspired by the pageantry and competition in Paris this summer? Try some of the many games that will let you taste pixelated glory.

Late Night Breaks Down‘Kamala Is Brat’
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
The Harris campaign’s embrace of the Gen Z term puzzled cable news analysts of a certain age, but Stephen Colbert was glad to clear things up.

NY Times Obituaries:




Gail Lumet Buckley, Chronicler of Black Family History, Dies at 86
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 +0000
She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

Jerry Miller, 81, Lauded Guitarist With’60s Band Moby Grape, Dies
Sat, 27 Jul 2024 +0000
He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco’s Summer of Love.

Roland Dumas Dies at 101; French Foreign Minister Tainted by Scandal
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
A lawyer and confidant of François Mitterrand, he was in the forefront of French politics for decades, only to be undone by his taste for the high life.

Sylvain Saudan,‘Skier of the Impossible,’ Is Dead at 87
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
His audacious descents around the world inspired a generation of extreme skiers.“One mistake,” he once said, “you die.”

Martin S. Indyk, Diplomat Who Sought Middle East Peace, Dies at 73
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
As ambassador to Israel in the Clinton administration and as a special envoy under Barack Obama, he was skeptical of Israeli settlements.

Bob Booker, Whose J.F.K. Parody Was a Runaway Hit, Dies at 92
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Most record companies didn’t think “The First Family,” which he and his writing partner created, was a good idea. It became the fastest-selling album of the pre-Beatles era.

Michael Hardy, Sharpton’s Longtime Lawyer and Confidant, Dies at 69
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
He was general counsel of Mr. Sharpton’s civil rights group, the National Action Network, and defended him in a defamation suit arising from the Tawana Brawley case.

Darryl‘Joe Cool’ Daniel, Illustrator of Snoop Dogg’s First Album Cover, Dies at 56
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
The 1993 album“Doggystyle” went on to sell millions of copies around the world and solidified the career of Mr. Daniel, known as Joe Cool, as a hip-hop illustrator.

Toumani Diabaté, Malian Master of the Kora, Is Dead at 58
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society.

Overlooked No More: Willy de Bruyn, Cycling Champion Who Broke Gender Boundaries
Thu, 25 Jul 2024 +0000
A premiere cyclist in women’s competitions, he helped pave the way for future athletes when he announced that he wanted to live the rest of his life as a man.

Kathy Willens, Photojournalist Seemingly Everywhere, Is Dead at 74
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
Guided by a keen sense of timing, she covered wars, sports, riots, politics and more for The A.P. in the’70s, when few women worked as news photographers.

Abner Haynes, a Star of the A.F.L.’s Early Years, Dies at 86
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
He was a threat as a halfback, receiver and returner for the Dallas Texans, the team that became the Kansas City Chiefs. But he still had to deal with racism.

Lewis H. Lapham, Harper’s Editor and Piercing Columnist, Dies at 89
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices of a spoiled United States.

Rosa Ross, Late-Blooming Author of Asian Cookbooks, Dies at 86
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
She was, she said, unable to cook a basic meal into her mid-20s. But she went on to a successful career as a restaurateur and an authority on Asian cuisine.

John Mayall, Pioneer of British Blues, Is Dead at 90
Wed, 24 Jul 2024 +0000
He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton.

Walter Shapiro, Political Columnist With a Contrarian Streak, Dies at 77
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 +0000
He brought to his writing a sharp sense of humor, honed in stand-up comedy clubs, and never pulled punches even though he was an unabashed Democrat.

Noriko Ohara, Voice Actress Known for Nobita in‘Doraemon,’ Dies at 88
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 +0000
She starred in“Doraemon” and other animated shows watched by nearly every child in Japan, and her voice became widely recognized.

Robert L. Allen, Who Recounted a Naval Mutiny Trial, Dies at 82
Tue, 23 Jul 2024 +0000
He wrote of how 50 Black sailors were court-martialed for refusing to keep loading munitions onto cargo ships in 1944 after explosions had killed hundreds. They were exonerated this month.

Duke Fakir, Last Surviving Member of the Four Tops, Dies at 88
Fri, 26 Jul 2024 +0000
He sang tenor on hits like“Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).”

Esta TerBlanche,‘All My Children’ Star, Dies at 51
Mon, 22 Jul 2024 +0000
Ms. TerBlanche played Gillian Andrassy, a Hungarian princess whose story line was beloved by fans.

Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
Sun, 21 Jul 2024 +0000
An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.