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No pilot? No problem! EHang's autonomous air taxis take off in Thailand
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 GMT
Chinese firm poised for (short) commercial flights by 2025China's urban air mobility biz, EHang, has announced its EH216-S pilotless electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has completed debut passenger flights in Thailand.


Cisco combines Meraki and Catalyst into single wireless brand
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Simplifies licenses and adds more 'included value' such as compulsory supportCisco, tired of designing and building two discrete sets of Wi-Fi products, has merged its Catalyst and Meraki kit under the new "Cisco Wireless" moniker.


QNX 8 goes freeware– for non-commercial use
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
It's not the first time the embedded microkernel OS has changed its termsVersion 8 of the Software Development Platform for the QNX microkernel real-time OS has gone freeware– but there are some strings attached.


SpaceX Dragon gives ISS a helping hand with altitude
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Demonstration paves way for more reboosts before station's eventual deorbitNASA and SpaceX have demonstrated the Dragon spacecraft's ability to reboost the International Space Station (ISS) with a 12-minute, 30-second burn of the freighter's Draco thrusters.


FBI issues warning as crooks ramp up emergency data request scams
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Just because it's .gov doesn't mean that email is trustworthyCybercrooks abusing emergency data requests in the US isn't new, but the FBI says it's becoming a more pronounced issue as the year draws to a close.


Gang of monkeys escape South Carolina biomedical research facility
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Lock your doors and windows, say police, but these should be disease-freeWe regret to inform you that the United States may soon collapse into a state of lawless anarchy: 18 of 43 monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina biomedical research facility remain at large– and we all know a horror story or two that starts like that.


Microsoft 'resolves' and 'mitigates' Windows Server 2025 update whoopsie
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
No sign of 'rollback' yetMicrosoft has finally admitted that some instances of Windows Server 2019 and 2022 were unexpectedly upgraded to Windows Server 2025.


The NPU: Neural processing unit or needless pricey upsell?
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Tech for tech's sake with niche uses that traditional hardware can handleOpinionIf you haven't heard of neural processing units (NPUs) by now, you must have missed a year's worth of AI marketing from Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.


Dark web crypto laundering kingpin sentenced to 12.5 years in prison
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Prosecutors hand Russo-Swede a half-billion billThe operator of the longest-running money laundering machine in dark web history, Bitcoin Fog, has been sentenced to 12 years and six months in US prison.


A sit-down with Ubuntu founder Mark 'SABDFL' Shuttleworth
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Talking to the distro's self-appointed benevolent dictator for life about 20 years of UbuntuUbuntu Summit 2024Canonical founder and CEO Mark Shuttleworth spoke toThe RegFOSS desk at Ubuntu Summit 2024 in The Hague about the Linux distribution's success, its missteps, his regrets, and what he'd tell his younger self.


Australia tells tots: No TikTok till you're 16... or X, Instagram and Facebook
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Tech companies, not users, to be punished for violations of social media time-outThe Australian government has confirmed it will create legislation that bans access to social media for people under the age of 16.


When Windows Server 2025 is delivered like it's 1999, nobody gets to party
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
What's the difference between a broken update system and a malware injection engine?OpinionA seemingly simple, single mistake in metadata that auto-trashes a critical, major component in the Windows ecosystem sounds bad. And it is, in so many ways.


The sad tale of the Alpha massacre
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Those old operating systems had awesome power– you had to be careful wielding itwho, me?Good morning and welcome, once again, to Who, Me? in whichRegisterreaders share tales of tech support moments they might prefer to forget. But forgetting is not a way to learn from mistakes, is it?


Alleged Snowflake attacker gets busted by Canadians– politely, we assume
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Also: Crypto hacks will continue; CoD hacker gets thousands banned, and morein briefOne of the suspected masterminds behind the widespread Snowflake breach has been arrested in Canada– but the saga isn't over, eh. 


Continuity of CHIPS and Science Act questioned in a Trump presidency
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 GMT
Plus: A premium minimum wage for Malaysian datacenter workers; N Koreans maybe discover spicy content; S Korea fines Meta for data misuse, and moreAsia In BriefTaiwanese silicon wafer provider GlobalWafers said last week it expects its award from the CHIPS and Science Act to continue, despite a change in the US presidency and direction.


Everything you need to know to start fine-tuning LLMs in the privacy of your home
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 GMT
Got a modern Nvidia or AMD graphics card? Custom Llamas are only a few commands and a little data prep awayHands onLarge language models (LLMs) are remarkably effective at generating text and regurgitating information, but they're ultimately limited by the corpus of data they were trained on.


Unbreakable Voyager space probes close in on a 50 year mission
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 GMT
Dwindling power and problematic communications, but the spacecraft just keeps on going"We're definitely going to make the 50th anniversary," says Professor Garry Hunt, one of the scientists responsible for NASA's Voyager mission, as Voyager 1 recovers from an unexpected pause in communications.


Intel: Our finances are in the toilet, we're laying off 15K, but the free coffee is back!
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 GMT
Now that's a brew-hahaStruggling chip giant Intel has rescinded a cost-cutting plan to abolish free coffee and tea for its staff.


WordPress's Automattic openly tracks websites bailing from rival WP Engine
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
The new normalUpdatedThe feud between Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg and rival web hosting firm WP Engine has led Automattic to create a website that lists WordPress customers who have moved their site hosting away from WP Engine and those who haven't.


Judge tosses publishers' copyright suit against OpenAI
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Raw Story and AltNet allowed to amend complaintA US judge has thrown out a case against ChatGPT developer OpenAI which alleged it unlawfully removed copyright management information (CMI) when building training sets for its chatbots.


TSMC halts advanced chip shipments to Chinese AI companies
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Move to suspend 7 nm and smaller processes follows US pressureSemiconductor giant TSMC is expected to stop supplying chips made with 7 nm or smaller processes to customers in China that are developing AI processors or GPUs. The move is reportedly to ensure it remains compliant with US export restrictions.


$50M semiconductor fraudster pleads guilty to Russian chip-exporting scheme
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
And separately, alleged ex-military traitor also arrested in FrankfurtThe US is moving forward with its prosecution of a man who is accused of illegally shipping semiconductors to sanctioned businesses in Russia after he pleaded guilty to the multi-million-dollar scheme.


The US government wants developers to stop using C and C++
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Does anyone want to tell Linus Torvalds? No? I didn't think soOpinionI must be a glutton for punishment. Not only was my first programming language IBM 360 Assembler, my second language was C. Programming anything in them wasn't easy. Programming safely in either is much harder.


Microsoft still not said anything about unexpected Windows Server 2025 installs
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Affected business calls situation 'mindbogglingly dangerous' as sysadmins reminded to check backup and restore strategiesMicrosoft remains silent over Windows Server 2025 turning up in the guise of a security update earlier this week, much to the chagrin of affected administrators.


Scattered Spider, BlackCat claw their way back from criminal underground
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
We all know by now that monsters never die, right?Two high-profile criminal gangs, Scattered Spider and BlackCat/ALPHV, seemed to disappear into the darkness like their namesakes following a series of splashy digital heists last year, after which there were arrests and website seizures.


Former SK hynix chip engineer gets 1.5 years in prison for IP theft
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Printed around 4,000 pages of tech before leaving for a job at HuaweiA Chinese national was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined₩20 million ($14,400) for allegedly stealing semiconductor manufacturing technology from SK hynix, according to a South Korean court ruling.


Europe's largest local authority slammed for 'poorest' ERP rollout ever
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Government-appointed commissioners say Birmingham severely lacked Oracle skills during disastrous implementationUK government-appointed commissioners have labeled Birmingham City Council's Oracle Fusion rollout as "the poorest ERP deployment" they have seen.


CISPE framework aids EU Data Act compliance, cloud switching
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
'It helps Euro organizations to avoid lock-in and design the cloud strategy they want'European cloud consortium CISPE has unveiled a framework to help members and their customers automate compliance with the EU Data Act's obligations around data portability and switching.


Watchdog finds AI tools can be used unlawfully to filter candidates by race, gender
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
UK data regulator says some devs and providers are operating without a 'lawful basis'The UK's data protection watchdog finds that AI recruitment technologies can filter candidates according to protected characteristics including race, gender, and sexual orientation.


Tech support world record? 8.5 seconds from seeing to fixing
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Your very fastest resolution, delivered in a flash– even in The Time Before GoogleOn CallThe working week can be a trek. And so can a holiday, which the On Call author has taken this week– but not before preparing a new installment ofThe Register’s Friday column that recounts tech support tales kindly contributed by readers.


NHS to launch 'real-time surveillance system' to prevent future pandemics
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Nanopore DNA screening technology may identify novel pathogens, propose treatments in as little as six hoursA public-private partnership in the UK is constructing what the government said is "the world's first real-time surveillance system" to track and prevent future pandemics. 


NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
A try called QuesstVidThe aircraft NASA hopes will usher in a new generation of transport that's supersonic but also relatively quiet has fired up its engines for the first time as a test.


Canada closes TikTok's offices but leaves using the app a matter of 'personal choice'
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Govt order destroys 'hundreds of well-paying local jobs', ehCanada has ordered the dissolution of TikTok's Canadian business– without banning the app itself – citing national security risks associated with ByteDance's operations in the country.


Winos4.0 abuses gaming apps to infect, control Windows machines
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
'Multiple' malware samples likely targeting education orgsCriminals are using game-related applications to infect Windows systems with a malicious software framework called Winos4.0 that gives the attackers full control over compromised machines.


IBM sued again in storm over Weather Channel data sharing
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
Privacy lawsuit blows this way alleging disclosure of names, email addresses, geo info, video titles without permissionIBM has been sued again for allegedly allowing third-party ad partners to collect personal data without consent via videos on its Weather Channel website.


Robots crush career opportunities for low-skilled workers
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 GMT
They also boost support for populist politicians, study findsRobots are devaluing and derailing workers' careers in both manufacturing and other jobs tied to regional economics, according to a recent study.


Flanked by Palantir and AWS, Anthropic's Claude marches into US defense intelligence
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
An emotionally manipulable AI in the hands of the Pentagon and CIA? CoolPalantir has announced a partnership with Anthropic and Amazon Web Services to build a cloudy Claude platform suitable for the most secure of the US government's defense and intelligence use cases.


Astroboffins tune into the wild origins of fast radio bursts
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Enigmatic cosmic signals from outside this galaxy could come from collapsed binary starsScientists have discovered more clues about the birth of fast radio bursts (FRBs) emitted from distant galaxies whose origins remain a mystery.


Don't open that 'copyright infringement' email attachment– it's an infostealer
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Curiosity gives crims access to wallets and passwordsOrganizations should be on the lookout for bogus copyright infringement emails as they might be the latest ploy by cybercriminals to steal their data.


Single-platform approach may fall short for AI data management
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Data platform vendors can't meet all your needs, warns GartnerUsers should beware of the single platform approach when preparing for the demands of AI and machine learning on their data management systems, Gartner is warning.


Top 10 billionaires make nearly $64B in post-Trump election stock surge
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
9 out of 10 are techies, but Zuckerberg lost moneyYesterday's stock market bounce after the election of Donald Trump has added billions to the pockets of the tech elite, although apparently Mark Zuckerberg failed to cash in.


Qualcomm triples Windows on Arm OEM design wins since May
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Snapdragon X Plus 8-core platform gains traction with 58 laptop designs ... but will Windows users care?Qualcomm is flexing its Arm muscle in the x86 market, highlighting the push into the Windows laptop market during its Q4 2024 earnings call.


TSMC prioritizing high-NA EUV scanners for R&D
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
May not see full use until 2030– even if it arrives this yearTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is prioritizing, among its manufacturing tools, the acquisition of high numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet scanners for research and development.


Microsoft rolls out AI-enabled Notepad to Windows Insiders
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Rewrite 'please leave my text editor alone'Windows Insiders will soon get firsthand experience of Microsoft's AI ambitions for Paint and Notepad: the image editor is getting Generative Fill and Erase and the text editor is getting a Rewrite function.


Arm's royalty revenues boom, execs talk up hopes for AI bonanza
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Q2 climbs 23% on Armv9 adoption, but licensing dipsSmartphone chip champ Arm is crowing over expanding royalty revenues, driven by uptake of Armv9 technology, yet execs can't stop talking up AI as its future money spinner.


Nolanverse Batmobile leaps barrier between film and reality– but it'll cost you
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Got a spare $2.9 million lying around? Asking for a friend ...If you fancy yourself a Batman aficionado– and you have Bruce Wayne levels of spending money sitting around – you could be one of the lucky few to score a working, licensed reproduction of The Tumbler from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy. 


The Register takes AMD's Ryzen 9800X3D for a spin
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Zen 5 3D V-cache is here at last, and priced at $479– one for the gamers or multi-purpose desktop chip for all?ReviewAMD is officially launching its hotly anticipated next-gen X3D desktop processors based on the Zen 5 architecture today, which meansThe Registercan let you know about the 8-core Ryzen 9800X3D we've personally taken for a spin.


SpaceX plans next Starship flight just days from now
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Hands up who wants to see the 'chopsticks' catch the Super Heavy again?SpaceX will make its next Starship launch attempt on November 18, if all goes to plan– and may also try another catch of the Super Heavy Booster, depending on conditions.


Killer app for AI is still years away, says industry analyst
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
IT spend set to rise nonetheless and it's not all about wundertechThree is the magic number, or more specifically the amount of time in years before a killer app emerges that helps businesses more usefully use generative AI to drive meaingful producitivty gains.


Cisco scores a perfect CVSS 10 with critical flaw in its wireless system
Thu, 07 Nov 2024 GMT
Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul doesn't live up to its nameCisco is issuing a critical alert notice about a flaw that makes its so-called Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul systems easy to subvert.


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7 Shows That Make This Art Festival Worth the Trip to California
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The sprawling PST festival of more than 70 exhibitions doesn’t quite live up to its theme of art and science colliding. But there is a handful of impressive entries.

Everyone Else Is Giving a Standing Ovation. Do I Have To?
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Theatergoers and other performing-arts lovers are noticing the practice seems to have become the rule, not the exception.

Which Novel Should Win the Booker Prize? Have Your Say.
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Percival Everett’s “James” is favorite for the prestigious literary award. But the likes of Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” or Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital” could take the prize instead.

Allison Tolman of‘St. Denis Medical’ Knows Her Worth
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The actress broke out in“Fargo” and has spent the decade since convincing producers she is a leading lady. Now she’s starring in “St. Denis Medical,” a new hospital mockumentary.

The Avett Brothers Braved Choppy Waters to Bring‘Swept Away’ to Broadway
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The Avett Brothers were all ears a decade ago when a determined crew of theater upstarts and veterans came aboard to adapt their maritime album for“Swept Away.”

The Jazz-Metal Trio PainKiller’s Classic Lineup Revs Up Again
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Mick Harris, Bill Laswell and John Zorn’s new album, “Samsara” — their first in 30 years — arrives as Laswell battles health troubles that “opened up a new direction.”

Freddy Kreuger and 40 Years of Nightmares
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
With the release of“A Nightmare on Elm Street” 40 years ago, the horror villain Freddy Krueger clawed his way to becoming a pop culture phenomenon.

After the Triumph of Tetris, an Unsolved Puzzle
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
Alexey Pajitnov, who created the ubiquitous game in 1984, opens up about his failed projects and his desire to design another hit.

What Is Paul Taylor Without Paul Taylor? Full of Bumps.
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The Taylor company returns to Lincoln Center with four premieres and a new resident choreographer: Robert Battle, the former director of Alvin Ailey.

Grammys Snubs and Surprises: Charli XCX, André 3000, the Beatles and More
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
A look at the nominations’ unexpected and intriguing story lines, including the role of an absent Drake, the validation of AndrĂ© 3000’s flute music and overlooked gems.

‘S.N.L.’ Cast Makes Its Case to Stay off Trump’s Enemies List
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
The show parodied its own history of mawkish self-seriousness in an episode that often avoided the topic of the presidential election.

Beyoncé and Young Women Pop Sensations Lead 2025 Grammy Nominations
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter will compete in the biggest categories, along with Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar.

Jarl Mohn’s Big Impact on L.A. Art World
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
With recent major gifts to several cultural institutions, Jarl Mohn is emerging as an important West Coast philanthropist.

‘A Wonderful World’ Review: Blowing Louis Armstrong’s Horn Isn’t Enough
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 +0000
The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe Iglehart.

Remembering Quincy Jones, a Bridge Between Genres and Generations
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
A conversation about his long and unique footprint in music, and how he discussed it later in his career.

Review:“Frontera” at BAM
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the highlight of Dana Gingras’s “Frontera” may well be the lighting design.

Lou Donaldson, Soulful Master of the Alto Saxophone, Dies at 98
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman beginning in 1952.

Paul Mescal Rides‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ to Brooklyn
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The award-winning production will begin performances in February as part of Brooklyn Academy of Music’s next season.

Judith Jamison Was a Singular Force in Dance
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
She was always a goddess of dance— even before her triumph in “Cry.” The Ailey star turned artistic director stretched like there was no tomorrow.

Jamie Oliver Pulls Children’s Book Amid Criticism of Insensitivity
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia.

How‘The Wild Robot’ Was Born in a Weedy Patch of Manhattan
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Peter Brown’s obsession with the abandoned railway that became the High Line led to two best sellers — including “The Wild Robot,” which is now a blockbuster movie.

Alcohol Brands Tap the Art World to Woo Back Younger Drinkers
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Will labels and bottles designed by artists gin up enthusiasm among an increasingly abstinent generation?

Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for‘Wicked’ Dolls
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The site has a similar address to one that promotes a film adaptation of the hit musical. The toymaker apologized for the“unfortunate error.”

‘Dune: Prophecy,’ Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV this Week
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Tune into the premiere of the HBO series, see whom Joan Vassos picks for her final rose on“The Bachelorette” and catch up on news.

Bruce Degen, Who Drew‘The Magic School Bus,’ Dies at 79
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
He memorably portrayed a frizzy-haired science teacher roping her elementary school class into adventures aboard a shape-shifting yellow bus.

Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

Tony Todd, Prolific Actor Best Known for‘Candyman,’ Dies at 69
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Mr. Todd’s decades-long career spanned across mediums and genres, but he was largely associated with a scary figure summoned in front of a mirror.

Overlooked No More: Go-won-go Mohawk, Trailblazing Indigenous Actress
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.

58 Movies to See This Winter:‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Moana 2’ and More
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
From life stories (“A Complete Unknown,” “The Fire Inside”) to animated tales (“Moana 2,” “Mufasa”), these are the films we can’t wait to see this season.

An Earthling Tunes In to a Hidden Universal Message
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
Wonderful ideas are available to all of us, says the singer-songwriter Beverly Glenn-Copeland, a terrestrial fellow traveler.

Dwight Yoakam, Country Rebel, Has a New Attitude
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
At 68, the Nashville outsider is releasing his first album of original material in nearly a decade, inspired by a joyous shift in his personal life.

In‘Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!,’ Alina Troyano Explores How Art Can Live Inside Others
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
In“Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!,” Alina Troyano and her former student Branden Jacobs-Jenkins explore the ways art made by one person can live inside others.

With Brush and Ink, Tong Yang-Tze Brings a Message of Freedom to the Met
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
Tong Yang-Tze is reviving an ancient but disappearing practice and making it contemporary— writ large.

The Lei Makers Reimagining an Ancient Tradition
Tue, 12 Nov 2024 +0000
A new generation of floral designers is incorporating fresh styles into their creations.

Kaley Cuoco Drifts Off to Episodes of‘Dateline’
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
The actress returns for Season 2 of the dark comedy“Based on a True Story” as the true-crime aficionado Ava.

Book Review:‘Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music,’ by Rob Sheffield
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
In“Heartbreak Is the National Anthem,” Rob Sheffield chronicles how Taylor Swift has made fans, foes and even journalists part of her story.

Dorothy Allison, Author of‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ Dies at 75
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
She wrote lovingly and often hilariously about her harrowing childhood in a working-class Southern family, as well as about the violence and incest she suffered.

St. Thomas Church Will Outsource Choir School in Bid to Save It
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The Manhattan church said it would turn over administration of its boarding school for choristers, one of only a few of its kind remaining, because of financial woes.

$7 Million Deal Is Reached for Upper West Side Movie Theater
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
A nonprofit group has reached an agreement to buy the shuttered Metro Theater from its owners, but the deal is contingent on raising the money by the end of the year.

Shaboozey Toasts to His 6 Grammy Nominations
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The country singer’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” has been omnipresent; now it’s up for song of the year in February.

AndrĂ© 3000 on 3 Grammy Nods for ‘New Blue Sun’: ‘Super Duper Cool’
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
He was half of Outkast, the last rap act to win album of the year— 20 years ago. His latest nominations are for “New Blue Sun,” an expression of ultimate freedom.

Did Beyoncé’s Grammy Nominations Really Break Michael Jackson’s Record?
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Not exactly. But in Grammyland, nothing is simple.

7 Deep Cuts From the 2025 Grammy Nominations
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Big names dominate the biggest categories, but lovely discoveries await on the ballot too. Hear tracks from Arooj Aftab, Sierra Ferrell, Tems, Idles and more.

Linda LaFlamme Dies at 85; Her‘White Bird’ Reflected a Hippie Fantasy
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
With her husband, David LaFlamme, she founded the rock band It’s a Beautiful Day and wrote a soaring paean to a generation’s dreams of escape.

A.I.-Powered Painting of Alan Turing Sells for $1.1 Million
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The portrait depicts the British mathematician Alan Turing as the god of artificial intelligence. Its creator is a robot named Ai-Da that resembles a woman with a bob haircut.

Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Asks: Can Robots Fall in Love?
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
“Maybe Happy Ending” had an initial Korean-language production in Seoul in 2016. Here are five things to know about the show.

Vanessa Bell, of the Bloomsbury Group, Gets a Show of Her Own
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Vanessa Bell is often best remembered for the creative milieu she cultivated, but a new exhibition of her work makes a case for her as a groundbreaking artist.

Jonathan Haze, Star of‘The Little Shop of Horrors,’ Dies at 95
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Best known for his star turn in the cult film about a flesh-eating plant, he was a go-to member of the low-budget auteur Roger Corman’s repertory company.

‘Hippo’ Review: This Coming-of-Age Tale Can Go
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Trafficking in irreverence, the film follows a pair of stepsiblings with sexual tension.

Susanna MĂ€lkki and Santtu-Matias Rouvali Take Over the Philharmonic
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Susanna MĂ€lkki and Santtu-Matias Rouvali made back-to-back appearances with the orchestra, leading similar programs with distinct style.

From a Celebrated Chef, a New Line of Home Goods
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Clare de Boer and her husband, Luke Sherwin, have launched Roseland, a company selling furniture inspired by early American design.

Grammy Nominations 2025: See the Full List of Nominees
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Artists, albums and songs competing for trophies at the 67th annual ceremony were announced on Friday. The show will take place on Feb. 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

Horror Movies to Stream Now:‘Don’t Move,’ ‘Time Cut’ and More
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
This month’s picks include 2000s nostalgia, feminist thrills and the one and only Corey Feldman.

New Movies and Shows Coming to Netflix in November:’Emilia PĂ©rez’ and More
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
A parade of notable new titles are coming for U.S. subscribers all month. Here’s a roundup of the most promising.

Watch Mikey Madison Take a Mansion Tour in‘Anora’
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The writer, director and editor Sean Baker narrates an early sequence from his film, which also features Mark Eydelshteyn.

‘Anora’ | Anatomy of a Scene
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The writer, director and editor Sean Baker narrates a sequence from his comedy featuring Mikey Madison and Mark Eydelshteyn.

New York’s Wu-Tang Clan Street Signs Sell Out in a Blink
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The 100 replicas of the“Wu-Tang Clan District” sign on Staten Island, where the group was formed in 1992, were gone in less than two hours.

10 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

5 Children’s Movies to Stream Now
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
This month’s picks include sequels galore and an animated adventure out of Canada.

Netflix and Lifetime Christmas Movies Strip Down With‘Hot Frosty’ and More
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
With“Hot Frosty,” “The Merry Gentlemen” and “A Carpenter Christmas Romance,” holiday fare is headed in a shirtless new direction.

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Faced a Pitiless Terrain: Adapting Anything ‘Dune’
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
The novels were famously tough to adapt until Denis Villeneuve came along. Can an HBO prequel about the origins of the Bene Gesserit follow suit?

“Youth (Homecoming)”: Review of Film by Wang Bing
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to their families and wrestle with the questions all young people do.

Anina Major Uses her Bahamian Roots to Bring Clay Baskets to Life
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
An award-winning sculptor who works in clay, Anina Major recalls the years as a child that helped drive the creativity she exhibits today.

NY Times Obituaries:




Lou Donaldson, Soulful Master of the Alto Saxophone, Dies at 98
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
A player of impeccable technique and a mainstay of the Blue Note label, he recorded constantly as both a leader and a sideman beginning in 1952.

Ella Jenkins, Musician Who Found an Audience in Children, Dies at 100
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Performing and recording, she transformed what was seen as a marginal genre in the music industry into a celebration of shared humanity.

Hama Amadou, West African Political‘Phoenix,’ Dies at 74
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
An embattled leader for decades in Niger’s rough-and-tumble politics, he alternated stints in high office with prison and exile.

Bruce Degen, Who Drew‘The Magic School Bus,’ Dies at 79
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
He memorably portrayed a frizzy-haired science teacher roping her elementary school class into adventures aboard a shape-shifting yellow bus.

Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

Bobby Allison, Hall of Fame NASCAR Driver, Is Dead at 86
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
A three-time winner of the Daytona 500, he was ranked as one of NASCAR’s greatest drivers, with 84 victories. But his career was darkened by tragedy and injuries.

Paul Stephenson, 87, Dies; Advanced Britain’s Civil Rights Movement
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The bus boycott and one-man pub sit-in that he led in the mid-1960s helped pave the way for a law outlawing discrimination in public places.

Dorothy Allison, Author of‘Bastard Out of Carolina,’ Dies at 75
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
She wrote lovingly and often hilariously about her harrowing childhood in a working-class Southern family, as well as about the violence and incest she suffered.

Trevor Sorbie, Creator of the Dorothy Hamill‘Wedge’ Cut, Dies at 75
Sat, 09 Nov 2024 +0000
He also styled hair for Helen Mirren, the Beach Boys and others, and he was honored by Queen Elizabeth II for services to British hairdressing.

Baltazar Ushca, Who Kept Andean Ice Harvesting Alive, Dies at 80
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
He trekked up Ecuador’s tallest mountain twice a week for six decades to hack ice off a glacier with a pickax. He is believed to have been the last of his breed.

Tony Todd, Prolific Actor Best Known for‘Candyman,’ Dies at 69
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
Mr. Todd’s decades-long career spanned across mediums and genres, but he was largely associated with a scary figure summoned in front of a mirror.

Kenneth Bronstein, Who Put His Faith in Atheism, Dies at 85
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
The organization that he led advocated the separation of church and state, with no exceptions for holidays, currency, symbolism or blessings.

Overlooked No More: Go-won-go Mohawk, Trailblazing Indigenous Actress
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.

Ben Baldanza, 62, Dies; Brought No-Frills Flying to Spirit Airlines
Sun, 10 Nov 2024 +0000
He introduced ticket prices that couldn’t be beat, but asked fliers to pay extra for nearly everything, including water, carry-ons and printed tickets.

Linda LaFlamme Dies at 85; Her‘White Bird’ Reflected a Hippie Fantasy
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
With her husband, David LaFlamme, she founded the rock band It’s a Beautiful Day and wrote a soaring paean to a generation’s dreams of escape.

Jonathan Haze, Star of‘The Little Shop of Horrors,’ Dies at 95
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Best known for his star turn in the cult film about a flesh-eating plant, he was a go-to member of the low-budget auteur Roger Corman’s repertory company.

Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail!’ Alert, Dies at 74
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
Early in the internet era, he was also behind other AOL messages, including“Welcome!” “They said my voice was heard more than 35 million times a day,” he once said.

Jim Hoagland, Distinguished Journalist on World Affairs, Dies at 84
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 +0000
A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was a reporter, editor and columnist for The Washington Post, renowned for his deeply sourced dispatches.

Joseph Rykwert, 98, Dies; Historian of Architecture Challenged Modernism
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
A“gloriously erudite” critic, he denounced the embrace of blandly functional architecture in efforts to rebuild after World War II.

Grant Ujifusa, 82, Dies; Lobbied for Redress for Japanese Americans
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
He helped sway Ronald Reagan to sign a bill offering cash and an apology to Japanese Americans who had been imprisoned during World War II.

Richard Winfield, Protector of Press Freedom, Dies at 91
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 +0000
As a lawyer for The Associated Press and other news outlets, he challenged efforts to muzzle reporters and organized lawyers to promote free expression around the world.

Virginia Carter, a Feminist Adviser to Norman Lear, Dies at 87
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 +0000
A physicist who headed a chapter of the National Organization for Women, she took a career detour to be a feminist voice in Mr. Lear’s empire of socially aware sitcoms.

Revisiting Eikoh Hosoe’s Otherworldly Images of Postwar Japan
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 +0000
Working with a group of talented collaborators, Eikoh Hosoe redefined what it meant to be a photographer.

Eikoh Hosoe, Photographer Who Elevated the Avant-Garde, Dies at 91
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
He pioneered a surrealistic narrative style in collaborations with dancers, artists and the author Yukio Mishima, with whom he created startling erotic tableaus.

Geoff Capes, World’s Strongest Man, Is Dead at 75
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
He pulled dump trucks, flipped cars and tossed five-pound bricks as if they were Kleenex boxes. Tending to parakeets brought out his gentler side.

Warren Washington, Groundbreaking Climate Scientist, Dies at 88
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 +0000
He invented a computer model that made it possible to measure human-induced climate change. He also helped break a color barrier in science.

Tyka Nelson, Sister of Prince Who Carved Her Own Path, Dies at 64
Wed, 06 Nov 2024 +0000
Out from under an imposing shadow, she recorded four albums as a singer and had two R&B hits before turning her focus to her brother’s legacy.

An‘Old Reliable Friend’: Readers Share Their JanSport Memories
Tue, 05 Nov 2024 +0000
After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys.

Bernie Marcus, Home Depot Co-Founder, Is Dead at 95
Fri, 08 Nov 2024 +0000
In 1978, he came up with the idea of a warehouse-style store that would appeal to the do-it-yourself homeowner. With a partner’s help, it became the world’s largest home-improvement retailer.