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Apple buried Copland 30 years ago. Now the failed OS boots in a browser
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0200
The final developer build offers a glimpse of the future Cupertino abandoned for NeXT

Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0200
The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks

How Samsung turned months of inactivity into a very attention-seeking smartphone
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0200
Your spare Android won’t come back to life in a hurry but – like neglected PCs – it really should

Space Jam: UK debuts space squadron to protect satellites
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0200
Number III Space Effects Squadron likely to use electronic warfare rather than lobbing missiles at hostile orbiting threats

Valen creator drives 'Golden Spike' to connect new languages with Rust
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
An experiment is afoot to sidestep C as the language of interoperability with Rust

Microsoft cells out, crams multiple values into Excel boxes
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Once a single-scalar home, spreadsheet cells are being redeveloped to handle many tenants

Uncle Sam coughs up $1.9B for grid upgrades as datacenters hit a power wall
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Better conductors and improved sensing capabilities expected to unlock at least 23 gigawatts of additional capacity

Fake Google Security Team ad says 'no script reading' in voice phishing - then prints the script
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
More mockery and memes from the Dark Web Roast

New software dependency validation process increases speeds by 54x
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Overhead reduced by as much as 99.7%

ShinyHunters tells The Reg: We hacked the FBI to 'protect our business'
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Data theft and extortion biz, that is

Google-backed energy outfit brings 33 MW of 4 GW geothermal potential online in Utah
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Fervo Energy aims to have 100 MW online by New Year and half a gigawatt by 2028

Crooks use fake desktop apps to fool HR staff into giving them remote access
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Nothing in the attack chain screams malicious software, except none of the impersonated HR and payroll providers actually offers a desktop app

Bitget blames North Korea for $387.5M crypto wallet raid
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Familiar fingerprints point to Kim’s regime 
 to the surprise of nobody

Office 2016 and 2019 holdouts blame update for license deactivation bug
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
But was the update at fault? Microsoft isn't saying

Which copy of that file is the real one? Dinner, off the record, in Midtown
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Joe Fay chairs a Register dinner in New York on the file infrastructure nobody has got around to replacing, with nothing on the record.

Raspberry Pi surfs memory crunch to record first half
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
A well-timed RAM stockpile helped keep boards shipping while rivals struggled for memory

Windows update leaves some virtual desktops staring into the void
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Users may need to summon Explorer manually after signing in

Uncle Sam wants in on Musk's€120M fight with Brussels
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Justice Department claims the EU overreached by pursuing X's owner and wider corporate empire

Asahi fork embraces LLMs and lands Linux on the M4 Mac mini
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Coding agents helped two developers build an accelerated desktop and graphics driver in weeks

Amazon sellers watch as inventory vanishes into pending-order purgatory
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
High-value goods remain tied up as merchants debate attack or platform glitch

BOFH: The Helldesk opens its third eye and ascends to a higher plane of troubleshooting
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Putting the 'om' in computing

Dyfed-Powys Police cops to cyberattack, staff data potentially nicked
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Force says public data appears untouched, but investigators looking into whether crims grabbed employee information

Another week, another data breach for Revolut customers
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
DriveWealth coughs up historic customer info after attackers socially engineer their way inside

Judge uses electronic tag on Pokémon card tracker. It's super effective!
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Ohio man planted a device on a delivery van to follow scarce trading card stock and caught a year of probation

Your files are in four places and nobody knows which one is right
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Joe Fay chairs a Register dinner on the file infrastructure nobody has got round to replacing, under the Chatham House Rule.

UK wants more homes heated by waste heat from datacenters
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Millions for building and improving bitbarn driven heat networks - including hot water pushed through tunnel under the Thames

Huawei Cloud Rolls Out Enterprise AI Products Across the Board, Building an Open Agentic Cloud
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
PARTNER CONTENT: Huawei Cloud strengthens the silicon bedrock on the cloud

Project leader thought his team understood the plan, ended up fixing their 'interpretation' of it
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Malicious compliance crosses cultural barriers

Astronomer watches Starlink satellites sinking to build a‘planetary barometer’
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
The atmosphere expands and contracts; watching objects in orbit reveals the extent

2026 just became the year of FreeBSD on the (Amazonian cloud) desktop
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Desktop AMIs ‘designed to behave as much like Windows as possible’ now available as an on ramp for new users

Google Gemini can present cartoon or lifelike avatars to lip-sync generative chatter
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Despite uncertainty about how human mimicry affects people, DeepMind fakes are here

Crook used three open source agents to break into a Fortune 500 hospitality company, a major US airline and 25+ other orgs
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Operator’s AI bill averaged just $25 per completed scan

Google's TPUs to catch some rays in orbit next week
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0200
Part of Project Suncatcher, the proof of concept aims to see how well lightly modified compute fares in orbit

F-Droid app store thumbs its nose at Google's dev crackdown
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
The Chocolate Factory is tightening the screws on Android sideloading, but the FOSS app market is rolling out a huge overhaul and planning for the future

Docker's new sandboxes aim to contain AI agents for real
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
With Cloud Sandboxes, devs can keep agents at arm's length

Salesforce Agentforce vulns allowed 0-click CRM data theft, anonymous phishing
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
'SalesBleed' security flaws 'lead to very unexpected consequences'

Meta's new AI fidget is a ... Tamagotchi?
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
We hope Zuck's Muse Charm doesn't die if you neglect it

Decades-old file security flaws found in Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Security researchers report that Microsoft considers the side-channel leak of file events to be by design

iPhone 18 Pro benchmark boosted by giving it a cold drink
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
3x the vapor-chamber surface area can only do so much; luckily the fridge helped with sustained performance

CVE flood pushes Ubuntu onto weekly kernel release cycle
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
AI-assisted bug hunting is helping pile up vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them, so Canonical is picking up the pace

AI boom could wipe 230 million budget phones a year from the market
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Sub-$200 shipments forecast to shrink 40% by 2030 as component costs climb

Someone went shopping in ASUS's eShop– for customer data
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Contact details and order records accessed, but PC maker is keeping schtum on how many customers are affected

Ask HPE and NVIDIA the AI data question you cannot ask in public
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Matt Rosoff chairs a Register roundtable with HPE and NVIDIA on data sovereignty in the AI era, off the record, in Washington

Talk of AI in KDE sets the community ablaze
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
A desktop pitch and an attempt to curb LLM slop descended into very human mayhem

DoJ: Uncle Sam bought forensics software from same Russian operation supplying FSB
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Russian devs alleged to have built tools for US agencies as software from same op was sold to Moscow's security services

Google to critical infra orgs: Our AI scanners won't be evil, promise
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber and Wiz's Red Agent team up to protect hospitals, public transit, and tech

City council may be waking from its Oracle nightmare but the accounting hangover continues
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Europe's largest local authority still cannot get auditors to vouch for its books as historic data problems linger

Meta ads steered Polish Android users into a premium-rate billing trap
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
CERT Polska linked 852 promotions to 17 Google Play apps capable of sending costly texts or starting recurring subscriptions

HSBC decides Samsung Secure Folder and Android's Private Space are no place for a banking app
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Customers say the unannounced change also cut off web access that relied on mobile authentication

For MariaDB, LLMs are the new search engines to win over
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0200
Its vector search is ready, but coding assistants keep pointing developers toward other databases, says the foundation's chairman

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NY Times Arts/Music:




Neil Patrick Harris to Star in‘Damn Yankees’ Revival on Broadway
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
The Tony- and Emmy-winning actor will portray the Devil in a new production of the 1955 musical, performing alongside Julianne Hough and Austin Scott.

‘S.N.L.’ Season Premiere: Buckets of Rain, With Jalen Brunson Reigning
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
Brunson, captain of the N.B.A. champion New York Knicks, hosted a“Saturday Night Live” show that satirized President Trump’s recent visit to Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Milwaukee Museum Returns Pots by Enslaved Artist David Drake to Family
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
The museum restituted two of Drake’s stoneware jars to his heirs, but has found a way to keep both on display. It joins a growing number of institutions that are returning his work to his heirs.

Lola Petticrew Has Taken on the Troubles, Twice
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
Before playing a mesmerizing serial killer in“Furious,” the Belfast performer starred in two series set during the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland.

Taylor Swift’s ‘Patient Zero’ and 9 More Songs to Hear
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
Taylor Swift offers sympathetic advice, Madonna and Charli XCX reminisce, U2 blasts garage-rock and more.

Jake Shears Loves a Scary Book. And Video Game. And Musical.
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
The Scissor Sisters frontman is now playing Frank-N-Furter in“The Rocky Horror Show.” It suits his taste for horror and spookiness.

How‘The Sopranos’ Influenced the Best TV Shows of the 21st Century
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Our poll of the best shows of the 21st century explores how TV built on, and moved on from, one of the last great shows of the 20th.

Kennedy Center Shelved Repairs Now Cited for Closure, Whistle-Blowers Say
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
In a letter to Congress, former employees say the center delayed a plan to address the leaks that its officials now cite as a serious safety risk.

Es Devlin, Master of the Extravaganza, Highlights the Art of Craft
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
For the Homo Faber Biennial in the Venetian lagoon, the designer unites works by 500 artisans, each one an island of talent.

At the New York Film Festival, Movies With Oomph
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Films by Ava DuVernay, Tony Gilroy and Luca Guadagnino set a high bar at the latest edition of this Lincoln Center event.

Review: With Dudamel and the Philharmonic, Joy Is in the Work
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Gustavo Dudamel, settling in at the New York Philharmonic, led a world premiere by Tania León and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony.

Tiler Peck Takes on a New Role at City Ballet: Choreographic Associate
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
The position was created for the principal dancer, who is the first woman at New York City Ballet to hold a choreographic title.

The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.

Kyle MacLachlan: David Lynch’s Singular Weirdo Is Secretly a Normie
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
The actor still hasn’t come to grips with the loss of David Lynch. He talks about that, his hesitation about taking a role in “Sex and the City” and his new memoir.

Pete Byrne, Synth Pop Singer Behind‘Always Something There,’ Dies at 74
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
As the voice of Naked Eyes, he became a familiar presence on MTV in the 1980s, when the band’s hits helped define the era.

What’s This ‘S.N.L’ Star’s Next Move Beyond Trump? A New Comedy Special.
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
Johnson found fame playing President Trump on“S.N.L.” He hopes a new comedy special shows he has more to offer than just impersonations.

Memoirs From Michael Douglas, Sylvester Stallone and Other Tough Guys
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
Michael Douglas and Sylvester Stallone are among the tough (and tough-ish) guys getting personal in memoirs this fall.

Woman Who Accused Jay-Z of Rape Recants Her Account
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
An anonymous accuser’s retraction is now part of Jay-Z’s case against the lawyers who had represented her.

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
In this month’s picks: killer A.I., mysterious cults, alien horror, postapocalyptic survival and zany dimensions.

What Happened to Hollywood’s Most Reliable Happy Ending?
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
A new study by an independent analyst shows that action films are more likely to end on a sadder note nowadays.

12 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

32 Fun Halloween Events in NYC 2026: Parades, Haunted Houses and More
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
During spooky season, keep it creepy with costume parades, witches on Wall Street and headless horsemen in the Hudson Valley.

In‘Basic Pistol,’ a Sociologist Finds Hidden Lessons in Gun Training
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
More than just instruction on how to use a weapon, the courses teach a way of life, the sociologist Harel Shapira argues in“Basic Pistol.”

Filippo Bernardini Scammed the Book Business for Years. Is He Back?
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
The man who admitted to stealing hundreds of manuscripts swore he’d never do it again. New online skulduggery resembles his old tricks, and then some.

Desi Lydic Roasts Trump for Pulling Out All the Stops for Xi
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
“Trump picked him up at the airport? OK, that is friendship,” Lydic said on Thursday’s “Daily Show.”

Cleveland Orchestra Players Walk Out, Forcing Cancellation of Performances
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
The strike, which began early Friday, is the latest labor action to unsettle classical music at a time of financial turmoil and uncertainty.

In London, a New Flagship for Alex Eagle
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
The designer signed on to creative direct the whole of 180 the Thames, a new lifestyle hub on the north bank of the Thames. Then she moved her own business there.

‘Unabomber’ Review: A Not-So-Beautiful Mind
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Russell Crowe and Jacob Tremblay add welcome intrigue to this bifurcated true-crime drama.

Stream These 5 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix in October
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Tom Hanks, Tim Robinson and Paul Schrader are among some of the big names on titles leaving for U.S. subscribers next month.

‘Hold My Legs’: How Ernie Sisto Shot the Empire State Building Disaster
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
When a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945, a Times photographer leaned far out to get close up.

MOCA Appoints Former Public Media Leader as Its New Director
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Jonathan Abbott, who oversaw the network that produces PBS programs like“Masterpiece,” is the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles’s sixth director in 18 years.

Taylor Swift Named Her New Song‘Patient Zero.’ Where Does the Term Originate?
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
“Patient zero” has long been associated with virus outbreaks and fictional health investigations. It was coined in the 1980s, by accident.

Sway Dasafo, Rapper Who Opened New Doors for Global Artists, Dies at 44
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
He won widespread acclaim as an unsigned artist, then used his fame to help other musicians in Britain and in Ghana break into the industry.

Letterboxd Sees Acquisition Interest From A24, Sony and the New York Times
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
A24, Sony and The New York Times Company all registered their interest in acquiring the cinephile’s paradise.

Macklemore Announces‘Free Palestine’ Concerts After Exiting Ed Sheeran Tour
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
The rapper, who was pulled from Ed Sheeran’s tour last week over his support for Palestinians, announced plans for three European dates.

12 Artists On the Rise at The Armory Show
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Anchoring the city’s fall Art Week, the behemoth Armory Show at the Javits Center has nearly 250 contemporary art galleries, and a focus on the Caribbean.

What to Know About a Federal Film Tax Credit
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
There is bipartisan support behind a bill that is meant to lure movie and TV production back to the United States.

A Weary Hollywood Celebrates the Prospect of Federal Funding
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
In response to an exodus of movie and TV production, a bill is being introduced in Congress that would use tax credits to subsidize filming in the United States.

Mayor Mamdani Becomes a New Advocate for Access to the Met Opera
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
The mayor, with a video filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, joins the Met in announcing a program to distribute free tickets

The Independent 20th Century Grapples With Heritage
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
The art fair takes up residence at the Breuer building on its 60 birthday, with works by both blue-chip artists and lesser-known names.

Jeff Probst Made‘Survivor’ His Life’s Work. He’s Not Done Yet.
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
As the show’s 51st season begins, the host and showrunner discussed its future, sharing contestants with other shows and prediction market spoilers.

‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: A Leap to Glory
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
A mild charmer of a comedy remembers a Canadian daredevil’s dream of jumping over the St. Lawrence River in a rocket-powered car.

An Unhinged Robert Pattinson Is Ready for‘Primetime’: Review
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
The actor delivers an unnerving performance as Chris Hansen, the host of“To Catch a Predator,” in a movie that doesn’t bother to delve too deep.

‘The Scout’ Review: Location, Location, Location
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
This quietly observational film mirrors its protagonist’s perspective in wide shots that witness life unfolding in real time.

‘Never After Dark’ Review: Ghostbusting in Japan
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
A traveling psychic comes up against a formidable new adversary in this gruesomely sinister ghost story starring the“Shogun” actress Moeka Hoshi.

‘The Incomer’ Review: A Remote Assignment
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Domhnall Gleeson gets more than he bargained for when he tries to evict two siblings in this quirky Scottish comedy.

‘Heart of the Beast’ Review: Brad Pitt Goes Into the Wild
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Starring as a veteran venturing into Alaska with his trusty dog by his side, Pitt manages to elevate this dude-canine tale.

‘Forgotten Island’ Review: A Supernatural Filipino Adventure
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
In this animated film, two friends in the Philippines discover a portal to a place with magical creatures. But there’s one problem: How do they get back home?

‘Charlie Harper’ Review: A Nonlinear Romantic Drama
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Emilia Jones and Nick Robinson play lovers recounting the joys and sorrows of their relationship in this melancholic movie.

‘Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother’ Review: Faith and Fighting
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Mahershala Ali stars as a deeply religious hit man seeking redemption.

‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ Review: Ballroom, Not Simply
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
A Japanese widow looks for consolation in ballroom dance in a sweet but uneven drama.

When the World Saw van Gogh as‘a Madman,’ She Saw His Genius
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
Helene Kröller-MÃŒller assembled the world’s second-largest collection of van Gogh paintings. Now, for the first time in decades, they are on show together in a Dutch forest.

Violinist Jennifer Koh on Her Decade-Long Struggle With a Rare Neurological Disorder
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
For 10 years Jennifer Koh struggled to understand and treat a rare neurological disorder, while trying to maintain a full calendar onstage.

Desi Lydic Doesn’t Think We Need Any More ‘Melania’
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
“Another Melania documentary?” Lydic said. “Melania, I love you, but unless you’re living with Nathan Fielder in this thing, no one is asking for this.”

Cheetah Chrome, Guitarist for Pioneering Punk Bands, Dies at 71
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
He played with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys, whose snarling nihilism opened the door to an entire music genre in the 1970s.

Hayden Panettiere Was Found Surrounded by Drugs, Report Details
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
The actress had completed a stint in rehab before she died last month from an overdose, the coroner’s office said. Her death was ruled an accident.

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The Mighty Sparrow, Trinidadian Titan of Calypso, Is Dead at 91
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
He was sometimes described as the last of the true calypso singers. But in fact he simultaneously preserved calypso tradition and invented it anew.

Dee Brock, Who Created the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Dies at 96
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
As the first director of the troupe, she helped transform it from a high school squad into a global phenomenon.

Morris Ballen, Who Helped Spread Indie Artists’ Music, Dies at 88
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
Countless independent acts in every genre— punk, hip-hop, church choir — relied on him to create small runs of high-quality records and CDs.

Pete Byrne, Synth Pop Singer Behind‘Always Something There,’ Dies at 74
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 +0000
As the voice of Naked Eyes, he became a familiar presence on MTV in the 1980s, when the band’s hits helped define the era.

Arthur Hancock III, Derby Breeder With a Flair for Bluegrass, Dies at 83
Sat, 26 Sep 2026 +0000
He raised more than one Kentucky Derby champion and wrote music recorded by the likes of Willie Nelson. He also spoke out against abuses in horse racing.

Catherine Ringer, French Pop Icon of Eclectic Style, Dies at 68
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
With her guitarist-partner, Fred Chichin, she formed Les Rita Mitsouko as a band that embraced a more multicultural France.

Byron Sher, Early Environmental Warrior in California, Dies at 98
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
A congenial legislator with a professorial air, he won battles through charm, not pugilism, passing laws to protect drinking water, redwood forests and clean air.

Victor Miller, Screenwriter for‘Friday the 13th,’ Dies at 86
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Despite the success of his hit slasher film, he played no part in the 11 sequels that followed and chose to pivot into the world of soap operas like“All My Children.”

Bob Pettit, N.B.A. Great for the Hawks, Dies at 93
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
A prolific scorer and rebounder, in 1958 he delivered one of the most remarkable performances in playoff history.

Edward Lehner, Who Made Dog Owners Pick‘It’ Up, Dies at 93
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 +0000
Before the law passed, navigating New York was a harrowing exercise in dog-feces avoidance. As he put it, sometimes“you would come home and have it all over you.”

Kitty Lunn, Who Expanded the Boundaries of Dance, Dies at 76
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
After breaking her back in a fall, she helped start Infinity Dance Theater, and found that her wheelchair was a tool, not a hindrance.

Sway Dasafo, Rapper Who Opened New Doors for Global Artists, Dies at 44
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
He won widespread acclaim as an unsigned artist, then used his fame to help other musicians in Britain and in Ghana break into the industry.

Cheetah Chrome, Guitarist for Pioneering Punk Bands, Dies at 71
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 +0000
He played with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys, whose snarling nihilism opened the door to an entire music genre in the 1970s.

Stanislas Hutin, Who Denounced Torture in France’s Algerian War, Dies at 95
Wed, 23 Sep 2026 +0000
He was among the first to chronicle the French force’s systematic abuse of Algerians, brutal encounters that he documented in his journal and with his photography.

Patricio Guzmán, Filmmaker Who Documented Chile’s Struggles, Dies at 85
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 +0000
He won renown for his trilogy about the 1973 Pinochet coup, and later for another trilogy, about the legacy of the authoritarian regime that followed.

Timothy Pigford, Who Fought Bias Against Black Farmers, Dies at 74
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 +0000
He was the lead plaintiff in the landmark 1997 lawsuit Pigford v. Glickman, an attempt to redress the Agriculture Department’s historic racism.

Police Investigating Overdose in Death of Presley Gerber at 27
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 +0000
Mr. Gerber, a model and son of Cindy Crawford, walked the runways for top fashion houses and spoke candidly about his struggles with mental health.

David George Gordon, Apostle for Bugs on the Dinner Plate, Dies at 76
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 +0000
His“The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook” made a case for insects as food, while his boisterous cooking demonstrations brought tarantulas and crickets to TV.

Ernie Accorsi, Who Brought Eli Manning to the Giants, Dies at 84
Sun, 20 Sep 2026 +0000
As the team’s risk-taking general manager, he made a daring trade in 2004. Three seasons later, it paid off, with the first of two Super Bowl victories.

Judy Gumbo, Who Found Freedom as a Yippie, Dies at 83
Sat, 19 Sep 2026 +0000
She was part of the leftist radical group, which mocked institutional authority with political satire and street theater.