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Intel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxesIntel brought a few more chips home from Taiwan this week, with a new round of budget-oriented Core Series 3 processors fabbed right in the US-of-A.


Anthropic mocks up Claude Design to draft fancy new pink slips for marketing teams
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
The bar for creating visual assets has been lowered to the ability to converse with a modelAnthropic is known for its industry-leading Claude Code that writes programs, but why stop there? The company, on Friday, introduced a research preview service called Claude Design that creates visual assets, potentially putting some folks out of work.


CISA tells feds to patch 13-year-old Apache ActiveMQ bug under active attack
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Bug hiding in plain sight for over a decade lands on KEV listCISA is sounding the alarm on a newly-exploited Apache ActiveMQ bug, ordering federal agencies to patch within two weeks as attackers circle a flaw that's been quietly lurking for more than a decade.


Opsec oopsie: Dutch navy frigate location outed by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Or, how public information and a€5 tracker exposed an avoidable opsec lapseMilitaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security practices, so imagine the size of the egg on the face of the Dutch navy when journalists managed to track one of its warships for less than the cost of some hagelslag and a coffee.


Users complain that UK Azure is having capacity problems
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
We hear Sweden is lovely place for workloads to visitMicrosoft Azure capacity woes are back, and worse than ever, judging by the complaints of UK users.


Microsoft closes book on rogue Windows Server 2025 upgrades
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Starts new one on boot loopsMore than a year after giving administrators an unwelcome surprise with a security update that turned out to be a Windows Server 2025 upgrade, Microsoft has marked the incident as "resolved."


NASA gets the ball rolling on its part in Europe's jinxed Mars rover mission
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Rosalind Franklin moving again, though another budget cut loomsNASA is moving ahead with its contribution to the European Space Agency's (ESA) long-delayed Rosalind Franklin Mars rover despite another attempt by the Trump administration to cut funding for the effort.


Attention data hoarders: Alexa loses its Plex appeal as voice feature gets canned
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Users who stream their own media files ticked off as Plex warns Alexa skill will die on June 15Plex is pulling the plug on its Alexa integration, leaving anyone who relied on voice commands to wrangle their media library out of luck.


Locked-out iPhone user tells The Reg that Apple is scrambling to fix character flaw passcode bug
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
University student says he plans to move to Android, but concedes iOS engineers acting fastApple is finally working on a fix for a bug that has locked some users out of their iPhones for months,The Registerunderstands.


Would you like fries with that terminal?
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Jack might be on Track, but the order screen certainly isn'tBork!Bork!Bork!It was not so much Jack in the Box as Bork on the Screen at a US drive-through fast food outlet the other day. Luckily, aRegreader was there to take it all in.


Capita won disastrous UK pensions gig after acing performance checks
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Top civil servant tells MPs bid was strong on quality and value for moneyThe UK government awarded Capita a£239 million contract to run the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) after assessing its past performance, despite the rollout later leaving thousands of retirees waiting for payments, a senior civil servant has said.


Support tech caught by 'Technician Aura': the bug that only hides when you're watching
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
All that kit, and the fix was simply stepping asideOn CallLife is filled with random events, butThe Registertries to make readers’ lives just a little more predictable by always using Friday morning to bring you a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tech support stories.


Claude Opus wrote a Chrome exploit for $2,283
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Pause your Mythos panic because mainstream models anyone can use already pick holes in popular softwareAnthropic withheld itsMythosbug-finding model from public release due to concerns that it would enable attackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities before anyone could react.


IOWN Global Forum targets datacenter interconnects to scatter AI infrastructure
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Fast WAN consortium thinks neoclouds are ripe for hookupsThe IOWN Global Forum will likely focus on datacenter interconnect use cases in the, to help diverse providers of AI infrastructure ply their trade.


Cisco Wi-Fi boxes are filling their disks with 5MB of undeletable data every day
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
Fix for critical flaw is an OS update you may not be able to make because the junk data uses all memoryMore than 230 different models of Cisco Wi-Fi access points may be writing 5MB a day of nonessential data, filling their onboard flash memory to the point at which they lack space for future software updates.


IPv6 carried half of internet traffic– for one day, according to Google
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 GMT
We're not half way there, we're still livin' on a prayerIPv6 carried half of global traffic for a single day in March, according to Google.


Anthropic won't own MCP 'design flaw' putting 200K servers at risk, researchers say
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Bug or feature?A design flaw– or expected behavior based on a bad design choice, depending on who is telling the story – baked into Anthropic's official Model Context Protocol (MCP) puts as many as 200,000 servers at risk of complete takeover, according to security researchers.


Mozilla throws Thunderbolt at enterprise AI providers
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Client connects to deepset's Haystack platformMozilla has declared war on OpenAI, Microsoft, and other firms flogging enterprise AI platforms with an open-source alternative it says provides data privacy guarantees proprietary products never could. 


NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
'I think you can run this thing on a potato,' NodeWeaver CTO Alan Conboy said.Broadcom's price increases and policy changes have led many VMware customers to look for other options. Nodeweaver is positioning itself as an alternative for customers running computing workloads in far-flung edge locations, from cruise ships to solar farms in Sub-Saharan Africa, and it is taking cost out of the hardware needed as well.


Anthropic squeezes enterprises by ejecting bundled tokens from seat deal
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Large organizations pushed toward metered pricingUPDATEDMore bad news for Claude users. Anthropic has revised its seat-based pricing for enterprise customers, shifting them to a new pricing plan upon contract renewal.


Loud, power hungry - opposition grows to datacenters as Maine passes bit barn ban
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
If there's one thing folks want less than Copilot in their taskbar, it's a bit barn in their backyardLoud, thirsty, power hungry, and intensely unpopular with neighboring residents: datacenters are becoming the new nuclear waste dump. And many localities are now saying "not in my backyard."


North Korea targets macOS users in latest heist
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Social engineering: 'low-cost, hard to patch, and scales well'North Korean criminals set on stealing Apple users' credentials and cryptocurrency are using a combination of social engineering and a fake Zoom software update to trick people into manually running malware on their own computers, according to Microsoft.


If you want into Anthropic's Claude club, you may have to show ID
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Worse: Anthropic is using Persona, a privacy checker that rings alarm bells for the paranoids on RedditAnthropic may check your ID before letting you access certain Claude features, and the verification vendor it has picked is the same outfit that sparked controversy when Discord tested similar checks.


DuckDB uses RDBMS to attack classic 'small changes' problem in lakehouses
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Batching teensy changes in chunks creates massive performance boost, DuckDB Labs team claimsThe team behind in-process OLAP database DuckDB has put forward a solution to the "small changes" problem that they say plagues lakehouse implementations of the kind based on technologies from Databricks, Snowflake, Google, and others.


Iran has something America can only dream of: cheap broadband
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Shame about the internet blackouts and airstrikesNorth America has some of the world's most expensive broadband, according to a new study, while Iran has the cheapest.


Americans who masterminded Nork IT worker fraud sentenced to 200 months behind bars
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Fortune 500 companies and one US defense contractor got taken for $5m in four-year scamTwo Americans have been jailed for a combined 200 months for helping North Korea generate $5 million through fraudulent IT worker schemes.


Brussels tells Google to hand rivals its search crown jewels as privacy row brews
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Includes a to-do list on search data sharing and platform access as DMA enforcement ramps upBrussels has told Google to open up its search data and give rivals equal footing on its own platforms, sketching out how it expects the tech giant to comply with the bloc's competition rulebook.


Make crappy moves around AI and face voter backlash, govts warned
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
When the taxpayers are wondering whose side you are on...Britain's government faces a public backlash against AI unless it can show ordinary people that they stand to benefit from its push to inject the technology into every area of the UK in the name of growth.


Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Latest version points to a shift in how Microsoft thinks about IDEsVisual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes– a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet developer frustration over color contrast and forced updates continue to overshadow the improvements.


Git identity spoof fools Claude into giving bad code the nod
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Forged metadata made AI reviewer treat hostile changes as though they came from known maintainerSecurity boffins say Anthropic's Claude can be tricked into approving malicious code with just two Git commands by spoofing a trusted developer's identity.


Textbook titan McGraw Hill on ransomware crew's reading list after 13.5M records exposed
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Publisher claims misconfigured Salesforce-hosted page leaked dataTextbook giant McGraw Hill has landed on a ransomware crew's leak site after an alleged Salesforce-linked misconfiguration spilled 13.5 million records into the wild.


Swarm welcome: Britain lines up 120,000 drones for Ukraine
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Giant UAV package will include strike, recon, logistics, and maritime systemsThe UK government says it will deliver at least 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year to help it fight against Russia.


Microsoft announces product it doesn't want anyone to buy
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Just migrate already, would you? But if you can't, Redmond will take your cashMicrosoft will keep delivering security updates for old versions of Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server, after admitting that some customers aren't ready to make the move to newer products.


Obsolete Google nag drowns out vital bar information at Swedish concert hall
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Backup and Sync may be dead, but it still knows how to kill the buzz before the ukuleles startBork!Bork!Bork!Sweden is arguably the home of bork– think the Swedish Chef from The Muppets – so we are delighted to note an example of the breed turning up north of Stockholm.


Cops hand Motorola£25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Biz as usual for Brit public sector: ESN replacement is 12 years late and£3B over budgetUK police tech buyers have awarded a£25 million no-competition contract for communications technology first commissioned in 2000, with the replacement project 12 years behind schedule and £3 billion over budget.


Server-room lock was nothing but a crock
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Your cybersecurity is only as good as the physical security of the serversPWNEDWelcome back to Pwned, the column where we immortalize the worst vulns that organizations opened up for themselves. If you’re the kind of person who leaves your car doors unlocked with a pile of cash in the center console, this week’s story is for you.


QUIC will soon be as important as TCP– but it's vastly different
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephantWhile Larry was producing most of the content for the "Request/Reponse" chapter for the next edition of our book, I took the lead on writing a section on QUIC, since I have closely followed its development.


Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in OctoberSome Japanese bullet trains will soon be equipped with private suites that include windows with embedded 5G antennas and noise-cancelling technology that envelops passengers in a bubble of quiet.


Indian government investigating TCS after police sting finds sexual harassment
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Services giant’s staff accused of assaults, inappropriate religious practicesPolice in the Indian city of Nashik conducted a sting operation at Tata Consultancy Services and allegedly found instances of sexual harassment and other revolting behavior.


Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Browser fingerprinting is everywhereGoogle markets its Chrome browser by citing its superior safety features, but according to privacy consultant Alexander Hanff, Chrome does not protect against browser fingerprinting– a method of tracking people online by capturing technical details about their browser.


Nobody knows how many CVEs Anthropic's Project Glasswing has actually found
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Like the majority of the companies participating, it remains a mysteryLast week, Anthropic surprised the world by declaring that its latest model, Mythos, is so good at finding vulns that it would create chaos if released. Now, under the title of Project Glasswing, over 50 selected companies and orgs are allowed to test the hyped up LLM to find security holes in their own products. But just how many problems have they really discovered?


Don't let the bot play doctor! AI gets early diagnoses wrong 80% of the time
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
'LLMs should not be trusted for patient-facing diagnostic reasoning,' boffins advisePeople ask AI for all kinds of advice, including the kind of questions you'd ask a physician. However, the next time you're tempted to query ChatGPT if that growth on your face is skin cancer, consider this: research shows today's leading AI models fail at early differential diagnosis in more than 8 out of 10 cases.


Customers revolt as GitHub Copilot 'fixes' rate limits
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Repair of bug that undercounted token usage leads to rapid exhaustion of subscription allowanceMicrosoft's GitHub last week told Copilot customers that they'd have to reduce their use of the AI service to ease the strain on company servers. This follows the company's discovery last month of a token counting bug that appears to have broken the company's pricing model.


Shoe company says it's getting into AI infrastructure and yes this is the top
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Following in the footsteps of Long Island Iced TeaOPINIONBack in December 2017, an obscure American soft drinks company changed its name from Long Island Iced Tea to Long Blockchain.


Patch these critical Fortinet sandbox bugs that let attackers bypass login, run commands over HTTP
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
No reports of active exploitation (yet)Watch out for more Fortinet vulns! Two critical bugs in Fortinet's sandbox could allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication or execute unauthorized code on vulnerable systems.


Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finishedNo one can tell software developer Kamila Szewczyk that newer is better: She just fixed a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16, the old-school Linux window manager she favors partly because, she tells us, it is actually finished software.


Bad teacher bots can leave hidden marks on model students
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Study finds LLMs will smuggle biases into others even if they're scrubbed from training dataNew research warns about the dangers of teaching LLMs on the output of other models, showing that undesirable traits can be transmitted "subliminally" from teacher to student, even when they are scrubbed from training data.


Automotive data biz Autovista blames ransomware for service disruption
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Some customer orgs tell staff to block inbound email from the providerAutovista confirms that it called in outside support to help clean up a ransomware infection currently affecting systems in Europe and Australia.


Not all networks can handle AI traffic– and experts are sounding alarms
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Y'all been focusing on compute and forgot about how the data moves aroundAI is reshaping the demands on network infrastructure, and many organizations are not prepared– including some of the so-called neocloud providers offering AI services.


Windows takes a crash dump after one McDonald's order too many
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
We've all been thereBork!Bork!Bork!Windows is doing what it does best in California, with a Blue Screen of Death on the wall of a fast food restaurant where order progress is supposed to be.


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NY Times Arts/Music:




How the D4vd Case and Rumors Captivated the Public Before the Singer’s Arrest
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
A teenage girl went missing. The police found her remains in a musician’s car. Then the Los Angeles media machine got to work.

How TV Series Like‘Smash’ and ‘American Classic’ Portray Theater Is Quite a Drama
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
As portrayed in shows like“Smash,” “Slings&Arrows” and “American Classic,” life onstage is a grab-bag of archetypes both hilariously wrong and a little bit right.

Through A.I. Glasses-Powered Translation, Korea’s Theaters Hope for a K-Pop Moment
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Producers and the cultural authorities hope that technology can overcome a language barrier and take the country’s shows to the world.

‘Proof’ Review: Ayo Edebiri as a Math Girl, Interrupted
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The actress stars as a haunted genius opposite Don Cheadle as her father in David Auburn’s 2001 drama. This revival, though, exposes the play’s lack of rigor.

‘The Pitt’ Season 2 Finale Recap: Jagged Little Pills
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
For all the death and darkness the Pitt crew had to swallow this season, the finale also offered profound moments of hope and renewal.

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Is Out. Wait, Who’s Lee Cronin?
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The latest take on Universal’s “Mummy” franchise has a director you may not know. We explain who he is, why his name is in the movie title and what he brings to the “Mummy” world.

Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Drop Dead’ Is a Heavenly Fakeout
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The first taste of the pop star’s third album isn’t a bloodthirsty kiss-off, but a dreamy ode to losing herself in love.

‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ Digs Into Cryptocurrency
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
“Everyone Is Lying to You for Money,” directed by Ben McKenzie, gives a solid introduction to virtual currency, and its traps.

The Choreographer Kyle Abraham Embraces the Big Perm and Boombox Era
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
His“Cassette Vol. 1” has a 1980s mix tape soundtrack and nods to postmodern American dance vocabulary.

D4vd Arrested in Connection With Death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The singer was detained in connection with the death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who died before her 15th birthday. D4vd’s lawyers said they would vigorously defend his innocence.

Pragmata Is a‘Sad Dad’ Game Without the Emotional Bond
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Pragmata features a grizzled soldier and a robot child but doesn’t have the emotional bond of The Last of Us or The Walking Dead.

Five Free Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
This month’s picks make up a quintet of paranoia that speaks to the ethos of unease and dread endemic to the modern moment

Kendrick Lamar’s Protégé Baby Keem Tells the Whole Story, Warts and All
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The 25-year-old rapper and producer knows he’s benefited from his cousin’s support. But the path to his autobiographical album, “Casino,” was his alone.

Luke Tennie’s Journey From ‘Shrinking’ to ‘The Pitt’ and Beyond
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
After a breakout performance on“Shrinking,” the actor can now be seen on “Abbott Elementary” and “The Pitt.”

Lawsuit Against Alec Baldwin for‘Rust’ Shooting Heads Toward Trial
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Although the criminal case against Mr. Baldwin was thrown out, the actor still faces civil cases about the fatal shooting of a cinematographer in 2021.

The Politically Charged Art of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Her vivid paintings examined religious fundamentalism and events like the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. She died this month at 46.

Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Painter of Hotly Topical Images, Dies at 46
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Her vibrant yet brooding work explored the crises of the Trump era, with paintings depicting the Jan. 6 riots and a mangled Confederate monument.

An Explosion Rattles a Toronto Neighborhood. A Drake Video Was to Blame.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
A blast on Thursday night turned out to be for a video shoot, but it unnerved residents who had lived through a propane plant explosion in 2008.

Kanye West’s Concert in Poland Is Canceled Amid Furor Over Antisemitic Comments
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The announcement came a day after a government official said,“In a country marked by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend that this is just entertainment.”

9 Shows Our Theater Critics Are Talking About
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
John Lithgow in“Giant,” a triumphant revival of “Death of a Salesman” and vogueing cats at “The Jellicle Ball”: These productions are worth knowing about.

‘Thrash’ and Other Action Movies to Stream Now
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
This month’s picks include killer sharks, unlikely gangsters, and defiant ballerinas.

Is the Movie Star Back? Sort Of.
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Box office earnings seem no longer won by name alone. From“Project Hail Mary” to “F1,” celebrities are campaigning overtime on screens large and small to lead to hits.

Metropolitan Opera and MoMA Together Put Kahlo at Center Stage
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
In an unusual collaboration for the Met, the opera’s set designer has conceived a companion exhibition, mounted at MoMA.

Recalling When Lower Manhattan Was New Amsterdam
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
An exhibition at the New York Historical focuses on the city’s 17th-century roots as a Dutch settlement.

At the Guggenheim, Pop Art Engages With Art of the Present
Sat, 18 Apr 2026 +0000
An exhibition explores examples of Pop Art from the 1960s in dialogue with recent acquisitions by contemporary artists.

9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

Stephen Colbert Delights in Trump’s ‘Ongoing Papal Feud’
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The host of“The Late Show” recapped what he called “yet another day when the entire world is on edge over President Trump’s senseless and elective war — with the pope.”

Pittsburgh’s Children’s Museum Satisfies a Hunger for Eric Carle
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The institution will feature five of the beloved author’s collage-based books in a series of interactive exhibits meant to engage children.

A‘Cabinet of Wonders’ on Show at the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Current members of the museum have created a show that draws from, and comments on, the institution’s curious collections.

In Its‘Greater New York’ Show, MoMA PS1 Focuses on the Here and Now
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Even as the institution has grown and changed, it has continued to be a launchpad for emerging artists. This spring, it is putting 53 in the spotlight.

Coming to Broadway: MoliÚre, ‘The Full Monty’ and a Play About D.J.s
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Roundabout Theater Company, one of the four nonprofits with Broadway houses, plans three Broadway shows next season.

What We Lose When Everything Is‘-Coded’
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
On the social internet, our fascination with analyzing the hidden messages in our culture has been flattened into one word.

‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Returns With Contemporary Bite
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
A new London production highlights the story’s racial element and shows how much has changed since the play’s 1963 premiere.

A Sculptor’s Life, in Constant Motion
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
A career-spanning Alexander Calder exhibition in Paris turns the viewer into a collaborator and lifts the soul.

A Thomas J Price Bronze Opens Door to London’s V&A East
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Thomas J Price’s bronze figures present anonymous Black people at heroic scale. After an installation in Times Square sparked a furor, his latest work welcomes visitors to a new museum outpost.

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Fresh From the Sarcophagus
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The movie revives one of cinema’s unforgettable monsters with a macabre makeover, but it spins out in the attempt.

‘Greater New York’ Brings the Noisy, Messy Vitality of 53 Artists
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The signature survey by MoMA PS 1 of artists living and working in the city highlights those whose talent is often hidden in plain sight.

The Phillies Owner and His Wife Collect Art’s Heavy Hitters
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Mets fans, avert your eyes: John Middleton, majority owner of the Phillies, and his wife have a deep bench of American art stars, and they’ve lent them in a dual display for the 250th.

Kenya Barris on His New Documentary,‘Jerry West: The Logo’
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
A new documentary by the“Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris looks at the legacy of Jerry West, a figure so crucial to the N.B.A.’s history that he’s the league’s logo.

It’s (Always) the Season for Anime
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
There’s a new crop four times a year. This spring, the Ghibli-like “Witch Hat Atelier” and the alternate-future samurai saga “Nippon Sangoku” stand out.

‘Mother Mary’ Review: Anne Hathaway Strikes a Pose
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
The actress plays a pop star who reunites with Michaela Coel’s fashion designer. But the spectacle you see onscreen is far more engaging than the dialogue.

‘Normal’ Review: This Town Is Anything But
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Bob Odenkirk plays a sheriff who uncovers a dangerous secret in this hyper-violent, small-town crime caper.

‘Mad Bills to Pay’ Review: Growing Up Unexpectedly
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
A girlfriend’s pregnancy upends the life of a young man in the Bronx in this first feature by Joel Alfonso Vargas that unspools with sedulous care.

‘Erupcja’ Review: Dancing Through the Ash
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Charli XCX stars in this drama about a young woman who can’t quite tell the difference between freedom and fleeing.

NY Times Obituaries:




Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Painter of Hotly Topical Images, Dies at 46
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Her vibrant yet brooding work explored the crises of the Trump era, with paintings depicting the Jan. 6 riots and a mangled Confederate monument.

The Politically Charged Art of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Her vivid paintings examined religious fundamentalism and events like the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. She died this month at 46.

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
A chemist, she lent her expertise in drug research to ACT UP, an organization known for its street protests, and helped accelerate the approval of H.I.V. and AIDS treatments.

Bob Hall, First Wheelchair Champion of the Boston Marathon, Dies at 74
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
His accomplishment in 1975 inspired thousands of disabled athletes to participate in races around the world.

Kevin Klose, Who Made NPR a Reporting Powerhouse, Dies at 85
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
A longtime journalist at The Washington Post, he used his unexpected fund-raising talents to greatly expand the radio organization’s coverage.

Mark Mobius, Pioneering Investor in Emerging Markets, Dies at 89
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Gaining a reputation as the brilliant, risk-taking“Indiana Jones” of his field, he encouraged investors to take chances on Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

Roger Adams Dies at 71; Invented the Rolling Sneakers Known as Heelys
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
You could walk in them like gym shoes, but if you rocked back on your heels the wheels emerged, turning them into roller skates. In the early 2000s, the company sold millions.

What Heelys, the Sneakers With Wheels, Taught Me About Momentum as a Child
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 +0000
Heelys, the sneakers with wheels that were a fad in the 2000s, helped me form my first friendships. Recently, I decided to tap into that joy again.

Barbara Gordon, 90, Dies; Wrote a Best Seller About Her Pill Addiction
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Her 1979 memoir,“I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which also became a movie, detailed years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.

Carol Greitzer, Tireless Defender of Greenwich Village, Dies at 101
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
A lifelong New Yorker and longtime City Council member, she opposed Robert Moses’s wrecking ball, championed historic preservation and fought for women’s and gay rights.

Mario Ríos Montt, Bishop and Brother of Genocidal General, Dies at 94
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
In Guatemala, he led the Catholic Church’s human rights office. His brother, a dictator who took power in a coup, was convicted of crimes against humanity.

Ishmael Jaffree, Who Won Case Rejecting School Prayer, Is Dead at 80
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
An Alabama parent, he objected to prayer in his children’s classrooms. The Supreme Court ruled for him, a high-water mark in the push for the strict separation of church and state.

Adriano Goldschmied,‘Godfather’ of Modern Denim, Dies at 82
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
An energetic entrepreneur, he developed more than 50 brands of jeans, including Gap 1969 and other cult classics.

Sid Krofft, 96, Dies; Created Zany TV Shows for Children of All Ages
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
With his brother Marty, he released a string of wildly inventive programs, including“H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost.” Some became cult favorites, even among adults.

Asha Bhosle, Longtime Voice of Indian Cinema, Dies at 92
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
Her distinctive and adventurous voice was the soundtrack for generations of Bollywood films.

Edna Foa, Who Pioneered Exposure Therapy to Treat PTSD, Dies at 88
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 +0000
A psychologist, she urged patients to confront the things that frightened them, revolutionizing her field’s approach to post-traumatic stress disorder.

David Sklansky, the‘First Nerd to Enter Poker,’ Dies at 78
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
An influential author and professional player, he helped transform a game long ruled by intuition into one based on game theory, probability and logic.

Pearl Fryar, a Picasso of Plants, Dies at 86
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 +0000
A self-taught topiary artist, he discovered a talent for carving trees and shrubs into extraordinary shapes, creating a world-famous garden in a tiny South Carolina town.

Overlooked No More: Margaret Gipsy Moth, Fearless CNN Camera Operator
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
She covered conflicts across the globe, joking after she was injured in Sarajevo that she would be returning to find her missing teeth.

Thomas S. Langner, Who Linked Social Ills to Mental Illness, Dies at 102
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 +0000
He helped lead what became known as the Midtown Manhattan Study, which showed that mental impairment is highly correlated with low socioeconomic status.