Kennedy Center Defends Closure as Necessary for Public Safety
Lawyers for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts told a federal judge on Thursday that the temporary...
OpenAI Has Hundreds of Workers Reading People’s Private Chats
If you ever feel like spilling your guts to ChatGPT, just know that you may have an audience. 404 Media...
G.O.P. Representative Breaks With Trump in Ad: Hispanic Voters ‘Feel Betrayed’
Representative María Elvira Salazar, a Florida Republican, released a television ad on Thursday directly assaulting President Trump’s immigration crackdown, a...
Twisted Sister Founder Fires Back at Fans Upset Over Singer Switch: ‘Don’t Go to a Show’
Following Dee Snider’s abrupt health-related retirement from Twisted Sister in February 2026, the iconic band recruited Sebastian Bach for a...
The guy who wrote the surprisingly sexual toy pumpkin song wants you to know it wasn’t AI
Musican Peter McEvilley, who wrote the music and lyrics for the Jabberin' Jack toy. Peter McEvilley / Mindscope ProductsA singing...
AI Creator Day Adds Rebecca Zamolo, Matt Slays, Vincent Marcus and More
Three creators with audiences in the tens of millions — Rebecca Zamolo, Matt Slays and Vincent Marcus — are building AI into their work. They’ll...
Fiji declares national HIV emergency and extends testing program as cases surge
TOKYO — Fiji has declared an HIV national emergency after data showed one in 60 people in the South Pacific island nation...
Gustavo Dudamel’s New York Era Has Begun. Try to Keep Up.
Gustavo Dudamel has been conducting the New York Philharmonic for just a week, and it already feels like a different...
ICE on high alert as FBI warns of lurking ‘tradwife’ threat: report
Agents working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) have been advised to be on their toes if they are...
Peter Max Franchised the Cosmic ’60s Into Commercial Success, Without the Museum
Every so often — quite often, in the convulsive 20th century; less often, in the algorithmic 21st — an artist...
