Who Is Pope Leo XIV?
Follow live updates on Pope Leo XIV. Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday to lead the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, making him the first pope from the United...
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No Peace Talks (Yet) After Ukrainians and Russians Arrive in Turkey
An anticipated round of Ukraine peace talks in Turkey descended into bluster and confusion on Thursday, as Ukrainian and Russian delegations arrived in different cities and spent much of the...
Kylie Jenner’s Gold Cult Gaia Bikini Was So Tiny
Kylie Jenner has had a busy couple of weeks. The chaos began on May 5, when she attended the 2025 Met Gala in a see-through Ferragamo corset dress. On May...
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have a Quieter Date Night at a James Taylor Concert
This week Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made an appearance backstage with James Taylor, the singer-songwriter whose classic 60s folk sound puts him right in line with Meghan’s “yacht rock”...
Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Suggests It Was ‘Instructed’ to Mention ‘White Genocide’
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has suggested that someone programmed it to repeatedly mention “white genocide” in South Africa. Users this week noticed that Grok, which is integrated with X,...
Nintendo opens a San Francisco store that will mean a lot to fans | The DeanBeat
Nintendo is opening a retail store for its gaming gear in San Francisco today. I went to check it out early on a press visit. And even though I am...
U.S. Moves Russian Scientist’s Case to Criminal Court in Boston
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher from Russia who has been fighting deportation proceedings since February, will now face felony smuggling charges in Massachusetts, a federal judge in Louisiana said on...
We’ve Been Thinking About Gun Violence All Wrong
It’s almost Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, and the season when we see gun violence cases rise nationally, across the country. This is a predictable increase every...
Trump Envoy Watched Netflix Documentaries to Bone Up on World Affairs
Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East spent the past few months watching Netflix documentaries to brush up on world affairs.Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, a former...
Say Goodbye to VPN-Triggered CAPTCHAs. Surfshark VPN Just Expanded Its Dedicated IP Service.
VPNs, or virtual private networks, are wonderful tools for maintaining your digital privacy. Acting as a middleman, it routes all the information exchange between you and other websites’ servers on...
