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After Winning an Emmy for Mocking Trump, South Park Is Renaming Itself South America

South Park won an Emmy for mocking Trump, then renamed itself South America. The joke's real targets are Apple, Google and Paramount.

By Mark Masterson · 1h ago · 5 min read

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for an AI Slowdown, a Plan Whose Only Firm Commitment Is Letting Outside Evaluators In

Dario Amodei's essay asks the AI industry to slow down. Only one of his three steps is a…

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Energy

Saudi Arabia Shut Its Hormuz Bypass Pipeline After Drones From Iraq, and Oil Is Climbing Again

Oil rose again as Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline stayed shut. Iraq admits the drones came from Maysan, and…

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Breaking News

Kauai Faces Lowell With Five Buildings the County Itself Says Were Never Built as Hurricane Shelters

Kauai County went under a Hurricane Warning late Sunday night, and the five places…

By Mark Masterson · 6d ago

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Breaking News

Lindsay Clancy’s Jury Deadlocked Over One Holdout, Not Over Postpartum Psychosis

Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s triple murder trial at 11:25…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 4

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Breaking News

Two Minneapolis Officers Were Shot at Loring Towers in the Building’s Second Ambush in Eleven Months

Minneapolis police entered an apartment building on East Grant Street late Wednesday afternoon and…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 2

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Breaking News

A Taser Failed in Times Square. The Next Sixty Seconds Were the Whole Story.

A woman carrying two kitchen knives stabbed two people along Seventh Avenue in Times…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

Entertainment

Film, TV, music and streaming culture

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Entertainment

What Dating Lessons Can You Learn From Classic Romantic Comedies

Seven classic romantic comedies, read for the behavior rather than the endings, plus the…

By Mark Masterson · 5d ago

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Entertainment

Prime Video Canceled Spider-Noir on a Friday. Two Days Later It Won Five Emmys.

The interesting thing about Prime Video killing its most-nominated series of the year is…

By Mark Masterson · 6d ago

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Entertainment

Ink, the Murdoch Origin Story Murdoch Himself Blessed, Opened Venice to a Four-Minute Ovation

Danny Boyle’s Ink premiered Wednesday night in the Sala Grande on the opening evening…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 3

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Entertainment

A Jury Took Less Than Three Hours to Convict Duane Davis on Evidence He Supplied Himself

A Las Vegas jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of first-degree murder on…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 1

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Entertainment

The PS5’s 100 Free Channels Are an Advertising Business, Not a Perk

Sony switched on Live TV on PS5 on Monday, dropping more than a hundred…

By Mark Masterson · Sep 1

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Entertainment

The Tupac Jury Is Being Asked About a Promise of Immunity, Not a Drive-By

Closing arguments begin Monday for Duane "Keffe D" Davis. The jury is not deciding…

By Mark Masterson · Aug 31

Business

Deals, earnings, and corporate strategy

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Business

Disneyland’s $104 Ticket, Unchanged Since 2018, Is Only Sold on Days Your Kids Are in School

Disneyland is expected to raise ticket prices again in early October, and the coverage has settled into a familiar shape: buy now, lock in the rate,…

By Mark Masterson · 1d ago

Gaming

Releases, esports, and the games business

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Gaming

I Spent 47 Hours Testing Online Gaming Platforms and Here’s What Actually Matters

Load times, withdrawal limits, support response and licensing: what 47 hours of real-money testing across online gaming platforms revealed.

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Artificial Intelligence

The race to build — and regulate — intelligent machines

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic’s Alignment Lead Says the Company Has No Plan to Control Superintelligence

A 27-year-old pretraining researcher resigned from Anthropic on Tuesday, and the internet spent the next two days arguing about whether artificial intelligence is going to kill…

By Mark Masterson · 3d ago

Cryptocurrency

Digital assets, tokenization, and the on-chain economy

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Cryptocurrency

Crypto News: Is a Bull Market Coming? Bitcoin Price Surges and Could Break $120,000

Bitcoin has reignited market enthusiasm. Currently, the price of Bitcoin is approaching the $80,000 mark, reaching a new high in nearly three…

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Government

Policy, regulation, and politics

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Government

Florida Ordered Flock Cameras Off State Roads Because That Is Where Its Authority Ends

The Florida Department of Transportation revoked every permit for automated license plate readers sitting in state right-of-way on August 31 and gave…

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170,000 Salvadorans Keep Their Status Because a 1990 Law Fired When DHS Said Nothing

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Trump’s ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Prosecutor Promised Charges in 30 Days, Not a Resignation Letter

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