Paramount Games Studio brought its turtle power to Summer Game Fest Friday with the reveal of the combined Paramount-Skydance in-house studio’s first project: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin.” Developed by Platinum Games and published by Paramount Games Studio, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin” is a described as AAA action-adventure game based … Read more
FBI Director Kash Patel fired a group of bureau intelligence analysts Friday over a rescinded 2023 memo about “radical traditionalist Catholic ideology” that has long been a focus of Republicans despite an investigation that found no anti-Catholic bias, three people familiar with the matter told MS NOW. The analysts worked in the FBI’s Richmond office, … Read more
Partiful likes to throw a party. It’s in the name. The events app, which has become the way Gen Z plans just about everything, threw a party during the New York Tech Week conference this week. “You might be wondering, ‘Why is Partiful throwing a party?’” Shreya Murthy, Partiful’s CEO, told the crowded room of … Read more
Serena Williams has added another stop to her comeback tour: the Berlin Tennis Open. Just a day after announcing her return to professional tennis, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has been added to the 16-team doubles field at Germany’s WTA 500 event. “Every tournament I add to my schedule right now feels special, and … Read more
The following is sponsored content by Bromwich+Smith and originally appeared here. “I had taken out some payday loans, cash money loans, things like that, and I could pay them, I could keep them paid, but it was basically living paycheque to paycheque.” This is how Ryan (a pseudonym) described the early days of his financial … Read more
This story includes spoilers for “Masters of the Universe.” He-Man has made his way back to the big screen thanks to the power of Grayskull — and Hollywood’s love of nostalgia. Now in theaters, “Masters of the Universe” stars Nicholas Galitzine as Eternia’s long-lost Prince Adam. Working a menial HR job after getting stranded on … Read more
Despite the ceasefire and tentative progress toward a memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, the Persian Gulf has remained perilously volatile. In the past 24 hours alone, several rounds of fire have been exchanged between US and Iranian forces in the region. Though both sides appear to view the incidents — which may have … Read more
Ukrainian forces lost a naval drone during an operation in the Black Sea on Friday after its guidance was disrupted by Russian electronic warfare, sending the vessel off course and into a large Romanian port, where it exploded. It’s the latest instance of Ukrainian drones accidentally ending up in NATO territory, which Kyiv and Western … Read more
BOSTON — A federal judge on Friday struck down a Trump administration policy enacted after the shooting of two National Guard members that made it harder for immigrants from dozens of countries to stay and enter the U.S. In a ruling harshly criticizing the administration, U.S. District Chief Judge John McConnell Jr. said the policy “threw the … Read more
Democrats are well positioned to take back the House of Representatives this November, but the Senate is a whole other dogfight. In order to flip the upper chamber, Democrats will need to defeat entrenched incumbents, and win in states where they’re usually at a disadvantage. Virtually all roads to a Democratic Senate majority run through … Read more
A former IBM cybersecurity executive accused the company of getting hacked three times in the previous decade by foreign governments and then covering up the breaches. In a lawsuit unsealed this week but filed in 2020, William Barlow, who was IBM’s vice president of threat intelligence until August 2019, said IBM concluded Chinese hackers breached … Read more
Japanese filmmaker Chie Hayakawa isn’t afraid to look death in the eye. The writer-director’s 2022 feature debut, “Plan 75,” imagined an unsettling future in which the elderly are offered a subsidy by the government to be euthanized. For her follow-up, she travels into her own past, drawing from memories of her father’s battle with cancer. … Read more
The Harbor Charger, New York state’s first hybrid-electric public ferry, is gearing up for its first full summer transporting passengers between the city’s South Ferry terminal and Governors Island, the 172-acre oasis across New York Harbor from Lower Manhattan. A draw for New Yorkers and tourists alike, Governors Island hosts outdoor concerts and art installations on … Read more
Across four documentaries — the Oscar- and Grammy-winning “Summer of Soul,” “Sly Lives,” “Ladies and Gentlemen, 50 Years of Saturday Night Live Music” and the new “Earth, Wind & Fire (to Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World),” which arrives on HBO Sunday night — Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, drummer and leader of the Roots … Read more
Upgrading an outdoor space doesn't have to be challenging when you know the best trends to follow and which to avoid. Andrey Sayfutdinov/Getty Images We asked interior designers and other pros to share which backyard trends are in and out this year. According to the pros, native plants, mood lighting, and outdoor living rooms are … Read more