Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra was launched on Wednesday as the company’s flagship model in the Galaxy S25 series of smartphones. At its Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday, the South Korean firm showed off the handset, which is powered by a custom Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy chip, along with 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. This year’s model has an upgraded 50-megapixel ultrawide camera, and the smartphone is capable of recording Log video, just like Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro models.Like the other two models in the updated lineup, the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra…
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Today, the National Book Foundation (NBF) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have announced the titles selected for the fourth year of the Science + Literature program, which is made possible by a three-year $525,000 renewal grant from the Sloan Foundation. Each year since its inception, the program has honored three books—one fiction, one nonfiction, and one poetry title—that deepen our understanding of science and technology. The books’ authors are awarded $10,000 each, celebrated at a ceremony in March, and featured in national public programming. To qualify, books must have been published in English by US publishers within the last…
The X chromosome passed from mom to offspring may accelerate brain aging, a new animal study suggests.The research highlights a potential fundamental difference in how males’ and females’ brains age. The research was conducted in mice, but if the findings translate to humans, they could point to sex-specific drivers of cognitive decline and, eventually, ways to prevent or treat them.”Females show resilience in many measures of aging,” said senior study author Dr. Dena Dubal, a professor of neurology and the David A. Coulter endowed chair in aging and neurodegenerative disease at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). For instance,…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the January 22 episode of Jeopardy!] The Jeopardy! Champions Wildcard 2025 tournament has its finalists after one wildcard player maintained the lead throughout the January 25 semifinals showdown. Another player saw their finals hopes dashed by a loss on a true Daily Double bet. Tonight’s winner now joins fan-favorite Drew Goins and Will Yancey, who won the January 21 game that fans are calling one of the best episodes ever. A wildcard winner, a fan-favorite returning champ, and a high-scoring, risk-taking winner is an exciting cast for the two-day finals. Playing in the…
Deadpool 2 director David Leitch is reportedly in talks to direct Ocean’s 14, the next installment in the fan-favorite heist franchise. According to a new report from The InSneider’s Jeff Sneider, Leitch has been in negotiations to potentially helm the new movie. Sneider notes that things can change as time goes on but that the feeling is that Leitch will end up closing the deal and directing the movie. Outside of being behind the camera of Deadpool 2, Leitch has also directed 2017’s Atomic Blonde, 2022’s Bullet Train (which also featured Brad Pitt), and was an uncredited co-director on 2014’s…
The 2025 Oscars won’t feature live performances of the Best Original Songs nominees, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed. Instead, the show will recognize the songwriters through “personal reflections from the teams who bring these songs to life,” CEO Bill Kramer and President Janet Yang wrote in a letter sent to Academy members. “All of this, and more, will uncover the stories and inspiration behind this year’s nominees.” This change will make room for the Academy’s plan to “honor Los Angeles as a city of dreams, showcasing its beauty and resilience” in the wake of the devastating…
TurboTax has been my go-to for self-filing taxes for years. It’s good enough for me—and literally millions of other users. TurboTax has quickly become a favorite among users for its easy-to-use self-filing services, along with easy access to assistance from tax professionals. TurboTax has free self-service for qualifying people, and TurboTax Live Assisted, where you file online with tax expert help if needed, and TurboTax Full Service, where a tax expert will do your taxes and review them with you before filing.To help you figure out the often confusing process of filing taxes, I’ve written a guide on How to…
“Three cheers for this eminently satisfying conclusion to a series that always delights.” What can one say about Peter Lovesey that is not laden with well-deserved praise? In 1991, this innovative veteran author switched from writing his brilliant Victorian mystery series featuring Sergeant Cribb, a London based police detective as well as a concurrent charming series with Bertie, the Prince of Wales, to contemporary crime detection beginning with The Last Detective. This series introduced an extraordinary gumshoe, the then Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond whose home turf is and remains Bath, England. He is an old-school investigator relying on personal information…
Donald Trump holding an executive order announcing the US withdrawal from the Paris AgreementJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images A cheer went up from the crowd in a Washington DC stadium on 20 January as US president Donald Trump signed an order on stage to withdraw the US from the Paris climate treaty. The order said the move was in the interest of putting “America first”. But environmental groups condemned the decision, arguing the exit of the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the agreement will exacerbate climate damages while ceding US influence in global negotiations to its rival and clean-energy juggernaut, China.…
Critic’s Rating: 3.8 / 5.03.8The rookies were going rogue! In many ways, I’d love to have more reservations about the rookies. The series dumped Thorsen so abruptly that it still stings, and installments like The Rookie Season 7 Episode 3 spend a surprising amount of time with these new characters. (Disney/Carlos Lopez-Calleja) They should get under my skin more, but the truth is, they don’t! They’re so purely entertaining that it’s been easy to embrace them. The installment wasn’t flawless; it was far from that. The hour had one of the notable balance issues that sometimes plague the series. And…
In 2020, Joaquin Phoenix won an Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Arthur Fleck in Joker. In 2025, Phoenix was nominated for a Razzie for Worst Actor playing the exact same role in Joker’s sequel, Folie à Deux.This sounds like a joke. But like pretty much everything in Folie à Deux, it is not.Was Phoenix that much better playing this same character in the first movie? I don’t think so. Whatever you think of Joker: Folie à Deux — and I was certainly not a massive fan — I don’t think Phoenix was the problem. He was fully committed to his role, singing and dancing…
Experimental metal trio Sumac and Philadelphia-based poet and noise artist Moor Mother have announced a new collaborative album: The Film arrives April 25 on Thrill Jockey and opens with the new song “Scene 1.” Listen to it and check out the full tracklist below.Sumac’s latest album, The Healer, came out last year. Also in 2024, Moor Mother released her album The Great Bailout.Read about The Healer at No. 13 in Pitchfork’s list of “The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2024.”The Film:01 Scene 102 Scene 2: The Run03 Hard Truth04 Scene 305 Scene 406 Camera07 The Truth Is Out There08 Scene…
As a fashion editor, I’ve developed a knack for predicting which trainer trends are set to take off. While there are some obvious indicators—a celebrity styling them is always a strong clue—there are also more subtle signs. One of my favourites tells? When I see the same item emerging across multiple style capitals. Recently, I’ve spotted a new trainer doing just that.Appearing everywhere from New York to Copenhagen to Paris, Adidas’s Taekwondo trainers are showing all of the tell-tale signs that the specific style is going to be huge. Offering something undeniably fresh, these trainers feature an aerodynamic silhouette which,…
Bloomberg: StackBlitz, which offers an AI tool to create websites using text prompts, says it’s finalizing raising $83.5M at a $700M valuation, following a $22M Series A — – StackBlitz is set to raise over $80 million from investors — Struggling startup turned around fortunes with AI product View Original Source Here
21 Jan 2025 Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including J.L. Hancock, Joseph Souza, Maria Ian, and more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading! Related grant View Original Source Here
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scotland must do more to help hydropower facilities maximize their output and prevent negative impacts on wildlife in the face of the challenges posed by climate change, according to a new report. Scotland’s Center of Expertise for Waters (CREW) commissioned the report, which was published 22 January, and is based on research from the University of Glasgow and cbec eco-engineering. They worked closely with partners at hydropower companies, Scottish Canals, SEPA and NatureScot on the report, which lays out a series of recommendations to help tackle the problem of sediment buildup at dams and weirs across…
Donald Trump and JD Vance‘s January 20, 2025 inauguration viewership was down by more than 10 million from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ 2021 audience. Viewership was also lower than Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, according to early Nielsen data shared on January 21. The majority of viewers for the 2025 presidential inauguration were watching on Fox News, which was also the only major news network to see an increase in inauguration viewership since the 2021 ceremony. Trump’s second swearing-in ceremony was watched by 27.12 million viewers across the six major news networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN)…
The Brutalist review – gorgeous, capital-C Cinema About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies. Editorial Design View Original Source Here
Shakira arrived on Tuesday (Jan. 21) in Mexico City, where she will stay for a few days to conduct general rehearsals for her stadium tour Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, kicking off on Feb. 11 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Local TV station Milenio showed the moment the Colombian superstar arrived this afternoon on a private plane at the Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA), on the outskirts of the Mexican capital. The publication Excélsior also shared a video on social media. Escorted by her private security…
The construction of the dome for the world’s largest visible- and infrared-light telescope, the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), has progressed significantly. Located atop Cerro Armazones in Chile’s Atacama Desert, this state-of-the-art observatory is being developed under the guidance of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). With its completion targeted for 2028, the telescope is anticipated to provide unprecedented insights into terrestrial exoplanets and the expansion of the universe. Currently, the telescope’s dome frame has been completed, with the outer shell still under construction.Dome and Outer Shell ConstructionAccording to a report by Space.com, the dome spans a diameter of 305 feet and…
Today’s book recommendation is an older pick that I read years ago, yet the lessons I learned from it have continued to be relevant. It’s a new year and while some of us are yelling, “Yay, productivity!” many others of us are saying, “Productivity? In this economy?” Yes, this is a self-help productivity book but I want to offer a reframe: I like to apply “productivity” hacks to do less of what I don’t want to do and more of what I do want to do. For example, using productivity advice to spend less time in email and more time…
A scientist has discovered the first species of South American scorpion that sprays its venom — a behavior previously only observed in two genera of scorpions found in North America and Africa.Scorpions are known for their stings — the arachnids, of which there are more than 2,500 known species, use their venom to subdue prey and defend against predators. Their tails terminate in a structure known as a telson, which contains a bulb full of venom. The telson features a pointed aculeus — the stinger — which typically injects the poison.The researcher published his findings Dec. 17, 2024 in a…
Critic’s Rating: 2.8 / 5.02.8I don’t know if any show that premiered this television season has been harder to figure out than Rescue: HI-Surf. There’s a decent show in there, and we get flashes of it when they lean into the action and even when they choose the right moments to focus on the romantic entanglements, which are the only part of the show that gives off Baywatch vibes. But overall, the show has failed to truly gain traction because it still isn’t 100% sure what it wants to be. And that begs the question: Is what the series is…
Cheryl Burke is a well-known dancer who won Dancing with the Stars consecutively. Burke recently got candid about her personal life on the Oldish podcast, and since then, fans have grown curious about her personal life. So, who is Cheryl Burke’s ex-husband, and what does he do for a living? Here is everything you need to know about Burke’s ex-partner, his job, and the couple’s relationship history. Who is Cheryl Burke’s ex-husband? Cheryl Burke’s ex-husband is Matthew Lawrence. Lawrence is currently in a relationship with Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas. On the other hand, Burke seems to have embraced singlehood. In a…
John Sykes, a former member of both Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died at age 65. An official statement confirmed that Sykes had been diagnosed with cancer.”He will be remembered by many as a man with exceptional musical talent but for those who didn’t know him personally, he was a thoughtful, kind and charismatic man whose presence lit up the room,” according to the statement. “He certainly marched to the beat of his own drum and always pulled for the underdog.”Sykes appeared on Thin Lizzy’s harder-edged 1983 album Thunder and Lightning, the group’s Top 5 U.K. hit studio finale with…
London, Stockholm, Paris—the latest handbag to grab my attention has also interested fashion people in some of the most stylish cities across the world. Understated in design with an in-the-know feel and supremely elegant appearance, Manu Atelier’s Le Cambon bag was always destined to be an instant hit.It should come as no surprise that the brand that brought us the Tote du Jour would be able to thrill even this discerning editor. For me, a handbag is the first item I look to in an outfit, with my obsession for the accessory starting in childhood and growing ever stronger each…
Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of President Donald Trump supporters on Monday.“Elections come and go, some elections are important, some are not, but this one really mattered,” Musk said during his address inside the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, hours after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. “And I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you.”At this point, Musk put his right hand on his chest before extending it straight out with his palm facing down and…
When you hear the name Edgar Allan Poe, you probably think of ghosts, gloom and death. Though he only lived to be 40 years old, the stories Edgar Allan Poe left behind have certainly outlived him. January 19, 2025 would have been Poe’s 216th birthday, so today we look back at his iconic legacy. From “The Raven” and “The Cask of Amontillado” to “The Fall of the House of Usher” and my personal favorite (read: most feared) “The Tell-Tale Heart”, Poe’s words have haunted readers for generations. Inspiring new screen adaptations, concept albums, and numerous literary retellings, the work of…
Foxys_forest_manufacture/Getty Images There are many things we can blame for a bad night’s sleep – screen time, stress, too much booze. Now there is another culprit: the microbes in our gut. This article is part of special series investigating key questions about sleep. Read more here. We have long known that our microbiome has a powerful influence on our health, and new research is revealing that this extends to our sleep, too. But it is a complex, two-way relationship. “The microbiome is influencing sleep, and sleep is influencing the microbiome,” says Elizabeth Holzhausen at the University of Colorado Boulder. The…
Notre Dame quarterback Riley Leonard’s love life seems like it could come straight out of Friday Night Lights. The 22-year-old will take the field on January 20 in the College Football Playoff National Championship as the University of Notre Dame battles Ohio State University for the win at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Although it’s not clear yet whether Ohio State or Notre Dame will take home the win, one thing is for certain: the Indiana-based team’s star quarterback will end the season with a triumph no matter what. Having been in a relationship with his girlfriend, Molly Walding, for nearly…