Framework, the company that makes laptops designed for optimal repairability, announced a new version of its main product, a 13-inch-screen laptop. It’s called the Framework Laptop 13 Pro, and it has far better battery life, a touchscreen, and a haptic touchpad, and is fitted with Intel processors.At an event in San Francisco today, Framework CEO Nirav Patel showed off the company’s new tech, opening with a joke about making Framework AI—something the company is very much not doing. Framework’s whole thing, after all, is aiming to give users control over the physical tech they use.“That industry is fighting for you…
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“People who need people are the luckiest people in the world,” Barbra Streisand famously sang — but what does that actually mean? The truth is, connection isn’t one-size-fits-all. We don’t just need people for companionship; we rely on them for physical and emotional survival. We need them to help us understand who we are and who we might become. Some relationships steady us. Others challenge us. Some arrive just when we need them most. These eight books — spanning both nonfiction and fiction — explore the many ways human connection shapes our lives. Together, they offer a powerful reminder: we…
After nearly half a century in space, the Voyager 1 spacecraft just shut down one of its last remaining science instruments in a desperate attempt to preserve power. NASA’s decision to turn off the instrument comes just ahead of a last-ditch “Big Bang” moment that mission managers hope will give the two Voyager probes an extra boost of life later this summer.On Friday (April 17), Voyager 1 was commanded to shut down the Low-Energy Charged Particle (LECP) experiment, an instrument that has looked at ions, electrons and cosmic rays surrounding the spacecraft for the past 49 years.But now, Voyager 1…
Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images 2026 marks the 50th anniversary of the classic crime-fighting drama, “Charlie’s Angels.” The series, which premiered on ABC on September 22, 1976, followed three women working as private investigators for the always unseen millionaire Charlie Townsend and ran for 5 seasons, up until 1981, gaining a cult following. A short-lived TV revival aired in 2011, and the series has also spawned multiple movie adaptations, most recently in 2019. Over the course of that long history, one of the biggest names associated with “Charlie’s Angels” is Tommy Lee Jones,…
Forget all the bad stuff you ever knew about Michael Jackson. Wipe it from your mind. If you happen to be thinking back to the tabloid circus, the PR own-goals and all those eccentric court appearances where he was turning up in his jimmy-jams – those moments that engulfed his later life and tarnished his legacy as a post-racial pin-up and self-appointed King of Pop – then forget it. Never happened. Since Jackson’s death in June of 2009, the shady cabal that is his estate have been on a ruthless mission to salvage his reputation by constantly reminding audiences of the things…
Underscores isn’t the only musician thinking about U. Baauer’s first release in six years is also titled U, and it’s out June 10 on LuckyMe. You can listen to its first single, “Better”—which is packed with approximately four minutes of dopamine-boosting Eurodisco—below.Featuring collaborators Aluna, Kučka, Brazy, and Betsy, as well as Eli Teplin on piano, U is inspired by the BBC Essential Mixes Baauer listened to as a youth in London. The 16-track album courses through dance music that defined the early aughts, such as Ibiza house, bloghouse, and nu-disco. In short, Baauer aimed to fill U with “super happy…
Festival fashion took center stage at Coachella with celebrities and influencers flying to Palm Springs for revelry in the desert. This year, Coachella welcomed performers like Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G, who made history as the first Latina headliner. What’s more, a star-studded crowd showed up at soirées outside festival grounds, including the Revolve Festival, Nylon House, and more. This year, Kendall Jenner was the definition of cool at the 818 Outpost in a white tank top, Levi’s denim cutoffs, a baseball cap, and oversize black boots, teamed with a Kate Spade New York bag and dog charm…
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Set off on an adventure to new worlds this week! This selection of new science fiction and fantasy books will surely please! Science Fiction fans should be excited about the latest from bestselling authors Sandra Boyle, Jacey Bedford, John Walker, Matthias Pierce, T.A. Wallace, and more. If Fantasy is what your library needs, you’ll be able to pick up the latest from A.R. McNevin, Ken Harrow, Lola Glass, Ilona Andrews, Lacey Lehotzky, and more. Enjoy your new science fiction and fantasy books. Happy reading! View Original Source Here
An artist’s impression of nanodiamondsKATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy Diamonds are forever, but if you make them ultrasmall, they can get a little squishy. An experiment with some of the smallest diamonds ever studied has now revealed why they become surprisingly elastic when they are ultrasmall. “Bulk diamonds are widely known for extreme stiffness and hardness. At the nanoscale, things can be different,” says Chongxin Shan at Zhengzhou University in China. He and his colleagues studied how diamonds as small as 4 nanometres across – hundreds of times smaller than some viruses – respond to pressure. The researchers clamped each tiny…
CBS Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Tuesday: LL COOL J’s Sam Hanna visits “NCIS,” Matthew McConaughey is “Running Wild With Bear Grylls,” and “Farmer Wants a Wife” is back. If you’d like a recommended watch-list like this delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for our free What to Watch newsletter here! Showtimes…
Apple has confirmed a major leadership change, announcing that Tim Cook will step down as CEO. The statement has also confirmed both his successor and the timeline for the leadership transition. The move marks a significant shift at the company, with details now in place regarding who will take over the role. Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO, replacement confirmed Tim Cook is set to step down from his role as chief executive of Apple, with John Ternus confirmed as his successor. The leadership change will take effect on September 1, 2026, marking the end of Cook’s tenure as…
Lil Tjay is in a moving car somewhere with bad signal, and he has a lot on his mind that he’s not allowed to say. Two weeks ago, he walked out of Broward County Jail in Hollywood, Florida — arrested the night before on disorderly conduct charges in connection with the shooting of Offset outside the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino — and gave reporters an interview that lit up every music blog within the hour. He called Offset a “rat.” He recounted the scene. He threatened the Atlanta native with the kind of language that doesn’t leave a…
If there’s one dated trend I would’ve never put on my bingo card to return for spring and summer, it’d definitely be a knee-length skirt. That said, it’s very much back and not leaving the quick-turning trend cycle anytime soon. Want proof? Alongside the plethora of fashion people I’ve spotted wearing them on Instagram, Karlie Kloss was just seen wearing a knee-length skirt in NYC. If you’re worried about a knee-length skirt looking dated, Karlie Kloss just provided the perfect outfit idea to avoid that. She wore her black knee-length skirt with an elevated cinch-waist button-down and black kitten-heel sandals.Spring…
Over the weekend in China, a humanoid robot shattered world half-marathon record—the human record—by seven minutes.The star performer was a robot developed by the Chinese company Honor (the smartphone maker), which finished the 13.1-mile race in 50 minutes, 26 seconds. The human record, set by Ugandan Olympic medalist Jacob Kiplimo, is 57 minutes, 20 seconds. The result marks an impressive milestone especially considering that, just a year earlier, the fastest robot at this half-marathon event took two and a half hours to complete the same distance.But Honor’s robot was not the only participant. The event consisted of more than 100…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail The past couple of years have felt like Big Business is winning, so I’m pleasantly surprised to see that indie stores are the ones actually having a moment. The American Booksellers Association reported that 422 new indie bookstores opened in 2025, a 31% increase from 2024. There are probably a few things we…
The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind interacts with the magnetic fields and atmospheres of several of our solar system’s planets and other bodies, sculpting long magnetic tails of charged particles—magnetotails—that stretch into space behind them. View Original Source Here
Unique Nicole/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures, ABC Ryan Phillippe is making tracks for Music City, joining the cast of “9-1-1: Nashville” as a series regular for Season 2, Deadline reports. Phillippe’s character is officially described as a “brilliant, iconoclastic detective” from New York City who relocates to Nashville, where he leads “an investigation into a mysterious criminal tormenting Nashville on a biblical scale.” We don’t even have a name for Phillippe’s character yet, but we know that he’s “a seductive bad boy with a past” who will “stir up all kinds…
From sweeping layoffs to new upper management, there are big changes happening behind the scenes at Disney. There are changes happening on screen too, though, with none more apparent than the surprising update to the main character of Hexed.Plenty of movie projects undergo major changes during production, but Disney fans were surprised when a presentation at CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas this month revealed the protagonist of the studio’s upcoming animated movie Hexed, out this Thanksgiving, has inexplicably switched from hero to heroine.The coming-of-age fantasy film, set to be Disney’s 65th animated feature film, was first revealed during Disney’s Destination D23…
This week on Loudwire Nights, we’re asking you which specific type of rock block do you want to hear. The Chuck’s Fight Club battle is pitting songs that are collaborations against individual bands with big hits. And the winner will be featured in a special rock block on Friday’s show.Who isn’t down for a cool collab? It’s like the best of both worlds when you can get name artists to hop on a song together. One of the more recent examples of this is the killer Nevertel and Sleep Theory song, “Break the Silence.” Last year also gave us a…
Nduka Orjinmo / Bloomberg: Nigerian drone startup Terra Industries raised $34M from Joe Lonsdale, Lux Capital, and others and is opening its first international factory in Accra, Ghana — Terrahaptix Inc., a Nigerian drone-making startup, will open its first factory abroad in Ghana, where it will build mid-range pilotless aircraft … View Original Source Here
Four very different novels, spanning music history, historical fiction, literary fantasy and supernatural thriller, each explore what it means to be shaped by powerful forces. Whether it’s the mythmaking machinery behind The Rolling Stones, the upheaval of a nation on the brink of civil war, a haunting submerged world or… The post This Week’s New Releases first appeared on BookTrib.. View Original Source Here
The altar to Sol was pierced from behind so that light could shine through. (Image credit: © National Museums Scotland)QUICK FACTSName: Altar to SolWhat it is: A carved sandstone altarWhere it is from: Inveresk, ScotlandWhen it was made: Second centuryBefore construction workers began building a new cricket pavilion in Lewisvale Park, just east of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2010, archaeologists were called in to survey the area. In their brief dig, the excavators discovered a unique Roman-era altar that had once been used to worship the sun god in a mysterious, male-only ritual.The Altar to Sol was found in two pieces.…
The CW Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Monday: “Sullivan’s Crossing” is back for Season 4, “American Idol” breathes new life into the Disney songbook, and “Funny AF With Kevin Hart” searches for comedy’s next breakout voice. If you’d like a recommended watch-list like this delivered to your inbox each morning, you can sign up for…
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, and Gabriel Mascaro’s The Blue Trail. Joining host Leila Latif are David Jenkins and Elena Lazic. Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, talking to some of the most exciting filmmakers, keeping you across important industry news, and reassessing great films from days gone by with the…
Kacey Musgraves didn’t just trot out a boring Coachella set opener — in fact, she trotted out on a horse, the first of what turned out to be a set full of surprises. After dismounting, Musgraves opened the pre-announced “surprise” performance with the live-debut of brand-new single “Middle of Nowhere.” She also seemed to tease Justin Bieber and his YouTube video-filled Weekend One concert, opening up the computer only for an alien to appear, followed by a segment from her beloved 2019 Coachella appearance (“When I say ‘Yee,’ you say ‘Ha,’ — I DIDN’T SAY FUCKING ‘YEE!’”). She even covered…
When it comes to summer street style, no one does it better than Jennifer Lawrence. It’s not often that we see the actress out and about, but in the warm weather, her sightings around downtown Manhattan spike, and every time, she’s wearing some cool outfit combination that instantly sparks a trend. Shocker, her latest ensemble is no exception, with Lawrence debuting a simple, comfy, but still fresh-feeling outfit for a daytime ramen date at Nakamura on the Lower East Side with her husband of six years, Cooke Maroney.For the occasion, Lawrence paired a currently on-sale pair of yellow, suede flat…
Every time I’ve written about Meta’s AI-enabled glasses, I invariably get asked these questions: Why do you even want these? Why do you want smart glasses that can play music or misidentify native flora in a weirdly cheery voice? I am a lifelong Ray-Ban Wayfarer wearer, and I’m also WIRED’s resident Meta wearer. I grab a pair of Meta glasses whenever I leave the house because I like being able to use one device instead of two or three on a walk. With Meta glasses, I can wear sunglasses and workout headphones in one!Meta sold more than 7 million pairs…
Enter worlds where legends are born, and magic shapes the fate of civilizations. These fantasy novels combine thrilling adventure with deep lore, mythical creatures, and unforgettable battles. As heroes rise and dark forces awaken, each story delivers intense, cinematic storytelling. Ideal for readers who love expansive, imaginative fantasy worlds. The Order of Odd Brilliance by C. L. Gaber Release Date: – There are nine prep schools on the East Coast of the U.S. There is also a secret 10th school called The Providence School. It’s a high school dedicated to the art and science of time travel. Sagan Santos and…
When was the last time you changed your mind?Peter Cavanagh/Alamy “The most difficult subjects,” novelist Leo Tolstoy once wrote, “can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.” Until recently, I would have agreed. A whole host of psychological research had suggested that many people are extraordinarily resistant to opinion change and there is precious little we can do…