Remember James Van Der Beek by Streaming Dawson’s Creek and His Other Roles

James Van Der Beek, best known to many as Dawson Leery from his breakout role in the late-’90s drama Dawson’s Creek, died at the age of 48 on Wednesday. Although…

Two more xAI co-founders are among those leaving after the SpaceX merger

Since the xAI-SpaceX merger announced last week, which combined the two companies (as well as social media platform X) for a reported $1.25 trillion valuation — the biggest merger of…

Trump orders the military to make agreements with coal power plants

Today’s executive order takes a different route to propping up coal: artificially inflating demand. “The Secretary of War, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy,” the order reads, “shall seek…

ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation in Minnesota is pushing the United States court system to its breaking point. Since Operation Metro Surge began in December, federal immigration agents…

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is talking to VCs about a new round at a valuation of about $2.5 billion, according to four people with knowledge…

Resurrected is adding warlock as a brand new player class

Blizzard announced today that it is introducing the Warlock as a playable character to Diablo II: Resurrected. It brings the first new class in 25 years to this remaster of…

March’s Full Blood Moon Will Feature a Total Lunar Eclipse: Here’s When to See It

Total lunar eclipses are a little bit like supermoons because they come in batches. You get a couple of years to see a few of them before a long wait for the…

Highguard’s developer reportedly lays off ‘most’ of its staff just over two weeks after launch

Highguard, a new multiplayer shooter from developers who worked on games like Apex Legends and Call of Duty, launched just over two weeks ago, but developer Wildlight Entertainment is already…

Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78

On February 1, Robert Tinney, the illustrator whose airbrushed cover paintings defined the look and feel of pioneering computer magazine Byte for over a decade, died at age 78 in…

Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity

If you’ve ever considered practicing meditation, you might believe you should relax, breathe, and empty your mind of distracting thoughts. Novices tend to think of meditation as the brain at…