In August 2024, we learned that one of the internet era’s leading jackasses will be, at long last, extradited from New Zealand to the United States. Once here, Kim Dotcom will FINALLY face trial on charges of copyright infringement, racketeering, money laundering, and wire fraud. Dotcom is WAY overdue for... Read more
Facebook turned 20 years old in February 2024. Zuck turned 40 years old in May 2024. We’re not throwing any parties this year. Instead, we’re giving some serious side-eye to Meta’s new dividends for shareholders, which began in March 2024 and are expected to continue every quarter. Zuck and other... Read more
Welcome back for another arts roundup! This week, we’re bringing you up into the Sierra Nevada mountains, where 37 TRILLION gallons of water ripple between the states of Nevada and California. Beginning in 1848, prospectors rushed around Lake Tahoe in search of gold. Beginning in 1859, many people set up... Read more
The 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will take place from September 5-15, 2024. Last year, Dear Jassi by Indian director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar won top prize, the Platform Award. This year, 10 new films made in 17 countries will compete in the Platform lineup for the... Read more
This summer’s news cycle had our heads spinning, and it seemed that we had grown numb to attention-grabbing headlines. That’s when the Venice Film Festival announced the lineup for its 81st edition. Director Alberto Barbera promised it would represent “a true return to eroticism after years of respectability and self-censorship.”... Read more
It’s officially summer, so we’re back to featuring hot-weather destinations in our arts roundups. Our travel editors insisted that now was the perfect time to cover Houston, which set a new record for high temperatures during summer 2023. Of course, the editors wouldn’t admit that they wanted to slow-cook our... Read more