Former members of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have launched a startup to, they say, bring “DOGE for the private sector.” Their holding company, called Special, has backing from billionaire Marc Andreessen’s venture capital firm a16z and several other former DOGE members. In a post on a16z’s Substack, Nate Cavanaugh and Justin Fox, … Read more
I mean, it’s only fair, right? If there is going to be a whole slew of rebooted slasher-flick sequels — your Scream Nos. 6 & 7, your I Know What You Did Last Summer No. 4 — hitting multiplexes like a plague of locusts, why not bring back the parody series that ran more or … Read more
“Toy Story 5″ VFX supervisor Thomas Jordan revealed during a panel at SXSW London that he’s been keeping Taylor Swift’s song for the film a secret since February. Titled “I Knew It, I Knew You,” Swift’s song for the film — which sees the pop star return to her country roots — was released on … Read more
You went down the coding agent rabbit hole last November along with everyone else? It was an intense time for the nerds. I spent a lot of time talking to coding agents during that holiday. And it’s been an absolute rocket ship of a ride since then. Claude Code seems to have gotten the thunder … Read more
Police have arrested the son of actor James Handy’s girlfriend in his death after he was found stabbed in the chest in Los Angeles, law enforcement said Thursday. Officers responded to a home Wednesday morning after a 911 caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” according to … Read more
Florida senator Rick Scott is urging the Tampa Sports Authority to cancel Kanye West‘s upcoming headlining concerts at Raymond James Stadium. In a letter to the venue operator, published in full on his official website, Scott argued it would be a “slap in the face” to allow the musician’s performances to be funded by taxpayers … Read more
Bob Dylan kicked off his 2026 summer tour Thursday night in Troutdale, Oregon, and he stunned his most hardcore followers fans near the end of the night, and surely left the rest of the crowd baffled, when he broke out the Basement Tapes extreme deep cut “Baby, Won’t You Be My Baby” for the first … Read more
Another scary movie is coming to the box office — but there should be more laughs than screams coming from theatergoers. The latest horror parody in Paramount and Miramax’s “Scary Movie” franchise is hitting theaters this weekend and has made $7.7 million in previews. Paramount is projecting a $40 million opening for “Scary Movie,” though … Read more
A couple of weeks ago, the public learned about a Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested on a gun charge in Texas more than a year after receiving a presidential pardon from Donald Trump. Just days earlier, law enforcement officials in Florida announced a prostitution, human trafficking and child predator sting, which led to the … Read more
Alexis Goldstein has a simple pitch to American voters. Let her take out the data centers. There’s more to it, of course. Goldstein has a long background in the finance and tech worlds, and a host of ideas on where public money that’s being used for tax breaks to Big tech should be spent. But … Read more