Jack Black is surprised that there hasn't been a movie based on Grand Theft Auto or Red Dead Redemption so far, but there might actually be a good reason for that.Speaking to Total Film, Black said, "I can't believe they haven't already started making a movie ... More »
Leave it to a former James Bond actor to size up a future 007 candidate. In this case, GoldenEye star Pierce Brosnan absolutely believes Bullet Train's Aaron Taylor-Johnson has the ability to suit up and drink martinis on the silver screen as the British spy.A... More »
Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, has spoken more about his desire to create a more open console ecosystem, similar to how PC users can access multiple storefronts. When asked in a GDC interview if he could see a future where Xbox consoles allowed stores ... More »
On March 12, Russian-Swedish national Roman Sterlingov was found guilty of money laundering conspiracy and other violations by a federal jury in Washington, DC, for having operated Bitcoin Fog, a service criminals used to launder what authorities claim was hun... More »
Did a pandemic-related financial crunch leave you with mortgage troubles? The state may be able to help, but not for much longer.The California Mortgage Relief Program offers up to $80,000 to low- and moderate-income homeowners hurt financially by the pandemic... More »
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — There was a time when migrants arriving here would cross the Rio Grande, make their way to a gate in the border fence and turn themselves into federal agents to claim asylum.That was before Texas Gov. Greg Abbott turned Gate 36 into a ... More »
On graduation day at the LAPD’s academy last summer, they marched with the other recruits, lined up for inspection, and even walked onstage to pose for pictures with then-Chief Michel Moore, like the rest of the class.And yet, something was off.Their look, for... More »
When the board of OpenAI staged a bum mutiny last November, throwing out the company’s leadership only to have the bosses return while board members were pressured to resign, something seemed rotten in the state of effective altruism. Nominally, OpenAI’s missi... More »
I’m fond of effective altruists. When you meet one, ask them how many people they’ve killed.Effective altruism is the philosophy of Sam Bankman-Fried, the crypto wunderkind due to be sentenced tomorrow for fraud and money laundering. Elon Musk has said that EA... More »
The death of Hugh Hefner and the dawn of the #MeToo era, coinciding in the autumn of 2017, seemed to mark a turning point in the history of social liberalism in America.Out, at last, went Hefner’s sex-positive utopianism, the no-prudes-here giddiness and aspir... More »
The vote history records support polling showing Biden doing well among the highly engaged but lagging overall.The verdict from the presidential primaries is already in, but the best data on what they mean for the general election is only now beginning to arri... More »