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‘Toy Story 5’ End Credits Scenes: Why You Should Stay In Your Seats
Disney-Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” starring the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen and Joan Cusack, is new in theaters — and the story doesn’t end with the final scene in the movie before the credits roll.
Lizzo’s New Album Disappoints As It Reaches Only One Billboard Chart
Lizzo's new release Bitch debuts on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart, the only ranking it reaches this week. The set misses the Billboard 20 and other rosters.
Madonna’s New Single Becomes Her First From Her New Album To Miss No. 1
"Love Sensation" becomes Madonna's first single from Confessions II to miss hitting No. 1 on Billboard's Dance Digital Song Sales chart as it opens at No. 3.
5 Key Tax Considerations When Betting On The 2026 World Cup
Tax tips for 2026 World Cup bettors: how winnings are taxed, why losses are harder to deduct now, state tax differences, and what prediction markets change.
Graphic Novel ‘First Freedom’ Explores The Roots Of Juneteenth
The story of Opal Lee and her long campaign to get African-American history and heritage recognized as a federal holiday hits harder in 2026.

Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars
A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.
The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth last month with a huge claim: it had solved a mathematical bottleneck…
As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat
Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.
A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs
Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were thin, and many people were unconvinced. But Subquadratic has started to bring the receipts, sharing the…
The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality, which probably reveals something about both me and the nature of measurement. Like a lot…