Netflix said it would not submit a higher offer for Warner Bros. Discovery after the company’s board described Paramount Skydance’s latest offer as “superior.” The stunning twist leaves Paramount Skydance, headed by David Ellison, as the remaining bidder and in position to take control of the storied media giant. Paramount’s bid was for the entire
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives Book Riot’s Kelly Jensen reports
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MP Materials 10X Magnet Manufacturing Facility, Northlake TX. Source: MP Materials MP Materials has chosen Northlake, Texas, for its new $1.25 billion rare earth magnet manufacturing campus, the company announced Thursday, amid a rush to shore up domestic supplies of metals critical for everything from data centers and defense to personal electronics. The facility, dubbed
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts. “Instead of relying on traditional servers or domains for command-and-control, Aeternum stores its instructions on the public Polygon blockchain,” Qrator Labs said in a report shared with The
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It is no secret that live service games have a reputation problem. When they’re handled poorly, they feel like glorified storefronts wrapped around half-finished ideas, stuffed with shallow grinds and overpriced cosmetics. But when they’re done right, with meaningful updates and fair monetization that respects the player, they can become living worlds that grow alongside
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Ghostface in Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group’s ‘Scream 7’. © 2025 Paramount Pictures. Ghost Face is a Registered Trademark of Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. ©1999. All Rights Reserved.. Opening in theaters on February 27 is ‘Scream 7,’ directed by Kevin Williamson and starring Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Joel McHale, Jasmin
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For decades, Jeffrey Epstein was considered an enigma. Often casually sporting blue jeans and mussed-up hair, the ultra-wealthy Manhattan financier held himself with an air of smugness that transcended still-frame snapshots of him.  He was notoriously well-connected, keeping an expansive and eclectic circle of royals, world leaders, titans of business, renowned scientists, and thought leaders
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Linen once carried a reputation for being strictly recreational, relegated to beachside holidays or high-summer retreats. That perception has shifted. In a modern wardrobe, linen
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Students are seen on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on April 14, 2025. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images Columbia University said a student was detained by federal agents early Thursday, the latest sign of President Donald Trump‘s nationwide escalation of immigration enforcement. The student was taken by Department of
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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffires (D-NY) speaks at a press conference on the government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Congressional Democrats will force a vote on a war powers resolution relating to Iran next week, Democratic leadership announced Thursday, as President Donald
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Trump’s bill to rig the midterm election, the SAVE Act, is officially dead because Senate Republicans won’t change the filibuster to pass it. The Republican legislation goes way beyond a vote ID requirement to force citizens to provide documentation to register to vote in a move that would disenfranchise lower-income persons and women whose names
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Netflix’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE Has A Trailer and Get Ready for Another JANE EYRE Netflix’s Pride & Prejudice
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Within moments of the gas hitting the air, people in the vicinity, including the police force, started transforming in mind-boggling ways—melting, evaporating, elongating—an abomination of a scene. The majority of the people caught within this gas brutally died, but the rest were forever changed into what the public dubbed “Bang Babies.” The Big Bang challenges
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Cava, the fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant chain, reported record-breaking revenue for fiscal year 2025 on Tuesday and forecast sales growth for fiscal year 2026. Shares closed more than 25% higher on Wednesday. “While there are a lot of factors around us that are creating pressures from a margin perspective, our model has allowed us to be
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