Sundance Institute hosted a celebration to honor founder Robert Redford on Friday night at Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, where a couple of high-profile presenters nearly stole the show by sharing memories of the late icon. Sundance veteran and newly-minted Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke had the honor of kicking off the night’s…
After German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to make Europe “the antithesis to state-sponsored unfair trade practices”, the massive pressure the country’s automotive industry faced from China was laid bare in new figures. Over the course of 2025, German car and car part shipments to China saw dramatic slumps, while Chinese shipments to Germany across many…
Director Casper Kelly made his name with the 2014 viral horror short for Adult Swim, Too Many Cooks. The film is basically an 11-minute TV theme tune that layers needling repetition, perky vocals and inane lyrics with increasingly surreal elements to skewer vintage network staples — from chipper family sitcoms through cop shows, primetime soaps,…
The FBI went to Microsoft last year with a warrant, asking them to hand over keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three laptops as part of an investigation into potential fraud involving the COVID unemployment assistance program in Guam — and Microsoft complied. Typically, companies resist handing over encryption keys to authorities. Most famously,…
US President Donald Trump has threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Canadian goods if the country strikes a trade deal with China. “If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.,” Trump said on Truth Social. It…
With 4:49 remaining in the fourth quarter, Jalen Brunson splashed a 3-pointer in the corner to give him 42 points against the Miami Heat on Dec. 21. He looked at his right hand, his ring and pinkie fingers folded down, leaving three fingers remaining, and he brought it under his nose quickly as he ran…
Eric Dane will miss the ALS Network’s Champions for Cures and Care Gala on Saturday night, where he is being recognized as Advocate of the Year. “The ALS Network has been informed that Eric Dane had hoped to join us this evening to accept his Advocate of the Year Award, but due to the physical…
Hong Kong immigration authorities have apprehended 19 people in a citywide crackdown targeting illegal labour, with those arrested including four suspected employers and two people alleged to have aided and abetted such activities. The Immigration Department on Friday said it had worked with police and the Labour Department in a string of operations between January…
OpenAI may have called GPT-5.2 its “most advanced frontier model for professional work,” but tests conducted by the Guardian cast doubt on its credibility. According to the report, OpenAI’s GPT-5.2 model cited Grokipedia, the online encyclopedia powered by xAI, when it came to specific, but controversial topics related to Iran or the Holocaust. As seen…
An investigation into last weekend’s high-speed train collision in Spain that killed 45 people suggests the track was cracked before the catastrophe, according to a preliminary report published on Friday. The shell-shocked country is searching for answers to one of Europe’s deadliest such accidents this century, which has raised doubts about the safety of the…
