22 May 2026
Nicki Minaj Attends Failed SpaceX Launch & Praises Elon Musk ‘for Everything That You’re Doing for Humanity’
Nicki Minaj pulled up to SpaceX’s flight test in Texas on Thursday (May 21), but in this case, starships weren’t meant to fly, as the flight was postponed to due to technical issues with the the spacecraft. She joined the SpaceX broadcast for a brief chat at Starbase for the launch of the Starship rocket. Fittingly, the Queens rapper was rocking a T-shirt that was emblazoned with a “Starship”…
22 May 2026
The Year Boomer AI Slop Came to Cannes
From Meta House to Soderbergh’s doc to yacht parties, tech overran the prestigious film festival. By Rachel Handler , a features writer at Vulture and New York Photo: Victor Boyko/Getty Images Photo: Victor Boyko/Getty Images A seemingly malevolent presence lurked over the Cannes Film Festival this year. I’m talking, of course, about Meta , but also something else. Some (me) wondered if there was…
22 May 2026
Jimmy Kimmel mocks Elon Musk’s criticism of Lupita Nyong’o’s ‘Odyssey’ casting
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel mocked Elon Musk’s criticism of Christopher Nolan’s casting of Lupita Nyong’o in The Odyssey during his May 20 monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live! . . Kimmel told viewers Musk had attacked Nolan for casting Nyong’o as Helen of Troy, arguing the role should have gone to a white actress. Kimmel read Musk’s post on X aloud, “Chris Nolan desecrated The Odyssey so that he would be…
22 May 2026
Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum
Meta has quietly released a new standalone app for Facebook Groups, called “Forum.” The company seems to be positioning Forum as a platform that functions similarly to Reddit, describing the app as a “dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about.”
22 May 2026
US market outlook: Qatar has dispatched a delegation to negotiate an end to the Iran conflict under coordination with the US; IBM and quantum computing stocks …
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22 May 2026
Two armed suspects killed in southern Lebanon after approaching border with Israel
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold. Two armed suspects killed in southern Lebanon after approaching border with Israel Two armed suspects were killed after approaching...
21 May 2026
SpaceX readies 12th test flight of massive Starship rocket as IPO looms
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on March 26, 2026.
21 May 2026
The SF gathering that summed up the ruthless class war billionaires are waging
Recently, my partner told me about a 1973 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin called “ The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas .” It’s about a utopian city where hedonistic residents live in peace, abundance and harmony among its rollicking meadows and hillsides. But these same euphoric citizens harbor a shameful secret that they refuse to acknowledge: In order to maintain their bountiful harvest, their…
21 May 2026
Humans have a seventh sense called 'remote touch' that allows us to detect objects without physical contact, according to scientists
Scientists believe that humans have a hidden sense of touch, called “remote touch,” that extends beyond the nerves in our fingertips. In new experiments, volunteers detected objects buried in sand without making contact – successfully identifying hidden cubes with about 70 percent accuracy.
