Microsoft and Amazon Are Both Introducing New Cloud Gaming Options
Stephen Johnson
Stephen Johnson
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Stephen Johnson is a senior staff writer at Lifehacker covering pop culture and technology, including the columns “The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture” and “What People Are Getting Wrong This Week.”
Students and staff work to bring Islamic University of Gaza back to life
Before the war, the Islamic University of Gaza was one of the leading public universities in the Palestinian enclave.
Despite the challenges of Israeli air attacks and a siege on Gaza, it worked to provide the best possible academic environment for students.
Carly Simon Reveals Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis: ‘I Have Not Stopped Living and I Have Not Stopped Working’
Carly Simon has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
The 83-year-old singer-songwriter, best known for her 1972 hit “You’re So Vain,” revealed the news on Monday in a statement obtained by Variety. “So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing. The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease,” Simon said.
Federal Reserve is likely to hold interest rates steady. Here's what that means for consumers
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh concludes a news conference after a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 17, 2026.
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Danhausen’s Freeze Tour To Take Over Minneapolis During WWE SummerSlam Week
Danhausen is taking over SummerSlam week in Minneapolis with his "Danhausen Freeze Tours." WWE
Danhausen took over WWE in 2026 as part-superpowered mascot and part-time WWE ambassador. Now, during SummerSlam week, the popular king of the curse will team up with ESPN to invite fans to the first-ever Freeze Tour. Accompanied by a customized popsicle truck, Danhausen will make stops across the greater Minneapolis area from Downtown East Commons Park to the Convention Center and U.S. Bank Stadium. The truck will include a flavor wheel where fans will be able to select frozen treats.
Are we missing alien lighthouses?
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far primarily meant focusing on one particular type of signal—and that signal has normally been based on our own current cutting-edge technology. But what if that's the wrong way to look for signs of alien intelligence? What if a resource-conscious civilization decided it was too complicated to send femtosecond lasers in high-energy bursts across the universe? A new paper, available as a preprint on arXiv, from researchers Dániel Apai, Chia-Lung Lin and Kevin Wagner suggests that might actually be what happens and that we should start looking for long-duration pulsing interstellar beacons.
Council Post: How The Most Dangerous Identities In Your Enterprise Aren’t Human
Damon Fleury is the Chief Product Officer of SpyCloud, a leader in identity threat protection.
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Last year, attackers stole OAuth tokens from a vendor integration and used them to access the Salesforce environments of more than 700 companies. Once inside, they harvested additional credentials—including embedded API keys, AWS access keys and Snowflake tokens buried in support tickets, integrations and internal notes—allowing them to access multiple systems.
Carly Simon Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis: ‘I Have Not Stopped Living’
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“Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself”
Diego Luna to Be Feted at Sarajevo Film Festival as ‘Ashes’ Screens
Mexican actor, director and producer Diego Luna will be feted at the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival, which runs Aug. 14 to 21.
Luna will receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo in recognition of his “outstanding career and indelible contribution to cinema.”
Trio Of Well-Known Brit Actors Call For U.K. To Block Paramount Merger
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 12: Benedict Cumberbatch attends the press conference for 'Avengers: Infinity War' Seoul premiere on April 12, 2018 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)