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The countdown to Beyoncé’s next album, Act II, is officially on, marked by the superstar herself on Instagram. In a post that doubled as the album art drop, Beyoncé revealed an image of herself riding a white horse, holding an American flag, decked out in red, white and blue.“This album has been over five years in the making,” wrote Beyoncé in the accompanying caption. “It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed … and it was very clear that I wasn’t.” In 2016, the singer faced…

“I am very fond of Anderson. In particular, I'm fonder of ‘late Anderson’, which is perhaps a rarer opinion,” Darren went on to share. “I really like Rushmore, but my favorite films of his are all from Fantastic Mr. Fox onwards. I think I prefer his style when it is completely disconnected from anything approaching reality or naturalism.”“It's a lot easier to buy his characters and his style, for me, when these films take place in a realm completely separate from the mundane world,” the cinephile explained. “So my…

Not everyone is who they seem to be. Someone confident, cunning, and well-versed in psychology has a pretty good chance of successfully impersonating others. And some folks only notice the con only when it’s far too late. That’s where the massively popular ‘Act Like You Belong’ subreddit comes in.It’s an online community that documents some of the most egregious and hilarious times when people pretended to be someone else, whether to steal, cheat, sneak into a high-profile event, or... just for the heck of it. Scroll…

by Louis-Philippe Beland, Arnold Lewis Glass, Daniel G. Krutka and Sarah Rose, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Should smartphones be allowed in classrooms? A new report from UNESCO, the education arm of the United Nations, raises questions about the practice. Though smartphones can be used for educational purposes, the report says the devices also…

For more than 50 years, relatives of Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca vehemently pleaded with California governors and the state’s parole board: Never free any member of Charles Manson’s so-called family.“If you have a monster and you are fortunate enough to have caught it, and it was condemned to die, why let it go?” said Tate’s sister, Debra Tate. “I’ve worked with Republican governors and Democrat governors, and every one has always said: ‘We’ll never let them out.’”That changed Tuesday, when after having…

The Season 4 Reloaded update is live in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Warzone 2, bringing a mid-season crossover with The Boys that fuels much of the content with fancy operator bundles, map changes, themed camos, and superpowers taking over Warzone 2. However, the superpowered fun is annoyingly invading too many maps and modes, and it would make more sense as a standalone playlist.Season 4 Reloaded temporarily adds the new Temp V field upgrade, which is named after the super serum used in The Boys…

Scientists have discovered 50 tiny spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Avi Loeb, a…

British actor Julian Sands, known for his work in shows like “24” and movies like “A Room with a View” and “The Killing Fields,” has been found dead after going missing in the San Gabriel mountains in Southern California in January, investigators announced Tuesday. He was 65. “The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. “We would like to extend our gratitude to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to locate Mr.…

Attorney Richard Santalesa, a founding member of the SmartEdgeLaw Group based in Westport, Conn., focuses on technology transactions, data security, and intellectual property matters. He points out that there are issues of contract law as well as copyright law -- and they're treated differently. From a contractual point of view, Santalesa contends that most companies producing AI-generated code will, "as with all of their other IP, deem their provided materials -- including AI-generated code -- as their property."…

Photo: STRF/STAR MAX/IPx (AP)The Israeli government is taking action against crypto accounts it has deemed suspicious, closing down dozens on one of the largest platforms for the digital currency. Israel’s National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing (NBCTF) has seized around 190 accounts on Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, for alleged ties to the Palestinian organization Hamas, according to a report by Reuters based on documents released by the country’s anti-terror authorities. Israel also claimed that two…