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Textbook titan McGraw Hill on ransomware crew's reading list after 13.5M records exposed
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Publisher claims misconfigured Salesforce-hosted page leaked dataTextbook giant McGraw Hill has landed on a ransomware crew's leak site after an alleged Salesforce-linked misconfiguration spilled 13.5 million records into the wild.


Swarm welcome: Britain lines up 120,000 drones for Ukraine
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Giant UAV package will include strike, recon, logistics, and maritime systemsThe UK government says it will deliver at least 120,000 drones to Ukraine this year to help it fight against Russia.


Microsoft announces product it doesn't want you to buy: Extended security updates for old Exchange, and Skype for Biz
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Just migrate already, would you? But if you can't, Redmond will take your cashMicrosoft will keep delivering security updates for old versions of Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server, after admitting that some customers aren't ready to make the move to newer products.


Obsolete Google nag drowns out vital bar information at Swedish concert hall
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Backup and Sync may be dead, but it still knows how to kill the buzz before the ukuleles startBork!Bork!Bork!Sweden is arguably the home of bork– think the Swedish Chef from The Muppets – so we are delighted to note an example of the breed turning up north of Stockholm.


Cops hand Motorola£25M no-bid deal to keep 2000-era radios alive
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Biz as usual for Brit public sector: ESN replacement is 12 years late and£3B over budgetUK police tech buyers have awarded a£25 million no-competition contract for communications technology first commissioned in 2000, with the replacement project 12 years behind schedule and £3 billion over budget.


Server-room lock was nothing but a crock
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Your cybersecurity is only as good as the physical security of the serversPWNEDWelcome back to Pwned, the column where we immortalize the worst vulns that organizations opened up for themselves. If you’re the kind of person who leaves your car doors unlocked with a pile of cash in the center console, this week’s story is for you.


QUIC will soon be as important as TCP– but it's vastly different
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephantWhile Larry was producing most of the content for the "Request/Reponse" chapter for the next edition of our book, I took the lead on writing a section on QUIC, since I have closely followed its development.


Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in OctoberSome Japanese bullet trains will soon be equipped with private suites that include windows with embedded 5G antennas and noise-cancelling technology that envelops passengers in a bubble of quiet.


Indian government investigating TCS after police sting finds sexual harassment
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Services giant’s staff accused of assaults, inappropriate religious practicesPolice in the Indian city of Nashik conducted a sting operation at Tata Consultancy Services and allegedly found instances of sexual harassment and other revolting behavior.


Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 GMT
Browser fingerprinting is everywhereGoogle markets its Chrome browser by citing its superior safety features, but according to privacy consultant Alexander Hanff, Chrome does not protect against browser fingerprinting– a method of tracking people online by capturing technical details about their browser.


Anthropic's Project Glasswing CVE tally is still anyone's guess
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Like the majority of the companies participating, it remains a mysteryLast week, Anthropic surprised the world by declaring that its latest model, Mythos, is so good at finding vulns that it would create chaos if released. Now, under the title of Project Glasswing, over 50 selected companies and orgs are allowed to test the hyped up LLM to find security holes in their own products. But just how many problems have they really discovered?


Don't let the bot play doctor! AI gets early diagnoses wrong 80% of the time
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
'LLMs should not be trusted for patient-facing diagnostic reasoning,' boffins advisePeople ask AI for all kinds of advice, including the kind of questions you'd ask a physician. However, the next time you're tempted to query ChatGPT if that growth on your face is skin cancer, consider this: research shows today's leading AI models fail at early differential diagnosis in more than 8 out of 10 cases.


Customers revolt as GitHub Copilot 'fixes' rate limits
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Repair of bug that undercounted token usage leads to rapid exhaustion of subscription allowanceMicrosoft's GitHub last week told Copilot customers that they'd have to reduce their use of the AI service to ease the strain on company servers. This follows the company's discovery last month of a token counting bug that appears to have broken the company's pricing model.


Shoe company says it's getting into AI infrastructure and yes this is the top
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Following in the footsteps of Long Island Iced TeaOPINIONBack in December 2017, an obscure American soft drinks company changed its name from Long Island Iced Tea to Long Blockchain.


Patch these critical Fortinet sandbox bugs that let attackers bypass login, run commands over HTTP
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
No reports of active exploitation (yet)Watch out for more Fortinet vulns! Two critical bugs in Fortinet's sandbox could allow unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication or execute unauthorized code on vulnerable systems.


Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finishedNo one can tell software developer Kamila Szewczyk that newer is better: She just fixed a 20-year-old bug in Enlightenment E16, the old-school Linux window manager she favors partly because, she tells us, it is actually finished software.


Bad teacher bots can leave hidden marks on model students
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Study finds LLMs will smuggle biases into others even if they're scrubbed from training dataNew research warns about the dangers of teaching LLMs on the output of other models, showing that undesirable traits can be transmitted "subliminally" from teacher to student, even when they are scrubbed from training data.


Automotive data biz Autovista blames ransomware for service disruption
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Some customer orgs tell staff to block inbound email from the providerAutovista confirms that it called in outside support to help clean up a ransomware infection currently affecting systems in Europe and Australia.


Not all networks can handle AI traffic– and experts are sounding alarms
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Y'all been focusing on compute and forgot about how the data moves aroundAI is reshaping the demands on network infrastructure, and many organizations are not prepared– including some of the so-called neocloud providers offering AI services.


Windows takes a crash dump after one McDonald's order too many
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
We've all been thereBork!Bork!Bork!Windows is doing what it does best in California, with a Blue Screen of Death on the wall of a fast food restaurant where order progress is supposed to be.


French cops free mother and son after 20-hour crypto kidnap ordeal
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Latest in a string of cases that have earned France an unfortunate titleA mother and her ten-year-old son are now free after being kidnapped for around 20 hours while the father was being extorted for hundreds of thousands of euros.


US states can't account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Report says authorities are flouting rules by failing to disclose revenue lost to server farm subsidiesMany US states and local authorities are violating generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) by failing to disclose revenue lost to datacenter tax subsidy schemes, according to Good Jobs First.


Headless 360: Salesforce's latest pitch to let AI do the dev work
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Here comes 'enterprise vibe coding' as CRM giant aims to open development to anyone on the platformSalesforce has introduced what it calls Headless 360 at its developer event TDX, which starts today in San Francisco, designed to expand the reach of its app-building tools beyond traditional developers.


Ancient Excel bug comes out of retirement for active attacks
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Vuln old enough to drive lands on CISA's exploited listWhile Microsoft was rolling out its bumper Patch Tuesday updates this week, US cybersecurity agency CISA was readying an alert about a 17-year-old critical Excel flaw now under exploit.


Raspberry Pi OS ends open-door policy for sudo
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Command prefix will require password by defaultThe latest version of Raspberry Pi OS now requires a password forsudoby default.


Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Some on the Moon's surface, some in orbit. How does 5 years sound? Do-able, right nerds?The nukes-in-space ambitions of the current US administration have taken a step forward– and the US Office of Science and Technology Policy has just published its hopes for who does what.


UK told its Big Tech habit is now a national security risk
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Open Rights Group says years of reliance on US giants have left Britain exposedBritain has spent years wiring its public sector into US Big Tech, and a new report says that dependence could quickly become a national security headache.


Britain's atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Armed with£2.5B, UKAEA sets out technical hurdles it wants cracked by end of decadeBrit boffins have a£2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) budget for fusion power research and development, and the government agency leading the effort has published a roadmap of targets to hit before the decade is out.


Waymo's self-driving cars face their toughest test yet: London
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Google sibling takes on the Big Smoke– with a human hand on the wheelWaymo has started letting its software take the wheel on London streets, with trained specialists on standby as it gradually accelerates toward a fully driverless ride-hailing launch.


Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds– but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven't warned users
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Researchers who found the flaws scored beer money bounties and warn the problem is probably pervasiveExclusiveSecurity researchers hijacked three popular AI agents that integrate with GitHub Actions by using a new type of prompt injection attack to steal API keys and access tokens, and the vendors who run agents didn’t disclose the problem.


Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Needs SpaceX et al to drop prices and give competitors a ride into space to make it workA startup called Orbital has revealed a plan to build a 10,000-satellite neocloud in space– if Elon Musk delivers on his ambitious plans to increase launch capacity and reduce costs.


The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson thinkOpinionCould therecent deathof Meta's unloved and unused Horizon Worlds signal the demise of the wider metaverse?


Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Supply chain and engineering woes keep the supply of new planes sputteringBoeing has delivered more commercial planes in a quarter than Airbus for the first time in seven years.


AI-powered mainframe exits are a bubble set to pop
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 GMT
Analysts reckon 70 percent of projects will fail, and 75 percent of vendors in the field will go awayMost mainframe users who turn to AI for help migrating legacy code to alternative platforms are going to be very disappointed, according to analyst firm Gartner.


Claude Code routines promise mildly clever cron jobs
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Plus Anthropic has redesigned its Claude appAnthropic has made it easier to automate Claude-oriented tasks without relying on autonomous agent software.


Commvault has a Ctrl+Z for rogue AI agents
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
The company's new software keeps an eye on your agents and backs up data.Keep your agents close and your agent-monitoring software closer. Commvault’s new AI Protect can discover and monitor AI agents running inside AWS, Azure, and GCP environments and even roll back their actions when something goes wrong.


Microsoft's massive Patch Tuesday: It's raining bugs
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
One CVE under attack, one already disclosed by angry bug hunter, and 163 moreAttackers exploited a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server before Redmond issued a fix as part of April's mega Patch Tuesday.


You can finally control serial devices from Firefox
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Long languishing API gets love from MozillaFirefox will soon be able to communicate directly with your 3D printer. Thirteen years after the idea was initially proposed, the Web Serial API has landed in Firefox Nightly, Mozilla's work-in-progress channel for its browser.


Nvidia slaps forehead: I know what quantum is missing– it's AI!
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
One error in every thousand operations is one too manyQuantum computers promise major speedups for problems in materials science, logistics, and financial modeling, but first they need to be made reliable, something Nvidia believes its AI models can help with. When you've got a GPU hammer, every problem starts to look like an AI nail. 


Oracle taps Bloom for 2.8 GW of fuel cells to keep datacenter binge going
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
With grid hookups slow and turbines scarce, on-site power is starting to look less optionalBloom Energy says it has an expanded remit from Oracle to provide the energy for its US datacenter buildout plans with up to 2.8 GW of fuel cell systems.


California ghost-gun bill wants 3D printers to play cop, EFF says
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Proposed law could lock down open source tools and give vendors fresh reasons to inspect print filesCalifornia's proposed legislation to put the burden of blocking 3D-printed firearms onto printer manufacturers could effectively sideline open source tools and create new surveillance concerns, digital rights activists argue.


GitHub invokes spirit of Phabricator with preview of Stacked PRs
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Long-familiar workflow lets developers split big code changes into smaller, easier-to-review chunksGitHub has unveiled Stacked PRs, a new feature aimed at making large pull requests easier to review, manage, and move through the pipeline faster.


Physicist reckons two-button calculator can do all elementary math
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Paper says a single binary operator could replace a lot of scientific heavy liftingEvery now and then, a researcher comes up with something that sounds either wrong or unoriginal to outsiders– yet carries just enough of a chance of being correct, novel, and consequential to demand a closer look.


Amazon pays $11.5B to satisfy satellite-envy while cowering in Musk's shadow
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Deal only comes with 24 operational sats, but also an Apple deal, spectrum licenses, and plenty of IPAmazon has agreed to pay more than $11.5 billion to expand its satellite constellation by about two dozen units with the acquisition of Globalstar. But it's more about the underlying technology that Amazon hopes will help it catch Elon Musk's Starlink. 


No honor among thieves as 0APT threatens rival ransomware gang Krybit
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Honey, the skids are fighting againTwo rival ransomware gangs have locked horns after 0APT threatened to expose people affiliated with Krybit.


NASA insiders oddly relaxed about latest budget threats
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Veterans think Congress may swat cuts again, but uncertainty could still do lasting damageexclusiveAs NASA's Artemis II mission headed for the Moon, the Trump administration unveiled another attempt to cut the agency's science budget. Yet some insiders, perhaps buoyed by déjà vu and a little post-traumatic resilience, are less alarmed than you might expect.


IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination casesIBM has become the first company to settle with the US government under the Trump administration's Civil Rights Fraud Initiative, a program aimed at ensuring diversity programs don't cross a line and result in discrimination.


Microsoft raises UK Surface prices as RAM crisis reaches the checkout
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Entry-level models jump by up to£220, mirroring steeper hikes in USMicrosoft's memory squeeze has reached the shop floor, and Surface prices have been jacked up to match.


Man suspected of Molotov attack on Sam Altman's home charged with attempted murder
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
20-year-old Texan also allegedly planned to kill everyone inside the OpenAI office buildingThe man accused of attacking Sam Altman's San Francisco home with a Molotov cocktail on April 10 now faces charges of attempted murder.


Britain gives Rolls-Royce the nod to sketch out its mini reactor future
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 GMT
Contract kicks off design work, but SMRs unlikely to generate power before the mid-2030sThe British government has signed a deal with Rolls‑Royce to carry out the design work on small modular reactors (SMRs).


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Live Nation and Ticketmaster Illegally Monopolized Ticketing Market, Jury Finds
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
In a verdict that could have far-reaching consequences in the music industry, the live colossus that includes Ticketmaster was found to have violated antitrust laws.

Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan Have a Generational‘Beef’
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The actors play a married couple on the brink in the second season of the Netflix anthology series.

As Los Angeles Rebuilds, a Surge of Experimentation
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Across the city’s fire zones, there’s a surge of experimentation — collective rebuilding, catalog homes and new technologies that are safe and reduce costs.

They Were YouTube’s First Stars. Here’s What They Wish They’d Known.
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
MatPat, Miranda Sings, Grace Helbig and WheezyWaiter hit it big on YouTube long before it became a behemoth. They have thoughts about what it takes to succeed there.

In Kannywood, a Film Scene Thrives Despite Censorship
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
A city in Northern Nigeria has turned into a moviemaking machine, churning out hundreds of productions a year.

5 Takeaways From the Live Nation Antitrust Trial
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
A jury found that the concert giant operated as a monopoly, a verdict that could have major reverberations in the music industry.

Review:‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ Will Make an OnlyFan of You
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Elle Fanning stars in a big-hearted, open-minded dramedy about online exposure and its complications.

‘Giant’ Revisits Roald Dahl’s Antisemitic Comments: What to Know
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.

Paris Man Wins $1.2 Million Picasso Painting in Charity Raffle
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
A Parisian software salesman entered a charity raffle and came away with a piece of history:“I have some paintings, but not like a Picasso.”

Billy Crystal to Return to Broadway With Solo Show‘860’ About Losing His Home in L.A. Fires
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The actor-comedian said he will return to Broadway this fall with a new solo show called“860,” named for the address of his destroyed family home.

‘The Adding Machine’ Review: A Man Is Made Redundant
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Daphne Rubin-Vega stars as a laid-off office worker who spins into a murderous rage in this update of Elmer L. Rice’s 1923 classic.

Review: Here’s Johnny! (And Bach and 4 Choreographers)
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The violinist Johnny Gandelsman wanted his music to move. In the overly winsome“Johnny Loves Johann,” he performs Bach’s cello suites alongside four dance artists.

Julio Torres, Jennifer Tilly and More Star in Plays That Are Streaming Now
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Other picks include the historical hip-hop musical“Mexodus,” an Anne Carson radio play and a century-old play about machines replacing humans.

Daring and Dazzling, a New LACMA Floats Above Los Angeles
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
After $724 million and a decade of battles, the pugnacious David Geffen Galleries reassert the city’s role as a petri dish for experimental design.

‘Greater New York’ Brings the Noisy, Messy Vitality of 53 Artists
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The signature survey by MoMA PS 1 of artists living and working in the city highlights those whose talent is often hidden in plain sight.

The Phillies Owner’s Other Superstars
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Mets fans, avert your eyes: John Middleton, majority owner of the Phillies, and his wife have a deep bench of American art stars, and they’ve lent them in a dual display for the 250th.

Kenya Barris on His New Documentary,‘Jerry West: The Logo’
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
A new documentary by the“Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris looks at the legacy of Jerry West, a figure so crucial to the N.B.A.’s history that he’s the league’s logo.

After‘Shrinking,’ Luke Tennie Is Staying Booked and Busy
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
After a breakout performance on“Shrinking,” the actor can now be seen on “Abbott Elementary” and “The Pitt.”

It’s (Always) the Season for Anime
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
There’s a new crop four times a year. This spring, the Ghibli-like “Witch Hat Atelier” and the alternate-future samurai saga “Nippon Sangoku” stand out.

‘Mother Mary’ Review: Anne Hathaway Strikes a Pose
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The actress plays a pop star who reunites with Michaela Coel’s fashion designer. But the spectacle you see onscreen is far more engaging than the dialogue.

‘Normal’ Review: This Town Is Anything But
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Bob Odenkirk plays a sheriff who uncovers a dangerous secret in this hyper-violent, small-town crime caper.

‘Mad Bills to Pay’ Review: Growing Up Unexpectedly
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
A girlfriend’s pregnancy upends the life of a young man in the Bronx in this first feature by Joel Alfonso Vargas that unspools with sedulous care.

‘Erupcja’ Review: Dancing Through the Ash
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Charli XCX stars in this drama about a young woman who can’t quite tell the difference between freedom and fleeing.

‘Eagles of the Republic’ Review: How Authoritarians Clip Wings
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
In the director Tarik Saleh’s latest feature on contemporary Egypt, a movie star is made to appear in a propaganda film.

‘Blue Heron’ Review: Rewinding Time to Find a Brother
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Sophy Romvari’s superb debut feature blends memory, documentary and fiction to process a family wound.

‘Amrum’ Review: A Moral Awakening
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
In this World War II-era coming-of-age drama, a young boy living on a remote German island questions his parents for the first time.

‘Balls Up’ Review: Offend It Like Beckham
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Two condom salesmen, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, embark on a bawdy, digressive picaresque in Peter Farrelly’s defiantly lowbrow film.

Kendrick Lamar’s Protégé Baby Keem Tells the Whole Story, Warts and All
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The 25-year-old rapper and producer knows he’s benefited from his cousin’s support. But the path to his autobiographical album, “Casino,” was his alone.

The Enduring Beauty of Black-and-White Games
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Mouse: P.I. for Hire is the latest monochrome adventure in an industry often obsessed with realistic graphics.

Stephen Colbert Wants the Vice President to Lay Off the Pope
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
The“Late Show” host scolded JD Vance for suggesting that Pope Leo XIV “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”

Review:‘The Fear of 13,’ With Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson, Doesn’t Add Up
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make confident Broadway debuts, but the uneven script makes for a narratively slippery prison drama.

Barbara Gordon, 90, Dies; Wrote a Best Seller About Her Pill Addiction
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Her 1979 memoir,“I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which also became a movie, detailed years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.

The Good List: 7 Things to Add Some Delight to Your Day
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Train jazz, the“Brady Bunch” house and the gift of time.

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Puts Connecticut Artists in the Spotlight
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield will showcase works by people who live and work in New York’s shadow.

In the Tech Heart of Texas, an Art Show Built on Data, Code and A.I.
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The showcase features works that change from hour to hour, invite interaction and interrogate the idea of creativity itself.

Honoring Frederic Church: Beyond the Hudson River School
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
His many achievements have been obscured, some believe, by his reputation as a provincial landscape painter.

‘Rethinking, Reimagining and Reinstalling’ the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
A $1.5 billion project will transform the nation’s most-visited art museum, with renovations involving a quarter of the galleries and public spaces.

What to See This Spring at Museums Across the U.S.
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The season includes a Duchamp retrospective at MoMA, a window on Etruscan civilization at the de Young in San Francisco and a fashion celebration at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Elizabeth Banks Reflects on 33 Years of Marriage
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
The“Miniature Wife” star on why she and her husband have chosen each other, over and over again.

‘No Picnic’ Is a Walk Down Mean Street Memory Lane
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
This Philip Hartman movie, shot in the East Village in 1985 and now restored, shows at Film Forum through April 23.

Obsessed With the Titanic? These Historical Fictional Books Will Transport You.
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
This gripping historical fiction will transport you to the doomed ship and back to land.

Late Night Laughs at Explanations of Trump’s Jesus ‘Joke’
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Ronny Chieng poked fun at JD Vance’s defense of President Trump posting an image of himself as a Christlike figure.

Taylor Frankie Paul Will Not Face New Domestic Violence Charges
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Prosecutors in Utah investigated after the reality star’s ex-boyfriend told the police she had scratched, shoved and struck him during a fight in February.

The Museums That Helped Power Atlanta’s Rise Are Still Pushing Ahead
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
For 100 years, the Atlanta History Center and the High Museum of Art have expanded and diversified, not unlike the metropolis itself.

A New Exhibition at New York’s Natural History Museum Honors Fossil Hunters
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
In a new and ongoing exhibition, the American Museum of Natural History highlights the findings of Mark Norell and other fossil hunters responsible for its most important discoveries.

Moon Rocks! 9 Lunar Songs for the Artemis Crew
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
Hear from David Bowie, Neko Case, Arthur Russell and more artists inspired by our poetic, mysterious satellite.

At a Difficult Time, a Minnesota Museum Offers Respite to Somalis
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
As one of the few institutions of its kind in the world, the Somali Museum of Minnesota has become a center of the immigrant community.

The Benefactor of the Pulitzer Arts Foundation Curates Its Collection
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
Emily Rauh Pulitzer, a veteran curator and collector, leans heavily on sculpture and drawing in a show of some 85 works.

‘Planet Money’ Is Now a Book. And a Game. And a Record Label.
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
The long-running economics show on NPR is mining whimsical product experiments for content (and revenue) in a financially challenging environment.

Can‘Michael’ Help Restore Jackson’s Image? His Estate Is Banking on It.
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
A new biopic is the latest move in the Jackson estate’s posthumous — and lucrative — rehabilitation campaign.

What Does an American Orchestra Need in a Conductor?
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
At a challenging time for American orchestras, the question of what a community wants from a music director has become more urgent.

Sofia Isella’s Dark Pop Is Poetic, Feminist and Right on Time
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
The 21-year-old singer, songwriter and producer often cakes herself in dirt— a representation of the cultural filth she sings and chants about. Her new EP is out Friday.

Route 66, a‘Linear Museum Stretched Across Eight States,’ Turns 100
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Institutions large and small examine the complicated history of the iconic corridor that helped define the American road trip.

Why Does the“Rocky” Statue Draw Crowds? This Show Investigates.
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
This spring, the Philadelphia Museum of Art invites the bronze boxer inside to center an exhibition on why we make monuments and what they mean.

San Francisco’s Modern Art Museum Reimagines the Fisher Collection
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
The Bay Area family made a deal with SFMOMA that called for exhibitions of the collection’s works every 10 years. Some 250 pieces are now showing.

M.F.A. Boston Celebrates 50 Years of Flowers and Art
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
The annual“Art in Bloom” exhibition began in 1976 and has spawned similar events at other museums across the country.

In Indianapolis, a New Contemporary Art Museum Comes With a D.J.
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
The 40,000-square-foot space, housed in a former dairy barn, aims to upend expectations of what an art museum can be.

Late Night Takes Sides in the President vs. the Pope
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
Jimmy Kimmel said President Trump’s social media post aimed at Pope Leo XIV “is what happens when you sell Bibles instead of reading them.”

NY Times Obituaries:




Barbara Gordon, 90, Dies; Wrote a Best Seller About Her Pill Addiction
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
Her 1979 memoir,“I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which also became a movie, detailed years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.

Carol Greitzer, Tireless Defender of Greenwich Village, Dies at 101
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
A lifelong New Yorker and longtime City Council member, she opposed Robert Moses’s wrecking ball, championed historic preservation and fought for women’s and gay rights.

Ishmael Jaffree, Who Won Case Rejecting School Prayer, Is Dead at 80
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
An Alabama parent, he objected to prayer in his children’s classrooms. The Supreme Court ruled for him, a high-water mark in the push for the strict separation of church and state.

Mario Ríos Montt, Bishop and Brother of Genocidal General, Dies at 94
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
In Guatemala, he led the Catholic Church’s human rights office. His brother, a dictator who took power in a coup, was convicted of crimes against humanity.

Adriano Goldschmied,‘Godfather’ of Modern Denim, Dies at 82
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
An energetic entrepreneur, he developed more than 50 brands of jeans, including Gap 1969 and other cult classics.

Sid Krofft, 96, Dies; Created Zany TV Shows for Children of All Ages
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
With his brother Marty, he released a string of wildly inventive programs, including“H.R. Pufnstuf” and “Land of the Lost.” Some became cult favorites, even among adults.

Asha Bhosle, Longtime Voice of Indian Cinema, Dies at 92
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
Her distinctive and adventurous voice was the soundtrack for generations of Bollywood films.

Edna Foa, Who Pioneered Exposure Therapy to Treat PTSD, Dies at 88
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 +0000
A psychologist, she urged patients to confront the things that frightened them, revolutionizing her field’s approach to post-traumatic stress disorder.

Pearl Fryar, a Picasso of Plants, Dies at 86
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 +0000
A self-taught topiary artist, he discovered a talent for carving trees and shrubs into extraordinary shapes, creating a world-famous garden in a tiny South Carolina town.

David Sklansky, the‘First Nerd to Enter Poker,’ Dies at 78
Thu, 16 Apr 2026 +0000
An influential author and professional player, he helped transform a game long ruled by intuition into one based on game theory, probability and logic.

Overlooked No More: Margaret Gipsy Moth, Fearless CNN Camera Operator
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
She covered conflicts across the globe, joking after she was injured in Sarajevo that she would be returning to find her missing teeth.

Thomas S. Langner, Who Linked Social Ills to Mental Illness, Dies at 102
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 +0000
He helped lead what became known as the Midtown Manhattan Study, which showed that mental impairment is highly correlated with low socioeconomic status.

Eliot Engel, a 16-Term Bronx Liberal in Congress, Dies at 79
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 +0000
After defeating a Democratic fixture in a 1988 primary, he rose to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and then was toppled himself in 2020, undone by an overheard comment.

Fred Drasner, a Feisty Leader of The Daily News, Is Dead at 83
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
A former New York cabdriver who never lost his edge, he was co-publisher alongside Mort Zuckerman as he took on rival papers in the so-called tabloid wars.

Hilde Limondjian, Met Museum’s Longtime Concert Impresario, Dies at 89
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 +0000
She gave New York debuts to artists like Cecilia Bartoli and Peter Serkin, and introduced new music by Philip Glass and others.

Bob Law, Trailblazing Talk-Radio Host, Dies at 86
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 +0000
His wee-hours show“Night Talk” was a nationally syndicated stalwart, examining tough issues and spotlighting Black cultural and political stars.

Rodolfo Acuña, 93, Forthright Scholar at Forefront of Chicano Studies, Dies
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 +0000
An activist in the academy, he wrote a foundational text in the field,“Occupied America: A History of Chicanos.” It is still in print and still assigned to students.

David B. Cornstein, 87, Dies; Envoy Helped Build Trump’s Ties to Orban
Tue, 14 Apr 2026 +0000
A former jewelry-counter magnate, he served in Hungary under his friend President Trump, strengthening relations between the two countries as Orban tilted rightward.

Martin Gugino, Activist Shoved by Buffalo Police at 2020 Protest, Dies
Fri, 10 Apr 2026 +0000
Mr. Gugino, 81, had filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the city of Buffalo and members of its police force after officers fractured his skull at a Black Lives Matter protest.

Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 +0000
As an executive with the outdoor-supply retailer REI and an experienced climber, he conquered Mount Everest in 1963, when fewer than 10 people were known to have done so.