Culture Jerry Kennedy, Who Helped Define Music in Nashville, Dies at 85 Jerry Kennedy, the guitarist, producer and record executive who helped shape Nashville music in the 1960s and ’70s, died on Wednesday in hospice care in Franklin, Tenn. He was 85. His son Gordon confirmed the death and said the cause was congestive heart failure; Gordon Kennedy co-wrote Eric Clapton’s
Business Capcom Cuts Street Fighter 6 Capcom Cup Pay-Per-View Price From $50 to $10 Capcom has reduced the pay-per-view price for the Capcom Cup finals livestream after criticism last year from fans and esports pros. The multi-day viewing bundle, originally priced at $50, is now on sale for $10. Tetsuya Tabuchi, head of Capcom’s esports division, said initial pricing was set "based
Crypto Bitcoin Bounce Raises Unrealized Profits 90%, Risk of Drop to $58,880 Looms Bitcoin climbed about 9% between February 12 and 15 while futures open interest rose from $19.59 billion to $21.47 billion, an increase of roughly $1.88 billion. Funding rates turned strongly positive toward +0.34%, reflecting heavy long positioning. The rebound unfolded inside a bear flag, and price
Culture Stream These Documentaries on the Winter Olympics Going Back a Century Since 1912 the International Olympic Committee has commissioned an official documentary for nearly every edition of the Games, creating a compact archive that is especially valuable from the era before television. In celebration of the Milan Cortina Winter Games, those films can be streamed on the free Olympics website or
Culture Jack Black and Paul Rudd's Anaconda Hits $133M and Ranks on VOD Charts Anaconda, a modern reboot of the 1997 film starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, opened on December 24, 2025. This comedy-leaning take follows childhood friends Doug McCallister (Black) and Ronald "Griff" Griffen Jr. (Rudd) as they film a reboot and encounter a giant anaconda, using meta-humor and featuring
Sports Van Dijk on Mohamed Salah's Liverpool future amid Saudi and MLS interest Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has spoken about the future of "good friend" Mohamed Salah as interest from the Saudi Pro League and MLS persists. Both players signed extensions that run to the summer of 2027. Salah, who was restricted to the bench in December 2025, criticised the
Tech Goggles Give Ski Jumpers Real-Time Takeoff Feedback Researchers at ETH Zurich are testing wearable goggles that deliver instant corrective cues to ski jumpers as they race down the ramp and take off. Sensors on the athletes’ ski boots measure body position and pressure continuously, relaying that data to small red or green lights in the periphery of
Culture Wiz Khalifa announces sudden death of his father, Laurence W. Thomaz Wiz Khalifa took to X to announce the death of his father, Laurence W. Thomaz, writing, "today my father decided not to wake up." He added, "I will always love him, miss him and be grateful for the things he taught me," and said Thomaz "
Tech New Metal Gear Solid collection omits Metal Gear Online During last week's PlayStation State of Play, a new Metal Gear Solid collection was announced that includes Metal Gear Solid 4 and the PS3 HD version of Peace Walker. It’s welcome news for anyone who has been waiting for PC ports of those games. It doesn'
Politics What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the 2009 endangerment finding, the scientific determination that gave the federal government the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. That decision removes the basis for rules affecting cars, power plants and other sources of pollution. The Trump administration says the finding relied on flawed climate models
Culture Metaphor: ReFantazio and Clair Obscur bundled on Steam Best RPG winners Metaphor: ReFantazio and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 are together at last. Sega revealed a new Steam bundle that gives you an extra 10 percent off both games if you buy them together. That’s over 175 collective hours of drama-filled, turn-based dungeon grinding if you go the
Crypto Bittensor (TAO) Tops Crypto Gainers After Upbit Listing South Korea’s Upbit will list Bittensor’s TAO token on February 16, opening KRW, BTC and USDT trading pairs at 16:00 KST. Deposits and withdrawals will begin roughly 90 minutes after the announcement and are supported only through the specified network (TAO – Bittensor Network); EVM networks are not
Business Warner Bros. Weighs Reopening Talks With Paramount Warner Bros. Discovery is weighing whether to reopen deal talks with Paramount after the studio submitted a new, improved offer last week, two people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to speak publicly said. In December, Warner Bros. Discovery agreed to sell its streaming and studios business to
Culture Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham’s 114-Minute Crime Caper Is Quietly Dominating Streaming Guy Ritchie’s brisk, star-powered spy caper Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre has found a second life on streaming. At 114 minutes it moves like a con job: clean set-ups and quick payoffs, with Jason Statham as the cool-headed pro, Aubrey Plaza bringing a chaotic edge, and Hugh Grant weaponizing
Sports Zinchenko faces doubt over Ajax spell after early debut injury Oleksandr Zinchenko could already have seen his Ajax spell end after suffering a left-knee injury just two-and-a-half minutes into his first home start for the club. He collided with Dimitrios Limnios, required on-field treatment and was helped off into the dressing room. Ajax boss Fred Grim said the severity was
Politics Trump’s Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality The racist online video that President Trump recently shared and then deleted portrayed Barack and Michelle Obama as apes and presented Mr. Trump himself as the "King of the Jungle." After a year back in the White House, his efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure
AI Snowflake CEO warns software could become a 'dumb data pipe' to AI Snowflake's chief executive warned that the biggest software companies risk being reduced to mere data sources for large AI models. "The big model makers want to create a world in which all of the data for all of the enterprises is easily available to them," Sridhar
Sports Olympics Schedule: February 16, 2026 The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are a little over halfway finished, and the Games have delivered heartbreaking, inspirational and game-changing moments. One of the most touching images came when figure skater Max Naumov, after making his Olympic debut in the men's short program, held up a picture of
Politics Joel Klein Held Multiple Meetings With Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 Joel Klein, the former New York City schools chief, met repeatedly with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, years after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Klein had left government and was leading Amplify, an education technology company, when the meetings began at the request of his friend Mortimer
Culture Rihanna wardrobe malfunction at A$AP Rocky's AWGE fashion show Rihanna experienced a wardrobe malfunction while attending her boyfriend A$AP Rocky’s AWGE fashion show at the Hall des Lumières on Friday night, when a back slit in her black leather AWGE coat rode high and revealed her backside as she entered. Cameras captured a glimpse of her derrière
Culture Chef-turned-developer builds ambitious 'eurojank' RPG Sword Hero Sword Hero is a hyper-ambitious, systems-driven RPG largely created by Csaba "ForestWare" Székely. A Hungarian chef who taught himself to code during the Covid-19 lockdowns, he set out to make an ode to "eurojank," those messy, inventive European cult classics of the 2000s inspired by Gothic,
World Undercover officer foiled IS plot against Manchester Jewish community Walid Saadaoui once worked as a holiday entertainer in Tunisia, organising dance shows and quizzes. After moving to the UK and marrying a British woman he became a restaurateur and an avid keeper of birds. All the while he had been hiding a secret: he had pledged allegiance to Islamic
Business Logan Paul’s Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card sells for $16.49 million Logan Paul’s one-of-one PSA 10 Pikachu Illustrator card sold for $16,492,000 at Goldin Auctions, closing early Monday morning after 41 days of bidding. The final hammer price was $13.3 million plus a 24% buyer’s premium. That final price is more than triple what Paul paid
Tech Launching a new studio with former Forza Horizon and Codemasters devs Gavin Raeburn became fixated on how arcade pixels worked as a boy in England's north east and has since built an extensive credits list, producing Codemasters titles such as TOCA and Colin McRae and serving as studio head and game director on the Forza Horizon series through Horizon
AI Starsand Island devs ask fans to stop AI-generated Steam reviews Starsand Island, a cozy farming sim from developer and publisher Seed Sparkle Lab, released in Early Access on February 11 and has had a rocky start. Kickstarter backers reported not receiving their release codes, the Xbox Series version was reportedly a mess, its $20 cosmetic DLC upset crowdfunding backers, and