It is the ultimate tourist trap. Trying to avoid the crowds this Christmas? You might want to steer clear of Universal Studios, which is said to be the most crowded tourist attraction on Earth in the winter, according to a study by student travel company Rustic Pathways. “Some attractions remain overcrowded in the winter, as […]

Elon Musk has asked a federal judge to block Sam Altman’s OpenAI from completing plans to become a for-profit entity – arguing that it would cause “irreparable harm” to the public. In an appearance late Friday in US District Court in San Francisco, Musk accused Altman of violating antitrust law through OpenAI’s collaboration with Microsoft, […]

Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn and mega-donor to the Democratic Party, is said to be so worried about President-elect Donald Trump’s victory that he has considered leaving the country. Hoffman, who was vocal in his support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ failed campaign, has told friends he is considering moving out of state […]

No one mourns the wicked – and no child should read it either. Before there was the movie Wicked starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, there was the Broadway musical Wicked, which is based on Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, based on in L. Frank […]

‘Tis the season to be ‘sticky’ – and millennials love it. The delights of the 1990s are ringing up to the wonderful Christmas decor of yesteryear, reviving the maximalist trimming of trees with big red bows, lights and twinkling lights. But the comeback yuletide trend is garnering mixed reactions from the often Grinchy Gen Zers, […]

There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling through social media – and Oxford chose it as its word of the year. Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year. The term is defined as “the alleged deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual […]