Billionaire Warren Buffett stops donations to Bill Gates charity

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has stopped giving donations to Bill Gates' charitable foundation weeks after the Microsoft co-founder detailed his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Buffett "irrevocably" committed in 2006 to donate shares in his firm, Berkshire Hathaway, each year to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as it was then known "throughout my lifetime".

‘The Plague’ Exec Producer James Presson Boards Frontières Biopic Parody ‘Humpty: American Dream’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Producer James Presson (“The Plague”) has boarded “Humpty: American Dream,” a raunchy biopic parody from directors Maxwell Nalevansky and Carl Fry (“Rats!”), who are producing through their U.S. company With Pleasure Cinemagroup.

'Uncanny valley' effect observed in macaques through 3D animated monkey avatars

A new tool that allows researchers to create realistic full-body animations of monkeys has provided the first evidence that nonhuman primates experience the "uncanny valley" phenomenon for body avatars, according to a study by Lucas Maximilian Martini at the University Clinic Tübingen in Germany and colleagues at KU Leuven in Belgium, published in PLOS Biology.

Heat deaths are a public health crisis rooted in housing inequality

The heat waves of late May and June killed an estimated 2,700 people in England and Wales, according to a recent analysis—around 550 in May, when west London hit 35.1°C (95°F), and 2,200 in June, as East Anglia reached 37°C (99°F).

‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker’s Dad Jeff Barker to Write, Direct Horror Short Starring Dane Cook (Exclusive)

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Clearly, filmmaking runs in the Barker family — especially when it comes to horror.

Jeff Barker, a screenwriter who is also the father of Obsession director Curry Barker, is set to write and direct his own psychological horror short film, Medium Rare, starring Dane Cook and Lesley Ann Warren. The film follows a man trapped inside a bar, where reality begins to unravel in increasingly disturbing ways. Production is expected to begin in Los Angeles later this summer.

Monster Hunter Wilds is officially about to get a whole lot cheaper

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Capcom is changing the game's purchase options and that includes a permanent price cut

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NYT Connections Hints And Answers: Wednesday, July 15

Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.

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Not the Connections game you’re looking for? Here are the hints and solution for Tuesday’s game.

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The Asus ROG Flow Z13 Ultra-Portable Gaming Laptop Sees a Major Price Drop Despite Having Tons of RAM and the Most Powerful iGPU Around

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For this week only, Best Buy has dropped the price on a rare compact convertible laptop that doubles as a gaming powerhouse. You can pick up a brand new Asus ROG Flow Z13 gaming laptop with 64GB of RAM for just $2,099.99 with free shipping after a massive $1,000 off discount. The Asus Flow Z13 (in tablet mode) isn't that much bigger than a handheld gaming PC, but it boasts way better gaming performance that rivals full-sized laptops.

US, Russian astronauts launch into orbit for joint space mission

NASA chief Jared Isaacman made a rare visit to the Russia-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome to witness the launch. 

A joint US-Russian space mission has lifted off from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station (ISS), highlighting a rare partnership that has persisted despite tensions over the Ukraine war.