How sweet — or suite — it still is. Judy Collins is doing a valedictory lap or two around the country on what is billed as a farewell tour, even though, at 87, she’s showing little in the way of weariness about maintaining a full concert schedule or lack of prowess in pulling these shows off. “It’s time” is the fullest explanation she’ll give about why it might be time to think about slowing down her schedule. In the meantime, there is a long way to go on her “Sweet Judy Blue Eyes Farewell Tour 2026-2027,” named for the song pal Stephen Stills wrote to celebrate her almost six decades go.
Matthew Martin, chief information security and privacy officer at Western Carolina University, Ron Keesing, former chief AI officer at Leidos and now a consultant at Keesing LLC, and Forrester principal analyst Jess Burn speak at a panel at Black Hat USA 2026
Mark Darrah was a programmer on the original Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2, along with Neverwinter Nights and Jade Empire, and served as executive producer of the Dragon Age series from Origins through Inquisition before leaving in 2020—and coming back in 2023 to kick in on The Veilguard. He knows a thing or two about BioWare RPGs, in other words, and speaking to FRVR he said he also knows why Baldur's Gate 3 was such a great sequel—so great that it has overshadowed the games that came before it, made mounts of money, and is still among the most popular games on Steam three years after release.
After letting the speculation machine run wild for months, Take-Two announced in June that Grand Theft Auto 6 will launch with an $80 price tag for the basic, missing-some-stuff edition. That's a lot of money, especially when you consider that most people will feel compelled to lay out the extra $20 for the Ultimate Edition, which promises "an exclusive collection of premium vehicles, weapons, apparel, and action threaded across all aspects of Jason and Lucia’s story." But Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick reckons it's actually a heck of a deal for what you're getting.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that construction must stop on the president's vanity project
There’s a concept in sports called “working the refs.” Basically, it means whining, moaning, and complaining so that you get better calls. Maybe some wheedling, maybe even some good old-fashioned palling around. The only times it’s really, truly effective, however, are when the refs are already on your side, for reasons fair or foul.
Twisted serial killers out for revenge. Rivals for the throne finally clashing arms in an epic battle for the future of the kingdom. England’s favorite American football coach, taking a new team under his wing. These and many other TV shows and movies await your viewing pleasure this weekend, and this list has them all.
Losing track of small things is sometimes the price of paying close attention to something bigger.
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Absent-mindedness has a bad reputation. It gets filed alongside carelessness, disorganization and not really trying, and the people who display it often apologize for it as though they’d been caught slacking. The assumption underneath is that a sharp mind should be sharp in every direction at once — alert to the conversation, the calendar, and the name of the person approaching.
The announcement dropped on a pulverizingly humid Thursday afternoon in New York City: just a few hours later, an Olivia Rodrigo surprise gig would take place at Brooklyn’s intimate, 1,100-capacity venue Warsaw. The expected mad dash for tickets — only available at the venue’s box office — ensued, with fans lining up in heat that was technically 91 degrees but with a “real feel” of 105. But of course, the venue was packed long before the 8 p.m. showtime, even though it was just as hot inside.
