Trump Reportedly Considered Quitting First Presidential Race After ‘P***y’ Tape Surfaced

Kellyanne Conway writes in her upcoming book that Trump was more rattled than he let on about the fallout from his comments, according to the Daily Beast.

How Members Of The Public Helped Hubble Find Thousands Of Asteroids

Citizen scientists have helped to identify more than 1,700 asteroid trails in data from Hubble’s archives, made up of more than 37,000 images.

Which Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazines Deserve More Love?

As the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America awards deserving writers with Nebulas this weekend, I was reminded of the incredible variety and vibrancy of short fiction magazines. We are in, right now, an unprecedented age of access when it comes to short stories. You can visit the sites of industry stalwarts…

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Pennsylvania’s Fetterman Released From Hospital After Stroke

Fetterman, 52, had been at Lancaster General Hospital since May 13.

Here's How We Might Punish Crimes Committed On The Moon

Canada is the first country to look at punishing crimes on the moon and perhaps beyond as the space race continues.

‘Stalker 2’ is reportedly back in development after Ukraine invasion forced studio to relocate

GSC Game World has reportedly resumed work on Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced the studio to pause development. On March 2nd, the Kyiv-based developer announced it was putting the game on hold while it worked to help its employees and their families “survive” the conflict. According to reports from Czech media, the studio relocated its staff to Prague that same month.

Now it would appear the game is back on track. Responding to a question from a member of Stalker 2’sDiscord community asking if development had resumed, a GSC Game World employee said, “it continues,” in a message spotted by Polish gaming outlet GRYOnline. We’ve reached out to the studio for confirmation.

Following a delay at the start of the year, GSC Game World said it would release Stalker 2 on December 8th. The announcement came before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sidelined the studio. Since the war began, the company also subtly changed the game’s name. Its subtitle now reads “Heart of Chornobyl” instead of “Chernobyl,” with the former reflecting the local Ukrainian spelling of the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster.

Natasha Lyonne Brings Out Ex Fred Armisen For ‘SNL’ Monologue, Jokes About Sex Tape

The two dated for seven years before splitting up recently.

Brooklyn Half-Marathon Runner Collapses, Dies After Crossing Finish Line

The 30-year-old man was taken to a nearby hospital Saturday where he was pronounced dead.

YouTube removed 70,000 videos in Ukraine-related enforcement action

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, YouTube has taken down more than 70,000 videos to date related to the conflict, The Guardian reported on Sunday. The company told The Guardian it removed many of the videos for breaking its major violent events policy, which prohibits content creators from denying or trivializing events like the invasion.

YouTube did not breakdown the enforcement action but noted that it suspended approximately 9,000 channels in the sweep, including one tied to pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Solovyov. Some of the videos YouTube took down broke the company’s guidelines by referring to the invasion as a “liberation mission.”

“We have a major violent events policy and that applies to things like denial of major violent events: everything from the Holocaust to Sandy Hook. And of course, what’s happening in Ukraine is a major violent event,” Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, told The Guardian. “And so we’ve used that policy to take unprecedented action.”

Partly resulting from its actions, YouTube has seen a significant increase in the number of people in Ukraine, Poland and Russia consuming “authoritative” content on the conflict. In Ukraine, for instance, news content on the invasion has generated more than 40 million views. “The first and probably most paramount responsibility is making sure that people who are looking for information about this event can get accurate, high-quality, credible information on YouTube,” Mohan told The Guardian.

The move underscores the critical role services like YouTube play in preventing misinformation from spreading online. In Russia alone, YouTube has more than 90 million users, making it the single largest video-sharing platform in the country. The company’s actions against state-sponsored networks like RT and Sputnik had a dramatic impact on the ability of those organizations to disseminate the Kremlin’s message.

The Stranger Things’ Season 4 Format Is Bad Television

I like Stranger Things as much as the next nerd, but this new release schedule feels, well… a little weird. Here are the details; the final fourth season of Stranger Things will consist of nine episodes split up into two ‘Volumes’ with a month’s wait in between. According to the Netflix press release, the first…

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