Shakira Recalls Putting Her ‘Career on Hold’ for Ex Gerard Piqué: ‘There Was a Lot of Sacrifice’

Shakira is getting candid about her failed relationship with ex Gerard Piqué, and the sacrifices she made to try and keep her family together. The celebrated Colombian songstress recently spoke with The Times UK, in a profile piece published on Saturday, in which she reflected on how she put her own career and passions on the … Read more

Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is putting together an investor group to buy TikTok

Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is building an investor group to acquire ByteDance’s TikTok, as a bipartisan piece of legislation winding its way through Congress threatens its continued existence in the U.S. The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill that if signed into law would force ByteDance to either divest its flagship … Read more

Angela Chao may have died after accidentally putting her Tesla in reverse, a mistake she made before, WSJ reports

Angela Chao, Foremost Group CEO, died on February 11 in a car accident near Austin. Authorities said she may have drowned when her Tesla submerged into a pond. The Wall Street Journal reported that Chao may have accidentally put her Tesla in reverse. Angela Chao, Foremost Group CEO and younger sister of former US Transportation … Read more

AI and You: Gemini Flubs Are ‘Unacceptable,’ Musk Sues OpenAI for Putting Profit Over Principles

It’s been a difficult few weeks for Google after its text-to-image creator in Gemini (formerly Bard) began delivering offensive, ridiculous and embarrassing images. That prompted a company executive to admit Google “got it wrong” and led it to pause the 3-week-old tool while it conducted “extensive testing.”  Then Google CEO Sundar Pichai weighed in, reiterating … Read more

Putin says Russia has no intention of putting nuclear weapons in space

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Moscow has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons in space, claiming that the country has only developed space capabilities similar to those of the U.S. Putin’s statement follows the White House confirmation last week that Russia has obtained a “troubling” anti-satellite weapon capability, although such a … Read more

Why Humans Are Putting a Bunch of ‘Coal’ and ‘Oil’ Back in the Ground

In addition to burying solid carbon or sprinkling it on fields, researchers are also turning waste biomass into liquid carbon—oil, essentially, that they pump back into the ground instead of pumping the fossil variety up. “What we do at the highest level is we make barbecue sauce—or liquid smoke for barbecue sauce—and then we inject … Read more

TEPCO’s operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata

TOKYO — Japanese nuclear safety regulators lifted an operational ban Wednesday imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, the operator behind the Fukushima plant that ended in disaster, allowing the company to resume preparations for restarting a separate plant after more than 10 years. At its weekly meeting, the Nuclear Regulation Authority formally lifted the … Read more

‘Sister Wives’: Robyn Brown Calls Out Kody Brown for Putting the Blame on His Wives

Robyn Brown is speaking up against her husband, Kody Brown. In the new Sister Wives: Talk Back Part 1 special, Robyn calls out her husband for his comment about his exes.  In the special, the couple are watching back a season 18 episode featuring Kody’s exes, Christine Brown, Janelle Brown, and Meri Brown.  “She’s a s**t sister … Read more

Kristin Cavallari Clarifies Podcast Comments, Stands By Putting Out

Play video content BACKGRID Kristin Cavallari says she’s never actually had sex on a first date, but still encourages people to bang immediately if they want to … so, somewhat of a clarification — but not really. The reality star chopped it up with a photog at LAX, and got asked all about her podcast … Read more