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Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t what you think it is, especially if you think it’s a movie about a British guy who thinks his typewriter is the tops.“The Smashing Machine” would seem to bear all the hallmarks of something grittier, darker and more disturbing than it is. It’s the solo directorial debut of the younger Safdie, whose films with his brother, Josh, have rarely not sprinted headlong into unsettling tumult. Add that sensibility to a true-life tale of a mixed martial arts fighter in the late ’90s, and it’s only natural to spend much of “The Smashing Machine” bracing…
A growing number of travelers worldwide are boarding planes in late summer, according to new data. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released a new report that shows total global air passenger demand was up by 4.6% in August 2025 compared to the same month in 2024. The organization uses a metric called revenue passenger kilometers (RPK) to measure overall passenger demand.Total capacity aboard airlines, which is also known as available seat kilometers (ASK) in industry parlance, also jumped by 4.5% in August. Planes were also fuller that month compared to previous years. The load factor for August 2025 was…
Rivian now expects to deliver no more than 43,500 electric vehicles by the end of 2025, which would represent a nearly 16% drop from last year’s sales. The company announced the new guidance for investors on Thursday alongside production and delivery figures for the third quarter of this year. Rivian saw deliveries jump to 13,201 vehicles, up from 10,661 and 8,640 in the second and first quarters, respectively. The company also built 10,720 EVs in the quarter. That’s a good recovery from a slow start to the year. But the company has now all but confirmed that this year will…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kim Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, are suing her ex-boyfriend Ray J for saying they are under federal investigation and on the verge of being indicted. The defamation lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday by the reality TV stars and businesspeople is a fast and aggressive pushback against allegations they say are entirely baseless. They say Ray J, whose legal name is Ray Norwood Jr., falsely claimed that he was working with federal investigators on a racketeering case against them that will soon lead to their indictment. The lawsuit says Ray J’s…
Elon Musk stands in the Oval Office to attend a press event with U.S. President Donald Trump, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 30, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersElon Musk this week urged his followers to cancel their Netflix subscriptions over a controversy surrounding an animated show and its creator.Musk on Wednesday posted on his X platform saying, “Cancel Netflix for the health of your kids.” The post was in response to an image accusing Netflix of carrying out a “transgender woke agenda.”The controversy seems to stem from conservative backlash over an animated Netflix show “Dead End:…
by Brian Major Last updated: 12:10 PM ET, Thu October 2, 2025 Airline access into the U.S. Virgin Islands is expanding significantly, with several carriers boosting service into the destination, according to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism.During the upcoming winter season from November 2025 through February 2026, St. Croix will experience a 16 percent year-over-year increase in seats from the continental U.S. (an additional 10,800 seats). American Airlines is driving this growth with a 29 percent increase (+11,900 seats), while JetBlue is experiencing 52 percent growth (+6,000 seats). American will debut a new Saturday service from Chicago to…
Amazon is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to buy more throughout the week. The company said it’s now updating its Amazon Shopping app and website with a new addition that lets Prime members add items to upcoming deliveries with one tap, instead of having to create a new order. The feature is designed to better reflect how people actually shop on Amazon online. Instead of compiling an order with multiple items, they often remember things throughout the week they want or need, and then place multiple orders. Amazon has tried to work around the logistics headache…
AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new “background assistant” to handle multiple tasks via Comet. Perplexity first launched Comet to subscribers of its $200-per-month Max plan three months ago, and since then, “millions” have signed up on the waitlist to download the browser. Comet’s main feature is a sidecar assistant that joins you while you browse, helping to answer any questions you may have about the web page you’re on, summarize content, manage web…
Budget travelers can add an array of upgrades and perks to their next low-cost flight with Frontier Airlines’ newest status challenge. Passengers who complete the ultra-low-cost carrier’s challenge will be awarded Elite Platinum Status through the end of 2026. In order to score Platinum Status, travelers must enroll in the challenge, pay a flat fee of $99, and earn 12,500 Elite Status Points within 90 days. It usually takes at least 50,000 points to achieve the platinum-level tier, so the challenge is a shortcut way of unlocking elite benefits for the next year.The top-tier status comes with solid perks, like priority…
Allan Brooks never set out to reinvent mathematics. But after weeks spent talking with ChatGPT, the 47-year-old Canadian came to believe he had discovered a new form of math powerful enough to take down the internet. Brooks — who had no history of mental illness or mathematical genius — spent 21 days in May spiraling deeper into the chatbot’s reassurances, a descent later detailed in The New York Times. His case illustrated how AI chatbots can venture down dangerous rabbit holes with users, leading them toward delusion or worse. That story caught the attention of Steven Adler, a former OpenAI…