The Life of Singleton: From Boyz N the Hood to Snowfall is available now from Andscape Books. In this excerpt, writer Thomas Golianopoulos details the hoops John Singleton had to go through to sell his groundbreaking film, Boyz N the Hood. CAA shopped Singleton as a writer in early 1990, introducing him to actors and...
To understand just how audacious D’Angelo’s defiantly low-fi debut single “Brown Sugar” sounded on the radio in the summer of 1995, you’d have to look back at the urban music landscape of that year. The burgeoning hip-hop soul movement, led by its queen, Mary J. Blige, was at full throttle from artists such as Jodeci...
As then-New Orleans Pelicans forward Brandon Ingram was helped off the hardwood floor after suffering a high ankle sprain on Dec. 7, 2024, he felt like he was wearing a Pelicans uniform for the last time. Ingram ended up being right. His next NBA regular-season game will be in a Toronto Raptors uniform this season....
The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees.
On Tuesday of last week, Ars Technica hosted a live conversation with Ed Zitron, host of the Better Offline podcast and one of tech’s most vocal AI critics, to discuss whether the generative AI industry is experiencing a bubble and when it might burst. My Internet connection had other plans, though, dropping out multiple times...
Nexperia, a computer chip maker based in the Netherlands, was taken over by the Dutch government after pressure from officials in Washington.
Beijing’s latest effort to weaponize global supply chains is modeled on the American technology controls that it has long criticized.
Hacking groups—at least one of which works on behalf of the North Korean government—have found a new and inexpensive way to distribute malware from “bulletproof” hosts: stashing them on public cryptocurrency blockchains. In a Thursday post, members of the Google Threat Intelligence Group said the technique provides the hackers with their own “bulletproof” host, a...
Whether you serve this protein-packed Edamame Salad as a side dish or make it a light meal, it’s sure to be a hit! Crisp veggies and avocado pair with edamame and white beans, and it’s all tossed in an Asian-inspired ginger garlic dressing. Edamame isn’t just for snacking on at your favourite sushi restaurant! It...