President Biden’s State of the Union address was marked by high-profile moments of partisan disunity, but on one issue, there was universal consensus: war. Because let there be no doubt that, even though there are no U.S. or NATO troops on the ground in Ukraine (and thank god for that) we are clearly waging a kind of war against Russia. The crippling sanctions, the military buildup along Ukraine’s borders, the crackdown on Russian state media, the promised asset seizures—these are all forms of modern warfare. And there is joy in the halls of Congress about all of it, from virtually every wing of both parties. Watching Biden speak about Ukraine—watching him be cheered to the rafters for announcing that the United States was flooding oil markets in the same week as the UN issued yet another catastrophic climate change report; noting the rapturous response to his vow to fight Russia if it enters NATO territory; seeing the satisfaction on his face as he boasted about how much the Russian economy is tanking—what I mostly felt was profoundly depressed. The Russian invasion has been a triumph for war, militarism, and nationalism on all sides of the conflict. Defense stocks are up. Countries like Germany are massively increasing their military budgets. Countries like Finland which were deeply ambivalent about NATO are changing their mind. In the UK, Keir Starmer is using the crisis to purge his internal enemies on the left for the ostensible crime of critiquing NATO. Here in America, prominent commentators are ramping up anti-Russian rhetoric

An Australian mining billionaire and populist politician has been accused of glorifying the Nazis after buying Adolf Hitler’s bulletproof Mercedes-Benz from a R

It will take Nvidia some time to fully analyse the impact of the massive cyberattack it suffered over the weekend, but it now seems like the source code for its latest DLSS tech has wound up online. The hackers made off with around 1TB of sensitive data and worryingly for Nvidia, the leaks may continue unless the groups' ransom demands are met. The latest leak comes via an anonymous user who sent TechPowerUp a screenshot of what appears to be a repository of files related to DLSS 2.2. The leak includes various C++ files, assets and even a programming guide aimed at developers building DLSS into their games. The leak is a major blow for Nvidia as DLSS is a proprietary and obviously an advanced bit of tech. AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution tech works differently and there's little stopping AMD from poring over these docs in the hope of learning Nvidia’s secrets. Implementing any of it though is a different matter, from a legal point of view.

Kapawe’no First Nation, about 370 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, says 169 potential graves have been found using ground-penetrating radar at the site of a former residential school at Grouard Mission.

In the ‘90s, the city passed a policy requiring the police department to pay some of their own legal costs. There’s no evidence that the department ever paid up.

Many anthropologists now think there were multiple populations spread across Africa, which were sometimes separated and sometimes interbred. If that is correct, humanity doesn’t have a central origin point. “Our findings are certainly perfectly compatible with that,” says McVean. “There’s a lot of very deep lineages within Africa, which are suggestive of that notion of there being multiple source populations, very deeply diverged, representing really ancient splits.”

The 200 million users who are Amazon Prime members are not only the corporation’s most valuable customers but also their richest source of user data

Miyazaki has created the most difficult games of the century. In his latest, Elden Ring, he wants a broader audience to feel the pain.

Defying the odds, Annie has returned to her nest. Experts say peregrine falcons are not known to just disappear for a week and then come back.

For years, the political scientist has claimed that Putin’s aggression toward Ukraine is caused by Western intervention. Have recent events changed his mind?

The woman was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and third-degree sexual assault.

"I was terrified. Honestly, I thought it was a joke," Harrison recalled. "I don't understand why they vandalized our car if they wanted us to leave." It was only after this that the group learned the couple who own the home did not have a permit for a short-term rental. According to Solano County Supervisor James Spering, it had recently been denied after a contentious debate and pushback from the neighborhood. "My understanding is that the permit was denied and delayed, and so I was surprised to see they have people staying in it," Spering told ABC7 News. He explained that short-term rentals are very contentious, especially in Green Valley and some of the residential neighborhoods throughout the county.

Members of a union representing about 100 editorial staffers at G/O Media publications — including Jezebel, The Root, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik and Gizmodo — have gone on strike afte…

The investigations by the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services started last week with an employee of the agency, according to the suit, after Gov. Greg Abbott called for such inquiries.

While the warm welcome given by EU countries to refugees from Ukraine has been applauded, it has also highlighted stark differences in treatment given to migrants and refugees from the Middle East and Africa, particularly Syrians who came in 2015.

Monica De La Cruz, Mayra Flores, and Adrienne Peña Garza, all from Hidalgo County, hope to flip congressional seats across the region.

Translating swear words is never simple. In this video of a Ukrainian soldier warning and threatening Russian troops, the words blayd (‘slut’ or ‘whore’), pizdetz (‘a messed-up situation’, deriving from pizda, or ‘cunt’), and khuy – three of the four words that form the basis of mat – are all translated as ‘fuck’, while ebat (which really does mean ‘fuck’, and is the root of the word Boris Nemtsov once used to describe Putin’s mental state) is never used. If that matters, it’s because in Russian khuy is stronger, by far, than the word for ‘fuck’. Tell a Russian acquaintance to fuck off, and he’s likely to laugh it off. But even among old friends, khuy and pizda are no laughing matter. (Pizdetz, on the other hand, is rather mild.) ‘Иди наxуй is the worst thing you can say,’ my sister Mariana tells me. She lives in Europe, and my Russian’s OK but hers is still fluent. ‘You can’t say it in jest, unlike pizdets or ebat. You can play with those two words. You can’t play with idi nakhuy. It’s a really aggressive, serious swear word.’ In that sense, ‘go fuck yourself’ isn’t wrong. (Mariana: ‘Pick the worst thing you can say in English.’) ‘Go the fuck, you fucks’ gets us closer, but only a bit. The truth is, there’s nothing in English that goes quite so far. (In Spinal Tap terms, our curses go up to ten, but Russian words go to eleven.) There’s no elegant solution, just as there is no way to convey the historically specific sense of resignation – of weariness and resolve – that I hear in that ‘nu, vsyo’ from Snake Island. (As a Soviet-born man with Ukrainian grandparents, it’s something I feel in my bones, but can’t capture in English, even though ‘that’s it, then’ is close on a literal level.)

In a TikTok video with 1.8 million views, a user who calls themselves Rama beams at the camera. "Like many young adults, I used to want an enjoyable and meaningful life," Rama says with a smile. "That is until I discovered capitalism. Now I live in a society where my productivity matters more than my well-being, and so I'm just depressed and anxious all the time. I'm smiling, but I'm deeply wounded. I work three jobs, and I still feel like I'm not doing enough." Anti-capitalism is taking over TikTok as users like Rama denounce America's glorification of the rat race. The pandemic prompted many American workers to rethink their life's purpose, and the youngest among them are questioning a life that endlessly pursues the next accomplishment.

'Brief and rapidly closing window' for action Climate change is upon us and humanity is far from ready, the United Nations climate panel warned in a major report on Monday. Noting that nearly half the world's population was already vulnerable to increasingly dangerous climate impacts, the report calls for drastic action on a huge scale: A third to a half of the planet needs to be conserved and protected to ensure future food and freshwater supplies. Coastal cities need plans to keep people safe from storms and rising seas. And more. read more "Adaptation saves lives," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said with the report's release. "As climate impacts worsen – and they will – scaling up investments will be essential for survival... Delay means death." The report is the latest in a series by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) detailing the latest global consensus on climate science. This report, however, focuses on how nature and societies are being affected and what they can do to adapt. read more On nearly all counts, the report makes clear that climate change is impacting the world far faster than scientists had anticipated. Meanwhile, countries have failed to rein in planet-warming carbon emissions, which continue to rise. "Unchecked carbon pollution is forcing the world's most vulnerable on a frogmarch to destruction," Guterres said in a video address Monday. "The facts are undeniable. This abdication of leadership is criminal."

"While making this game I rediscovered my love for making poison swamps," he told Game Informer. "I know how people feel about them but I suddenly realize I'm in the middle of making one and I can't help myself. It just happens."