Online Personalities and Comedians Overtake TV and Newspapers as Primary News Sources

April 17th, 2026 11:00 PM

A new Ipsos poll finds Americans are increasingly getting news from online personalities and comedians instead of traditional TV or newspapers. The survey says nearly 70% get news online in a given week, versus 55% from TV and 25% from newspapers, with figures like Joe Rogan, Greg Gutfeld, Sean Hannity, and late-night hosts ranking prominently depending on political leanings. From the Hollywood Reporter: The poll, which was conducted in March, actually found the conservative politicians and...

The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – April 17

April 17th, 2026 07:30 PM

Sorry, I actually can't stay long. I am working on my review of Saros, which you will be able to read on April 24.We have Saros in hand and are currently working on the review, which you will be able to read on April 24 at 2:00 a.m. CT.[image or embed]— Game Informer (@gameinformer.com) April 15, 2026 at 10:02 AMBut, I will offer you some great stories that appeared on the website this week, and we've got some recommendations for games you can play this weekend.95 Rapid-Fire Questions About...

AI’s Double Launch Day: Claude 4.7 Surges, OpenAI Reinvents Codex

April 17th, 2026 07:32 PM

Yesterday’s AI calendar bent around two flagship launches within hours of each other. If you do any agentic coding work, your stack just got upgraded. But fair warning: the time it takes you to hit your rate limits probably shrank, too. Here’s what happened Anthropic shipped Claude Opus 4.7 at the same $ 5/$25-per-million-tokens pricing as 4.6. Visual reasoning (how well AI sees) jumped from 69.1% to 82.1%, with image processing at up to 2,576 pixels on the long edge (over 3x any prior...

Spectacular riverfront ranch house in Utah with an amazing yoga studio silo

April 17th, 2026 07:05 AM

This riverfront ranch, designed by Brighton Architectural Group and built by Landmarks West, provides a stunning retreat for outdoor enthusiasts, situated on a 21-acre property just outside Park City, Utah. This dream pad has it all: a yoga studio in a silo, heated horse stables, and 450 feet of private river waters for fly fishing. […] The post Spectacular riverfront ranch house in Utah with an amazing yoga studio silo appeared first on One Kindesign.

Intel eases reliance on TSMC with 'Merica-made Core Series 3 processors

April 17th, 2026 09:46 PM

Stripped-down Ultra for laptops and low-power edge boxes Intel brought a few more chips home from Taiwan this week, with a new round of budget-oriented Core Series 3 processors fabbed right in the US-of-A.…

15 years after 'Video Games,' Lana Del Rey has an actual video game song

April 17th, 2026 10:19 PM

The James Bond franchise has a long history of getting pop stars to record its theme songs (perhaps most memorably with Live and Let Die), and it looks like that tradition will now extend to video game adaptations about the fictional spy. IO Interactive has announced that Lana Del Rey co-wrote and performed the theme for 007 First Light, the developer's playable James Bond origin story. "First Light" is written and performed by Lana Del Rey and composer David Arnold, and like the moody and...

OpenAI’s former Sora boss is leaving

April 17th, 2026 09:13 PM

Last month, OpenAI gave up on its Sora video generation tool, and on Friday, the Sora team's leader, Bill Peebles, announced that he is leaving the company. OpenAI has been shifting its priorities as part of an effort to avoid "side quests," and Peebles' departure is just one of many recent changes as the company moves to focus more on coding and enterprise use. As part of a note Peebles posted on X, he said: I am immensely grateful to Sam, Mark, Aditya and Jakub for fostering a research...

Fanatical's Survival Horror Bundle Has Some Spooky Treats For Low Prices

April 17th, 2026 05:03 PM

The Fanatical BYO Survival Horror bundle has some great deals for Steam Deck games, including Fear the Spotlight and Kriophobia.

WATCH: Sea lion pup rescued after wandering into San Francisco neighborhood

April 17th, 2026 09:02 PM

The San Francisco Police Department and the Marine Mammal Center rescued a sea lion pup that had wandered out of its usual habitat and found its way to a neighborhood multiple blocks inland.