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Sydney Sweeney’s jeans are blue. Beyoncé’s genes are Blue (Ivy). Photo: Beyoncé via YouTube Better not call Becky with the good jeans: Beyoncé knows how to get the internet buzzing with a denim ad of her own, no eugenics controversy necessary. Her latest commercial for Levi’s convinced the BeyHive that more music is on the way. The 90-second video opens …

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Reading the tea leaves from cryptic Supreme Court orders can be perilous business because the justices are not bound by the questions they ask at oral argument, the offhand comments they make at a judicial conference, or even their …

Betsy Lewis, 75, poses for a portrait at her home in Houston, Texas. Photograph: Danielle Villasana/The Guardian I can remember many things about the afternoon I told Betsy that she had stage IV lung cancer. I can still see how the single ray of sunshine from the skylight in the atrium behind us entered the crack between the curtains in …

The Supreme Court just dropped a hint about its next big Voting Rights Act case  Politico Supreme Court tees up Louisiana redistricting case that could undercut Voting Rights Act  CNN Supreme Court to Consider Ban on Race-Based Voting Districts  Bloomberg SCOTUS Could Be Set to End Key Protection for Minority Voters  Democracy Docket Court asks for new briefs in Louisiana redistricting case  SCOTUSblog Source link

EPA moves to end climate regulations under Clean Air Act  The Washington Post E.P.A. Moves to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change  The New York Times Trump Administration Aims to Roll Back Bedrock Climate Tool  The Wall Street Journal Trump to scrap landmark finding that regulates carbon emissions  BBC The EPA proposes gutting its greenhouse gas rules. Here’s what it means for …

From Death Stranding 2: On The Beach The UK recently introduced the Online Safety Act, which contains new requirements for social media platforms to protect users, particularly minors, from illegal or harmful content. As part of the regulation, users must now verify their age to access platforms that may contain adult content, including services like Discord and Reddit. To comply, …

Comedian Marc Maron said the cost to use a Taylor Swift song in his standup special was “doable” within limits. Maron said on Vulture’s recent “Good One” podcast that the sum he paid was for “up to a minute” of her 2022 song “Bigger Than The Whole Sky.” “I think it came out to $50K, around that. … I did …

Searches and sign-ups for VPN providers have surged in the wake of online age checks that were introduced on July 25 as part of the UK’s Online Safety Act. ProtonVPN reported a more than 1,400 percent increase in sign-ups in the UK after age verification requirements took effect. “Unlike previous surges, this one is sustained, and is significantly higher than …

Unsaved Microsoft Authenticator passwords will be deletd on August 1. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Passwords: You can’t live without them, despite the advance of passkey technology, but unless you act before August 1, the passwords you have generated using Microsoft’s Authenticator app will be deleted. Yes, deleted. This should not come as a surprise, not least as Microsoft has …

Intensive negotiations were continuing on Saturday between the EU and the US before a crunch meeting in Scotland between Donald Trump and the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, to avert a costly trade war. Trump spent the night at his family-owned Turnberry golf resort on a private visit, but took time to criticise European leaders over wind turbines …