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A Giant Wyeth Mural Comes Out of the Vault, Bearing Family Stories  The New York Times Source link

The Philippines’ beloved fast-food chain Jollibee said fraudsters rigged the results of its online raffle, following complaints from customers and a brief government investigation. Jollibee said “fraudulent third parties” placed multiple entries “despite existing safeguards” for a chance to win food items and concert tickets. The company said it complied with the government investigation and that the situation had been …

Around 1.1 billion years ago, the oldest and most tectonically stable part of North America — called Laurentia — was rapidly heading south toward the equator. Laurentia eventually slammed into Earth’s other landmasses during the Grenville orogeny to form the supercontinent Rodinia. Laurentia’s path during that period is known, thanks to paleomagnetism. By tracing the orientation and magnetism of rocks …

Analysis of 18 different carnivorous dinosaur species’ skulls has revealed that not all chompers chewed the same. While Tyrannosaurus rex‘s skull is suited to the high-power crushing motion still favored by crocodiles, other predators of its ilk, like Allosaurus, had weaker jaws that would have slashed or torn the flesh of their prey, in a feeding style more similar to …

Actress Aubrey Plaza has said life is “a daily struggle”, seven months after her estranged husband, film-maker Jeff Baena, took his own life. The writer, director and producer died in January at the age of 47. Plaza spoke about the aftermath for the first time in an interview on her former Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler’s podcast. Asked how …

After disappearing over the weekend, Samsung has now brought back the wild $520 price drop on its Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. The 1TB flagship Android tablet regularly fetches $1,620, but you can now secure one with a gigantic discount down at $1,099.99 shipped. And there’s an even deeper deal if you bundle the keyboard in. Details below.  This is the …

The northern frontier of Roman Britain just added an unexpected data point, and it is shoe size. Archaeologists at Magna Roman Fort have uncovered leather footwear that is unusually large for the period, in some cases longer than 12 inches, with one example measuring roughly 12.8 inches.  The scale of the discovery stands out in Roman archaeology and raises fresh …

Gold has crushed stocks, bonds and even bitcoin in 2025. This banking giant just got more bullish.  MarketWatch UBS raises gold forecasts through 2026 as 2025 rally tops all asset classes  MSN Gold is 2025’s best performer. UBS sees more upside  Investing.com Gold rate today: Ventura predicts gold price to climb to $3,600 peak by year-end  Mint UBS Group has raised its mid-year gold …

Intel shares have jumped after Japanese technology investment giant Softbank said it is buying a $2bn (£1.5bn) stake in the US computer chip maker. The announcement came just hours after new reports that the Trump administration is in talks to take a stake of around 10% in Intel by converting government grants into shares. The potential deal, which was first …

After disappearing over the weekend, Samsung has now brought back the wild $520 price drop on its Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. The 1TB flagship Android tablet regularly fetches $1,620, but you can now secure one with a gigantic discount down at $1,099.99 shipped. And there’s an even deeper deal if you bundle the keyboard in. Details below.  This is the …