Chloe Kim added another medal to her Olympic resume, but she removed one thing from her social media. The three-time medalist in the halfpipe revealed Friday that she had to turn off direct messages from her Instagram account over “very disturbing images” she had been receiving. “Hello hello! Happy Friday! I unfortunately had to turn … Read more
Barcelona’s skyline just got a divine upgrade. The iconic Sagrada Familia basilica — the unfinished masterpiece of architect Antoni Gaudí — officially became the world’s tallest church on Thursday, after a section of its central tower was lifted into place. This week a section of its central tower was lifted into place. REUTERS With the … Read more
There might’ve been life on Mars after all. Although it resembles a coral typically found at the bottom of the ocean, it was a piece of rock that a NASA spacecraft — Curiosity rover — recently discovered on Mars that was supposedly formed a billion years ago. The NASA spacecraft — Curiosity rover — has … Read more
A chilling medical case reveals a 55‑year‑old man’s finger and big toe were literally eaten away by metastatic cancer — which surgeons say had “completely replaced” the bones in those digits — just weeks before he died. The grotesque X‑ray images display bone entirely devoured by destructive tumors. The report — published earlier this month … Read more
Meghan Markle initially sought full control over paparazzi images of herself and her husband, Prince Harry, that were released to the media following their trans-Atlantic move to the US, a veteran photographer has claimed. Californian paparazzo Mark Karloff, who has been in the business for 17 years, said that while public interest in the couple … Read more
Think twice before grabbing that plastic water bottle — it could be taking a toll on your looks. A leading waste management company in the UK has tapped the latest studies on microplastics to generate shocking images that show how different levels of exposure could impact your appearance. Spoiler alert: It’s not pretty. Studies suggest … Read more
Who’s that girl? Nikki Glaser put herself in the hot seat after sharing several throwback images of herself from 2009 to show how much she — and her career — has changed in the past 16 years. The comedian, 40, took to her social media on Wednesday, March 26, with shocking side-by-side photos after her “The … Read more
We asked 19 photographers to revisit their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became a global threat. Their photographs transport us to that bewildering period in an uncanny sort of time travel. The journalists who captured these scenes were not just covering the Covid-19 story but living through it. … Read more
This guest lives rent-free in their heads. An Airbnb property manager is seeing red after one of their properties was fiercely trashed by a renter. He even had the gall to leave the owners a $1,000 invoice for their destructive services. Manager Vince Villegas went viral on TikTok recently after showing the annihilated Saugatuck, Michigan, … Read more
If there was ever a sign to get your beauty sleep, this is it. A British bedding and mattress company has teamed up with a self-described “sleep evangelist” to illustrate what our bodies may look like in 25 years if regularly don’t get enough sleep — and it ain’t pretty. Bensons for Beds created this rendering … Read more
Movie and television studio Alcon Entertainment on Monday sued Tesla and Warner Bros. Discovery over claims they used images tied to the film “Blade Runner 2049” to promote Tesla’s new autonomous cybercab. Alcon’s California federal lawsuit alleged violations of US copyright law and accused Tesla of “false endorsement” for suggesting a relationship between Alcon and the Elon Musk-owned electric … Read more
Online chatbots are generating nude images of real people at users’ requests, prompting concern from experts who worry the explicit deepfakes will create “a very nightmarish scenario.” A Wired investigation on the messaging app Telegram unearthed dozens of AI-powered chatbots that allegedly “create explicit photos or videos of people with only a couple clicks,” the … Read more
Jenna Ortega is no fan of AI. The 19-year-old actress revealed on Saturday’s episode of The New York Times’ podcast, “The Interview,” that she deleted her Twitter after receiving explicit AI-generated images of herself when she was a minor. “I hate AI,” she said. “I mean, here’s the thing: AI could be used for incredible … Read more
Once in a blue moon might be more common than we thought. New images show that our moon is way more colorful than just shades of gray. Instead, the orbital rock was observed to show tints of both blue and red. The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — abbreviated to Juice — snapped … Read more
These AI “family portraits” really pushed some buttons. An artificial intelligence-focused artist is showcasing what former celebrity couples’ children would look like if they had stayed together in a creepy-but-fascinating project that some observers called “disrespectful.” Jeremy Pomeroy, of Melbourne, Australia, made the “captivating celebrity what-if” images centering on the offspring of A-list exes ranging from … Read more
A photograph is a record of the past from the moment the shutter snaps, which lends the medium a bit of wistfulness. That emotion also permeates “Uncropped” (in theaters), D.W. Young’s documentary about the eminent photographer James Hamilton. It’s not a biographical movie, at least not in the usual sense, though Young keeps the filmmaking … Read more
Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming, has shared a series of throwback photos of the actor before his health deteriorated last year. Taking to her Instagram Story over the weekend, Heming, 47, admitted that she had been “caught in the old photo and video vortex” as she shared several photos of the “Die Hard” actor from … Read more
A complete collection of photos reportedly showing the elusive Loch Ness monster were released this week — and the images are still exciting the man who spent three decades searching for the mysterious beast. “They are the most compelling surface images of the phenomenon,” Loch Ness expert Steve Feltham told the Daily Mail Tuesday. “They … Read more
Call it Google un-Earthly. An observant New Hampshire woman had online paranormal buffs quaking in their boots after seemingly spotting a ghost in a graveyard on a popular mapping service. “I think I might have just found, like, a ghost, or Google Maps’ first ghost,” the footage’s uploader Amy Pendleton intoned in a suddenly viral … Read more
Let the sunshine in. Stunning new space images captured by the new Euclid telescope are revealing secrets of the “dark universe,” a mystery-filled combination of dark matter and dark energy believed to make up 95% of the cosmos. The one-of-a-kind photos have been released by the European Space Agency, which launched the groundbreaking tech into … Read more