When people in the U.S. are experiencing an emotional or mental health crisis, they can now call or text an easy-to-remember number: 988. The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which will be live nationwide on July 16, is being billed as an alternative to calling 911 for mental health emergencies like suicidal thinking or behavior,…
What We Do in the Shadows is back on FX with its fourth season, and its immersively silly, strangely big-hearted vibe is exactly what the world needs right now. From the very first twang of Norma Tanega’s guitar in the theme song “You’re Dead,” your existential terror will be temporarily relieved by the over-the-top costumes…
When you combine Jimmy Kimmel being on vacation with a science-themed YouTuber guest-hosting his show, there’s only really one viable outcome. In the clip above, Mark Rober teams up with “Science” Bob Pflugfelder and Guillermo to fill Kimmel’s office with elephant toothpaste (basically expanding foam made using hydrogen peroxide), before calling the man on vacation…
Where The Crawdads Sing, the lavish new movie from Sony Pictures, has been roundly trounced by critics. The movie is an adaptation of Delia Owens’ bestselling novel and stars Daisy Edgar-Jones, best known for her roles in Normal People and Hulu horror Fresh. Set across two timelines, the narrative first follows the life and adventures of…
Hugely popular online word game Wordle has been adapted into a party board game that’s set to release this October. Having purchased Wordle earlier this year, The New York Times has partnered with Hasbro to bring the free-to-play viral game to the tabletop. As CNN reports, Wordle: The Party Game looks much like the original,…
A new Windows Media Player update for Windows 11 has brought back CD ripping, meaning that any audio CDs you have can be transferred to your PC and added to a playlist. If you’ve been a PC user in the last 25 years, you’ve most likely come across CD ripping within a media player, allowing…
Hi, Aaron Weinman here. It was quite the Thursday with JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley’s earnings both missing forecasts. As expected, investment-banking revenues took a hit. Today, however, I want to talk about BlackRock. The world’s largest money manager is slowing down hiring for some roles, Insider’s incomparable Rebecca Ungarino reported. And let’s not forget,…
Aerosols from the January Tongan eruption likely turned the sky pink in Antarctica. This photo shows the Scott station. Stuart Shaw/Fly on the Wall Images Antarctica’s sky turned pink and purple last week, a stunning photo shows. The change is due to particles released by a volcano eruption at the start of the year. The…
Hello again, friends. Jordan Parker Erb here, bringing you the last newsletter before the weekend. Today we’ve got the deets on how Microsoft won Netflix, and why some drivers are ditching their Teslas. Let’s get straight to it. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. Download Insider’s app here. Brian Smale/Microsoft via Getty…
Josef Hanus/Shutterstock A US tourist traveling to Dublin says an airline lost luggage that contained her parent’s ashes. Donna O’Conner had planned to spread some of the ashes on a family farm in Ireland. O’Conner told Insider the bag was returned to her home in Chicago after more than a week of searching. An American…