In a true sign of a vibe shift in Washington, a DC bar beloved by Republican staffers announced that it was shuttering its doors and will reportedly be replaced by a bar that only accepts cryptocurrency as payment.Local news site PoPville first reported on Thursday that a D.C. outpost of Pubkey, a bar located in Greenwich Village that describes itself as a vibrant bitcoin community, had taken over the lease of Hill Country, a popular Texas barbecue restaurant and music venue, which recently announced it would close its doors in Penn Quarter after 14 years.Its part of a trend of crypto-centric social venues opening up across the country in the past several years. Pubkey, which opened in 2022 near New York Universitys Manhattan campus, has a notably casual atmosphere: a subterranean dive bar-slash-podcast recording studio, with a pub grub menu designed by an Eleven Madison Park alum, where anyone could hang out so long as they paid with cryptocurrency. (When Eater visited in 2022, they observed a variety of regional styles of hot dogs on the menu, as well as a stuffed raccoon next to a television that appeared to be playing A Christmas Story.) But unlike its competitors, Pubkey has a unique link to the White House: Donald Trump made a high-profile visit during the 2024 campaign and used $998.70 worth of bitcoin to buy smash burgers for the entire bar, becoming the first president to conduct a bitcoin transaction a symbolic embrace of the crypto community. When reached for comment, Pubkey owner Thomas Pacchia confirmed that they would be opening a DC location in the coming months, but declined to specify the location. The DC location will have podcast studios, event space, all that stuff, he told The Verge. Although he acknowledged the negative publicity surrounding Trumps visit, Pacchia added that Democrats such as Rep. Ritchie Torres and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand had visited Pubkey as well and hoped the new location would draw a bipartisan crowd. Anybody that wants to come and talk about Bitcoin is welcome. Literally, anyone.The bar it will reportedly replace has diametrically opposed vibes. Located close to DCs power lobbying firms, Hill Country, a bar whose decor could not scream TEXAS any louder, has long been known as a DC nightlife spot particularly beloved by Republican staffers looking for live country music, a good smoked brisket, and decently priced well liquor. Its also a place where one could witness high-powered GOP lawmakers letting loose: Rep. George Santos was once spotted singing I Will Survive on a Wednesday karaoke night in 2023, while under a federal and Congressional investigation for fraud and lying about his background. (This reporter has personally attended several live karaoke nights and at least one company holiday party at Hill Country over the past several years.) Pubkeys arrival in Washington comes at a notable time in cryptos history, whether it displaces the Republican bar or not. Once considered an unserious group of libertarians by lawmakers, the cryptocurrency community now has massive influence with the Trump administration, thanks to key crypto players such as David Sacks and Elon Musk supporting Trumps reelection. Trump himself has embraced cryptocurrency more than previous presidents, launching his own memecoin, appointing Sacks as a crypto czar and announcing a potential cryptocurrency strategic reserve. (The rise of crypto has inadvertently stoked competition between the nativist MAGA right and the global economy-focused tech right, a tension so palpable that Vice President J.D. Vance recently had to call for a truce between the two.) With the upcoming opening of Pubkey, it appears that in the nations capital, the crypto faction is literally gaining ground. See More:

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With so many exciting sporting events happening year-round, it can be tough to know where to stream each one. Thankfully, Fubo should have all your bases covered, no pun intended. Fubo is a live TV streaming service that features over 200 live channels, including 35 regional sports channelsmore than any other streaming service. So, you can bet that Fubo will probably have the game you're looking for.Not ready to dive in just yet? No problem! Like many other streaming services, Fubo offers a free trial so you can test it out. Check out our full rundown below, including how to activate the free trial, what channels are included in the service, where to watch Fubo, and more.Does Fubo Have a Free Trial?7 Days FreefuboTV Free TrialSee it at fuboTVYes, Fubo offers a seven-day free trial period that provides access to over 200 live channels (and potentially more, depending on your area). It's one of the overall best streaming service free trials out there for live sports.Click the link below to sign up for the free trial. After your trial period ends, you'll be automatically charged for your subscription if it's not canceled. If you're interested in watching March Madness games online in 2025, Fubo is hands down one of the best options to catch every game.What Is Fubo?Fubo is a live TV subscription service offering over 200 channels and unlimited Cloud DVR storage for recording your favorite content. It has the most complete catalog among live TV streaming options, though it comes at a slightly higher price. Most Fubo plans allow you to stream on up to 10 devices simultaneously and watch on up to three devices while on the go. If you're looking to replace your cable subscription, Fubo is an excellent choice. Plus, unlike cable, there are no hidden fees, no cable box charges, and you can cancel anytime.If you're a sports fan, Fubo stands out as one of the best sports streaming services for live sports. With access to over 55,000 sporting events each year, it covers the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, major soccer leagues, college sports, F1, NASCAR, MMA, boxing, golf, tennis, and much more. You'll catch all of the biggest events like the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs, just to name a few. How Much Does Fubo Cost?Fubo offers two main plans: Pro and Elite, each with a $30 discount off your first month after the free trial. The Pro plan costs $84.99 per month and includes 236 channels, unlimited Cloud DVR storage, and the ability to watch on up to 10 screens at home and up to three on the go. For an additional $10 per month, Fubo's Elite plan includes everything the Pro plan has to offer, but boosts the channel count to 303 and adds 4K content, bringing the total to $94.99 per month. If you'd like to expand your plan, Fubo offers a variety of add-ons, including Paramount+ with Showtime, Starz, MGM+, NFL RedZone, NBA League Pass, entertainment and news channels, Latino channels, and more.$30 Off For First MonthFubo (Pro)Save $30 off first month after free trial period.Fubo also offers a Latino plan for $14.99 per month (with a $5 savings for the first month after the free trial) that features 50 Spanish language live channels and sporting events, unlimited Cloud DVR storage, and the option to watch on two devices simultaneously.How to Watch Fubo - Available PlatformsFubo is available to stream on a variety of connected devices, including Apple TV (4th generation and newer), most Roku devices, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox, and select Samsung, LG, Vizio, and Hisense smart TVs. You can also watch on mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, or stream online through your web browser.Matthew Adler is a Commerce, Features, Guides, News, Previews, and Reviews writer for IGN. You can follow him on the site formerly known as Twitter @MatthewAdler and watch him stream on Twitch.

As announced earlier this week, the Gemini app is getting the ability to generate Audio Overview podcasts, with Android and iOS users beginning to see this capability today.Audio Overviews have widely rolled out on the web for free Gemini and paid Advanced subscribers in English, with more languages coming soon.On mobile, uploading a document or slideshow will show a new Generate Audio Overview suggestion chip alongside Talk Live about this (which has not fully launched on Android). You can also open the overflow menu in Deep Research reports to generate a podcast.After tapping, it takes a few minutes for the conversation between two AI hosts to generate. Google will send a notification when its ready. The other way to access is by going to the Chats history in the top-left corner of the homescreen. Before todays launch, you could not access past Audio Overviews in your history on mobile. Something unexpected about this capability is how the Gemini app has no built-in audio player. Instead, tapping the Gemini Audio Overview directly opens the file (.m4a) in a browser tab. As such, youre interacting with the default Chrome, iOS, etc. player, though it does allow for straightforward downloads. This is strange since gemini.google.com has an inline player for Audio Overviews.These podcasts can be up to several minutes in length, with the aim being to summarize the material, draw connections between topics, engage in a dynamic back-and-forth and provide unique perspectives. One thing to keep in mind with file-based Audio Overviews is that the conversation is based on that source and not real-world knowledge. Its different with Deep Research-derived podcasts.More on Gemini:Add 9to5Google to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Google experts who break news about Google and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Google on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

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Click to enlargeCathedral Grammar Junior School (Tezuka Architects and Andrew Barrie Lab, 2016; playground: F3 Design, 2017). Image: Peanut Productions 1 of 7Isaac Theatre Royal (Sidney & Alfred Luttrell, 1908; restoration: Warren and Mahoney, 2014). Image: Peanut Productions 2 of 7Te Ora Hou tautahi (Field Studio of Architecture & Urbanism, 2022). Image: Peanut Productions 3 of 7Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (Benjamin Mountfort, 185865). Image: Peanut Productions 4 of 7Lyttelton Studio Monastery (Bull OSullivan Architecture, 2015). Image: Sarah Rowlands5 of 7The Court Theatre (Athfield Architects & Haworth Tompkins, 2025). Image: Peanut Productions 6 of 7Korako Whnau Papakinga (Royal Associates Architects, 2023). Image: Sarah Rowlands7 of 7The annual Open Christchurch festival is set to once again celebrate tautahis most exceptional architecture and design at the start of May. Amanda Harkness takes a closer look at whats in store.This years Open Christchurch festival, presented by Te Ptahi Centre for Architecture and City-Making, takes place over three days, from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 May. Throughout the event, visitors will have the opportunity toenjoy 51 buildings, two designed landscapes, five guided walks and more than 40 activities, in what will be the festivals largest programme todate.From the biggest building, Te Kaha Stadium, to the tiniest treasure, Bull OSullivan Architectures Chapel of St Thrse of Lisieux, the programme spans a rich variety of buildings, landscapes and experiences, says Te Ptahi director JessicaHalliday.Two of the themes covered by the festival this year will be design excellence in performance spaces and the works of pre-eminent local Gothic Revival architect, Benjamin Mountfort, in commemoration of the bicentenary of hisbirth.Festival goers will be among the first to experience the latest addition to the citys performing arts space, The Court Theatre, as well as having the opportunity to join an evening considering the enduring power of the wharenui and great hall, take part in youth-led tours of the mixed-use centre the Youth Hub, be hosted by whnau at Rpaki School, Church and the Korako Whnau Papakinga and explore the extravagant Peter Beavan-designed Chateau on the Park with an architecturalhistorian.Halliday says there will also be a number of one-off and special access experiences, such as seeing behind the hoardings during construction on a tour of Te Kaha Stadium, heading into the archives at the Macmillan Brown Library to view Mounforts original drawings with expert Dr Ian Lochhead, and visiting private residences and the Former Wellington Woollen Mills Manufacturing Company, now the hybrid hotel The DrifterChristchurch.Canterbury Provincial Council Buildings (Benjamin Mountfort, 185865).Image: Peanut ProductionsPeople are invited to explore the city in different ways, whether that be experiencing the much-loved Tkaro Poi Margaret Mahy Family Playground in full swing; exploring the joyful Cathedral Grammar Junior School on an architectural or engineering tour; discovering East Frame residential projects or taking in the exhibition, Mountfort and the Canterbury Museum, at Tranga, saysHalliday.A range of whnau-based activities will also be on offer, including an architecture treasure hunt, craft workshops and a youth-based designworkshop.Open Christchurch will begin with a speaker event in the Great Hall at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre on the evening of Friday 2 May, where Te Khui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medallist Professor Deidre Brown will take guests through the two traditions of the wharenui and the great hall and other speakers will explore what these gathering spaces mean tothem.The full programme continues on Saturday and Sunday, where the 51 featured buildings of different ages, styles and uses will be open for the public to experience for free, with the exception of a small number of limited entry projects and experiences that will require a nominal bookingfee.Halliday says the festivals Saturday night event will offer different ways of thinking about Christchurchs built legacy. At Children of the Christchurch Modernists, children of prominent Christchurch Modern architects will share their thoughts about growing up with the distinctive buildings of the era and their designers, considering both anew as they lookback.The Court Theatre (Athfield Architects & Haworth Tompkins, 2025).Image: Peanut ProductionsFive guided walks will explore different ways of seeing the city, and two designed landscapes will offer alternative ways to consider our urban spaces. Meanwhile, the Court Theatre will provide audio-described, mobility friendly and New Zealand Sign Languagetours.Old favourites will also return to this years programme, including behind-closed-doors access to the Observatory Hotel at the Arts Centre and the university hall of residence College House, and more than 40 activities (talks, tours, exhibitions and workshops) will provide additionalavenues to learn about the citysarchitecture.Open Christchurch is an annual celebration of free access to tautahis best buildings, aiming to make Christchurch more open, accessible and inclusive, says Halliday. Our city has so many fascinating buildings so be nosey, satisfy your curiosity and feel welcome to explore our city through architecture over Open Christchurchweekend.NoteEvent organisers encourage residents and visitors to study the programme and website to create their own itinerary of highlights so that they can discover the city in newways.Buildings are open at different times across the weekend, bookable activities are timetabled and a handful of buildings require advancebookings.Visit openchch.nz for bookings, building-specific accessibility and moreinformation.

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March 20, 20253 min readKanzi the Bonobo, Who Learned Language and Made Stone Tools, Dies at Age 44What we learned about ape and human cognition from Kanzi the bonobo, who died this weekBy Kate Wong edited by Jeanna BrynerKanzi the bonobo died on March 18, 2025, at the age of 44. Ape InitiativeKanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in captivity, Kanzi was the subject of many studies aimed at illuminating ape cognition and the origins of human language and tool use.Why It MattersKanzi was not the first great ape to learn how to communicate with humans using symbols. Koko the gorilla and Washoe the chimpanzee learned signs that were adapted from American Sign Language. But unlike his predecessors, who acquired their skills through direct training from researchers, Kanzi developed an interest in such symbols on his own when his adoptive mother, Matata, was receiving lessons on how to use keyboard lexigrams to communicate. Kanzi went on to learn hundreds of symbols that represented various objects and activities, as well as some more abstract concepts. Sometimes he combined these symbols to create new meaning.On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By purchasing a subscription you are helping to ensure the future of impactful stories about the discoveries and ideas shaping our world today.Kanzi was also something of a technologist. Archaeologists Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick, both at Indiana University, began working with Kanzi in 1990 to teach him and his sister Panbanisha how to make stone tools by using one rock as a hammerstone to remove sharp flakes from another rock called a core. Kanzi slowly got more adept at flaking stone through time, Toth recalls. Early in Kanzis training, he invented his own technique for making stone tools, throwing a flint cobble against a hard tile floor to remove larger flakes. He would then use the flakes to cut a cord to open a box with a food treat inside. After developing this technique, Toth says, Kanzi seemed to realize that the force of impact was important in getting larger usable flakes and applied this newfound knowledge when he resumed using the hammerstone-and-core technique to make tools.Kanzi the bonobo learned hundreds of symbols to represent objects, activities and abstract concepts over his lifetime.Ape InitiativeKanzis toolmaking skills fell short of those of modern-day humans and our ancestors, however. When Toth and Schick compared Kanzi and Panbanishas handiwork with their own and that of human ancestors who lived 2.6 million years ago, they found that the bonobos had many more failed attempts at removing flakes from the coresand that the flakes the bonobos did produce were smaller than the ones made by humans. We feel that their limitations in flaking were both biomechanical and cognitive, Toth says. You have to recognize acute angles on core edges and strike in the right place and at the right angle with your stone hammer to successfully remove flakes.What the Experts SayPrimatologist Jill Pruetz of Texas State University, who studies wild chimpanzees in Senegal, shared her memories of Kanzi on Facebook: I was lucky enough to meet Kanzi a few times & even got to hold a conversation with him via his symbol board and got to play chase with him too, she wrote. He had a hard time understanding my spoken words only if it was a word that had a soft a sound in it, which I blame on my Texas accent.One of Pruetzs favorite pieces of Kanzi lore, she added, was a story about him using two of his symbols to describe a frightening beaver he discovered in his new outdoor habitat in Iowa. He combined the symbols for water and gorilla, the latter referred to something scary in his world, and I always think of beavers ... as water gorillas now, she wrote.More about KanziKanzi was born in 1980 at what is now the Emory National Primate Research Center Field Station. He and Panbanisha were moved to the Language Research Center at Georgia State University in 1985. From there the siblings were sent to the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa. That research facility eventually closed amid accusations of animal neglect, among other troubles, shortly after Panbanisha died there in 2012. The Ape Conservation and Cognition Initiative (ACCI) took over the facility in 2013. On March 19, 2025, the ACCI announced that Kanzi had died on March 18. According to the ACCI, Kanzi hadnt shown any signs of illness that day and had spent the morning foraging for breakfast, chasing his nephew Teco and enjoying enrichment surprises before settling in for a grooming session and becoming unresponsive. Kanzis cause of death is unknown; necropsy results are pending. He was being treated for heart disease.

Epic Games Store's latest free PC and mobile games are hereJurassic World Evolution 2! Meat Boy! More!Image credit: Eurogamer News by Matt Wales News Reporter Published on March 21, 2025 Another week is upon us - and that means more Epic Games Store freebies, with the likes of Jurassic World Evolution 2 currently available for nowt. But things are a little bit different this time around; starting today, Epic is introducing weekly free games to its mobile store - available worldwide on Android devices and on iOS in the EU.As usual, Epic's latest free games are available for seven days - starting today, 20th March, and running through to next Thursday, 27th March. During that time, you can grab the following:Jurassic World Evolution 2 (PC)Super Meat Boy Forever (iOS/Android)Eastern Exorcist (iOS/Android)Jurassic World Evolution 2 trailer.Watch on YouTubeIt's a decent line-up then, starting with Jurassic World Evolution 2 - Frontier Developments' dinosaur-themed park management sequel, in which players attempt to create a thriving dino attraction that, all being well, won't attempt to eat the guests.As for this week's mobile offerings, Super Meat Boy Forever is a good 'un, taking the twitchy platforming of developer Team Meat's 2010 classic and turning it into an endless runner. "Super Meat Boy Forever does more with two buttons than most do with 14", we wrote back in 2017. And finally, there's Eastern Exorcist - a side-scrolling action RPG set in a fantasy world of spirits and monsters. Epic notes this one's only available in certain regions, but doesn't say which.And if you're wondering what's coming next, you might have to wait a bit. Epic's breaking from tradition this week, and hasn't revealed what'll be replacing its current bunch of free games. Instead, its next two PC freebies are simply listed as "mystery game" over on its store. Epic, of course, launched its mobile store last August, following ceaseless legal activity and new EU regulations requiring major companies such as Apple to allow sideloading and alternate marketplaces on their devices. Not long after, Epic confirmed its free weekly games programme would be coming to mobile, and here we are now.