ActiveState Appoints Open Source and Technology Leader, Abby Kearns, to CEO to Drive Next Phase of Growth

ActiveState, a global leader in trusted, managed open source, today announced it has appointed Abby Kearns as CEO. Stephen Baker, the company's CEO since 2024, is joining ActiveState's Board of ...
The New York Times

Who’s Pulling the Strings on the World Stage? Ask the Puppets.

Eurasia Group, the geopolitical risk consultancy run by Ian Bremmer, gets into the political satire game with its Instagram show “Puppet Regime.” Credit... Supported by By Kim Córdova The electronic ...
CNBC

Software sell-off sparked by AI sets stage for potential big year of M&A, investors say

With software stocks badly trailing the rest of the tech sector of late, investors told CNBC that they're buying the dip and predicted a flurry of deals. Shares of Salesforce, ServiceNow and Adobe ...
Chicago Sun-Times

‘Sex Lives of Puppets’ explores candidly carnal conversations about sex, no strings attached

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Chicago Tribune

Chicago’s International Puppet Theater Festival opens again, the largest in the nation

If there’s one thing that the annual Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival always delivers, it’s sheer range. The eighth iteration, running January 21 through February 1, features retellings ...
New York Post

Creepy puppet ex-Prince Andrew allegedly used to grope Virginia Giuffre seen in Epstein files

A photo of the creepy lookalike puppet that then-Prince Andrew is accused of using to grope sex accuser Virginia Giuffre has been unveiled in the newly released Jeffrey Epstein files. The doll — ...
The New Yorker

A Puppet Called Paddington

Given that the U.K.’s wolves and moose expired long ago, the country’s largest land predator today is, somewhat embarrassingly, the European badger. Other aggressive species include the horsefly, a ...
Morningstar

For Software Stocks, It’s Been an AI Bust, Not a Boom

Software stocks have lagged AI names by a significant margin for most of 2025. Software stocks are significantly undervalued, according to Morningstar analysts, and many have sound fundamentals ...
New York Post

Lindsey Halligan fires back at James Comey judge who claimed she’s a ‘puppet’

Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan suggested Wednesday that the Biden-appointed judge overseeing the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey violated judicial conduct rules by asking ...
Los Angeles Times

Puppetry? In this economy? This L.A. artist is forging her own path in Hollywood

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Jackie Smook handcrafts puppets for her web series and film work from her small L.A. workshop below the Hollywood ...
Deadline.com

Madeleine Coghlan To Topline Horror Film ‘Puppet’ From Nick Peterson; Chris Sullivan, Taryn Manning & Kevin Keppy Also Set

EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine Coghlan (The Rookie) is set to headline the psychological horror film Puppet from writer-director Nick Peterson (Dark Mind), with Chris Sullivan (This Is Us), Taryn Manning ...
BroadwayWorld

CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL Returns This January

The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival will bring together the world’s leading contemporary puppet artists from January 21–February 1, 2026, transforming the city into a stage for ...