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Secret Service Officer John Spillman has been placed on administrative leave after his arrest, which in Miami.
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A 33-year-old German citizen was detained following the incident, the authorities say.
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Valve's newly-released Steam Controller has proven popular, selling out almost as soon as it was made available. And, of course surprising no one, that means the controllers are now popping up on resale sites like eBay. Read more
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Poland’s Millennium Docs Against Gravity, the documentary film festival that takes place simultaneously across seven Polish cities, returns for its 23rd edition from May 7 – 17 with a focus on the audience-facing attitude that has helped it evolve from a scrappy local affair i...
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Not every movie experiences its full cultural impact right away. At release, it can be hard to tell its full effect on audiences or influence on an era's values. Here are fifteen era-defining movies that nobody realized were so important at the time. The post 15 Era Defining M...
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Beta Cinema has added two films to its Cannes Market slate: “The Other Side,” an Alpine-set adventure thriller starring Nina Hoss, and “The Rome Eight,” an underdog story based on true events, starring Oliver Masucci, who was in Oscar-nominated “Never Look Away,” German box-of...
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Your mom never gets you a thoughtless gift, so you shouldn’t get her one, either. Here’s every cool gift WIRED writers would give their mothers.
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The 1980s loved to imagine the future with practical, rather than technological leaps. Many of those visions now feel charmingly inaccurate, but some films made guesses that landed closer to reality than you might think. They anticipated changes in communication, surveillance,...
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The host of Chicken Shop Date joined WIRED’s Big Interview podcast to talk about turning down bad deals, beating the algorithm, and the importance of being over-prepared.
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A YouTuber has tested Intel's 12 P-core Core 9 273PQE and discovered the chip outperforms the Core i9-14900K by up to 9% in games potentially making the 273PQE Intel's fastest gaming CPU.
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It took Peru’s Augusto Zegarra nine years to complete his debut feature documentary “Runa Simi” but less than a year to reap a boatload of awards. He just took home the Alternativa Film Festival’s Focus Award last April 30, which includes a hefty cash prize. This would be the ...
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The arthouse specialist has snatched up rights to the Korean sci-fi action thriller starring Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, and Hoyeon.
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Wolf Alice, Brandi Carlile, Ethel Cain, CMAT and Father John Misty are also on the bill The post Hayley Williams, Mitski and Zara Larsson lead All Things Go 2026 line-up appeared first on NME.
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A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his "cold case" negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt ransomware group. [...]
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Pics from as far afield as Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Japan, Brazil and Georgia competed in the Alternativa Film Festival, the burgeoning nomadic festival that launched in Kazakhstan, continued in Indonesia and celebrated its third edition in Medellín, Colombia. Founded by tech com...
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It brings to an end a dispute that dates back to December 2024 The post Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively reach settlement in ‘It Ends With Us’ lawsuit appeared first on NME.
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In the run up to the Cannes Film Festival, French entrepreneurs Emmanuel Lipszyc and Thomas Cohen have launched IPFC, an ambitious new startup aiming to protect and monetize creative IP consumed by generative AI systems. Their model draws inspiration from rights management org...
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Amazon SageMaker AI now includes an AI agent designed to help developers customize language models. The article Amazon brings agentic fine-tuning to SageMaker with support for Llama, Qwen, Deepseek, and Nova appeared first on The Decoder.
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Staffers at Google DeepMind's headquarters have voted to unionize in an effort to prevent the AI firm's technology from being used by Israel and the US military. In a letter to Google management on Tuesday, employees requested that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Uni...
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The operator of the MV Hondius ship says a Dutch couple and a German national have died.
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Focus Entertainment has announced that its hit grimdark third-person shooter Space Marine 2 is getting a third year of post-launch support. Read more
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His two performances at the festival saw Dijon, Billie Eilish, SZA and more join as special guests The post Justin Bieber Spotify streams skyrocket by 1,800 per cent since Coachella appeared first on NME.
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“‘Last Flag’ has been unable to find the audience it needs” The post Imagine Dragons Dan Reynolds’ video game won’t be coming to console after lack of interest appeared first on NME.
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EXCLUSIVE: Raven Banner Entertainment has acquired world sales rights to Oddities by writer-director Tyler Savage (Stalker) and will launch sales at Cannes. The film had its world premiere at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. Starring in the pic are Lilimar ...
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A new version of the CloudZ remote access tool (RAT) is deploying a previously unseen malicious plugin called Pheno that hijacks the Microsoft Phone Link connection to steal sensitive codes from mobile devices. [...]
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Executives have been pushing AI for years. But leadership-led workplace culture may be preventing effective adoption, Microsoft found.
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A biopsy of a woman's cancer seems to have triggered an immune response against the tumour, putting her into remission
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Oil prices declined on Tuesday, retreating from sharp gains in the previous session.
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Mubi has picked up the rights to Na Hong-Jin’s latest feature, Hope in Latin America, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Turkey, ahead of the film’s debut in Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is written and directed by Na Hong-Jin, and st...
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Mubi is once again flexing it financial muscle ahead of Cannes, picking up one of the buzziest films heading to this year’s festival. The arthouse distributor and production company has acquired Na Hong-Jin’s (“The Wailing,” “The Yellow Sea”) sci-fi action thriller “Hope” for ...
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Armed with some Python and a white-hot sense of injustice, one medical student spent six months trying to figure out whether an algorithm trashed his job application.
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An enthusiast has taken the time to recreate the Apple Lisa, the first commercial PC with a GUI, with an FPGA board.
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After Artemis 2, NASA's moon return hinges on two unproven commercial landers, each of which faces major technical and timeline challenges.
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After a year of deregulation, the White House is now discussing an executive order that could subject new AI models to government review before they are released. The trigger is said to be Anthropic's "Mythos" model. The article White House briefed Anthropic, Google, and OpenA...
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France must decide what to do with two orcas marooned at a deserted marine park: move them to another park, or release them into an open-water sanctuary.
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The U.S.' bid to re-open the Strait of Hormuz, dubbed "Project Freedom," was nicknamed "Project Deadlock" by Iran.
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Jon Stewart has responded to Trump's latest comments about being "the only president to take a cognitive test."
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Up until 2025, Call of Duty has, somehow, been stuck getting cross-generation entries. But following some rumours circulating over the past few days, Activision has come out and confirmed the next game won't be releasing on PS4. Last year's Black Ops 7 will be the last eighth-...
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Microsoft is finally giving up on showing the junk feed of MSN news when you open the widgets feature in Windows 11. After allowing Windows 11 users to disable the MSN feed more than two years ago, Microsoft says it will soon hide it by default as part of an effort to make wid...
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Before you come at me, let me just say I love every game on this list and "friendslop" here is no insult. Instead, I'm using it affectionately. It's an increasingly useful tongue-in-cheek term to describe a particular genreless genre: games you can pick up on the cheap, jump i...
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From tinned fish to baked goodies, you can deliver the best-tasting treats to their door—even if you don’t live close by.
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It didn't take him long to identify the likes of Melvins, Minor Threat and Void The post Dave Grohl shows off his music knowledge on ‘Track Star’: “These are too easy!” appeared first on NME.
Bottom line from NME: this could define this era of music.
It’s also not coming to Xbox Game Pass until 2027 The post ‘Call Of Duty 2026’ won’t be coming to PlayStation 4 or Xbox One appeared first on NME.
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Christopher Nolan has said The Odyssey‘s source material, the epic poem by ancient Greek writer Homer, was the superhero story of its time. Appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the British director said Homer’s original work, which chronicles the King of Ithaca’s d...
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It comes as the U.S. Navy seeks to deliver on President Donald Trump's "Project Freedom" initiative.
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She also asked a member of staff where she could find the record, only to awkwardly be told that they “didn’t recognise” her name The post Kacey Musgraves goes undercover as giant armadillo to search for new album ‘Middle Of Nowhere’ appeared first on NME.
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Amazon has the MTG Avatar: The Last Airbender Beginner Box for $20, its lowest price yet, and nearly $15 off.
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Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Build and Battle Box from $34.99, nearly $20 off its typical price.
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Amazon has the Pokémon TCG Perfect Order Elite Trainer Box for $79.69, putting it just $7 above market price.
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The Italian lender is making a takeover bid for German rival Commerzbank, despite pushback in Germany.
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It looks like Grand Theft Auto 6 has a marketing deal with PlayStation. Read more
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The Stop Killing Games campaign announced plans to set up some non-governmental organisations earlier this year, with the aim of ensuring their work goes beyond a current push to prevent online games being rendered unplayable when publishers shut down their servers. One of the...
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The spy thriller is one of Netflix's most watched shows The post ‘The Night Agent’s’ next season will be its last appeared first on NME.
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The company will report financial results on Tuesday after disclosing it has launched an internal probe that could reshape its management and future with the Department of Justice.
Bottom line from Fortune: this could affect investors and consumers alike.
The North Korea-aligned state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft has compromised a video game platform in a supply chain espionage attack, trojanizing its components with a backdoor called BirdCallto likely target ethnic Koreans residing in China. While prior versions ...
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Darren Aronofsky will be awarded the honorary Pardo d’Onore award during this year’s Locarno Film Festival, which runs from August 5 to 15. Aronofsky will pick up the award on August 14 at the festival’s outdoor cinema at the Piazza Grande and present two of his features, The...
Deadline reports: Darren Aronofsky To Receive Locarno’s Honorary Pardo d’Onore — this reflects evolving audience tastes.
The North Korean hacker group APT37 has been delivering an Android version of a backdoor called BirdCall in a supply-chain attack through a video game platform. [...]
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Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for May 5, No. 588.
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Is 'The Drama' streaming anywhere? Find out how to watch Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's rocky A24 romance at home.
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A test of leading AI agents found vastly different amounts of tokens consumed with no transparency and no guarantees of success.
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An international team led by researchers from the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) has identified a key mechanism that has shaped Earth's continents over billions of years. This mechanism is the deep re-lamination of subducted continental crust, a process that e...
Bottom line from Phys.org: this adds a piece to a much larger puzzle.
Scientists led by the University of Southampton have revealed that an imbalance of nutrients in seawater can cause coral disease—possibly to a greater extent than that from heat stress of warming oceans. New research conducted at Southampton's Coral Reef Laboratory, and with c...
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”By turns provocative, spiritual, and formally daring, his films have for more than a quarter century probed the outer limits of faith, desire, and obsession.”
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Samsung A57 5G falls short in too many important ways to be a true contender with the Pixel 10a and iPhone 17e.
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Marginalized Instagram users are claiming the platform removed their accounts.
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The Locarno Film Festival will celebrate Darren Aronofsky with its Honorary Leopard Award. The prominent Swiss fest dedicated to indie cinema will celebrate the American auteur on Aug. 14 during a ceremony on its 8,000-seat Piazza Grande. Aronofsky will also present his films ...
Bottom line from Variety: this reflects evolving audience tastes.
The 2026 Met Gala fashion was as creative as usual, but was overshadowed by criticism of its new sponsor: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
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The group said they made the decision "after taking an honest look at the North American run" The post The Pussycat Dolls cancel North American reunion tour over reports of slow ticket sales appeared first on NME.
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How to watch the Champions League for free. Watch Arsenal vs. Atlético Madrid in the Champions League for free from anywhere in the world.
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Dave Grohl also shared his advice for young musicians, and revealed why he decided to continue making music after Nirvana ended The post Watch Foo Fighters play atmospheric version of ‘Window’ on ‘Colbert’ appeared first on NME.
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Former Meta AI chief Yann LeCun said repeated job apocalypse warnings are making high school students depressed.
Bottom line from Fortune: this reflects a broader economic trend.
Europe's largest lender HSBC on Tuesday reported first-quarter pre-tax profit of $9.4 billion, marginally missing analysts' estimates.
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A literary scouting subscription service is launching out of the UK today. Bo-sco is the brainchild of novelist and media researcher Arianna Reiche, and debuts with the mantra of curating information on IP available for option for producers and development execs. Specifically,...
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EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Spacey has signed on to lead a World War 2 drama titled Melodies in the Forest. The project is produced by Ventitre SRL in co-production with Pink Flamingo Media Group. Principal photography on the project is set to begin in October across Italy and the Czech...
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The victory of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political party in state polls dispels worries about his waning popularity, analysts said.
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Berlin-based Picture Tree Intl. has boarded international sales on “The Perfect Holiday” (Der perfekte Urlaub), the latest feature from hit German filmmaker Bora Dagtekin. Picture Tree will introduce the project to buyers during the Cannes Market with a first teaser. Dagtekin ...
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The SPEC CPU 2026 features more tests and an emphasis on portability, running on everything from fleets of servers down to a Raspberry Pi.
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Matthew Rhys is leading a BBC drama exploring the work of one the most iconic British journalists of all time. The Americans and Beast in Me star is playing former Sunday Times editor Harry Evans in Dragon Slayers, which will act as a potted 20th century history of UK investig...
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A neon-lit, two-hour fan experience with the BigHit boy band is the latest step in Airbnb's years-long strategy of using K-pop to drive bookings — and to reshape Korea's restrictive short-term rental laws.
Bottom line from Hollywood Reporter: this reflects evolving audience tastes.
A critical security vulnerability in Weaver (Fanwei) E-cology, an enterprise office automation (OA) and collaboration platform, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability (CVE-2026-22679, CVSS score: 9.8) relates to a case of unauthenticated remote code ...
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Film star Vijay has defied naysayers to almost sweep Tamil Nadu polls, marking a break in the political order.
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Chocolate is the food of the gods. The name of the tree from which the confection originates, Theobroma cacao, combines the Greek words for god (theós) and food (brôma). This small evergreen tree grows in tropical forests rich in both biodiversity and carbon.
Bottom line from Phys.org: this adds a piece to a much larger puzzle.
Aasiya Shah discusses the benefits of a "safe bubble," Aimée-Ffion Edwards shares which scenes felt most intimate, and Daniel Mays addresses his first intimacy coordinator experience and need for a counselor.
Bottom line from Hollywood Reporter: this may set a new benchmark for the genre.
How momentum optimizes gradient descent by dampening oscillations and accelerating convergence on complex The post Why Gradient Descent Zigzags and How Momentum Fixes It appeared first on MarkTechPost.
MarkTechPost reports: Why Gradient Descent Zigzags and How Momentum Fixes... — this raises questions about AI's role.
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar – the 51-year-old Tamil cinema superstar known to fans worldwide as Vijay, or simply as “Thalapathy” (Commander) – has delivered the most seismic electoral debut in Tamil Nadu’s modern history. His Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won 108 seats in Monday’s A...
Variety reports: Indian Film Star Vijay Stakes Claim to Form... — this may set a new benchmark for the genre.
London-based MetFilm Sales has acquired Mongolian filmmaker Khoroldorj Choijoovanchig’s debut feature documentary “Colors of White Rock” for worldwide sales representation. The film will have its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month as part of the official do...
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A push-based notification system for Batch API, Deep Research, and video generation tasks arrives with built-in security, retry guarantees, and two configuration modes. The post Google Adds Event-Driven Webhooks to the Gemini API, Eliminating the Need for Polling in Long-Runni...
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Doug Whitney has a genetic mutation that means he should have developed Alzheimer’s disease decades ago, but his long-term work in hot engine rooms may have protected him in a similar way to sauna therapy
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The leadership lessons forged in Beirut are exactly what business leaders need as the assumptions underpinning decades of growth come apart simultaneously.
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Inflation had picked up materially in the second half of 2025, and the conflict in the Middle East had resulted in sharply higher fuel and commodity prices.
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Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale credential theft campaign that has leveraged a combination of code of conduct-themed lures and legitimate email services to direct users to attacker-controlled domains and steal authentication tokens. The multi-stage campaign, o...
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The New York Times' latest game, Pips, brings domino fun to your desktop. How to play Pips as well as hints in case you get stuck.
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Carpenter also showcased her own songs, "House Tour," "Espresso," and "Please, Please, Please," on the event's stage
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A blast at a fireworks factory in Hunan province has killed 26 people and injured 61, state media report.
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Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1781 on May 5 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.
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The Jasper Jones and Runt author was arrested in January during a police raid at his Perth home.
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Following a lively celeb-filled carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday, the vibes for fashion's biggest night appeared to elevate once inside.
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Universal Pictures has dropped a new trailer for its upcoming The Odyssey adaptation from director Christopher Nolan. The trailer was unveiled on Monday night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The pic stars Matt Damon as Odysseus. The all-star cast includes Tom ...
Bottom line from Deadline: this could reshape the box office conversation.
There are about 500 to 600 Asiatic lions left in the wild which only live in Gir Forest, India.
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See what Beyoncé, Rihanna, Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter, Cher, and more wore to this year's gala. Met Gala 2026: The Musicians Who Understood the Assignment Consequence Staff
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Two quantum computers and two supercomputers teamed up to break the record for the biggest molecule yet to be simulated using quantum hardware
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Christopher Nolan's epic film releases in theaters on July 17.
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In this tutorial, we walk through a complete, end-to-end workflow for correcting bias in survey data using the balance library. We simulate a realistic population, deliberately introduce sampling bias, and then apply multiple re-weighting techniques to recover unbiased estimat...
Bottom line from MarkTechPost: this raises questions about AI's role.
The Boeing 737 plane crashed into a Chinese hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board.
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Morris singled out Ella Langley, Lainey Wilson and Megan Moroney as artists exciting her right now.
Why it matters: Maren Morris Praises Women Dominating Country Music: ‘They’re... reflects the changing sound of the industry.
The July 17th release stars Matt Damon as Odysseus alongside a huge and famous ensemble. Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Looks Truly Epic in New Trailer: Watch Liz Shannon Miller
Why it matters: Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Looks Truly Epic in... taps into a cultural moment.
Various store pages confirm pricing for all Nintendo Switch 2 Upgrade Packs that will be available. There are a variety of price points, with some costing as much as $20. On the other hand, many are free – those these are from third-parties. Here’s the full roundup: 4PGP – $4....
The big picture: List of all prices for Nintendo Switch 2... — signals what players want next.
The theme for 2026 Met Gala fundraiser is "Costume Art", exploring fashion as an embodied art form.
BBC World reports: The most talked-about looks at this year's Met... — this demands attention beyond borders.
Jon Stewart — after getting the news of the night, that he was not invited to the Met Gala, out of the way — set his sights on the continuing saga of “our situationship with Iran.” “Is it a war? Is it a ceasefire? Are we friends with bomb-ifits? I don’t know,” he quipped at […]
Why it matters: Jon Stewart On Trump’s Eschewal Of Congressional War... is generating industry buzz.
In the past, scientists thought that prehistoric peoples only traveled briefly through high-altitude mountain areas, rather than staying to take advantage of their resources. But new evidence suggests that, starting about 5,500 years ago, a prehistoric community repeatedly cli...
Why it matters: Burned stone, child's bones, and lost jewelry hint... opens new research frontiers.
Some attendees looked stunning, while others looked fab while also understanding the assignment — here's a mix of the best style on the museum steps.
Hollywood Reporter reports: Met Gala 2026: Sam Smith, Sabrina Carpenter and... — this is generating industry buzz.
Bloomberg reports that Apple has been exploring early-stage talks with Intel and evaluating facilities from Samsung Electronics as it looks to diversify production of its core device chips beyond TSMC. Here are the details. more…
The big picture: Apple considers Intel and Samsung to diversify chip... — signals a shift in how we use technology.
The Nvidia CEO seems to feel that claims of AI's job-killing potential have been greatly exaggerated.
The big picture: As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang... — signals a shift in how we use technology.
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