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I'd prefer that artificial intelligence stay out of filmmaking, but like any other industry, AI is bound to disrupt Hollywood, especially if it’s left up to venture capitalists. News this morning proves it. Independent film studio A24 announced that it has raised money from New York venture capital firm Thrive Capital, run by Josh Kushner—brother of Jared Kushner. I hear that Thrive invested $75 million of a $250 million round that values the company at $3.5 billion, or slightly higher than A24’s asking pri
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It comes just days after Biden's debate with former US president Donald Trump, which was marked by verbal gaffes and confusing statements. Read more ›
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In a questionable new trend, supermarkets in the South now seem to be selling bullets right out of a dispenser. Read more ›
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A single line of dialogue in the trailer sparked a frenzy of memes, and paved the way for how the superhero movie was received. Read more ›
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Biden suggested he would be OK losing to Trump in November as long as he gave it his all — undercutting the heart of his 2024 presidential platform. Read more ›
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"May he continue to have fun on his yachts. I prefer to work," Musk said of the hydrofoiling video that Zuckerberg posted to social media. Read more ›
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Nintendo has responded to concern over the inappropriate use of its characters online and said it would take "appropriate action" against anything that would make some players "feel uncomfortable". Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa was recently questioned by a shareholder who said they had "come across cases on social media where Nintendo IP and games are used inappropriately". This "inappropriate" use of Nintendo's characters "poses the risk of damaging" the company's... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden flashed his trademarked stubbornness when asked just who could get him to reconsider dropping out of the 2024 race. Read more ›
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The memification of Mark Zuckerberg continues — but lately, the CEO seems to be just as in on the jokes. Read more ›
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What would happen if Ctrl+C or Ctrl+V stopped working? As unthinkable as that might sound, it can and does happen to Mac and PC users. Read more ›
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Cats will scratch up your furniture for a number of reasons but one of the most noteworthy is if there's a kid in the home, according to a new study. Read more ›
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As AI companies increase their investments in infrastructure, their revenues are not growing that fast, financial analysts note, implying that AI could become a bubble. Read more ›
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In his first interview since last week’s disastrous debate, Joe Biden appeared too frail to defeat Donald Trump and too delusional to end his campaign. Far from easing anxieties about his candidacy, the president’s sit-down with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News should further alarm Democratic leaders. Biden’s remarks indicated that his party may be heading […] Read more ›
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Leslye Headland has seen your speculation about the unknown world Star Wars' latest villain calls home. Read more ›
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An American Airlines flight was diverted this week after a 25-year-old man exposed himself and urinated in the aisle mid-flight, authorities said. Read more ›
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Joe Biden and Donald Trump have both sought to claim the mantle of veterans champion as each vies for a second term in office. Read more ›
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Professional mountaineers say climbing Mt. Everest is a walk in the park compared to smaller, more difficult mountains like the Seven Second Summits. Read more ›
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President Joe Biden appeared Friday in his first interview since last week's debate, which his supporters saw as key to address his poor performance. Read more ›
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President Joe Biden denied that his debate against Trump hurt him in the polls and is causing growing calls for him to step aside. Read more ›
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Gina Gershon looks back at becoming a queer icon with her roles in "Bound" and "Showgirls," what it was like working with Nicolas Cage on "Face/Off," and more. Read more ›
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As résumés go, Derek Rundell’s is a doozy. The self-described serial entrepreneur briefly worked as a consultant for Michael Jackson, the late pop star, and he wrote, directed and acted in “Zombie Sitter,” a low-budget movie about a preteen navigating a post-apocalyptic world following a meteor shower that has turned the population into the walking dead. But in 2013, Rundell started working for a powerful client: Eric Schmidt, a longtime... Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:The fame, feud and fortune behind billionaire Alexandr WangThe best high-tech spasPlus: An apocalypse found; a marvelous, murderous melodrama; and requiem for a reality TV star.Until this moment, it was hard to know how seriously to take Donald Trump’s emerging courtship of Silicon Valley leaders. Yes, he had a glitzy fundraiser at David Sacks’ Pacific Heights home earlier this month—and yes, he’d won over people like... Read more ›
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The next phase of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son’s plan to make the company a leader in artificial intelligence is coming into focus. And it is complicated—and potentially costly. SoftBank has recently talked with banks about borrowing money to fund investment of up to $10 billion in energy-related projects, where AI is driving an enormous increase in demand, according to a person with direct knowledge of the discussions. SoftBank also is... Read more ›
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A year ago, Character.AI had the wind at its back. Founded by two artificial intelligence pioneers from Google, the startup had launched AI chatbots that offered what its far larger rivals hadn’t yet provided: something fun. Millions of people had signed up for its website and apps, intrigued by the chance to text with facsimiles of anime characters, TV personalities and historical figures in hyper-realistic roleplay. Executives discussed raising additional... Read more ›
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Runway, already the best funded among a cluster of startups developing artificial intelligence software to generate videos for Hollywood and more amateur filmmakers, is trying to strengthen that lead with a new round of financing. The firm is in talks with investors to raise $450 million at about a $4 billion valuation, according to a person involved in the deal and a person who spoke with Runway executives. General Atlantic,... Read more ›
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Saks Fifth Avenue parent company HBC has agreed to buy rival Neiman Marcus for $2.65 billion, with Amazon taking a minority stake in the newly combined company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The Journal did not report the size of Amazon’s stake in the new company, which will be ... Read more ›
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A massage, then maybe a dip in the pool? If that’s your idea of a spa day, then this will really get your brain twisted into knots: These days, the coolest, most exclusive spas are downright space age and come complete with amenities like high-definition cameras to assess scalp health, compression suits to promote healthy drainage of lymphatic fluid, and three-dimensional dermal scanning, which uses heat to show a body’s... Read more ›
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Happy anniversary, Andy Jassy! Well, almost. On Friday, the Amazon CEO will celebrate the third anniversary of his ascension to the top job. And this year Jassy has something to really celebrate.Amazon’s stock closed today at $200, its highest point ever. It’s also 14% higher than when Jassy took the reins, which might not sound like a lot but, hey, don’t forget Amazon stock cratered with the 2022 stock market... Read more ›
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After two Tesla veterans launched Northvolt in 2017, the Swedish battery developer rapidly became Europe’s most prominent champion in the race to develop local electric vehicle and battery industries. Though it had never made a battery, the company announced a whirlwind of plans for vertical integration—plants across Europe and in Canada that would process lithium, make electrodes, manufacture batteries and recycle them when they were spent. Northvolt would make next-generation... Read more ›
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I never thought I’d say this about a nearly 50-year-old company, but Microsoft is turning out to be a trendsetter.First, Microsoft’s $10 billion investment and partnership with OpenAI early last year prompted rival cloud providers to team up with conversational artificial intelligence developers—namely, Amazon Web Services’ similar pact with Anthropic. Then Microsoft’s Copilot AI products set the roadmap of Google. Now, Microsoft seems to be teaching AWS how to do... Read more ›
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