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As βProject Hail Maryβ takes off, Ryan Gosling has already set his sights on a new star vehicle. The actor will topline the next film from βEverything Everywhere All at Onceβ directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, according to Deadline. The Universal Pictures movie will begin filming this summer in Los Angeles and hit theaters…
Green MPs have written to Ed Miliband demanding he set out plans to decouple electricity prices from gas, after Sky News revealed he was “looking into” the policy. The letter calls for the government to fully commit to the measure, arguing it could knock hundreds of pounds off household energy bills by ending the “rigged…
It was Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, when the grass outside the baseline and the bright red sign high above center field read βUNIQLO FIELD.β It will be Dodger Stadium on Thursday, when the defending World Series champions open their new season, and forevermore. The official name of our summer home is now Uniqlo Field at…
Transgender women athletes will be excluded from the Olympics beginning with the 2028 Los Angeles Games after the International Olympic Committee implemented a new eligibility policy on Thursday. Eligibility for womenβs competition will be determined by a one-time, mandatory genetics test, according to the IOC. The test requires screening through saliva, a cheek swab or…
After days of deliberation, a jury in Los Angeles found Meta and YouTube liable for creating platforms designed to be addictive for kids and for failing to warn them. The plaintiff was awarded $6 million in damages in the case. Meta and Google, which owns YouTube, both say they’ll appeal.
HBO Max has officially launched in the UK today. The US streaming service features HBO content as well as Warner Bros Pictures and Television, DC Studios and Max Originals shows and films. It means the return of Friends to a UK streaming service, as well as the Harry Potter films. Other content available on the…
ChatGPT would like you to know that, despite what you may have heard on social media, the abrupt closing of Sora, OpenAIβs nascent platform for creating video shorts, βdoes notβ mean that the public is increasingly disenchanted with AI-generated video content. Or βAI slopβ as it is known in online vernacular. Yes, ChatGPT concedes, Sora…
Concerns over queues at the petrol pump are growing at the very top levels of both business and government. And whatever Westminster says, there are credible figures warning that forecourts could soon be hit by shortages due to the ongoing Iran war. Nick Butler, the former BP executive who worked for Gordon Brown in government,…
Two future high major-league draft picks, Anthony Murphy of Corona and Striker Pence of Corona Santiago, showed off their talents Wednesday. Corona rallied for a 9-7 victory. Pence, who touched 99 mph, struck out Murphy for one of his six strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings. He left the game with a 3-2 lead. Then Murphy…
OpenAI said Tuesday that it is discontinuing its Sora AI video app. The move comes as the video platform wanes in popularity among users, according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported OpenAI’s decision to pull the plug.Β “We’ve decided to discontinue Sora in the consumer app and API. As we focus and compute…
