Who’s Afraid of Film Festivals? After Politics Rattled Berlin and Shook Up Cannes, Venice Braces for Impact
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera calls this year's selection 'the most political in recent years' as the European Commission pulls $2.3 million from its parent Biennale Foundatio
Nvidia Reinvests Chip Billions in AI Ecosystem
Nvidia is converting billions in AI chip revenue into reinvestment across the AI ecosystem, positioning itself as the industry's central supplier and banker of the compute buildout.
Cambodia says it shut down over 700 cyberscam compounds
Cambodia announced Friday it has shut down more than 700 online scam compounds over the past year, arresting nearly 30,000 suspects and deporting over 58,000 foreign nationals.
Ireland Picks 'Aontas' for 2027 Oscar Race
Ireland has selected 'Aontas,' an Irish-language reverse-chronology heist thriller directed by Damian McCann, as its entry for the 2027 Academy Awards' best international feature film category.
‘The Whisper Man’ Review: Diverting Netflix Serial Killer Chiller Doesn’t Demand Much of Robert De Niro
Netflix releases "The Whisper Man," a serial killer thriller adapted from Alex North's 2020 novel and directed by James Ashcroft, starring Robert De Niro, Adam Scott, Michelle Monaghan, and Michael Ke
Dennehy's 'Limina' pairs two concertos in thrilling motion
Composer Donnacha Dennehy's album 'Limina' pairs a new piano concerto (2023) and a Violin Concerto (2020) in a program that balances rigorous harmonic grounding with propulsive, gravity-defying motion
London Children's Lungs Recovered After Ulez: Study
A Lancet study tracking roughly 1,700 London children found their lung capacity caught up to peers in Luton after the Ulez clean-air zone launched, adding concrete evidence to a global pattern of citi
China in the crossfire as US widens economic warfare on Iran
The US Treasury launched "Operation Economic Outcast," sanctioning nearly 60 entities across five sectors — including 16 Hong Kong- and Shenzhen-based firms — as Beijing faces a strategic dilemma ahea
Moriarty’s 'Big Little Truths' Reveals New Scandal for 'Big Little
Liane Moriarty’s new novel 'Big Little Truths' continues the lives of the 'Big Little Lies' characters a decade later, teasing unresolved trauma and a new predator in their children’s school, while se
Nvidia, Salesforce earnings shatter bear narratives
CNBC's Jim Cramer declared that blockbuster earnings from Nvidia and Salesforce demolished two of Wall Street's most persistent tech bear narratives, sending Salesforce up 22% and Nvidia up 8%.
‘Scooby-Doo’ Netflix Series Casts Andre 3000, Cathy Moriarty
Netflix's live-action 'Scooby-Doo: Origins' has added Andre 3000 and Cathy Moriarty to its cast, joining previously announced leads as filming begins in Atlanta ahead of a 2027 premiere.
UEFA takes legal action against FIFA, Joshua Kushner over scrapped plans to sell stakes in World Cup
UEFA filed discovery applications in three U.S. court districts targeting FIFA president Gianni Infantino and key figures behind the since-scrapped plan to privatize World Cup commercial rights, while
Oscars: 7 Films That Could Define the Awards Season, From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘Michael’
Variety profiles seven 2026 films positioned to define the Oscars race, from early frontrunner Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' to dark horses like Lionsgate's Michael Jackson biopic 'Michael,' as fa
Fossil Fuel Warming Supercharges El Niño Events, Study Finds
A new study in Science using 1,000-year-old Galápagos coral fossils reveals that fossil fuel-driven global warming has intensified El Niño events by about 37% compared to preindustrial times, with var
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
More than 100 technology, cybersecurity, financial and internet firms have signed a letter calling for coordinated public-private defense against increasingly sophisticated AI-enabled attacks in the c
Hammack Pushes for Rate Hike at Jackson Hole
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack used a Jackson Hole CNBC interview to repeat her call for higher interest rates, citing inflation running around 3% annualized and warning that an 'inflationary mi
Russia hits nine Ukrainian cities in massive strikes
Russia launched a massive overnight missile and drone barrage against nine Ukrainian cities, hitting military sites, energy infrastructure, and private businesses, killing at least two civilians and w
Gor's Kashmir Call Breaks US Neutrality
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor's unprecedented declaration that Kashmir is 'an important part of India' reversed decades of U.S. neutrality, drawing sharp Pakistani condemnation and complicating
Australian police arrest two over TeamPCP hacks targeting Mercor, OpenAI, and others
Australian Federal Police have arrested two alleged members of hacking group TeamPCP in Perth, charging them with more than a dozen offenses tied to a sprawling software supply chain campaign that hit
40% of Security Teams Use AI Daily, Report Finds
Prophet Security's 2026 report on AI in security operations, based on a survey of 250+ cybersecurity professionals, finds 40% of teams now use AI daily while 40% of organizations have turned off alert
Australia Arrests Two Alleged TeamPCP Hackers Behind Record
Australian Federal Police arrested two men from Western Australia, ages 21 and 23, alleged to be members of TeamPCP — the cybercrime outfit behind a record-breaking, self-propagating campaign of open-
Billy Strings' 'Goodbyes': Bluegrass Built on Grief
Billy Strings' sixth album 'So Much for Goodbyes' channels grief over his mother's 2025 overdose death into a genre-blurring set that fuses traditional bluegrass with rock, metal, and jam-band improvi
Jack Osbourne: Ozzy Biopic Script Done, Courting Directors
Jack Osbourne says the script for his father Ozzy Osbourne's biopic is finished and the family is now courting directors, while insisting the film will be a fan-pleasing spectacle rather than an 'arts
Instinct raises $350M at $2.5B valuation
AI startup Instinct raised a $250M Series B at a $2.5B valuation, bringing total funding to $350M just a year after founding — despite still being in private beta and facing privacy concerns.
First Live AI-Assisted Brain Surgery Removes Tumor
A patient in the UK became the first to undergo brain surgery with live AI assistance, successfully removing a pituitary tumour while preserving vision and critical brain structures.
Gunn's 'Superman: Man of Tomorrow' Wraps Filming
James Gunn announced on Threads that principal photography has wrapped on 'Superman: Man of Tomorrow,' the sequel to his 2025 'Superman,' which is set for a July 9, 2027 theatrical release and pits Su
RSPB Outlines Wildfire Prevention Plan After Cairngorms Blaze
Following a month-long wildfire that scorched 2,500 hectares of the Cairngorms, RSPB Scotland is rolling out a four-part prevention plan — wider fire breaks, more wetlands, cattle grazing for fuel con
Mladenov Warns Israel Strikes Risk Derailing Gaza Plan
The Board of Peace official running President Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan publicly criticized Israel at the UN Security Council, warning that ongoing strikes risk derailing the deal and could trigger
Bitcoin’s 23% rally sends beaten-down miners soaring past AI stocks
Bitcoin's 23% weekly rally sent battered pure-play mining stocks up 41-67%, handily beating AI-linked infrastructure names and reasserting direct BTC exposure as the dominant theme for the sector.
Thailand doubles clean energy target, adds nuclear power
Thailand's energy minister announced the country will double its clean energy target to 60% of electricity within 25 years and add nuclear power to its national plan for the first time, citing Iran-wa
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