‘One Battle After Another’ Wins Top Film Prize at Golden Globes
Golden Globes: Seth Rogen Says ’The Studio’ Season 2 Set to Start Filming Next Week
Stellan Skarsgard Jokes His Famous Children Taught Him What a Bad Father Is As He Accepts Golden Globe
Acclaimed strategy game They Are Billions to appear on Nintendo Switch 2
French Court Orders Google DNS to Block Pirate Sites, Dismisses ‘Cloudflare-First’ Defense * TorrentFreak
X could face ban in UK over deepfakes, minister says
Oops: DanaBot Malware Devs Infected Their Own PCs
The U.S. government today unsealed criminal charges against 16 individuals accused of operating and selling DanaBot, a prolific strain of information-stealing malware that has been sold on Russian cybercrime forums since 2018. The FBI says a newer version of DanaBot…...
Apple TV+ announces five-part docuseries ‘Mr. Scorsese’ – 9to5Mac
Directed by Rebecca Miller, this five-part series will explore the life and career of the legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, featuring conversations with notable collaborators, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Steven Spielberg. As reported by...
Samsung and ’anybody’ making smartphones outside of US subject to same tariff as iPhone, Trump says
President Trump has confirmed that the 25% tariff mentioned for iPhone earlier today will also apply to Samsung and “anybody” making smartphones outside of the United States. Earlier today, Donald Trump announced via social media that Apple would be subject to a 25%...
Taylor Swift subpoena dropped by Justin Baldoni in Blake Lively case
Justin Baldoni’s has dropped his subpoena on Taylor Swift amid his ongoing legal feud with Blake Lively – find out more below. Earlier this month (May 10), it was revealed that Swift – who is close friends with Blake Lively – had been issued a subpoena by Justin...
YouTube Processed 2.2 Billion Content ID Copyright Claims in 2024 * TorrentFreak
Copyright claims in 2024, with automated detection accounting for more than 99% of the total. According to YouTube, rightsholders chose to monetize the content in the overwhelming majority of claims. Revenue paid out to content creators and owners through the Content...
AirTag sees lost dog reunited with its owner – and reminds us to monitor battery levels
A lost dog has been reunited with its owner thanks to an AirTag attached to its collar – but the story also serves as a reminder to monitor the battery levels of our tags. The AirTag was out of power, but thankfully the dog chose to wander into the home of a tech...
Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests
“Do not use semicolons,” wrote Kurt Vonnegut, who averaged fewer than 30 a novel (about one every 10 pages). “All they do is show you’ve been to college.” A study suggests UK authors are taking Vonnegut’s advice to heart; the semicolon seems to be in terminal decline,...
Tim Cook tried to kill Texas App Store age verification bill by calling the governor
Apple CEO Tim Cook personally called Texas Governor Greg Abbott urging him to veto legislation requiring age verification for the App Store, escalating the tech industry's battle over child safety regulation. The bill, passed with veto-proof majorities, would require...
Eney by MacPaw now in beta for Setapp users: An AI companion that completes tasks – 9to5Mac
At CES 2025, MacPaw unveiled Eney, an all new AI-powered companion that’ll complete tasks for you. It taps into the plethora of apps available on Setapp, and serves as an assistant of sorts. Eney is available in public beta starting today. I’ve had the opportunity to...
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. One of Elon Musk’s employees is earning between $100,001 and $1 million annually as a political adviser to his billionaire boss while simultaneously helping to dismantle...
You can now apply for verification on Bluesky
Bluesky is ramping up its verification program, even though it's still not exactly clear how it plans to determine which accounts are "authentic and notable" enough for a blue checkmark. One month after the company said it would start giving checkmarks to select...
Did Google lie about building a deadly chatbot? Judge finds it plausible.
Ever since a mourning mother, Megan Garcia, filed a lawsuit alleging that Character.AI's dangerous chatbots caused her son's suicide, Google has maintained that—so it could dodge claims that it had contributed to the platform's design and was unjustly enriched—it had...