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PM’s Kirk trial evidence, Nigeria’s phantom investment council, and Meta pulls Muse
Prosecutors reveal “devastating” evidence against Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, as a bogus presidential council is exposed in Nigeria and Meta scraps its Muse AI tool amid a Hollywood backlash. Plus tributes to Emergency star Randolph Mantooth.
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EU Says It’s Powerless to Stop PlayStation From Killing Discs: ‘Companies Are Free to Offer Games and Services in the Manner They See Fit’
As gamers sign online petitions and swarm upon each and every PlayStation social media post, the EU has said it’s powerless to actually stop Sony — and indeed any company — from killing discs.
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Don Iwerks, Disney Executive and Pioneering Cinema Technology Innovator, Dies at 96
Don Iwerks, a visionary engineer and executive who revolutionised cinema through groundbreaking advances in camera and projection technology during his tenure at Disney, passed away peacefully at age 96 at Ojai Community
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Paramount-Warner Bros merger clears hurdle as Oregon withdraws delay bid
The Oregon attorney general’s office has withdrawn its motion to delay the closing of the $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, according to a filing lodged on Friday in the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland. The reversal removed a significant obstacle, allowing the deal to close as soon as 22 July, although several states —…
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Meta shuts down Muse image generator amid consent and privacy concerns
Meta has fully disabled its Muse Image generator, days after the tool was withdrawn from Instagram following mounting criticism over privacy and consent. The feature, launched earlier in the week, allowed users to create AI-generated photos based on any public account simply by tagging it, and enrolled users automatically by default without notifying the profiles…
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Donald Iwerks, pioneering Disney camera and projection engineer, dies aged 96
Donald Iwerks, the Disney camera and projection engineer who co-founded Iwerks Entertainment, has died at the age of 96. Variety reports that he died on 9 July 2026, and Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro paid tribute in a statement, praising Iwerks’s “rare combination of heart, ingenuity, and passion” and his contributions to some of the company’s…
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Nigel Farage’s company ‘pays him £50,000 over five years in rent for studio at his own property’ in arrangement that could allow him to lower his tax bill
The Reform leader’s personal service business, Thorn in the Side Ltd, agreed last May to pay Farage £10,000 each year for five years for the ‘rental of studio premises’, the company’s accounts show.
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OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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Zucked Up! Meta Disables AI Image Generator After CAA & SAG-AFTRA Trashed It: “Missed The Mark”
Just days after Meta introduced its Muse Image AI generator, the Mark Zuckerberg-run company has done a complete U-turn. Under pressure from a now-victory-lap-taking CAA and SAG-AFTRA, the tech behemoth announced Friday that the feature is “no longer available” on Instagram, admitting they “missed the mark” amid privacy concerns over the automatic opt-in for users.…