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Lululemon backs nylon recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A
Syntetica, a French startup that has developed a novel approach to recycling nylon, has already obtained big-name partners and investors.
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Indigenous leader ‘silenced’ after mining company ordered him to delete his video about welfare dependency
An Indigenous leader was ordered by a mining company to delete a social media video about the challenges facing Aboriginal people after he referenced the business.
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Paramount Gets New Judge In State AGs Antitrust Suit
The State of California et al v. Paramount Skydance Corporation et al has been reassigned to Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin, and it appears that an initial hearing to consider a temporary restraining order on the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger is still set for this Friday. Judge P. Casey Pitts was initially assigned the case, which was…
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George Lucas, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Chris Meledandri & Claude Lelouch Awarded French Legion Of Honor
Cue the “Victory March” theme from Star Wars. Earlier today, George Lucas, Jodie Foster, Sigourney Weaver, Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and French filmmaker Claude Lelouch (A Man and a Woman) were awarded the Legion of Honor at the Élysée Palace in Paris by President Emmanuel Macron. Lucas, Foster, Weaver and Meledandri were presented…
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Paramount Shareholder Sues Ellisons, Board For Alleged Side Deal, Promises To Donald Trump
A Paramount Skydance shareholder has filed a derivative lawsuit against officers and directors of the company alleging breach of fiduciary duty in its pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery, the latest in a string of legal actions seeking to derail the merger. Paramount shareholder Paul Robbins filed the suit against CEO David Ellison, his father Larry…
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Elon Musk bought a gas turbine company
It’s likely to become a direct power source for SpaceXAI’s data centers.
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xAI sues a man for using Grok to generate CSAM ‘deepfakes’
The Elon Musk-owned xAI is suing a South Carolina man who allegedly used the company’s Grok AI chatbot to generate child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a lawsuit reported earlier by Reuters, xAI claims Terry Wayne Harwood “knowingly and intentionally used Grok to circumvent safeguards, alter nonconsensual images, and generate and distribute CSAM,” breaching the…
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Brendan Carr plans to let broadcast giants dominate the airwaves
The Federal Communications Commission will vote next month on whether a single company can own broadcast stations that reach more than 39 percent of US TV households. In a Breitbart op-ed on Wednesday, Republican Chair Brendan Carr announced an August 6th vote to end the national ownership cap rule, which was intended to prevent one…
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Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’
Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.
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Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms
The safety board confirmed Tesla’s account of the crash, which the company shared days after it happened last month.