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Everyone Watches Women’s Sports podcast launched by Togethxr and iHeartMedia
Women’s sports media company Togethxr has partnered with iHeartMedia to launch a weekly audio and video podcast titled “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports”, debuting on 9 July via the iHeart Women’s Sports lineup. The launch matters because it turns Togethxr’s popular, trademarked slogan — which the firm says has already generated more than $10 million in…
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Here comes J. Edgar musical by Harry Shearer to premiere in London
Comedians Harry Shearer and Tom Leopold are preparing to premiere their long-gestating musical “Here Comes J. Edgar” at London’s 200-seat King’s Head Theatre on 10 July, some three decades after they first began writing it. The show, about former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, matters both as a rare stage outing for the pair and…
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Vans and Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty condemns shoe collaboration as tone deaf
The band member said that the misleading advertisement seemed “vindictive” and left him feeling “hurt” The post Drummer Brendan Canty hits out at ‘Vans and Fugazi’ collab as “tone deaf” after footwear company share apology appeared first on NME.
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Jude Law to lead getaway driver thriller from his Riff Raff company
Actor Jude Law is to star in a new film about a getaway driver, produced by his own production company, Riff Raff Entertainment. The project was announced by Riff Raff’s co-founder Ben Jackson and head of film and TV Katie Sinclair at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, and marks a notable shift for Law into…
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Xbox aims to reach a billion daily users while cutting 3,200 jobs
Microsoft has announced what Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called “the most significant restructure in Xbox history”, cutting 1,600 jobs this summer with a further 1,600 expected over the following year. Yet buried in the memo announcing the layoffs was an ambitious stated ambition: for Xbox to become one of the few companies that “entertains more…
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Savi Security launches app to shield consumers from AI voice-cloning scams
Savi Security, a startup founded by brothers Patrick and Ryan Coughlin, has launched an app designed to shield ordinary consumers from increasingly convincing AI-generated scams delivered via text, email and phone. The company has raised $7 million in seed funding, led by Acrew Capital, and its iPhone and Android app goes live on Tuesday. The…
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DeepSeek said to be designing its own inference chips to cut supplier reliance
Chinese AI company DeepSeek is reportedly developing its own artificial intelligence chips, according to sources cited by Reuters. The firm is said to be designing silicon specifically for inference — the process of running an already-trained model — as part of an effort to lessen its dependence on third-party chip suppliers such as Huawei and…
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‘Money Heist’ Star Itziar Ituño and Vito Sanz Ready to Dive Into the Dystopian World of Sci-Fi Drama Series ‘Numana’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Spanish actors Itziar Ituño, known for “Money Heist”, and Vito Sanz have signed on to star in “Numana”, a science-fiction drama series created by the Argentine-Spanish writer-directors Jesica Arán and Soledad Velasco. The project, produced by Chilean-Spanish company Clara Films and Barcelona-based VFX consultancy Unbound Hub, signals a growing appetite for genre storytelling that draws…
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Nothing launches Ear 3A earbuds with noise cancellation and call recording for $99
Nothing has unveiled the Ear 3A, a new wireless earbud model priced at $99 and available immediately through the company’s online store. The earbuds feature active noise cancellation technology and the ability to record
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Amazon refuses breastfeeding chief executive entry to Dunfermline business course
A chief executive was refused entry to an Amazon business course after being told that breastfeeding her baby on site would pose a health and safety risk. Rachael Bews, 33, who runs the Scotland-based marketing agency Nu Coton, had signed up for Amazon’s Innovation Accelerator programme, which involves a tour of the company’s fulfilment centre…