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Mamamia breaks its silence as axed podcast host Claire Murphy promises to spill ‘tea’: The claim that made the company respond: INSIDE MAIL
Australian women’s media company Mamamia has issued a rare public statement after Claire Murphy, the former host of its podcast The Quicky, teased a forthcoming project promising to reveal inside “tea” about her old workplace. Murphy, who was made redundant in May after seven years, has framed the venture in the style of a dramatic…
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Crimson Desert Dev Working On Getting Switch 2 Version Up And Running
Pearl Abyss, the South Korean studio behind the open-world action-adventure Crimson Desert, is developing a Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, with CEO Heo Jin-Young confirming in a recent corporate briefing that it has reached a stage where “basic gameplay is possible”. The update matters because it moves the prospect of a Switch 2…
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Company director stole £550,000 of her elderly father-in-law’s life savings to fund luxury Caribbean holidays, supplies for her horses and her daughter’s wedding
Company director Mary Jane Haigh, 63, has been jailed for six years after stealing more than £550,000 from her elderly and vulnerable father-in-law, David Skippen, whose life savings she was entrusted to manage while purportedly caring for him. The case highlights the abuse of trust involved in financial elder abuse, with Haigh draining Mr Skippen’s…
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Of course viewers are giving up on Netflix shows
Netflix, the world’s most popular paid streaming service, is struggling to retain viewers beyond the first season of its shows, and the company is reportedly investigating why subscribers are abandoning once-popular series in large numbers. The problem matters because sharp drop-offs — such as the anthology Beef losing 70 percent of its viewership on return,…
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OpenAI’s Chief Futurist Is Leaving the Company
Joshua Achiam, OpenAI’s chief futurist, has told colleagues he will leave the company later this month after nearly nine years, according to a staff note obtained by WIRED. Achiam, a long-standing defender of OpenAI’s safety-focused mission, said his departure was not prompted by any specific reason but was something he had been considering for a…
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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma points the finger at Phil Spencer’s strategy for yesterday’s sweeping layoffs: ‘We simply spread ourselves too thin’
Sharma didn’t mention Spencer by name, but said Xbox is struggling because it neglected its “core business.”
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Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
The company confirmed that the issue had been affecting accounts since May, with an additional 200 users banned over the weekend before its team identified and fixed the problem.
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Pete Holmes, Lewis Black, Alfie Williams & Ryan Kiera Armstrong Befriending Feature Drama ‘Friend Thing’
Deadline has reported that the indie feature drama “Friend Thing” has assembled its principal cast, with Alfie Williams (“28 Years Later”) and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (“The Lowdown”) taking the lead roles. Comedians and actors Pete Holmes, Lewis Black and Adam Ray are set to co-star. The film is being produced by Society, the production company…
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Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app
Figma has acquired the team behind Bud (formerly Orchids), a Y Combinator-backed vibe-coding and AI agent platform, as it seeks to expand beyond design and move coding and prototyping closer to its core canvas. The move matters because it signals Figma’s ambition to become a broader product-building tool, letting teams turn ideas into working apps…
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‘Love and Other Words’ Adaptation Set With the Newly Formed Magic Hour Entertainment (Exclusive)
Magic Hour Entertainment, the newly formed production company led by Max Siemers and Tanner Anderson, is to adapt Christina Lauren’s popular romance novel Love and Other Words into a feature film, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively reported. The move signals the launch of a production banner dedicated to romance, modern dating and romantic comedies, and…