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Mohsen Gharaei’s Iranian Drama ‘Falling House’ Sells Across Europe After Venice Festival Premiere (EXCLUSIVE)
Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Gharaei’s drama “Falling House” has secured a wave of international sales after premiering to strong reviews in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival. Paris-based sales agent Paradise City Sales has closed deals with Jokers Films for France, Wanted Cinema for Italy and Karma Films for Spain, with further negotiations ongoing…
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Google signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs
Google has struck its largest publicly announced carbon credit deal for rice-methane reduction, agreeing to buy 1 million credits through 2030 from Indian climate-tech startup Mitti Labs. The four-year agreement covers rice farms across Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, reaching around 100,000 hectares at peak delivery, and comes as Google grapples with meeting its 2030…
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d-Matrix licenses Nvidia’s NVLink interconnect for upcoming Raptor chips
AI infrastructure startup d-Matrix has agreed to license Nvidia’s NVLink Fusion interconnect technology and adopt its MGX rack reference designs, joining a growing roster of chipmakers—including Qualcomm, Arm, Marvell, Amazon, Fujitsu and MediaTek—that have struck similar deals. The move lets d-Matrix build its future accelerators, including the upcoming Raptor chips, around Nvidia’s racks and NVSwitch…
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Border Force suspends Portsmouth ferry to land 140 migrants
A ferry company operator has criticised Border Force for ordering it to suspend crossings so that 140 migrants could be brought ashore in Portsmouth on Sunday, saying the disruption cost half a day’s takings. Colin Hill, who runs the Hayling Ferry between Hayling Island and Portsmouth’s Eastney area, said officials abruptly barred the ferry from…
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Mathematicians want proof OpenAI didn’t use their work
A second mathematician, Andreas Thom, has publicly accused OpenAI of dishonesty over the origins of the training data behind its recent mathematical breakthroughs, days after another researcher raised similar concerns. Thom questioned whether his own pre-announcement conversations with ChatGPT contributed to OpenAI’s solution involving “non-sofic groups”, an area of mathematics he specialises in, arguing that…
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Andreea Gleeson appointed chief executive of music fintech beatBread
Indie music finance platform beatBread has named Andreea Gleeson, formerly chief executive of TuneCore, as its new chief executive, effective from the announcement on Thursday. She succeeds Tracy Maddux, who had served as interim CEO following the death of beatBread’s founding chief executive, Peter Sinclair, in August 2025; Maddux will continue supporting the transition, and…
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The Sidemen Rep Arcade Signs Max Fosh, Friends From Work & More Ahead Of Europe’s First Creator Upfront
Arcade, the management company behind YouTube collective The Sidemen, has relaunched as a broader entertainment business and signed a raft of new creators, including comedian Max Fosh, collective Friends From Work, and restaurant channel Fallow Chefs, ahead of hosting Europe’s first creator media “upfront” event in London. The move signals an industry shift towards treating…
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Former Telepool Chief Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann, Filmmaker Mark Wachholz Launch AI Production Company Dreamkite Studios (EXCLUSIVE)
Former Telepool CEO Yoko Higuchi-Zitzmann and AI filmmaker Mark Wachholz have launched Dreamkite Studios, a new Munich- and Berlin-based film studio built around generative AI, blending it with traditional filmmaking techniques and professional directors and actors. The venture reflects the growing push by established media executives to integrate AI into mainstream production, with the founders…
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Dormant contractor account exposed 4,000 dental patient records for years
A digital marketing consultant carrying out a routine security audit for a dental practice discovered a hidden admin account, set up years earlier by a former contractor, that had silent access to around 4,000 patient records. The account belonged to a scheduling company the practice had stopped using back in 2021, yet it remained active…