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Why Casey Affleck Cast His Family in His Gothic New Film ‘Company’ (First Look)
Casey Affleck’s third directorial feature, “Company,” will premiere at the Venice Film Festival, offering a Gothic mystery told across three interlinked timelines beginning on Christmas Day 1975. The low-budget film, co-written with novelist Ron Hansen over six years, unfolds as a story-within-a-story structure moving through 1975, 1953 and 1903, and centres on themes of loneliness,…
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Star Wars Zero Company is a great game that’s busted and may never be fixed
Star Wars Zero Company, a tactics game developed by Bit Reactor and published by Electronic Arts, has earned strong critical reviews (an 85 on Metacritic) for its story and gameplay, but is plagued by serious technical problems including stuttering, crashes and input lag on PC and console. This matters because the studio behind the game…
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Next-gen AI networks may hinge on the telephone switchboard’s return
Nvidia and other AI hardware makers are betting big on optical circuit switching (OCS) to enable future data centre designs packing hundreds or thousands of accelerators into a single system. This matters because next-generation AI clusters need flexible, high-speed ways to reconfigure networks on the fly, and traditional packet-switching ASICs cannot fulfil this role alone,…
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Tim Cook handed $47m package for new role as executive chair of Apple
Tim Cook has been awarded a $47m (£35m) pay package for his new role as Apple’s executive chair, following his handover of the chief executive role to John Ternus on Tuesday. The sum sits close to the $58m package granted to Ternus as his successor, reflecting both men’s continued significance to the $4.7tn company as…
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Lizzo ‘grateful’ after judge dismisses lawsuit against production company
US pop star Lizzo has spoken publicly after a district judge dismissed the remaining claims in a lawsuit brought against her production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring Inc, by her former wardrobe assistant Asha Daniels. Daniels had alleged she suffered “degradation, forced physical labor, denial of medical care, sexual harassment, and racial harassment” while briefly…
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Tesla tests camera-only Cybercab robotaxis in Austin
Tesla has begun public rides for its Cybercab robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, nearly two years after Elon Musk first unveiled the steering-wheel-free vehicle. The launch is a major test of Musk’s long-held, contrarian bet that self-driving cars can rely solely on cameras and AI, rejecting the lidar and radar sensors used by rivals such…
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Kaskade, Electronic Music Icon, Signs With Pacific Music Group in Asia Partnership (EXCLUSIVE)
Electronic music artist Kaskade has signed with Pacific Music Group (PMG), a Hong Kong-based entertainment company, in a partnership aimed at growing his presence across Asian markets. The deal sees PMG take on strategic duties including brand partnerships, media relations and long-term market development for the Grammy-nominated DJ, whose career highlights include being the first…
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George Clooney Tackles Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Mark Ruffalo, AI and State of U.S. Politics
George Clooney used his opening press conference at the Venice Film Festival to weigh in on Hollywood’s Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger row, the state of US politics, and the impact of artificial intelligence on the film industry. Speaking ahead of receiving the festival’s Golden Lion for lifetime achievement, the 65-year-old actor voiced doubts that the…
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George Clooney Slams Pete Hegseth Over Canadian Cadet Post; Voices Support For Mark Ruffalo & Muses On Paramount-Warner Bros Merger – Venice
George Clooney has settled into his role as elder statesman at the Venice Film Festival, using a press conference ahead of receiving the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement to voice pointed criticism of the Trump administration while also revealing a quieter personal shift away from directing. He singled out US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth…