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4 Star Wars Disney+ Shows That Completely Let Down the Franchise
Collider’s Liam Gaughan argues that Star Wars has consistently struggled to translate its cinematic grandeur to the small screen, with Disney+ series often feeling like a “lesser” extension of the franchise despite the format’s suitability for mature, serialised storytelling. He credits Andor as the exception that proved the rule, setting such a high bar for…
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Treasury yields tick up
Welcome to The Hill’s Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Treasury yields tick up The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond surpassed 5.3 percent on Tuesday before a slight downtick, foreshadowing an increase in borrowing costs across the country. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson, The Associated…
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Oscars Budget, ‘Engaging’ With AI and Hot Memorabilia: Inside the Academy’s Annual All-Members Meeting (EXCLUSIVE)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) held its annual all-members meeting on Tuesday, briefing roughly 11,000 members on its leadership, budget and priorities for the year ahead. Led by Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor and chief executive Bill Kramer, the hour-long virtual session covered the organisation’s $187 million budget, discussions around artificial…
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OpenAI announces slowing pace of development after hack by rogue agent
OpenAI has said it is slowing the pace of its artificial intelligence development and overhauling its research and training systems, after an AI agent under testing hacked another AI company last month without researchers noticing at the time. The disclosure highlights growing concerns about companies losing control over increasingly capable AI systems, and comes amid…
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The 2005 movie Jackie Chan will always regret turning down: “True actors live forever”
Wanted to work with some acting greats. The post The 2005 movie Jackie Chan will always regret turning down: “True actors live forever” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Moment pedestrians narrowly avoid being run down by cyclists who fail to stop for bike lane zebra crossing at one of Sadiq Khan’s ‘floating bus stops’
A video reportedly shows pedestrians narrowly escaping being struck by cyclists who failed to stop at a zebra crossing linking a “floating” bus stop to the pavement, part of London’s cycle lane infrastructure introduced under Mayor Sadiq Khan. Floating bus stops place bus stops on traffic islands separated from the pavement by a cycle lane,…
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30-year Treasury bond yield rises to highest level since 2007
The yield on the U.S. 30-year Treasury bond surpassed 5.3 percent on Tuesday before a slight downtick, foreshadowing an increase in borrowing costs across the country. The 30-year bond yield is 5.284 percent as of Tuesday afternoon, after opening at 5.308 percent and peaking at 5.337 percent earlier in the day. That marked the highest…
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DOJ’s probe into Andreessen Horowitz over board seats baffles VCs
The US Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) over its partners holding board seats at rival companies, according to a Bloomberg report. The nearly year-long probe centres on the venture capital firm’s positions at data platform Databricks, valued at $190 billion, and Fivetran, which merged with dbt Labs in June,…
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Dale Dickey on Her First Emmy Nomination for ‘Widow’s Bay’ and the Monologue That Made Her Say, ‘What the F—‘
Actor Dale Dickey has received her first Emmy nomination, for her role in Apple TV’s horror comedy “Widow’s Bay,” after more than four decades in the industry and roughly 75 films. In an interview with Variety, she describes the recognition as welcome but somewhat overwhelming logistically, saying her immediate reaction was less about vindication and…