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Meta shuts down Muse image generator amid consent and privacy concerns
Meta has fully disabled its Muse Image generator, days after the tool was withdrawn from Instagram following mounting criticism over privacy and consent. The feature, launched earlier in the week, allowed users to create AI-generated photos based on any public account simply by tagging it, and enrolled users automatically by default without notifying the profiles…
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Donald Iwerks, pioneering Disney camera and projection engineer, dies aged 96
Donald Iwerks, the Disney camera and projection engineer who co-founded Iwerks Entertainment, has died at the age of 96. Variety reports that he died on 9 July 2026, and Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro paid tribute in a statement, praising Iwerks’s “rare combination of heart, ingenuity, and passion” and his contributions to some of the company’s…
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Nigel Farage’s company ‘pays him £50,000 over five years in rent for studio at his own property’ in arrangement that could allow him to lower his tax bill
The Reform leader’s personal service business, Thorn in the Side Ltd, agreed last May to pay Farage £10,000 each year for five years for the ‘rental of studio premises’, the company’s accounts show.
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OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
Johannes Heidecke’s departure comes as OpenAI tries to further integrate its research and safety teams.
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Scripps’ 54 Local Stations Return To DirecTV After Five-Week Blackout Over Retransmission Dispute
UPDATED, 6:05 PM: Scripps Local Media’s 54 broadcast stations have returned to DirecTV after a six-month blackout over a carriage dispute. The companies said Friday that they have agreed on a multiyear deal. The blackout affected such major markets as including Baltimore, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Nashville, Phoenix, Salt…
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Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn
Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend, Sophia Kianni, is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.
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No, Flock isn’t threatening people for debating surveillance
On Thursday, the Instagram account for a lecture series in Newport Beach, CA posted a photo of what appeared to be a cease and desist letter from the surveillance technology company Flock Safety. Flock has received significant backlash over its technology and work with law enforcement agencies, and this letter kicked off yet another wave…
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Welcome to Benefits Street on the beach: Plagued by drugs, violence and people having sex in public, inside Bournemouth’s downfall… and how NEIL SEARS was spat at, punched and abused when he went to investigate
Britain’s seaside resorts never look better than during a heatwave, and this week Bournemouth was no exception. The rippling waters of the English Channel sparkled in the early evening sun.
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Insomniac to Stay Involved With Miami’s Club Space & Factory Town Venues After Legal Settlement
The global dance music company has “amicably resolved” its lengthy legal battle with a trio of Miami club operators.
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Aussie company behind Logan Paul and KSI’s Prime drinks brand collapses
Melbourne-based Congo Brands Australia was behind the rollout of the colourful energy and hydration drinks across the country after its launch in 2022.