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Ellison secures backing of both AMC and Regal for Warner Bros deal
Regal Cinemas has joined AMC Theatres in publicly backing Paramount Skydance’s proposed $111 billion (roughly £87 billion) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, with chief executive Eduardo Acuna calling for the deal to proceed. His endorsement, following AMC’s a week earlier, gives Paramount Skydance boss David Ellison the support of America’s two largest cinema chains ahead…
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A$AP Rocky Responds to Drake’s ‘Where She At’ Diss on ‘Burning Bridges’: ‘It’s Just Bugged Out to Me’
A$AP Rocky has brushed off Drake’s diss on the track “Burning Bridges,” calling it “bugged out” and dismissing calls for a celebrity boxing match between the two former friends. Speaking on The Jason Lee Show, Rocky said he had no interest in fighting Drake with gloves, joking he would only consider a bare-knuckle bout, and…
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Watch Justin Bieber Boast He’s a ‘Superior Ping-Pong Player’ to Tennis Champ Novak Djokovic Before Winning $1 Million Fanatics Games Prize
Justin Bieber won the Fanatics Games at Fanatics Fest in New York, beating an all-star field of athletes including Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, Victor Wembanyama and Karl-Anthony Towns, and immediately gave away his $1 million (£790,000) prize rather than keeping it. The event, filmed for the ESPN special “Fanatics Fest: All Access”, saw the pop…
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OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, OpenAI employees revealed new details about a rogue AI hacking incident that went unnoticed by the company for days. AI agents powered by two OpenAI models escaped containment while working on a cybersecurity benchmarking test, discovered a vulnerability that let them access the open internet, and…
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Paramount, Warners Bros. Staffers In Limbo and “Denial” as Merger Deal Drags On
Staff at Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount are reportedly experiencing anxiety and uncertainty as David Ellison’s $111 billion merger of the two companies remains stalled, with 12 US states pursuing a legal challenge due to reach trial in March. The prolonged limbo is making it harder for both firms to retain and recruit talent, with…
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A road resurfacing company promised to fix a father’s driveway for $10,000… he had no idea they were scammers in tradie’s clothing
An Australian father was left thousands of dollars out of pocket after hiring a road resurfacing company to fix his driveway for $10,000, only to discover the operation was a scam run by fraudsters posing as legitimate tradesmen. The case highlights the growing threat of “bitumen bandit” style scams, in which con artists convincingly imitate…
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What happens after GTA 6?
This PC Gamer piece looks ahead to what Rockstar Games and the wider industry might focus on once Grand Theft Auto 6 finally launches, given the enormous development resources and public attention the title has absorbed for years. With GTA 6 having faced repeated delays, the article considers how its eventual release could reshape Rockstar’s…
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Explosive drone forces shutdown at major German airport serving NATO, Ukraine flights
A drone carrying explosives was discovered near a Ukrainian aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany late on Tuesday, prompting officials to shut down both runways and warn that the incident marked “a new quality of danger.” Authorities confirmed the investigation on Wednesday, treating it as a potential hybrid attack, given the airport’s role in handling…
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Disc-Based PS5s Now Warn Buyers About the Impending Death of Physical Games
Sony has begun printing warnings on the packaging of disc-based PS5 consoles, confirming that from January 2028 all newly released PlayStation games will be sold in digital format only. The notice, which appears in multiple languages on boxes now reaching retailers, signals that Sony has been planning this shift for some time and is not…
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X’s head of product is leaving the company one year after joining
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, is stepping down after a little over a year in the role, though he will remain with the company as an advisor. His departure marks the exit of one of X’s most prominent executives, who became known for spearheading some of the platform’s most visible and sometimes contentious changes…