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Meta AI is getting a Mac app
Meta has launched a dedicated Mac app for its Meta AI chatbot, announced on Wednesday, allowing users to share their screen with the assistant so it can offer suggestions, answer questions or generate content based on what’s displayed. The app also supports dictation across other Mac applications. The move is part of Meta’s push to…
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Vertical Video Economy Worth $150B, Even Without China – Owl & Co Report
A new report from Owl & Co, published on 19 August 2026, puts the value of the global “vertical video” economy at $150 billion this year, a figure that excludes China despite the format having originated there. The research firm, founded by former Wondery boss Hernan Lopez, says it is the first study to size…
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‘It Finally Feels Like We’re Back in 2019’: Movie Theater Owners Rejoice Over $4 Billion Summer. Can the Fall Keep the Momentum?
North American cinema owners are celebrating a summer box office that generated around $4 billion, with several films drawing crowds simultaneously in a pattern reminiscent of pre-pandemic 2019. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” broke the all-time opening weekend record with $360 million domestically, surpassing “Avengers: Endgame,” and has since taken $2.02 billion globally, while exhibitors reported…
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Food security is an issue we can no longer ignore | Letters
Local community food-growing could be best line of defence, writes Dan Farag, while David E Alexander says the government must be more open about its emergency planning, and Antony So says we need to look beyond stockpiling food George Monbiot is right that Britain has become dangerously complacent about food security (Britain’s scorched fields mean…
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‘Scary Movie’ Sets Paramount+ Release Date
Scary Movie (also known as Scary Movie 6) will begin streaming on Paramount+ from 3 September, 91 days after its cinema release. The film reunited the Wayans brothers and became a major box-office success, helping push the long-running horror-comedy franchise past $1 billion in lifetime global earnings. The reboot, made for around $30 million before…
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Barnsley man jailed for raping and drugging 12-year-old
A man from Barnsley has been jailed for nine years after being convicted of drugging and raping a 12-year-old girl he encountered while she was missing from home. Adam Batley, 30, plied the child with alcohol and drugs before the assault; she later disclosed what had happened to her social workers, prompting his arrest. He…
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Down Announce New Album Volume V, Unleash “Blood Oath”: Stream
New Orleans doom/sludge metal supergroup Down have announced their fourth full-length album, Volume V, due for release on 20th November via Nuclear Blast Records. The band shared the lead single “Blood Oath” alongside the announcement, marking their first major new music since returning guitarist Kirk Weinstein rejoined the line-up. The release matters as a notable…
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Mark Webber & Jennifer DeLia Launch Production Company Beyond Culture, Unveil Initial Slate
Actors and filmmakers Mark Webber and Jennifer DeLia have launched a new production company, Beyond Culture, describing it as an artist-led banner spanning film, art, music, technology and experience. The venture is designed to give creators greater ownership and financial control over their work, explicitly modelling itself on the original United Artists, the studio founded…
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Europe’s Citric-Acid China Test
The Week of August 9, 2026: The EU’s China trap, defense, tax, inflation and much more.
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David Robert Mitchell and J.J. Abrams Break Down ‘The End of Oak Street’s Most Shocking Twist
Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell and producer J.J. Abrams have discussed the biggest twist in their new sci-fi thriller *The End of Oak Street*, in which a suburban American family wakes to find dinosaurs overrunning their 1980s neighbourhood. Speaking to Collider, the pair explained the film’s origins, its journey from a near-R rating, and the death…