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Meta is reportedly working on smart glasses that would be recording all the time
Meta might be the next company to make an always-on AI wearable. The company is working on prototype “super sensing” always-aware smart glasses that could continuously record audio and snap photos “every few seconds,” according to the Financial Times. The wearer could then ask Meta AI about the captured audio and images. However, the images…
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TV Academy President Maury McIntyre Talks Emmy Noms, Legacy Award, How Multiple Late-Night Shows Might Win & A Pending TV Rights Deal
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards are out and Television Academy president and CEO Maury McIntyre is excited ahead of the show in September. It was a big day for shows such as Hacks, The Pitt, Widow’s Bay, Pluribus and Beef, and McIntyre was pleased with the variety of nominations. In an interview with…
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LISTEN: Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Fight in France Over Streaming Quotas and Theatrical Windowing Rules
On today’s episode of “Daily Variety” podcast, Variety’s Elsa Keslassy explains the battle that is brewing in France between Netflix and other streamers over the country’s programming quotas and its theatrical movie windowing rules. Keslassy, who is Variety‘s international editor based in Paris, says France has a “love-hate relationship” with Netflix. The streamer has invested…
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The 2026 Emmy Nominations Spread the Love, but Not Far Enough
The Hollywood Reporter critics Daniel Fienberg and Angie Han have published a conversational analysis of the 2026 Emmy nominations, announced on 8 July 2026. The headline story is Apple TV’s dominance, with the streamer securing 87 nominations across the drama and comedy categories, including series nods for Pluribus, Slow Horses, Your Friends & Neighbors, Margo’s…
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Oregon A.G. Seeks Delay of Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger, Suggests DOJ Approval Was ‘Corrupt’
Oregon’s attorney general has asked a court to delay the closing of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger by 60 days while it continues investigating whether the deal breaches antitrust law. The move matters because it could hold up one of the largest media consolidations in recent memory, even after federal regulators cleared it, and because the…
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What time does Marvel Rivals Season 9 release in your time zone?
NetEase has confirmed that Marvel Rivals Season 9, titled The Mystery of Thebes, will launch on 10 July, marking another substantial update for the hero shooter. The season brings two new heroes, a new map, a new game mode, a rework of Black Widow, and an overhaul of the game’s Team-Up abilities, making it a…
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Anonymous Content’s Darren Walker on Company’s 10 Emmy Nominations and Nominee Sally Field’s ‘Motherly’ Dating Advice
Anonymous Content, the production and talent management company, secured 10 Emmy nominations, prompting jubilant celebrations at its Los Angeles office. The haul matters as a marker of recovery for a firm that has struggled since the death of founder Steve Golin in 2019, and it comes just five months into the tenure of new president…
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Sizewell B nuclear power plant granted a 20-year life extension
The UK government has granted the Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk a 20-year life extension, allowing it to continue generating electricity until 2055 rather than closing within the next decade. The plant, which first connected to the National Grid in 1995, will now run for 60 years in total. The extension matters because…
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Emmy Noms Analysis: Diversity in Acting Nominees Down 39% While ‘The Pitt’ Cements Frontrunner Status and ‘Widow’s Bay’ Emerges as Dark Horse
The nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, spanning 117 categories and 610 nominations, with HBO Max reaffirming its dominance, Apple TV rising into television’s top tier and several presumed contenders falling short. HBO Max led all companies with 122 nominations, ahead of Netflix’s 111 and a company-record 87 for Apple…
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HBO’s Casey Bloys Gets Nostalgic Thinking About All Those Emmy Nominations
Since Casey Bloys took over HBO programming in February 2016, he and his team have been responsible for 1,208 Emmy nominations and 276 wins. This morning, the company landed another 122 nominations, thanks to record hauls for Hacks and huge performances for The Pitt, which landed 24 and 25 noms, respectively. HBO Max scored three…