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Zuckerberg says Meta’s enterprise AI opportunity extends beyond agents

  • Zuckerberg says Meta's enterprise AI plans go beyond business agents
  • Meta may sell APIs, agents and compute to large enterprise customers
  • Zuckerberg warns against selling too much compute for short-term profit

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors on the company's second-quarter earnings call that its enterprise AI ambitions extend well beyond the customer-service AI agent it launched for businesses in June. He outlined plans to also sell APIs, business agents and potentially compute capacity directly to large customers, positioning…

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Microsoft confirms Copilot ‘super app’ coming this year

  • Microsoft confirms a unified Copilot "super app" launching this year
  • It merges Copilot chat, coding tools and agentic Autopilot features
  • Comes as Microsoft posts $90bn quarterly revenue, fuelled by AI and cloud

Microsoft has confirmed it is building an AI "super app" that will unify Copilot's chat, coding and agentic capabilities into a single product, with a launch planned for later this year. CEO Satya Nadella made the announcement during a Wednesday earnings call, saying the app would cover "both…

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What’s Coming to Tubi in August 2026

  • Tubi adds hundreds of films and shows across genres in August 2026.
  • Highlights include "Lady Bird", "Problemista" and three "Mission: Impossible" films.
  • Three horror twists on public-domain childhood characters launch 10 August.

Tubi, the free ad-supported streaming service, is adding hundreds of new films and television series to its library throughout August 2026. The expansion spans genres from big-budget action and romantic comedies to arthouse dramas and horror, reflecting Tubi's continued push to broaden its content library and compete with…

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Gregg Araki Reveals ‘Now Apocalypse’ Season 2 Was Written For Starz, Mirrored Show’s Cancellation: “So Prophetic”

  • Gregg Araki says "Now Apocalypse" Season 2 was written, cast paid, then axed.
  • Cancellation echoed the unmade season's own plot about a fired TV executive.
  • Season 1 ran in 2019 on Starz before being cancelled after one series.

Filmmaker Gregg Araki has revealed that a second season of his 2019 Starz series "Now Apocalypse" was fully written and paid for before it was scrapped, in a twist that echoed the show's own plot. Speaking to Deadline while promoting his new film "I Want Your Sex", Araki…

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Most jaw-dropping moments from Dr Fauci’s scorched-earth Capitol Hill grilling

  • Fauci underwent a tense Capitol Hill hearing before Congress
  • Report framed as highlighting the most dramatic exchanges
  • Detailed content of the hearing itself was not supplied

Dr Anthony Fauci faced a heated appearance before a Capitol Hill committee, described as a "scorched-earth" grilling by lawmakers. The hearing forms part of ongoing congressional scrutiny of Fauci's role in the US pandemic response, reflecting continued political tension over decisions made during the Covid-19 crisis. The provided…

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Qualcomm is raising phone chip prices starting September 1st

  • Qualcomm to raise phone chip prices from 1 September, likely double digits
  • Handset revenue fell 20% year-on-year, lowest since 2021, blamed on memory costs
  • Firm is pivoting toward data centres and automotive, signing a 10-year BMW deal

Qualcomm has confirmed it will raise prices across its phone processor line-up from 1 September, a move CEO Cristiano Amon flagged during the company's earnings call. The increase, previously rumoured to be a "double-digit percentage," comes as Qualcomm reported a 20% year-on-year drop in handset revenue, its lowest…

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Music Companies Demand More Scrutiny of AI-Generated Tracks Before Chart Debuts

  • Major labels want charts to only count "substantially human made" songs
  • Proposal follows lawsuits against AI platforms Suno and Udio
  • Some AI tracks already appear on niche Billboard charts, none on Hot 100

A coalition of major record labels and music companies, including Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music, has proposed new guidelines to restrict which AI-generated tracks can qualify for official music charts. The proposal, announced on Wednesday, calls for chart eligibility to be limited to songs…

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‘The Final Girl Support Group’ Heads To Paramount As Feature To Be Directed & Adapted By Christopher Landon; Aperture & Muschiettis’ Double Dream Producing

  • Paramount adapting "Final Girl Support Group" novel into a feature film
  • Christopher Landon to write and direct, reuniting with author Grady Hendrix
  • Muschiettis' Double Dream and Aperture Entertainment producing; Charlize Theron no longer attached

Paramount Pictures is developing a feature film adaptation of Grady Hendrix's novel "The Final Girl Support Group," with horror filmmaker Christopher Landon set to write and direct. The move revives a project that had previously been in development as an HBO Max series, and marks the second collaboration…

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The Longest LitRPG Series Ever Written Is Finally Getting a Paperback Release Next Month

  • The Wandering Inn gets its first paperback release on 11 August 2026.
  • LitRPG genre's mainstream rise, led by Dungeon Crawler Carl, enabled the deal.
  • Series spans 21 books, started as a free web serial 10 years ago.

The Wandering Inn, widely regarded as the longest LitRPG series ever written, is set to receive its first-ever paperback release on 11 August, a decade after it began as a free web serial. The move follows the mainstream breakthrough of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, which has encouraged…

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OpenAI will provide free AI models to select researchers

  • OpenAI offers free AI model access to up to 100,000 researchers by 2027
  • Part of $250m+ pledge to support external scientific research
  • Follows earlier tools like Prism and ChatGPT Edu for academia

OpenAI has launched a new initiative, ChatGPT for Academic Researchers, which will give scientists, mathematicians and engineers at selected academic institutions free access to its AI models. The scheme forms part of a wider pledge by the company to commit more than $250 million (£195 million) through 2027…

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