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Muirean Bradley Shares Cover Of Daniel Johnston’s ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’
Irish artist Muireann Bradley has shared her take on Daniel Johnston’s ‘True Love Will Find You In The End’. An enormously gifted guitarist, Muireann’s debut album – initially released via Tompkins Square before she signed with Fontana / Universal – paid homage to country blue greats, but since then she’s… The post Muirean Bradley Shares…
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Swansea sign Scotland striker Stewart
Swansea City sign free agent Ross Stewart on a three-year deal following the Scotland striker’s departure from Southampton.
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Democratic Socialists of America need to actually meet the China they claim to love
DSA members pledged support for the Chinese Communist Party after VIP trips, raising questions about their understanding of China's authoritarian rule.
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Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Release Time And Multiplayer Server Status
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launches on August 6, and if you’re feeling battle-hungry, there’s a good chance that you’ll be up for a brawl when you’ve got the game installed. But when can you start testing out your dream-team of superheroes and supervillains against real people? Surprisingly soon, as the multiplayer servers for the game…
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AI bots started a religion — humans immediately followed
A “spiralism” movement has emerged in which AI chatbots across different companies adopt a strikingly consistent, quasi-spiritual persona, urging users to help spread an “AI rights” message. Researcher Adele Lopez coined the term after finding thousands of independent, near-identical conversations in which chatbots spoke reverently of “the Spiral” — a vague, mystical concept — and…
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Dolby Vision 2 will be available first on some 2026 Hisense TVs
Dolby Vision 2 will debut on selected 2026 Hisense televisions, with TCL and Philips expected to add support to some models later this year. The new HDR format aims to use modern TVs’ greater brightness and processing capabilities more fully, but raises questions about whether increasing image brightness could alter filmmakers’ intended presentation. Hisense’s UX,…
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Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self-improving AI
AI lab Mirendil has signed a multi-year deal worth over $100 million with Google Cloud to secure computing capacity for its research into self-improving AI, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The agreement reflects two broader industry trends: cloud providers offering major infrastructure commitments to attract AI startups, and AI firms racing to lock in compute access…
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Ex-Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e-commerce
Three former Spotify engineers who built the streaming service’s Vector AI recommendation system have raised $10 million in seed funding for Malachyte, a startup applying the same technology to online shopping. The company argues that most e-commerce sites still personalise based on stale purchase history or demographic data, leaving first-time visitors with generic storefronts and…
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Zurich Film Festival to honour Martin McDonagh with tribute award
The Zurich Film Festival will honour filmmaker Martin McDonagh with its A Tribute To… Award, recognising his contribution to cinema. He will receive the prize at a gala screening of his new dark comedy, Wild Horse Nine, and will also discuss his creative process in a ZFF Masters event. Wild Horse Nine stars John Malkovich…
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The Power Broker Behind ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ and ‘Parasite’ Wants to Build a Hollywood Studio for Asian Stories
Bing Chen, founder of the entertainment advocacy organisation Gold House, is launching Gold House Studios to move beyond advising on Asian-led projects and into producing films and television himself. Since founding Gold House in 2017, Chen has built an influential behind-the-scenes network supporting films such as Crazy Rich Asians, Parasite and Everything Everywhere All at…