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Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google has confirmed it will begin phasing out access to Google Assistant on Android phones and tablets from 4 September 2026, replacing it entirely with its Gemini AI assistant. The move marks the effective end of Assistant on mobile devices, following earlier plans to retire it in 2025 that were delayed until this year. It…
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Disney Earnings Buoyed By ‘Toy Story 5’, Theme Parks, Streaming Profit; Books $100M Tariff Refund
Disney reported a strong fiscal third quarter, with chief executive Josh D’Amaro citing gains across film, theme parks and streaming in his first full quarter at the helm. Total operating income rose 21% to $5.6 billion, beating Wall Street expectations, driven largely by Toy Story 5’s box office success, higher theme park attendance, and streaming…
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Andy Burnham is breaking the transatlantic mold
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s decision to host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a naval base signals a strategic shift toward European autonomy and a departure from traditional reliance on the United States.
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From media deals to roster rules: Five priorities for MLS’s new commissioner
MLS’s incoming commissioner Larry Berg faces an extensive to-do list as he prepares to take over from Don Garber, whose 28-year tenure ends this year. Berg, who officially begins the role on 1 January, used his first press conference to outline an ambitious vision for the league, though he deferred detailed questions about broadcasting strategy…
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Why is Anthropic destroying books? | Kathryn James
Court documents from the Bartz v Anthropic PBC case have revealed that the AI company ran a secret initiative, internally codenamed “Project Panama,” to destructively scan millions of physical books to build training data for its Claude language model. Rather than negotiate copyright permissions with authors and publishers, Anthropic apparently found it simpler to buy…
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Prateek Kuhad to Make Feature Film Acting Debut in Marginal MediaWorks, D36 and Jugaad’s ‘Drowning,’ Directed by Dar Gai (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad, known for hits including “Cold/Mess” and “Kasoor,” is set to make his feature film acting debut in “Drowning” (“Doobna”), directed by Dar Gai. The project, revealed by Marginal MediaWorks, marks the company’s first fiction feature produced in South Asia and represents a significant crossover between the region’s music and film industries.…
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Gene-Edited Puppies Will Melt Your Heart—but Won’t Trigger Your Allergies
A biotech company called Kindred Companion Sciences has used Crispr gene editing to create two beagle puppies, Bailey and Alfie, that lack the protein responsible for triggering most dog allergies. The breakthrough, detailed in a paper published on Wednesday in The Crispr Journal, was led by founder Matt Walker, who was inspired to pursue the…
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House Democrats add 12 GOP seats to offensive target list
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, on Wednesday announced it is adding 12 more Republican-held and leaning seats to its offensive target list — including seats held by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) and Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), the chair of the DCCC’s GOP counterpart, the National Republican Congressional Committee. The 12…