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Fans at Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players Share Which Songs Help Get Them in Motion | Billboard
At Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Power Players concert in New York, music fans named the songs that motivate them to exercise, stay energised and keep pushing. The feature, produced with Planet Fitness during Hip-Hop and R&B Week, highlights how music can help people get moving and maintain momentum. Selections included Drake’s “Somebody Loves Me” and “Come Thru”,…
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Charlie Hall To Star In College Fraternity Drug Ring Comedy Series In Works At Netflix Under Alec Berg Overall Deal
Netflix is developing a new comedy series featuring actor and writer Charlie Hall, with Alec Berg serving as executive producer and supervising writer under his overall deal with the streamer. The untitled project is a fictional comedy centred on a college fraternity drug ring, loosely inspired by a real cocaine-trafficking case at Pennsylvania State University.…
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Alec Berg Signs Netflix Overall Deal, to Develop Fraternity Drug Ring Comedy With Charlie Hall
Acclaimed television writer and producer Alec Berg has signed an overall deal with Netflix, bringing his services after previous arrangements with HBO and ABC Signature. His first project under the agreement is an untitled comedy series co-written by and starring actor-writer Charlie Hall, which will focus on a drug ring operating within a college fraternity…
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Scottish hospitality leaders warn pints may reach £10 by 2030
Scottish hospitality leaders have warned that pints could cost up to £10 by 2030 unless governments support struggling pubs, restaurants and hotels. They are urging First Minister John Swinney to lobby Westminster to halve hospitality VAT from 20% to 10%, arguing that high costs could lead to closures, job losses and desolate high streets. More…
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Apple explores screen-free fitness band for possible 2028 release
Apple is reportedly exploring a screen-free fitness tracker resembling Whoop’s wearable bands, although the project remains at an early prototype stage. If approved for release, it would probably not arrive before 2028, potentially expanding Apple’s health and fitness products beyond the Apple Watch. The reported prototype consists of a thin fabric band and a sensor-equipped…
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Borrowing surge piles pressure on Chancellor as Arctic bases agreed
Government borrowing hit £18.3bn in August, well above forecast, adding pressure on Chancellor Healey. The US, Denmark and Greenland are establishing new military bases in the Arctic.
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NightmareEclipse’s latest zero-day leaves Microsoft Defender stuck in the past
Security researcher NightmareEclipse has released a proof-of-concept called BigDiskBuster that prevents Microsoft Defender Antivirus from installing platform and security intelligence updates. It does not disable Defender, but could leave it relying on outdated malware definitions, reducing its ability to detect newly identified threats. The tool reportedly interferes with updates by temporarily filling available disk space…
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New York Republican targets retail theft in attorney general campaign
Saritha Komatireddy, a Republican candidate for New York attorney general, has made retail theft enforcement central to her campaign, criticising Democratic Socialist rival Emily Gallagher for suggesting shoplifters should not face arrest for stealing items like toothpaste. Komatireddy, a former federal prosecutor, argues that retail theft is driven by organised gangs operating for profit rather…
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European drug firms urge leaders to reverse widening innovation gap
Nine leading European pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca, GSK and Novo Nordisk, have written to national leaders across Europe warning that the continent is losing its competitive advantage in drug development to the United States and China. The letter calls on governments to treat medicines as strategic infrastructure and act urgently to reverse declining investment and…
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Experts question tech leaders’ predictions of AI curing cancer soon
Technology executives are making bold claims that artificial intelligence will cure cancer within five to ten years or within lifetimes, yet there is considerable tension between these grandiose proclamations and the measured progress of actual scientific research. Whilst AI has demonstrated genuine applications in cancer detection, prevention and treatment—including clinical use in lung imaging and…