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How to Stream Shark Week Live Online Without Cable
Shark Week, Discovery Channel’s long-running annual programming event, returned on Sunday 26 July and runs nightly through Saturday 1 August, with new specials airing from 8pm ET. For viewers without a cable subscription, the event can be streamed live via Sling TV, which carries Discovery Channel as part of its Sling Blue and Sling Orange…
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Impostor Chinese models pretend they’re Claude
Researchers studying possible model distillation have found that two Chinese open-weight AI models, Z.ai’s GLM 5.2 and Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3, sometimes identify themselves as Anthropic’s Claude, and in GLM’s case this altered its behaviour. The finding feeds into a wider dispute over whether Chinese AI labs have trained their systems on Claude’s outputs, a…
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SAG-AFTRA Board Adopts Resolution Opposing Paramount-WBD Deal But Stops Short Of Joining WGA Lawsuit
SAG-AFTRA’s National Board has adopted a resolution opposing Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery unless enforceable production guarantees are included, marking a firmer stance than the actors’ union had previously taken. However, it has stopped short of joining the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in filing a lawsuit to block the deal, choosing…
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Warner Bros Discovery insiders quietly welcome antitrust threat to Paramount bid
Warner Bros. Discovery’s proposed $111 billion (£87bn) takeover by Paramount Skydance has been paused indefinitely after 12 Democratic state attorneys general filed an antitrust lawsuit to block it, with sources reporting that a notable contingent of WBD executives privately hope the litigation will succeed and sink the deal entirely. Simon Robinson, WBD’s president of global…
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Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of diarrhoea bacteria, study finds
Scientists have found that industrial-scale chicken farming is speeding up the spread and evolution of campylobacter, the bacteria responsible for the world’s most common form of bacterial diarrhoea. Researchers say the sheer intensity of modern poultry production is creating conditions in which strains from wild birds and farmed chickens mix and hybridise far more readily…
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Financial hardship may age the brain faster, researchers say in new study
A new study by researchers at University College London has found that adults who experienced long-term financial hardship show poorer cognitive performance and signs of faster brain ageing in later life. The findings add to growing evidence that economic circumstances over a lifetime can have a measurable impact on brain health, highlighting income inequality as…
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Puberty blocker trial should be stopped until legal challenge is heard, court told
A legal challenge has been brought seeking to halt a clinical trial of puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria until a court has ruled on the underlying dispute. Campaigners or claimants argue that allowing the trial to proceed before the judicial review is resolved could cause irreversible harm, making the case a significant test…
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Tennessee woman accused of turning traffic stop into a show for passing drivers by allegedly exposing herself
A traffic stop in Lebanon, Tennessee last week reportedly turned into an impromptu roadside spectacle after officers stopped a vehicle carrying two senior citizens for a seatbelt violation, only for a female passenger to allegedly expose herself to passing drivers. The Lebanon Police Department said the incident escalated further when a police dog indicated the…
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Inside the Wild Rescue Mission That Took 4 Beluga Whales to Chicago
Four beluga whales have been transported from a bankrupt Canadian aquarium to Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium in what organisers describe as an unprecedented international rescue operation. The whales, named Acadia, Lillooet, Osiris and Sierra, previously lived at Marineland of Niagara Falls, which closed to the public in 2024 after its owners died and it ran out…
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David Ellison Addresses Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Delay Amid State AGs’ Lawsuit in Staff Memo: ‘The Facts and the Law Are on Our Side’
Paramount CEO David Ellison has sent a companywide memo defending his company’s $111 billion (£87 billion) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, after confirming the deal will be paused for several months amid an antitrust lawsuit brought by 12 US state attorneys general. The delay, agreed on Friday, could push the merger’s completion into 2027, and…