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Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche Grilled On DOJ’s Greenlight Of Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger: “I Was Part Of That Decision”
Todd Blanche, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and his nominee to serve as attorney general, was grilled over his role in the Justice Department’s sign off of Paramount’s proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. “I was part of that decision,” Blanche told Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) at his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. In contentious…
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More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
There is more confidence in Xi Jinping than Donald Trump, the US think tank’s survey indicates.
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Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations
Livestream shopping platform Whatnot has acquired AI startup Shaped, a machine learning company focused on real-time recommendations and search. The deal will bolster Whatnot’s personalization and discovery features as it expands into new product categories.
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Steam study of over 53,000 games finds “60 – 90% of the growth” in monthly releases on Valve’s store is from games using AI and “almost none of them make money”
But then, hardly any non-AI Steam games make money, either
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Ekko Astral Announce Indefinite Hiatus, Farewell Shows
Things have been chaotic lately for Ekko Astral, the experimental and politically motivated Washington, DC punks who were a Stereogum Band To Watch in 2024. Earlier this year, bandleader Jael Holzman filed a peace order petition against former drummer Miri Tyler, one month after Tyler announced that she was leaving the band. At the time,…
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Lazy cops spent just 15 minutes searching for woman, 21, after car crash… 37 hours later her family made devastating discovery in the same spot
A 21-year-old Texas woman, Griselda Carranza, died after crashing her car into a drainage culvert, but her family say police failed to find her despite searching the area after the accident was reported. The case matters because it has prompted allegations of a negligent police response, raised questions about search procedures, and led to a…
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A new chapter for America’s 250th: ‘J250’ initiative puts Jewish contributions in the spotlight
The J250 Initiative launches with 250 stories of Jewish American patriots, scientists and leaders who shaped the nation from the Revolution onward.
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‘Toy Story’ Franchise Has Generated $51 Billion in Economic Activity, Study Finds
“Toy Story” helped launch Pixar when it premiered in 1995. More than 30 years and four films later, the family franchise has become a revenue-generating juggernaut for the Walt Disney Company and the global economy. The series has added $51 billion in overall economic activity since its inception, according to a study that Disney commissioned…
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Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery: Emergency Motions, A Showdown Hearing And Next Steps In Challenge To Mega-Merger
If you want an early indication of the strength of a dozen states’ effort to stop Paramount’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, it will come soon. That’s because California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 11 of his colleagues filed a motion for a a request for emergency relief, or a request for temporary restraining…
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Burnham urged to drop ‘flawed’ plans that may let developers bypass environment laws for £1
More than 100 conservationists, scientists, public figures and businesses have urged Andy Burnham to stop new planning rules they say would let developers avoid environmental protections by paying into a national levy instead. Critics argue the environmental delivery plans, introduced through the Planning and Infrastructure Act, could weaken long-standing biodiversity safeguards at a time when…