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10¹⁷ (Colin Stetson, Stian Westerhus, & Erland Dahlen) Share Debut Single “End This Now”
Colin Stetson is a busy man. Earlier this year, the master of tense drone-moan-squawk baritone sax teamed up with fellow avant-garde OGs Greg Fox and Trevor Dunn to release the album Nethering. Next month, Stetson and experimental bagpiper Brìghde Chaimbeul will release their new collaborative LP All The Light In The World. Now Stetson is…
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David Zaslav Says WBD Staffers Are “Working Extremely Hard” Despite Paramount Deal Uncertainty
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav says staffers are working “extremely hard” and staying focused despite uncertainty about the fate of the company’s pending merger with Paramount. Speaking to Wall Street analysts on the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Zaslav said he had assumed “it was going to be quite challenging” for employees to tune out…
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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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Zaslav Admits Looming Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Has Been ‘Challenging’ for Employees but Claims Work Ethic Is ‘Inspiring’
Warner Bros. Discovery chief executive David Zaslav has acknowledged that the pending takeover by Paramount has been “challenging” for staff, even as he praised employees for keeping the business running strongly amid the uncertainty. His comments, made during WBD’s Q2 earnings call, come as the merger faces delay: an antitrust case brought by 12 US…
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SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon after drifting off course
A discarded SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon late Tuesday night after drifting through space for more than a year, leaving behind what scientists believe is a fresh impact crater and a plume of debris.
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The cult 2003 role Kate Beckinsale played as a “personal experiment”
Far Out Magazine revisits Kate Beckinsale’s decision to take the lead role in the 2003 vampire action film “Underworld”, a part she has described as something of a personal experiment. Best known at the time for period dramas and literary adaptations, Beckinsale used the role of Selene, a leather-clad vampire warrior, to move into physical,…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Stumbles In Q2 As ‘Supergirl,’ Lack Of NBA Drag Down Results
Warner Bros. Discovery missed Wall Street expectations in the second quarter, with total revenue falling 11% to $8.7 billion against forecasts of $9.2 billion, as the poor box-office performance of “Supergirl” and the loss of NBA broadcasting rights weighed on results. The results arrive as the company’s $110 billion merger with Paramount remains stuck in…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 Profit Slumps on NBA Ads, Movie Schedule, Write-Downs
Warner Bros. Discovery’s second-quarter net income fell sharply, as strong growth in its streaming business was outweighed by continued decline in its cable-TV networks and a weaker slate of films than the year before. The parent company of HBO, TNT and the Warner Bros. film studio blamed the loss of NBA broadcast rights and shrinking…
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Holy Land discovery reveals ancient charred relics from one of Jerusalem’s darkest chapters
Archaeologists have uncovered charred wooden roof beams roughly 2,600 years old beneath a car park in Jerusalem’s City of David, in what researchers believe are remnants of the destruction of Solomon’s Temple. The find offers a rare physical link to one of the most significant events in biblical history, the Babylonian sack of Jerusalem, and…
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Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 Content Revenue Crashes on Rough Box Office Comps
Warner Bros. Discovery’s second-quarter 2026 results were dragged down by a sharp fall in theatrical revenue, which dropped 46% year-on-year after flops Supergirl and The Bride underperformed against strong comparisons with 2025 hits A Minecraft Movie and Sinners. The company pointed to streaming as a bright spot, with revenue up 9% to $3.1 billion, but…