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‘Sunset P.I.’ Bosses Dan Goor & Luke Del Tredici On Finding Inspiration From ‘Moonlighting’ & ‘The Pitt’
NBC has confirmed that its new half-hour comedy Sunset P.I. will premiere in February, with showrunners Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici discussing their creative influences at the network’s Backlot Press Day panel in Los Angeles. The pair, best known for executive producing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, said the series draws on the romantic tension of 1980s…
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Japan kind-of completes its sovereign satnav constellation
Japan has launched the seventh and final satellite of the current generation of its Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), giving the country its own sovereign satellite positioning network. The “Michibiki No. 7” (QZS-7) satellite reached orbit on Tuesday aboard a JAXA H3 rocket, a mission that matters because it restores momentum after a failed launch of…
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Lloyds Bank raises hopes £53m Sheffield flats will be finished after developer goes bust
Builders on the 17-storey tower, home to 234 flats, were sent home
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Shake Shack responds after customers who refused to tip were charged more for their order
Shake Shack has responded after reports that customers who declined to leave a tip were charged more for their order at a branch in Salt Lake City, Utah. Screenshots shared online appeared to show the fast-food chain’s payment system adding an additional charge onto orders when customers selected “no tip”, sparking accusations that the company…
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Netflix Adds Logan Marshall-Green, Scott Bakula and More to ‘The Sticks,’ Shares First-Look at Hockey Drama
The show centers on a grieving wife who steps behind the bench of the hockey team her husband built.
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“I wanted to get Jeff Beck in the band. Then I wanted to get Keith Moon. I went for the big time.” George Thorogood is at peace with not being Bob Seger or Steve Miller
George Thorogood, best known for hits such as “Bad to the Bone” and “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer,” has spoken candidly about his approach to fame, revealing he consciously chose showmanship and spectacle over the critically lauded, understated success achieved by peers such as Bob Seger and Steve Miller. Rather than chasing the credibility…
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Alibaba Cloud is using AI to help it use less AI
Alibaba Cloud has revealed an AI system that deliberately avoids using large language models where possible to resolve customer tech support tickets, saying the approach is faster, cheaper and more accurate than routing everything through LLM agents. The company presented the work, called DualLane, at the SIGKDD 2026 conference, explaining that while LLM agents can…
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Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU
Anthropic has said it will embed watermarks in text and files generated by future Claude models released in the EU, as part of efforts to comply with the bloc’s AI Act transparency rules. The company also plans to retrofit watermarking to already-released models during the transition period allowed under EU law, with marking applied globally…
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Get a Complete CyberPowerPC Prebuilt Gaming PC With GeForce RTX 5070 GPU for Just $1,399 Shipped
Walmart is selling a CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme prebuilt gaming PC with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPU for $1,399, a $471 discount off its usual price. The deal is notable because prebuilt gaming PC prices have been rising alongside graphics card and DDR5 RAM costs, making a fully-built, capable 1080p/1440p (and often 4K) rig at…
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OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer
OpenAI has reportedly completed a $7 billion tender offer allowing employees to sell shares back to the company, providing liquidity to staff at the privately held AI firm. The deal, first reported by Bloomberg, valued OpenAI at $852 billion, matching its most recent fundraising round, and comes as the company weighs a potential public listing.…