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Producer Adds Defamation Claim To Lawsuit Against Netflix Over Theft Of Hard Drive Of World War II Espionage Pic ‘Fortitude’
The producer behind the World War II spy thriller “Fortitude” has amended his lawsuit against Netflix to add a defamation claim, escalating a dispute over a stolen hard drive containing the film. Simon Afram, the film’s producer, writer and financier, alleges Netflix mischaracterised his legal team’s conduct as an attempted extortion after the streamer lost…
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Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon’s injunction on its AI shopping bot
Perplexity has won an appeal overturning a court injunction that had blocked its AI-powered Comet browser from accessing Amazon’s website to shop on users’ behalf. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Amazon’s original claim, based on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, was unlikely to succeed because it was the Comet user, not…
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Black writer who landed $2m book deal for his debut novel says it’s RACIST he was dropped over allegations he used AI
A writer named Jerry Falade, who reportedly secured a $2 million publishing deal for his debut novel, has said he believes race played a part in the decision to drop him after he was accused of using artificial intelligence to help write the book. He has publicly described the move as racist, framing it as…
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We just got our first real look at how small X’s ad business is
SpaceX, which now owns X, reported the platform’s advertising revenue for the first time since Elon Musk took the company private, revealing just how much the business has shrunk under his ownership. X brought in $367 million in advertising revenue in the second quarter of 2026, a modest rise from the previous quarter but far…
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SpaceX’s first public earnings statement shows the financials of an AI company in 2026
SpaceX has released its first quarterly earnings report since going public on 12 June, offering an unusually detailed look at the costs of running a major AI operation. Overall the company posted a 92% year-on-year rise in revenue to $7.8 billion (£6.1bn) for the quarter and narrowed its net loss to $541 million, from $1…
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Netflix’s 4-Part Cyberpunk Masterpiece Is Setting the Bar for Apple TV’s ‘Neuromancer’
Netflix’s 2019 anthology series *Love, Death & Robots* is being held up as a benchmark for Apple TV’s forthcoming adaptation of *Neuromancer*, William Gibson’s landmark cyberpunk novel, which is due to launch on 22 January 2027. The comparison matters because cyberpunk has proved a difficult genre for studios to translate successfully to screen in recent…
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Naomi Watts’ Secret ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role Reunited Her With Tom Holland, 12 Years After ‘The Impossible’: ‘From Playing Your Mom to Your AI’
Naomi Watts has revealed she secretly voices Peter Parker’s AI assistant, E.V., in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” reuniting her with Tom Holland 12 years after they co-starred in “The Impossible.” The reveal, shared via Instagram alongside a photo with director Destin Daniel Cretton, highlights an unusual on-screen arc for the pair: Watts previously played Holland’s…
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Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller
A developer known as SlvDev has demonstrated that even a large language model can run on an ESP32-S3 microcontroller costing less than $10, a device normally used for basic sensors and IoT tasks rather than generative AI. The feat, documented on GitHub and showcased on the Better Stack YouTube channel, shows how aggressive memory-saving techniques…
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SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year
SpaceX has significantly increased its spending on Tesla Megapack battery storage units, purchasing $295 million worth in the second quarter alone and $329 million so far this year, according to its latest earnings report. The purchases highlight the close financial ties between Elon Musk’s various companies, with the batteries likely destined for xAI’s data centres…