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Liz Meriwether to Write Britney Spears Biopic Screenplay for Universal
Emmy-nominated screenwriter Liz Meriwether, creator of the television series New Girl, has been tapped to pen the screenplay for a biographical film adaptation of Britney Spears’ memoir The Woman in Me. The production un
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New Girl Creator To Write Britney Spears Biopic
Universal’s planned biopic based on Britney Spears’s memoir, The Woman In Me, has recruited Liz Meriwether — the creator of the sitcom New Girl — as its screenwriter. The appointment marks the first significant update since 2024, when it emerged that Spears had sold the rights to her memoir and that Marc Platt would produce…
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Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff
Doom developer id Software is reportedly cutting around 50 per cent of its staff as part of the mass layoffs Microsoft announced on Monday, which primarily target Xbox and its games studios. According to Game Developer, this could amount to roughly 90 job losses at the storied first-person shooter studio, though the affected departments remain…
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Figma acquires team behind a vibe-coding app
The Y Combinator-backed company started a vibe-coding platform and later built an agent-creation product.
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Former Democratic mayor of state capital city pleads guilty for role in six-figure real estate bribery scheme
Former Jackson Mississippi mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba accepted $50,000 in campaign contributions from undercover FBI agents posing as developers.
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The Weather Channel increases streaming subscription prices by up to $20
Livestreaming the channel through its app now starts at $5 per month.
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Anthropic is launching Claude Cowork on mobile and web
Starting Tuesday, Anthropic’s Claude Cowork AI platform will be available on mobile and web for the first time. The expanded access is rolling out first to Max subscribers and coming to Claude users on other plans “in the coming weeks.” Claude Cowork was previously only accessible through the Claude desktop app for macOS and Windows,…
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Major health update on Mitch McConnell, 84, as ‘brain dead’ rumor grips DC
The update comes after a wild rumor that Mitch McConnell is ‘brain dead.’
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The X app for iOS now has a built-in video editor
X has added a built-in video editor and recorder to its iOS app in a bid to encourage users to post more original video content rather than reposting clips from elsewhere. The move is the latest sign that the platform, formerly Twitter, is trying to compete directly with video-centric rivals such as TikTok. According to…
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Meta launches Pocket, an app for making games with generative AI
Meta has released Pocket, a Google Play Store app that lets users create and share small interactive games and mini-programs using generative AI, simply by describing what they want in a prompt. The launch matters because it signals a strategic pivot at Meta towards AI-generated content and away from the traditional, human-made virtual reality games…