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Smart glasses are deeply creepy. Why are celebrities like Kylie Jenner endorsing them?
A Guardian opinion piece argues that Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses, now endorsed by celebrities such as Kylie Jenner, pose serious risks to privacy and personal safety, particularly for women. Writer Tayo Bero contends that despite Meta’s promised safeguards, the devices make covert recording alarmingly easy, enabling “manfluencer” content in which men film interactions with women…
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Netflix Plans Theatrical Events in Colombia for Grand Finale of Epic ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Part 2 (EXCLUSIVE)
“One Hundred Years of Solitude,” Netflix’s sweeping and most ambitious series in Latin America, is dropping its second and final season this August. Covering the last 50 years of the century covered by Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Marquez’s masterpiece, Season 2 picks up immediately from where the first season ends. In a rather unusual move,…
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Loathe: A Stranger to You review
(SharpTone) Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth album of musical metamorphosis Loathe took six years to make this fourth album, explaining they wanted to make it very special. Accordingly, A Stranger to You ventures far from the Liverpudlians’ metalcore origins to create an odyssey of mixed and…
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Sydney woman’s polite cake request leads to hilarious mix-up on her brother’s birthday
A Sydney woman named Tash Kessel has gone viral after a polite, well-meaning request for her brother’s birthday cake resulted in an amusing icing mix-up. The mishap saw her instructions misinterpreted, producing an unexpected result on the cake that quickly caught attention online for its comic value. Details of the exact wording mix-up and how…
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UK heatwave approaches two-week mark
Parts of southern England are nearing a fortnight of heatwave conditions, with the UK experiencing its longest hot spell since 2006. Merryfield in Somerset reached 30.6C on Thursday, marking 12 consecutive days at or above 30C, while Bournemouth and Heathrow have seen elevated temperatures for almost two weeks. The prolonged heat stems from a combination…
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‘The Boroughs’ Wraps Run As Newest Series Release In Top 40 Of Netflix’s What We Watched Report
Netflix’s supernatural drama “The Boroughs” has finished its run as the most recent series release to feature in the Top 40 of the streamer’s latest “What We Watched” viewership report, despite having already been cancelled after just one season. The show, executive produced by Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers, illustrates how Netflix weighs cost…
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Rufus Sewell, Frances O’Connor, Alycia Debnam-Carey & Te Kohe Tuhaka To Lead Newly Greenlit Netflix Series ‘Queenstown’ From Chloe Stearns
Netflix has commissioned *Queenstown*, an eight-part drama set in New Zealand’s luxury ski scene, with Rufus Sewell, Frances O’Connor, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Te Kohe Tuhaka leading the cast. The series will explore conflicts over power, loyalty and desire between a wealthy family and those who work for them, marking Netflix Australia and New Zealand’s first…
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‘Bizarre choice’: business and Labour puzzle over Shabana Mahmood as future chancellor
Speculation is mounting over who Andy Burnham will appoint as chancellor when he takes over from Keir Starmer, with home secretary Shabana Mahmood reported to have overtaken energy secretary Ed Miliband as the frontrunner. Businesses had feared Miliband, seen as more left-leaning and firmly committed to net zero targets, but many are equally unsettled by…
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The 2013 movie Ryan Reynolds will always regret making: “I felt sort of fake and weird”
Ryan Reynolds has said he regrets making the 2013 animated film *Turbo*, describing the experience as feeling “fake and weird”. His comments reflect discomfort with the promotional demands surrounding the film rather than a criticism of its production, and highlight his preference for projects where he feels more personally engaged. *Turbo* featured Reynolds as the…
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England had Lionel Messi under control … until one decisive and subtle shift
It was a statistically weird game for Argentina’s talisman against England, full of outliers. It didn’t matter Thomas Tuchel will have prepared for every eventuality before England’s match with Argentina. He will have considered how his team could prosper in attack while remaining solid in defence. What to change if they scored first or if…