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Edinburgh TV Festival Takeaways: YouTube’s Rise, Commissioning Landscape and Move to Manchester
The final Edinburgh TV Festival before its move to Manchester was dominated by concern over the pressures facing British television, particularly YouTube’s growing influence and the shrinking commissioning market. Industry figures debated whether traditional public service broadcasters can compete with the platform, while acknowledging that YouTube’s audience now makes it an unavoidable part of the…
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Ina Garten Is a YouTuber Now
Ina Garten has launched a YouTube channel and will host a video podcast called Happy Hour, produced in partnership with Vox Media. The show marks a move from traditional television into digital video, reflecting YouTube’s growing role in podcasting and food-focused content as pay-TV audiences decline. Filmed in Garten’s New York City apartment, Happy Hour…
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Nepal mudslide kills 389 as Anthropic wins Pentagon blacklist challenge
British families await news of relatives missing in Nepal’s devastated Rasuwa valley. A US judge rules the Pentagon unlawfully retaliated against AI firm Anthropic, while Caitlin Clark and Nicky Winmar make sports headlines
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AI Slop Showdown Over Tung Tung Sahur & Italian Brainrot May Offer Glimpse At Hollywood’s Future
A legal dispute over the AI-generated meme character Tung Tung Sahur is heading towards a September hearing in a US federal court, with wider implications for entertainment companies using AI-created content. Spyder Games, linked to the Roblox game Steal A Brainrot, argues that Mementum Lab has no enforceable rights, while Mementum says companies should not…
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Viral nature video captures stunning albino deer in Wisconsin Northwoods, and it lives up to the hype
A video of a rare albino white-tailed buck running across a road in Wisconsin’s Northwoods has gained attention online. Its unusually large antlers and distinctive white colouring made the sighting notable, as albino deer are seldom seen in the wild. The footage was posted on Instagram by Joel Ord, who described the animal as a…
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The Official Pokémon Account Was Hacked to Pull a Memecoin Scam
Hackers briefly took control of the official Pokémon account on X to promote a fraudulent memecoin, $POKEMON, presenting it as part of the franchise’s 30th-anniversary celebrations. The incident matters because the account has around eight million followers, giving the scam immediate global reach and potential credibility despite Pokémon not being involved in the cryptocurrency. The…
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Sheffield artist says Ronnie O’Sullivan mural remains unfinished
Sheffield artist Chris Ashmore says his Ronnie O’Sullivan mural at Spot On Snooker Club is unfinished, following mixed local and online reactions to the portrait. The work has gone viral because some critics felt the seven-time world champion’s face looked skeletal or “zombie-like”, while others welcomed it as a bright addition to the area; Ashmore…
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Aliyah Boston addresses Caitlin Clark’s viral smile at Angel Reese on ‘Post Moves’ podcast
Caitlin Clark’s smile as Angel Reese reacted to a missed potential winning lay-up in the Indiana Fever’s overtime victory over the Atlanta Dream became a widely shared social-media clip. Indiana centre Aliyah Boston said the Fever only noticed it afterwards and anticipated the online reaction, underscoring how routine on-court moments involving Clark and Reese attract…
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The GTA VI ‘extended look’ is now streaming on YouTube
Rockstar has released an official extended preview of Grand Theft Auto VI on YouTube and its website after it first premiered on Netflix. The nearly 27-minute video matters because it provides the most detailed official look yet at the highly anticipated game, although it prioritises mood, characters and setting over a detailed explanation of gameplay…
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The biggest video game of all time looks like a movie
Rockstar Games has released an almost 27-minute extended preview of Grand Theft Auto VI, presenting the game in a highly cinematic style that resembles a prestige crime drama. The preview emphasises character, atmosphere and storytelling rather than a conventional uninterrupted gameplay demonstration, underscoring Rockstar’s attempt to make the long-awaited sequel feel as culturally significant as…