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Buyer Beware: Why Sun Valley Has Been a Disaster for the Media Business
As the annual Sun Valley conference — the exclusive, off-the-record gathering of media and technology moguls hosted by investment bank Allen & Co. in Idaho — opens this week, Variety executive editor Brent Lang argues that the event has been a driving force behind the decline of the media business. The gathering has spawned some…
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A bug in Discord’s safety systems incorrectly banned accounts since May
Discord has admitted that a bug in its automated moderation systems incorrectly banned user accounts over a roughly two-month period. The company’s support team explained on X that the fault caused legitimate accounts to be permanently banned rather than merely having their uploads paused, affecting people who had done nothing wrong. It matters because the…
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Watch Rihanna Uplift a Self-Conscious Fan Who’s Battling Cancer in Touching Interaction: ‘You’re Fire’
Rihanna shared a warm exchange with a fan who is living with cancer, captured in an episode of Jason Lee’s “Grocery Shopping With Rihanna” released on Monday 6 July. The moment resonated because the singer used the encounter to reassure a self-conscious admirer, offering a public gesture of kindness that quickly drew attention online. While…
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Ridley Scott Officially Teams With ‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director for New Sci-Fi Movie
Ridley Scott has officially joined forces with Takashi Yamazaki, the director of the acclaimed *Godzilla Minus One*, on a new science-fiction film titled *Nue*. Through his production company, Scott Free, Scott will produce the project, with Yamazaki directing. The pairing is notable because it unites a veteran of the sci-fi genre with the filmmaker behind…
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Deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak sparks concern in major US city: Know the symptoms
New York City health officials have declared a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with 23 confirmed cases and 17 hospitalisations recorded as of 6 July. No deaths have been reported. Officials are urging anyone who has visited the east side of Central Park or the Upper East Side since late June to…
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iRobot made a non-robot floor cleaner
iRobot’s new floor cleaner isn’t a robot at all.
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Gina Jones enters a crime-family romance in JuVee and Universal drama Pawn
Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions has signed a first-look deal with Universal Global Television (UGT), under which the company will develop projects for the studio across all platforms. The arrangement marks a new chapter for JuVee, which has previously held television deals at eOne, Amazon and ABC Signature, and reflects a continued push…
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Yamazaki to direct original sci-fi film Nue for 20th Century
Japanese director Takashi Yamazaki, whose 2023 hit Godzilla Minus One won an Academy Award for visual effects, is set to direct an original science-fiction film titled Nue for 20th Century Studios in partnership with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free banner. The project marks another step in Yamazaki’s move into Hollywood and is described as a long-held…
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U2 Get Drenched, Tap Into Classic, Soaring Sound in Video For Funky ‘Street of Dreams’ Single
U2 have made a surprise return with “Street of Dreams”, a soaring new single released without warning on Tuesday 7 July, marking the first taste of their forthcoming studio album — their first full LP since 2017’s Songs of Experience. The track and its accompanying video consciously revisit the band’s late-1980s and early-1990s peak, signalling…
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EasyJet’s board has surrendered too easily to US bidder
The Guardian’s financial columnist Nils Pratley argues that easyJet’s board has given in too readily to a takeover approach from Castlelake, a US private investment firm active in aircraft financing and leasing. After rejecting three earlier offers as fundamental undervaluations and dismissing a fourth at 650p as “substantial”, the board reached an “agreement in principle”…