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South Korea bill would require music distributors to screen tracks for content harmful to minors before release
If a track is judged harmful and its creator is under 19, the distributor must block it from release, according to The Korea Times. Source
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Neon Adds Cannes Best Actress Winner ‘All Of A Sudden’ To Late Fall Sked
Neon’s Cannes Best Actress winner All of a Sudden from Drive My Car filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi is opening in theaters on Nov. 25. The Japanese-French language drama premiered to an 11-minute standing ovation and went on to win a Best Actress prize for both of its stars, Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto. Set in France…
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India bets billions on breaking China’s grip on smartphone manufacturing
New Delhi announced a $6.5 billion smartphone manufacturing program and a $13.3 billion semiconductor push to deepen India’s electronics supply chain.
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Apple Intelligence finally gets regulatory approval in China
Apple will reportedly partner with Chinese firms Baidu and Alibaba to roll out its AI service in the country.
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Karim Sulayman/Sean Shibe review – tenor and guitarist beguile in wide-ranging and joyful recital
Wigmore Hall, London From a lament to the Lebanese capital to Sephardic love songs, melancholy Monteverdi to Purcell and Britten, the pair’s ‘Broken Branches’ programme felt spontaneous and engaging The tenor Karim Sulayman and guitarist Sean Shibe together bring a microcosm of world heritage to the concert platform: English, Japanese, Scottish, Lebanese and American. Their…
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Imax and Goer Dynamics to launch in-car cinema system in China
Imax and Chinese audio-visual firm Goer Dynamics have announced a partnership to develop what they describe as the first in-vehicle entertainment system to carry the Imax brand, with commercial production planned for later this year. The move is significant for Imax as it continues efforts to extend its brand beyond traditional cinemas into areas such…
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Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ Finally Gets a Release Date
“Jana Nayagan”, the long-delayed final film of Indian star Vijay, is now set for a worldwide cinema release on 23 July, according to KVN Productions. The announcement matters because the Tamil-language film is being positioned as Vijay’s farewell to acting after he left cinema for politics and became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Its release…
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Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
The startup has reached a $120 million annualized revenue run rate and more than 200,000 paying customers.
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Air India crash report likely to be ready in October, say investigators
The crash killed 260 people, including 241 on board, with only one passenger surviving.
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Rickie, Melvin and Dean McCullough to leave Radio 1 in schedule shake-up
Jeremiah Asiamah will join Charlie Hedges in the Live Lounge, among other changes.