Once again, the Tolkien universe is continuing to grow, and this time, it is a novelty one. Anya Taylor-Joy has officially joined the list of stars that have been announced for the upcoming Warner Bros. feature, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. The actress, a signature name in recent genre films including …
In recent months the public has been inundated with reports of concern and curiosity about Bruce Willis's health, and his family made news for announcing their family member has a new diagnosis of the debilitating aphasia, which turned out to be more of a rare form of dementia. His wife, Emma Heming, has been leading …
Alibaba, China's technology and e-commerce giant, announced its first set of AI foundation models designed specifically for robotics in an impressive move, highlighting the fast-changing AI ecosystem. The announcement, made on June 16, marks a major shift in the industry's focus, moving beyond the realm of conversational chatbots to market-ready AI agents that can perform …
In the days since making its monumental debut public offering, SpaceX has stole the financial world's imagination, quite a lot, in the process. Elon Musk's aerospace and artificial intelligence firm's stock rose by more than 10% in premarket trading on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, as it extended a post-IPO rally to a market capitalization approaching …
Attorney General James Uthmeier launched his legal attack on TikTok with a lawsuit on Monday alleging the popular social media website is breaking Florida's new child protection law. The lawsuit filed in St. Lucie County state court is the latest in a wave of lawsuits against social media companies for their effect on younger audiences …
Twenty-five years later, Bridget Jones has walked away from her first stumble, smoked her way into cinematic history, and taken one sip at a time, it's Renee Zellweger with a bit of warm gratitude now. Zellweger revealed at a cast event at the Tribeca Film Festival to mark the 10th anniversary of the beloved romantic …
The last time Monica Bellucci was in a rush was the last time she was not. The Italian actor embraced a different tempo in an industry that has a reputation for doing things quickly—getting famous fast, achieving early milestones, and launching careers fast. At the age of sixty-one, Bellucci reflects on her journey not regretting …
As Tesla teslarolled into the Netherlands late 2024 to start the approval process for its Full Self-Driving system, it was accompanied by the same set of claims. The same statistics that Elon Musk (Tesla) and other leaders have been pointing to in the United States made their way to the Netherlands and Sweden for the …
TikTok's parent company ByteDance has engaged in talks with local Shanghai-based AI chipmaker Iluvatar CoreX about acquiring the firm's artificial intelligence chips for inference workloads, highlighting China's growing efforts to rely on home-grown semiconductor solutions. The talks represent a wider strategic shift among China's biggest technology companies as they aim to lessen their reliance on …
On Monday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to introduce a far-reaching ban on social media for children under 16, which is one of the more aggressive regulatory moves against big tech in recent years. The move comes as part of the government's wider drive to reduce the harms of social media and bring …
There is a particular kind of artist whose work is hard to point at, because it is everywhere in a space at once, in the way a sculpture catches the light, in the clarity of a recorded interview, in the fact that a backstage performer three floors up can hear their cue. At SoMad, the …
By Lumbie Mlambo Huge honors rarely arrive without an equally massive opportunity to create real, tangible change. Recently, I was selected as a "Her Power Global Ambassador" for Alibaba Global Initiatives (AGI). For me, this isn’t just a title; it is a profound validation of the work I have passionately pursued alongside the incredible women …
In the days leading up to an unprecedented US government order that forced Anthropic to globally shut down access to two of its most advanced artificial intelligence models, Amazon’s chief executive, Andy Jassy, privately voiced serious security concerns about the very same systems to senior Trump administration officials. That revelation, shared by a person familiar …
For five decades, the New York Knicks’ absence from the top of the basketball world was not just a statistic but a slow, collective ache felt across the five boroughs. Generations of fans were born, grew up, and started families of their own without ever seeing their team hoist the Larry O’Brien Trophy. That long, …
