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Oscars to stream exclusively on YouTube from 2029
AFP, Published on 18/12/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - The Oscars will be shown only on YouTube from 2029, the Academy said Wednesday, in a radical gambit for a movie industry that remains wary of streaming platforms even as viewing habits shift online.
Beach Boy Brian Wilson, surf rock poet, dies at 82
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» NEW YORK - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys co-founder who masterminded the group's wild popularity and soundtracked the California dream, has died, his family announced on Wednesday. He was 82.
‘Squid Game’ stocks tank in Netflix new season letdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/12/2024
» SEOUL - A less-than-perfect debut for the new season of Netflix Incorporated's blockbuster series Squid Game sent shares of related South Korean companies sharply lower Friday.
Paradise reborn
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 23/05/2024
» Though the rainy season has officially started in some parts of the country, it appeared we were in luck when rain clouds drifted off Phuket. The Sun was shining and the sky was clear when we arrived at Visit Panwa Pier, where a fleet of speedboats and catamarans were cruising the water to pick up passengers.
Tech activists write code to save migrants
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» LONDON - When a migrant rescue non-profit asked Nik Zemke if he could design an app to pinpoint ships in distress in the Mediterranean, the German web developer headed to a hackers' convention to look for like-minded volunteers.
Is it possible to have too much Picasso?
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» PARIS: Why can't the world get enough of Pablo Picasso? On the 50th anniversary of his death, it seems the appetite for the Spanish master is inexhaustible.
'Ultimate' Bond vacation going for B2.5 million
Sarah Rappaport, Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2023
» LONDON: What would a dream vacation for a James Bond superfan look like? Skiing down the mountain location of the iconic chase scene in Spectre? Sipping ice-cold martinis (shaken, not stirred, obviously) in London?
Jack could have survived, says Cameron as 'Titanic' re-released 25 years on
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - James Cameron doesn't have many regrets -- after all, he has now directed three of the four highest-grossing films of all time.
Google to release ChatGPT-like bot named Bard
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: Google said on Monday it will release a conversational chatbot named Bard, setting up an artificial intelligence showdown with Microsoft which has invested billions in the creators of ChatGPT, a language app that convincingly mimics human writing.
Seeing is believing? Global scramble to tackle deepfakes
AFP, Published on 02/02/2023
» WASHINGTON - Chatbots spouting falsehoods, face-swapping apps crafting porn videos and cloned voices defrauding companies of millions -- the scramble is on to rein in AI deepfakes that have become a misinformation super spreader.