With the Oscars just days away, one A-list nominee has found himself entangled in an eleventh-hour controversy. Timothée Chalamet reunited with Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey recently to discuss the future of cinema – only to alienate a sizeable chunk of the high-arts community. Chalamet, 30, argued that cinema still has the power to bring audiences together…
Health-conscious people may opt to take a multivitamin, but the jury is out on their benefits Lenar Nigmatullin/Shutterstock A daily dose of multivitamins and minerals has already been shown to slightly slow cognitive decline in people over 60. Now, it appears such supplements might also slow ageing more generally. But this finding relied on an…
Handing tasks to AI without thinking can be as risky as ignoring it altogether. AI can knock out an impressive amount of tedious, everyday busywork. It can take on creative tasks, too. But the fundamental question remains: should it?
Major League Soccer announced on Monday that it has given Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah lifetime bans for “extensive” gambling, including on games involving their own teams. In one instance, the pair won a bet that Jones would receive a yellow card. MLS said it had received “suspicious betting alerts” and retained a law firm…
More solar energy was added to U.S. grids than any other technology, but the amount installed fell by 14 percent, according to a new report.
U.S. Justice Department lawyers said Monday that it has tentatively settled its antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, striking a deal to ultimately lower ticket prices for consumers and end an illegal monopoly over live events in America. But some states signaled they won’t join the deal and will continue…
Countries targeted by Iranian drones are eager to tap into Ukrainian expertise to shoot them down.
AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation. AMI is working on world models, or AI that learns from reality, not just from language. This category has fewer players than generative AI, but maybe not for long….
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Defending Indian Wells champion Mirra Andreeva smashed her racket several times during a 4-6, 6-7(5), 6-3 loss to unseeded Katerina Siniakova in the tournament’s third round on Monday night, then left the court exchanging words with the crowd. Andreeva threw her racket after losing the second set tiebreaker before smashing…
