Matt Brittin, Former Google Executive, Named the New BBC Head
Matt Brittin, the former president of Google in Europe, will become the new director general. Among the items on his to-do list: handling a lawsuit from President Trump.
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Ancient elephant bones reveal vivid details of a Neanderthal hunt
Elephant bones from Lehringen, Germany, bearing marks of butchery by ancient humans VOLKER_MINKUS In the backrooms of the sleek, modern Schöningen Research Museum in Germany, there are piles of old, mismatched cardboard boxes everywhere. These are the finds boxes from Lehringen, a hamlet 150 kilometres from here. In 1948, the bones of a 125,000-year-old straight-tusked…
NBA expansion explained: teams in Vegas and Seattle, LeBron’s role and hungry billionaires | NBA
The league’s board of governors met this week and voted to explore bids and applicants for teams exclusively in those two cities, beginning the process for its first expansion in more than two decades. Bids are expected to be in the $7bn to $10bn range per franchise. Commissioner Adam Silver had previously described this year…
‘I knew the real Carolyn Bessette… she was very lovely’
It makes me feel so old that Howard Stern is out here, reminiscing about John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. Stern was six years older than JFK Jr, and they were both living and operating in New York’s media ecosystem in their 1990s heyday. Stern was probably the biggest radio personality in the world,…
Iraq Summons U.S. Diplomat After Attack on Military Base
The attack came a day after a separate strike on the same base, which hosts units viewed by the United States as allies of Iran.
Sora never understood what makes social media work
Social media hinges on the pretense of reality. OpenAI’s AI platform didn’t. Ding-dong, Sora is dead! So says the executive team at OpenAI, which now wants its talented staff to say goodbye to the generative AI social media platform—which was only online for a few months—and invest most of its efforts on its core business:…
Jon Anik admits ‘it hasn’t been a great few weeks’ of UFC events
Jon Anik echoes some of the fans’ frustrations on the recent quality of UFC cards. This past Saturday at The O2 in London, Movsar Evloev defeated Lerone Murphy by majority decision in the UFC Fight Night 270 headliner. While the outcome of the headliner delivered many talking points, the rest of the card lacked star…
Bridgerton Season 5: Francesca and Michaela to take the lead
We’re still recovering from season four of Bridgerton, however, Netflix has announced that season five is already underway with Francesca Bridgerton and Michaela Stirling confirmed as the leads. Taking to social media, the streaming giant shared a stunning visual confirming that season five in currently in production. The short clip declares that “love begins again”…
U.S. and Iran Are Talking About Ways to End Their War: What to Know
The United States is discussing ways to end hostilities with Iran, even as President Trump continues to threaten attacks and as the Pentagon dispatches more troops.