Iran considering US proposal to end war, official says
The White House reportedly believes it could be closing in on a 14-point memorandum of understanding with Iran.
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Is The Valley Boring Without Jax? Fans Critique Season 3 as ‘Boring’
Viewers of The Valley campaigned for Jax Taylor to be removed from the show’s call sheet last year after displaying disturbing behavior on and off screen. But now, with the arrival of the series’ junior season, some watchers are singing a different tune. At the center of season two’s storyline was a domestic incident that…
Surveillance Firm Hawkeye 360 Said to Raise $416 Million in IPO
Hawkeye 360 Inc., a provider of satellite-based signals intelligence for US government agencies, is raising $416 million in a US initial public offering priced at the top of a marketed range, according to people familiar with the matter.
Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’
Snap no longer has a deal with Perplexity, the company revealed on Wednesday as part of its quarterly earnings report. The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity’s AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat. Perplexity was set to pay Snap $400 million in cash and equity over one year as part of the…
German tourist wins payout after losing sun lounger race
The man sued his tour operator for allowing people to reserve sun loungers with towels despite a hotel ban on the practice.
Variety High Tea Celebrating Female Directors
Top helmers and other industry insiders gathered May 5 in West Hollywood to sip and dish at the Variety High Tea Celebrating Female Directors. The invitation-only gathering brought together a group of production professionals who were treated to sandwiches, tea cakes and extremely scrumptious scones and brownies. The High Tea kicked off Variety’s TV Week…
Watercraft Slams Into Gray Whale Near Vancouver, Injuring Driver
The whale appeared to be unharmed by the collision, which was captured on video.
Non-league to PL rise was ‘a killer’ on my body and mind – Jamie Vardy
Vardy was released by his boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday for being too small, but the documentary unearths footage of his blistering goalscoring form in his Stocksbridge days while also working in a factory making medical splints. However, in the first of a series of problems in 2007, Vardy admits in the documentary he had “no…
Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI nears, he says.
Billionaire media mogul Barry Diller doesn’t think OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is untrustworthy, despite recent reporting to the contrary. Onstage at The Wall Street Journal’s “Future of Everything” conference this week, Diller vouched for the AI exec, who has been accused by some former colleagues and board members of being manipulative and deceptive at times….
Federal authorities arrest 18 people in Los Angeles park in drug crackdown | Los Angeles
Federal authorities arrested 18 people in Los Angeles in a crackdown on drugs in MacArthur Park, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. The DoJ said it was targeting an “open-air drug market” in the park near downtown, which has long struggled with fentanyl use and overdoses and has at times had large encampments of…