Netflix has acquired Ready Player Me, the avatar platform powering cross-game identities, as it shifts its gaming strategy toward TV-based party and
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Trump Media plans to merge with nuclear fusion startup TAE Technologies in a $6 billion deal aimed at powering the next wave
The Kids Online Safety Act aims to protect minors online, but critics warn it could weaken Section 230 and reshape how platforms
The Academy Awards will move from ABC to YouTube beginning in 2029 under a new global streaming deal that runs through 2033,
In a recent Instagram post, Gary Vaynerchuk, called live social shopping “a monster” that will keep getting bigger each year, then rattled
A Russian court has designated Pussy Riot an extremist organization, banning its activities and escalating the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent.
After a bystander disarmed a gunman during the Bondi Beach attack, viral creator Zachery Dereniowski launched a GoFundMe that quickly raised over
Substack is taking a step it has avoided for years. The company has begun quietly testing sponsorship placements inside newsletters, according to
Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and licensing more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters to Sora and
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Australia just enforced the world’s first under-16 social media ban, triggering global debate over youth safety, privacy, and the future of digital
Paramount Pictures’ X account was briefly hacked with a “Proud arm of the fascist regime” bio as political tensions rise around David
Netflix sets a December 18 premiere for Emily in Paris Season 5 and releases a new poster teasing Emily’s move between Paris
Modern Uprising Studios debuts Frame Forward, the first global festival for AI-enabled animated filmmaking, with submissions open through December 30.
President Donald Trump signaled Sunday that Netflix’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery might hit turbulence, telling reporters the massive merger “could
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iHeartMedia introduces its new “Guaranteed Human” policy banning AI-generated music and synthetic voices from all stations, reinforcing authenticity as listeners overwhelmingly prefer
