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AI actress Tilly Norwood is causing a significant stir in Hollywood
Several talent agencies are genuinely interested in Tilly Norwood, an AI actress recently created and unveiled by the world’s first ‘AI talent studio’ Xicoia. The pushback from Hollywood has been significant. Hollywood and controversy go together like popcorn and butter, but this latest palaver is wholly unique – in that it centres on an AI-generated actress. Tilly Norwood is the name of the curated code that appears a lot like a...
Ticketmaster forced to be transparent about ‘dynamic pricing’ mechanisms
While Ticketmaster’s effective monopoly over the ticketing business persists, it has finally been forced to become more transparent about its ‘dynamic pricing’ mechanism – and we apparently have Oasis to thank. Have you ever been moments away from securing gig tickets, only to see the price jump three-fold at the last moment? That, my friends, is called ‘dynamic pricing.’ Those fortunate enough to make it through server glitches and biblical queue...
Why is the ‘Rapture’ trending on TikTok?
Evangelists are adamant that Christ is about return for judgement day, and TikTok is apparently the perfect place to get the message out. We really got the ‘Rapture’ before GTA VI? The hashtag #Rapture has over 3,000 hits on TikTok, and there’s a palpable feeling of trepidation among certain circles of the internet. If you’re unfamiliar, firstly: you’re done for, and secondly: the Rapture refers to the prophetic event that Christ will...
Indian workers seethe over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa hike
Trump recently imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers in the US. Given India accounted for 71% of this group in 2024, its government is seething over what it believes is an attempted ousting. Trump has been, let’s say, uncompromising when it comes to US immigration policies. The latest palaver feels particularly brazen, however. Even by his standards. Late last week, the President signed a proclamation imposing...
Gen Z are getting stingy with their data
Gen Zers are making incremental life changes to ensure less private online data is handed out willy-nilly. It seems we take a ‘soft’ approach to rejecting everything now, and this is no different. It’s far from a generation-wide movement, but there are several big indicators that young people are getting fed up of Big Tech stalking our every movement. A few simple life changes, akin to kicking fresh dirt over...
ChatGPT is increasingly substituting critical thought
OpenAI’s latest usage report on ChatGPT sheds light on how people are moving away from having the chatbot complete ‘doing’ tasks, but are leaning on it for advice, problem solving, and outsourcing judgement calls. Is this cause for concern? You know who doesn’t ever get brain fog? ChatGPT. Use of OpenAI’s chatbot has become nigh-on ubiquitous, and people are leaning on the technology for just about everything in 2025. It’s gone...
Gen Z is all about the National Trust in 2025
Why is Gen Z’s love of the National Trust everywhere in the media? It actually makes a lot of sense. As Gen Z largely veers away from nights on the lash, why are flapjacks in a tupperware box fast becoming the alternative to jagerbombs? The cohort is spending weekends, and I can vouch for this anecdotally, wandering around rose gardens and 17th-century kitchens. It’s not ironic, either. They’ve just recently stumbled...
Life is Strange highlights TV’s blind spot towards game creators
The 2015 hit narrative game is getting its own television series courtesy of Amazon. But Story Kitchen and LuckyChap have opted not to collaborate with the original writers at Don’t Nod. Is this repeating mistakes of the past? Life is Strange caught everyone off guard in 2015. Interactive drama games were having something of a boom at the time, but nobody quite anticipated the sheer emotional weight that the coming-of-age...
Why are Gen Z suddenly so invested in stocks?
Gen Z are trying to tame the volatile world of stocks to gain some agency over their own finances. Weirdly, it makes a lot of sense. Remember when ‘buying stocks’ was something your mate’s dad did after three pints and a shit week at the bookies? Well Gen Z has changed that, more out of necessity, than anything. According to Morning Consult, 62% of Gen Zers in the US now own...
Google’s five-year antitrust lawsuit results in a slap on the wrist
Google has finally seen the end to a lawsuit filed way back in 2020 and a trial that began in 2023. The Department of Justice alleged that Google held a monopoly over the search and advertising market, but it’s gotten away with a slap on the wrist. After years of legal foreplay, a US judge has finally ruled on whether Google’s stranglehold on search is technically unfair or just annoyingly...
