The Warner Bros ownership race could drastically change streaming
Netflix had agreed a deal with Warner Bros to land its studio and streaming assets for $83 billion. That could soon be off the table, however, with the news that Paramount has just proposed an offer of $108.4 billion for the entire company. Can you hear that? That’s the sound...
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Report reveals scope of extreme online abuse in English football
The BBC found that more than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts were sent in a single weekend of Premier League and Women’s Super League action. As someone with roughly two hours per day scrolling X – no, I’m not proud of it – I’m fully aware of just how...
Higgsfield just levelled up AI video editing massively
Twitter edits are about to become a whole lot more bombastic thanks to Higgsfield’s ‘click to video studio’ update. People are already toying around with altering the backgrounds of high budget music videos and the results are eerily impressive. Your university degree in computer animation and video effects is becoming...
AI free media is fast becoming a modern USP
As people become increasingly fatigued with second guessing whether media bares any hallmarks of AI, ‘human made’ is fast becoming its own USP. How grimly predictable. Earning a crust in the world of publishing means my colleagues and I are more accustomed to dodging AI slop than most. Much like the...
China unveils plan to find a habitable ‘second Earth’ outside the solar system
The nation just unveiled its five-year plan to find habitable exoplanets in nearby star systems. China has come up with its 15th five-year plan, extending from 2026 to 2030. The new plan aims to boost domestic demand, mainly by raising living standards, expanding social security, education, and health care...
Cambridge brain study says adolescence may last into our 30s
There may just be a scientific reason behind feeling like a teenager in your 20s. In fact, a University of Cambridge brain study suggests that the ‘adult brain’ may not activate until our 30s. If you’re in your late 20s - or even early 30s (cough) - and still mentally...
Is menstrual blood the future of female healthcare?
How ‘femtech’ startups are using groundbreaking tests to overhaul a systemically misogynistic healthcare system. Despite around 800 million people experiencing a period on any given day, very little is known about menstrual blood. The history of menstruation is itself a fraught story – women and those who menstruate have been ushered into a code of shameful silence since time immemorial, and despite strides in healthcare and gender rights, this sense...
What the age of AI music says about the future of art
We’re living through transformative times. I’m not sure whether it’s a good thing. When Nick Arter first downloaded Suno and Udio – off-the-shelf AI music tools – he wasn’t thinking about a career comeback. He was a 35-year-old call-centre drone in Washington, D.C., who’d long since abandoned dreams of being a professional rapper. But somewhere between composing prompts, tweaking lyrics, and using Midjourney to conjure album art, Arter discovered that you...
Sky Sports shuts down ‘sexist’ TikTok account ‘Halo’
‘Halo’ was intended to be a female-focused TikTok channel that was hit with immediate backlash, as audiences labelled it ‘sexist’ and ‘patronising.’ Sky Sports has shut it down after only three days. Sky Sports has shut down its new ‘Halo’ TikTok account after only three days following intense internet backlash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYry7O2eXA Originally intended to be a female-focused source for sports information, Halo used terminology such as ‘hot girl walks’ and ‘little...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s AI blunder is a scary industry moment
The latest entry to the franchise had already divided opinion, then players discovered the blatant use of generative AI. This is a pivotal moment for the industry. There are a few constants in life: death, taxes, and the rollout of a new Call of Duty game every 12 months. The franchise hasn’t exactly been synonymous with quality over the last handful of releases, but Black Ops 7 is even failing to...
