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Source: The Verge The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, the new LOTR movie that will feature Andy Serkis as both its star and director, will premiere in theaters on December 17th, 2027, Deadline reports. Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens, who were all key to the original film trilogy and The…
Source: The Verge The high-profile defendants, sued by a group of FTX investors, include Tom Brady and his ex-wife, the model Gisele Bündchen; Shark Tank judge Kevin O’Leary; Larry David; Shohei Ohtani; Udonis Haslem; David Ortiz; Naomi Osaka; and Steph Curry, as well as the entire Golden State Warriors franchise. A group of “YouTuber defendants”…
Source: The Verge Meta was working on built-in Threads features for Instagram first to compete with Twitter, which pioneered text-first social media apps. But Mosseri says the team made the “very contentious decision internally” to move the features out of Instagram. Meta’s team, according to Mosseri, found having Instagram host text posts could be confusing…
Source: The Verge Kickstarter’s new Pledge Manager, featuring tools that “simplify logistics and fulfillment” after funds have been successfully raised, is now available to all creators. It was first announced last February as part of a sneak peek at Kickstarter’s 2025 Product Roadmap. Initially only available through the platform’s beta program, the Pledge Manager includes…
Source: The Verge The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation is challenging the United Kingdom’s online safety rules in court over concerns they may enable “vandalism, disinformation, or abuse” to go unchecked on its Wikipedia platform. Wikimedia announced on Thursday that its legal challenge specifically targets the Online Safety Act’s (OSA) categorization regulations, which the foundation says are…
Source: The Verge The Old Guard was one of Netflix’s more memorable action flicks, and if the first trailer is anything to go on, the same will be true of its sequel. The streamer just released the first proper look at The Old Guard 2, which continues to follow Andromache (Charlize Theron) as the leader…
Source: The Verge Apple asked a judge to halt an order forcing it to give up control over App Store payments while it appeals the decision. In a filing on Wednesday, Apple says the order contains “extraordinary intrusions” that could result in “grave irreparable harm” to the company. “Depriving Apple of control over core features…
Source: The Verge Today, I’m talking with Paul Bascobert, who is the president of Reuters, the news and information service you have undoubtedly heard of. This is part of a special Thursday series we’re running this month to explore how leaders at some of the world’s biggest companies make decisions in such a rapidly changing…
Source: The Verge Bill Gates took aim at President Donald Trump and Elon Musk during an interview with The New York Times, saying funding cuts to USAID will cause childhood deaths to increase. “On childhood deaths, which over the next few years should have gone from five million to four million — now, unless there’s…
Source: The Verge Meta is developing what’s described as “super-sensing” vision software that can recognize people by name, according to The Information. The company is reportedly working on two pairs of smart glasses for next year, internally called Aperol and Bellini, and has recently reworked its processes for assessing privacy and safety risks to release…
