Shout! Studios Takes North America For Alicia Silverstone & Karl Glusman Thriller ‘Pretty Thing’
EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studio has acquired North American rights to Justin Kelly’s sexually charged thriller Pretty Thing, co-starring Alicia Silverstone and Karl Glusman. Silverstone (Clueless, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) co-stars as a successful executive opposite Glusman (Civil War, The Bikeriders), a younger lover, who reveals a deadly obsessive streak…
Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight
Election of Trump and threats to democracy front of mind as activists remember peaceful marchers attacked by policeWhat would John Lewis do today?On a Sunday morning 60 years ago, activists rewrote the story of the civil rights movement in their own blood on the streets of Selma…
Black RCMP officer says he was demoted after raising concerns over training course
An African Nova Scotian RCMP staff sergeant who created anti-racism workshops for his employer says he was removed from his position after he raised concerns about intellectual property rights when the initiative he headed was going to be expanded…
Agibot unveils AI model that allows humanoid robots to perform real-world tasks
GO-1 feeds massive amounts of images and videos to the robots so they can better understand human actions…Health Secretary to Meet With Major Food Brand Executives
The White House has urged Cabinet members like Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to meet with industry leaders…
AI Agents Can Use R2D2 Sounding Faster Communication
GibberLink is a new audio communication protocol developed by Boris Starkov and Anton Pidkuiko during the ElevenLabs London Hackathon in February 2025. It enables AI agents to switch from human-like speech to a more efficient, machine-optimized, sound-based communication method when they recognize each other as AI entities…
In photos: “Bloody Sunday” marchers raise fresh civil rights concerns at Selma commemorations
Hundreds of people rallied at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to mark 60 years since “Bloody Sunday,” when authorities beat peaceful protesters who were marching against race discrimination in voting.The big picture: The anniversary follows President Trump’s moves to ax federal affirmative action programs and diversity…
Learning Human Echolocation with a Neuroscientist
Neuroscientist Lore Thaler speaks about her efforts to make echolocation training more accessible…
Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech
The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — lest there was any doubt. “Modern conservation isn’t working and we’re gonna need a ‘de-extinction’…