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Christian studio eyes 'culture wars' challenge to Hollywood
Hollywood's alleged "wokeness" is a frequent target for right-wing commentators and politicians. The move into animation makes sense for a studio that sees Disney as emblematic of Hollywood's excessive "wokeness" and tendency to "prioritize politics over storytelling."
Despite sanctions, Russia still gets hands on Western goods
A Kansas businessman shipped banned avionics equipment to Russia through Armenia, the UAE and other third countries. - Third countries - The Kansas businessman, Cyril Gregory Buyanovsky, 60, pleaded guilty in December for his role in a "long-running scheme to smuggle sophisticated US avionics equipment to Russia", Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said at the time.
Most Asian markets advance after latest Wall St record
Equities rose across most of Asia on Wednesday following yet another record day in New York fuelled by data that boosted US interest rate cut hopes, though expectations were tempered by cautious comments from Federal Reserve officials.
Mouse shakers, power naps: Corporate America fights 'keyboard fraud'
A US banking giant fired more than a dozen employees for "simulating keyboard activity," highlighting a battle within productivity-obsessed corporate America to tame a culture of faking work with gizmos such as mouse jigglers.
'Cheapfakes': Out-of-context videos target Biden's age
Republicans are flooding the internet with out-of-context videos of US President Joe Biden, using what the White House has characterized as deceptive editing tactics to cast the 81-year-old as infirm less than five months from November's election.
Los Angeles moves to ban smartphone use in school
Education bosses in Los Angeles voted Tuesday to work towards a complete ban on the use of smartphones in the city's schools. The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, which manages the second biggest school district in the country, ordered staff to devise a plan to prohibit cell phones and social media throughout the school day.
AI goes mainstream as 'AI PCs' hit the market
A new line of PCs specially made to run artificial intelligence programs hit stores on Tuesday as tech companies push toward wider adoption of ChatGPT-style AI. Microsoft in May announced the new AI-powered personal computers, which will use the company's software under the Copilot Plus brand.
Boeing Starliner return to Earth set for June 26
NASA and Boeing are targeting a June 26 return to Earth of the Boeing Starliner from the International Space Station, officials said Tuesday. NASA and Boeing officials said at a press conference that they were looking at a return date of no earlier than June 26 for the two astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, both ex-US Navy test pilots.
Nvidia becomes world's most valuable company on stock market
Nvidia edged ahead of other tech companies Tuesday to become the world's most valuable publicly traded company in the latest sign of the might of artificial intelligence.
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