Wired
Google’s first new smart speaker in six years is here and once again leads its competitors—now with paywalled features.
Variety
Apple deals are always among the most sought-after discounts during Prime Day — largely because they don’t happen that often. Unlike many tech brands that regularly slash prices on their own sites, Apple rarely runs traditional sitewide sales, which makes Amazon’s annual Prime Day event one of the best times of the year to save […]
Variety
Shari Redstone’s production outfit Sipur has appointed former Amazon MGM Studios executive Ludovic Attal as president. Attal, who will work alongside Sipur co-founders Emilio Schenker and Gideon Tadmor, is the latest senior hire since the appointment of Legendary Entertainment’s Deborah Kaufmann as chief of global content in February. “Bad Boy” producer Sipur has been embarking […]
Variety
“One Battle After Another,” “F1” and “Pluribus”  are among the movies and television shows nominated for the Location Managers Guild International awards. The 13th annual LMGI Awards, set for Aug. 22, and will be held at The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica. The LMGI Awards received a record number of submissions from around the […]
Hollywood Reporter
Streamer sets December Oscar push with Brad Bird’s noir sci-fi and Cannes acquisition 'In Waves'.
ESPN
Left-handers are crushing the ball in 2026 -- and MLB's new automated ball-strike challenge system might be part of the reason why.
Yahoo Finance
The Guardian
Woman posed as sex worker and drugged men in order to steal from them with accompliceA woman posed as a sex worker and administered a deadly amount of sedative to two men so that she and an accomplice could steal from them.Adina Mihai, 31, and Madalin Dumitru, 30, admitted the manslaughter of an 80-year-old Gloucestershire man and a 37-year-old from Oxfordshire. Continue reading...
MarketWatch
Seth Klarman of The Baupost Group sees a supply-demand imbalance as companies demand capital that could prove difficult for investors.