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afr.com - Sam Buckingham-Jones - 'Indefensible': Meta unleashes on Anthony Albanese's journalism levy
'Indefensible': Meta unleashes on Anthony Albanese's journalism levy
Australian Financial Review

Tech behemoth Meta has lashed the Albanese government's plans to impose a new tax on its Australian revenue to fund journalism, describing it as an “indefensible” regime that will make media companies dependent on government handouts.

comingsoon.net - Maggie Dela Paz - Steven Spielberg's $600M Sci-Fi Movie Hits HBO Max Today
Steven Spielberg's $600M Sci-Fi Movie Hits HBO Max Today
ComingSoon.net

HBO Max subscribers can now watch one of director Steven Spielberg 's popular sci-fi action movies. During its theatrical run, the 2018 film became a box office hit, grossing over $607 million worldwide. As of today, Spielberg's 2018 film…

techradar.com - Sam Kieldsen - The rise, and potential fall, of GoPro - how the company went from action-cam trailblazer to ailing tech giant in just 15 years
The rise, and potential fall, of GoPro - how the company went from action-cam trailblazer to ailing tech giant in just 15 years
TechRadar

On June 1, GoPro filed a regulatory notice disclosing 'substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue.' The culprit? A deadly combination of increased competition, plummeting sales and soaring memory prices. It seems scarcely believable…

deadline.com - Anthony D'Alessandro - Scary Movie' Eyes $70M WW, 'Masters of Universe' $50M WW: Box Office
Scary Movie' Eyes $70M WW, 'Masters of Universe' $50M WW: Box Office
Deadline

Paramount and Miramax's revival of Scary Movie from the Wayans Brothers looks to be the ‘it' pic this weekend, in what's a very positive sign for comedy on the big screen with a $40 million stateside and $70M outlook. For a pure comedy to…

newscentermaine.com - Leeann Stapleton - UMA aviation maintenance program celebrates first graduates
UMA aviation maintenance program celebrates first graduates
newscentermaine.com

AUGUSTA, Maine — The University of Maine at Augusta started the Aviation Maintenance Technician Program in 2024. Two years later, a dozen students graduated, the first to do so from this program. Nathan Roberts is from Friendship, Maine.

taipeitimes.com - 台北時報 - Anduril executive touts collaboration
Anduril executive touts collaboration
Taipei Times

By Fang Wei-li and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer Broader collaboration with Taiwan does not conflict with US President Donald Trump's “made in the USA” policy and Anduril Industries is seeking to expand collaborations…

denofgeek.com - Leandro Beroldo - 15 Films That Accidentally Started Entire Genres
15 Films That Accidentally Started Entire Genres
Den of Geek

Most filmmakers set out to make a great movie, not create a blueprint that hundreds of others will spend years copying. Yet many films arrive with ideas so influential that they end up shaping the entire industry. Sometimes it is a storytelling…

pymnts.com - PYMNTS - Why an AI Startup Is Cleaning Homes for Free
Why an AI Startup Is Cleaning Homes for Free
PYMNTS.com | Breaking News, Trends and Analysis

The catch is a head-mounted camera recording every move. That's the deal that startup Shift launched in New York City last week. Demand reached thousands of bookings within hours of going live, Semafor reported Friday (May 29). Shift doesn't make…

gamerant.com - Dalton Cooper - Until Dawn 2 is Now Official
Until Dawn 2 is Now Official
GameRant

Until Dawn 2 has been announced with an intense new trailer at the latest PlayStation State of Play. The original Until Dawn went through a messy development cycle. It was originally going to be a PlayStation Move game on PS3 before eventually…

azonano.com - Printable 3D Metalenses Bring Full-Colour VR Displays Closer to Scalable Nanomanufacturing
Printable 3D Metalenses Bring Full-Colour VR Displays Closer to Scalable Nanomanufacturing
AZoNano

A new height-encoded nano-template strategy could help overcome chromatic blur in compact VR optics, pointing toward lighter, thinner, and more scalable full-colour near-eye displays. A recent study published in Nature Communications presents a…

screenrant.com - Nicolas Ayala - The Definitive 10 Greatest Science Fiction Writers Of All Time
The Definitive 10 Greatest Science Fiction Writers Of All Time
ScreenRant

More than any other genre, science fiction is a sandbox of imagination, as dozens of legendary authors stretch human knowledge across time to dissect contemporary anxieties. Sci-fi's evolution mirrors humanity's changing relationship with progress…

schmidtocean.org - Logan Mock-Bunting - 31 New Species Discovered in Two Weeks of Deep Sea Exploration
31 New Species Discovered in Two Weeks of Deep Sea Exploration
Schmidt Ocean Institute

An expedition to international waters off the coast of Brazil used state-of-the-art imaging systems to confirm new midwater species and observed the living 3D cellular structure of a microbe – a first for seagoing research. Fortaleza…

gardenandgun.com - Lindsey Liles - The Quest for the South's Most Ancient Cave Art
The Quest for the South's Most Ancient Cave Art
Garden & Gun

We're walking in a wooded ravine, cold December sunlight soaking through the trees, when the mouth of the cave appears. It's a sudden, gaping hole in the landscape, an invitation into another world that no curious mind could resist. Stephen…

theguardian.com - Ian Sample - The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury
The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury
The Guardian

Claire was in bad shape. She had been brought to the ward on a stretcher and hoisted on to a bed where she lay curled up in a ball. She was unable to speak, her eyes flat and face expressionless. While she could move her right arm a little, her…

thegamer.com - Jack Coleman - Until Dawn Fans Are Confused Why The Sequel Has New Characters
Until Dawn Fans Are Confused Why The Sequel Has New Characters
TheGamer

At last night's State of Play, Firesprite Games announced Until Dawn 2, a sequel to the 2015 narrative horror game that proved a big hit when it released on PlayStation 4. The trailer for Until Dawn 2 depicts a group of young 'ghost hunter'…

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