By the time software programmer Guo Cancan realised something had gone horribly wrong with OpenClaw – the task-executing AI agent that has ignited a fervour across China – the damage was already done. While on holiday over the Chinese New Year, Guo was tinkering with the autonomous open-source program. When he attempted to resolve an…
“I know him,” Larry David conceded, when asked about his friendship with former President Barack Obama during a Friday SXSW panel. “Don’t look down on him because of that. We play golf together from time to time.” It seems to be more than a casual friendship, as the duo are producing a forthcoming sketch comedy…
Matt Floca has been named new head of the Kennedy Center, according to President Donald Trump, amid rumblings that president Ric Grenell would be leaving his post. Floca, the vp of operations at the Kennedy Center, takes over leadership after Grenell has led the institution through its turbulent past year. The Kennedy Center did not…
Streaming service BET+ is shutting down, and its programming will be folded into Paramount+, the company announced Friday. Paramount Skydance has bought out Tyler Perry Studios’ equity stake in BET+, which will help facilitate the move. BET Networks president Louis Carr said in a memo to staff that the move will “ensure the stories we…
The antitrust trial against Live Nation is set to resume Monday, as the concert and ticketing giant failed to reach a settlement with a majority of the states that sued the company in tandem with the Department of Justice. Several states including Arkansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Oklahoma did reach a settlement, according to documents…
If there’s anyone who understands how significantly the cultural impact of talk shows has drifted away from late night and daytime TV to podcasts and YouTube, it would be Conan O’Brien. The former NBC Late Night and Tonight Show and TBS Conan host ended his late night run in 2021, shifting his focus to his…
Beijing could resume restrictions on rare-earth exports and halt purchases of United States soybeans if Washington insists on “making trouble” by proceeding with new tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act, according to Chinese commentators and policy observers. The unofficial warnings came after the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Thursday announced the initiation…
