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Google I/O 2026 is set for May 19 and 20
We’ll soon get a closer look at a bunch of features and updates Google has planned for Android and its other services. The company has confirmed that Google I/O 2026 will take place on May 19 and 20. As always, Google will stream some of the keynotes and sessions for free, including the opening keynote…
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Texas sues TP-Link, alleging Chinese government access to its devices
Texas has sued TP-Link Systems for allegedly marketing its networking devices deceptively and allowing Beijing to access American consumers’ devices, the state attorney general said on Tuesday. “Despite its claims of privacy and security, TP-Link’s products have been used by [China’s] state-sponsored hacking entities to launch multiple cyberattack operations against the United States,” Texas Attorney…
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Hearst CEO Is On the Lookout for Deals to Give Its TV Businesses More Scale
At a transformative moment for the media industry, Hearst is looking into potential dealmaking to help its TV businesses, which include dozens of local TV stations and a 50 percent stake in A+E Global Media, better compete with tech giants. Hearst CEO Steve Swartz sent his annual letter to employees Tuesday, outlining the status of…
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Celeb-Beloved Chef Edo Baldi Opens New Steakhouse, Baldi, at Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills
Edoardo Baldi, among Hollywood’s favorite chefs, plates a dish of sweet corn tortellini at the pass in the gleaming kitchen of his forthcoming steakhouse at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills. It’s a new variation on one of his trademarks — sweet corn agnolotti — which he began serving at his late father Giorgio Baldi’s…
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Francine Maislers Wild Casting Ride: Chalamet, Erivo, Spider-Man, Connor Storrie — And the Chance to Make Oscar History With Sinners
A few months ago, Francine Maisler told me a story about securing Wunmi Mosaku for a key role in The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin’s buzzy sequel to the Oscar-winning The Social Network. She’d recently cast Mosaku in Sinners, which had just been released to enormous success. “I worship the woman, and I said, ‘Aaron, I…
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GQ Names Adam Baidawi New Global Editorial Director
Adam Baidawi has been named global editorial director of GQ. Baidawi comes to the role after having served as deputy global editorial director of GQ and head of editorial content at British GQ since 2021. He takes over the role after Will Welch announced he was leaving to work with Pharrell Williams in Paris. His…
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Queen at Sea Review: Juliette Binoche Headlines a Striking, Stirring and Singularly Unsentimental Dementia Drama
Revolving around three generations of women — played by Anna Calder-Marshall, Juliette Binoche and Florence Hunt — within one troubled family, Berlinale competitor Queen at Sea offers a scathingly unsentimental look at the complexity of caring for an elderly person with dementia. Shot in London, this scrupulously realist work by multi-hyphenate Lance Hammer (his first…
