Next week, drivers may do a double take when they see giant billboards on Sunset Boulevard of a three-breasted woman or an unrealistically muscular Venice Beach body builder. Though we have become inured to the flood of AI images and filters on our small screens, this is part of a new campaign from lifestyle brand…
Andre Provencher, a giant of Quebec media in TV, publishing, radio and digital media, has died. He was 76. “He passed away surrounded by his loved ones, without too much suffering. It’s a big loss for us,” Provencher’s wife, Rachel Martinez, told La Presse, the leading Quebec newspaper, after her husband died on Jan. 1…
Hong Kong’s biggest electricity company, CLP Power, has been urged to implement 43 measures to improve the stability of its supply, including enhancing lightning protection systems, after a series of failures. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department released a review report on CLP on Friday, following an independent consultant’s analysis – under the supervision of…
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is formally dissolving several months after its federal funding was rescinded, but with a plea for public media to continue. The CPB announced Monday that its board had voted to dissolve the corporation after 58 years. The CPB had been winding down its operations since August, weeks after Congress passed…
The sound of clanking leg shackles could be heard moments before Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro walked into the door of a New York City courtroom for the first time. He then told packed rows of reporters and the public that he had just been “kidnapped”. Minutes after his entrance, the Judge Alvin Hellerstein asked Maduro…
James Cameron and Disney haven’t yet decided if there’s going to be an Avatar 4. Cameron also hasn’t decided how directing duties will be handled on a prospective fourth Avatar film, given the director’s stated intention to move on to other projects. Yet another director named James — James Wan — says he’d love to…
Jose-Antonio Maurellet is set to serve for another term as chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, with the current vice-chairpersons also to return. Senior Counsel Maurellet on Friday confirmed a circular stating that he had been nominated as chairman for the 2026-27 term. Martin Hui Siu-ting and Eva Sit Yat-wah, both senior counsel, would…
Two months after coming out of stealth with a $150 million fundraise, Boston-based Teradar is showing off its first flagship terahertz sensor at Consumer Electronics Show 2026 this week. The company is positioning the sensor, called Summit, as the first long-range, high-resolution sensor of its kind “designed for high performance in any type of weather,…
Getty Images On Monday morning, a handcuffed, jumpsuit-clad Nicholas Maduro stepped off a military helicopter in New York City, flanked by armed federal agents. The Venezuelan president had spent the night in a notorious federal jail in Brooklyn, before authorities transported him to a Manhattan courthouse to face criminal charges. Attorney General Pam Bondi has…
Lidar-maker Luminar says its founder and former CEO Austin Russell has been evading requests for information — including a subpoena — that the company needs in order to decide whether it should take legal action against him. The company, which entered the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process in late December, said in an emergency filing over…
