On Aug. 19, 2023, Jonathan Daniel Brown sent a concerned email to two agents at Gersh. Brown, 36, had once been an actor, and had some success, most notably with a role in 2012’s hit comedy Project X. But finding himself disillusioned with the acting world, he transitioned to producing, most recently with the comedy…
A group of lawmakers has urged the United States Commerce Department to investigate and potentially ban the sale of networking products from TP‑Link Technologies by the end of this month, as these products maypose a “serious and present danger” to US information and communications-technology security. In a formal letter to US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick,…
Getty Images Reselling tickets to live events for a profit is set to be banned by the government. Ministers are expected to announce the plan in a bid to tackle touts and resale sites which offer tickets at several times’ face value. Restricting ticket touts was one of the Labour government’s election pledges, as fans…
on Google. When I first learned about the OnePlus 15 Kerry Wan/ZDNET In the process, the OnePlus 15 loses its traditionally slim and contoured form factor. At this point, it looks and feels more like an iPhone Pro Max or Google Pixel XL model, as several friends and family in Korea expressed to me. Fans…
Australia’s first Tokyo 2020 para-cycling gold medallist passes away suddenly at 28 Australian Paralympic gold medallist Paige Greco has died at the age of 28. She passed away in her Adelaide home on Sunday after a “sudden medical episode,” according to her family. “Paige meant everything to us. Her kindness, her determination and her warmth…
Apple is retiring its Major League Soccer Season Pass and including the next season of MLS as part of its normal Apple TV subscription. Details of a new partnership agreement between Apple and MLS were first reported by The Athletic. The arrangement appears to be similar to the one the company made in October to…
Networking giant Cisco has acquired EzDubs, a Y Combinator-backed consumer startup that provides real-time translation services. Cisco announced the acquisition over the weekend, but the company didn’t disclose the size of the deal. EzDubs was founded by Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, Amrutavarsh Kinagi, and Kareem Nassar in 2023. Notably, Nassar had previously worked at Cisco’s Speech AI…
Swedish automaker Volvo has canceled a five-year-old contract with Luminar, the latest escalation in an increasingly ugly brawl between the lidar sensor company and its biggest customer. The fight is happening during an existential moment for Luminar. The company recently defaulted on several of its loans. While it’s working with those lenders on a resolution,…
Talha Anjum has sparked widespread online controversy after he raised the Indian flag at a concert in Nepal. After receiving backlash, the rapper was unapologetic about it. “My heart has no place for hate,” he took to social media and wrote. “Art has no borders. If me raising an Indian flag sparks controversy so be…
Sequoia-backed fintech platform Aspora, which lets the Indian diaspora send money back to India, is launching a new feature for users to pay bills. This means non-resident Indians (NRIs) can pay utility bills or recharge their mobile prepaid plans for their family. The startup said that until now, users had to either transfer the money…
