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getty Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch said his upcoming sports streaming venture with Disney/ESPN and Warner Bros. Discovery, which currently employs more than 150 engineers, will create a “unique and innovative solution” for sports fans outside of traditional cable bundles. “We are moving forward with a focus on building innovative products.” He said the company recently began internal beta testing. “This is an incredibly exciting product and we can’t wait to launch it this fall.” In March, former Apple and Hulu executive Pete Distad was selected to lead the new joint venture. Murdoch described him as “a world-class CEO…he’s off to…
Written by Chris Masonpolitical editorMay 8, 2024, 12:54 BSTUpdated 1 hour agoimage caption, News that Dover MP Natalie Elphike (here with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick) has defected was announced just before PMQs began.Another Conservative MP gave up on the Conservative party and joined Labor.Employee turnover does not occur very often. At least not in peacetime.However, just days after former Conservative minister Dan Poulter switched to Labor, Natalie Elphick also switched to Labor.No wonder, before Prime Minister’s Questions began, there was chatter that Sir Keir Starmer wanted to talk about small boat crossings of the Channel.Natalie Elphike is the Member…
In hidden alley bars and in salons and bookstores across Shanghai, women’s place in a country where men make the laws is being debated.Some wore their wedding dresses and said their vows in public. Some gathered to watch films made by women and about women. Bookworms flocked to women’s bookstores to read books such as “The Destroyed Woman” and “The Feminist Way of Life.”Women in Shanghai and other large Chinese cities are negotiating fragile terms of public expression at a time of political instability. China’s ruling Communist Party views feminism as a threat to China’s authority. A women’s rights activist…
becky mortonpolitical reporterMay 8, 2024, 12:09 BSTUpdated 7 minutes agoimage source, Getty ImagesConservative MP Natalie Elphike has defected to Labor, saying the party has become “synonymous with incompetence and division”.In a statement released just before PMQs began, the Dover MP said housing and border security were the main factors in the decision.She accused Rishi Sunak of “breaking promises” and abandoning important commitments.The BBC understands that Labor will retain its existing candidates in Dover and Deal at the next general election, with Mr Elphike resigning. This constituency replaced the Dover constituency, where Mr Elphike held a majority of 12,278 at the…
07:01:42 PM IST, 08 May 2024Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: Election Commission orders repolling at 4 booths of Betul Lok Sabha seat in MP after EVMs damaged in bus fire: Official06:51:50 PM IST, 08 May 2024Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Live: BJP has said a thousand times that it needs a three-fourth majority to make amendments in the Constitution. Earlier, Mohan Bhagwat also said that there is a need for review. S, RSS and BJP are continuously saying that they need ‘400 paar to make amendments the Constitution- Congress President Govind Singh Dotasra06:42:09 PM IST, 08 May 2024Lok Sabha Elections 2024…
In Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, three men lured a male college student to a riverbank, attempted to sexually assault him, and eventually videotaped him undressing, before threatening him, Dawn reported. The first chargesheet was filed at Dandai Police Station, applying Articles 377 (unnatural crimes) and 511 (attempted crime punishable with life imprisonment). 506/34 of Pakistan (punishment for criminal intimidation) Criminal law. According to the FIR, last Friday, the victim was contacted by the suspects who are her acquaintances. The suspects allegedly lured the victim by offering to take her to a riverbank before making sexual advances toward her. However, the…
AI-style exploitation, an alarming new trend If used properly, AI can bring big changes to everyday life (File/AFP) In a world where artificial intelligence is on everyone’s lips for their own reasons, I’ve often wondered whether the benefits it brings outweigh the risks. Some legitimate but gimmicky concerns we often hear include whether superintelligent AI will wipe out humanity, take our jobs, or drive one species to extinction and create another. There is a possibility that it will become possible to create killer robots that do not wipe out species. My concern is always, “How much does it cost?” And…
Despite its origins as an economic force existing outside the political system, cryptocurrencies have long had a strange relationship with U.S. elections. Other than Brock Pierce, the Mighty Ducks child actor turned Tether founder who ran for president and Senate, or Bitcoiner Bruce Fenton, who won a respectable 4.47% of the vote in the Republican primary. There’s no need to look. 2022 New Hampshire State Senate Seat. However, despite adhering to transparency, cryptocurrencies’ most influential role in politics has been not the vanity candidacy of blockchain proponents, but the growing prevalence of dark money. Perversion of American exceptionalism means corporations…
Fan Fest brings Boilermaker excitement to Circle City, days before Purdue University opens in Indianapolis WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Old gold and black will be joining the red, white and blue in Indianapolis this June. U.S. Olympic Team Trials – First time swimming since 2000. Purdue University has partnered with Indiana Sports and USA Swimming to host USA Swimming LIVE, a nine-day outdoor fan fest and tailgate hub during a trial period June 15-23. The partnership, held just days before the opening of Purdue University in Indianapolis (a new urban expansion of the flagship West Lafayette campus) on July 1,…
Advancing the careers of Georgia Tech’s research faculty is an integral part of Research Next, the institute’s strategic plan for its research enterprise.Georgia Tech’s research faculty perform important research in labs, centers, and departments across campus and play an important role in the research enterprise. To support these essential employees, Georgia Tech has launched an initiative to evaluate and develop research faculty.The Research Next team, currently in the implementation phase of the plan, was tasked with finding ways to recognize, support, and retain research faculty. This includes the development of reference materials and workshops specifically designed to guide research faculty…