Jul 04
An international team of scientists has shown that two species of giant water lily are actually three, and that the newly discovered species, at 10.5 feet across, is the largest of the bunch.
Jul 04
Adele Defends Decision To Postpone Las Vegas Residency Despite ‘Brutal’ Backlash
Posted in: Today's Chili“I thought I could pull it together and make it work and I couldn’t, and I stand by that decision,” Adele told BBC Radio 4.
Jul 04
A Canadian startup is betting on city dwellers realizing that they don’t need a large SUV for their daily commute, nor the price tag of high-end EVs.
Jul 04
Someone Got YouTube Videos To Play on a 40-Year-Old Computer That Can Only Display Green Text
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Some of the best hacks don’t solve any real world problems or reinvent the wheel. They’re usually nothing more than an exercise in trying to make something work that is either seemingly impossible or pointless: such as getting YouTube to work on a 40-year-old computer with a hideously outdated display.
Jul 04
Star Wars might have only just got done with one TV series, but it’s already on to the next—and Andor might be one of the most intriguing shows in the galaxy far, far away so far, if only for the immense span of time it’s going to cover.
Jul 04
U.S. Says Shot That Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Likely Fired From Israelis
Posted in: Today's ChiliU.S. officials said there was “no reason to believe” the shooting of Shireen Abu Akleh was intentional.
Jul 04
A classic BMW model got a very modern makeover courtesy of a Tesla-caliber upgrade. The result is one of the world’s most impressive cars.
Jul 04
July’s hefty pile of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror releases brings lesbian vampires, politically motivated magic, interstellar bounty hunters, a jazz musician who teams up with mecha pilots, mermaids, robots, fairy-tale riffs, and so much more. There’s still plenty of summer reading time left, so what are you…
Jul 04
John Kirby Says Biden Will Not Pressure Ukraine Into Settlement With Russia
Posted in: Today's Chili“President Zelenskyy, he gets to determine how victory is decided and when and on what terms,” Kirby told “Fox News Sunday.”
Jul 04
HBO Max is halting original productions across much of Europe, Variety has reported. The streaming service confirmed that it will no longer produce originals in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Central Europe, the Netherlands and Turkey, leaving only Spain and France untouched. The news is part of a plan from parent Warner Bros. Discovery to cut some $3 billion in costs following its split from AT&T.
“We are reviewing our current content proposition on the existing services,” a spokesperson told Variety in a statement. “As part of this process, we have decided to remove a limited amount of original programming from HBO Max, as well as ceasing our original programming efforts for HBO Max in the Nordics and Central Europe. We have also ceased our nascent development activities in the newer territories of Netherlands and Turkey, which had commenced over the past year.”
Some of the service’s most praised shows including Lust (Sweden) and Kamikaze (Denmark) came from the Nordics and other affected regions. On top of ceasing production, HBO Max will remove those shows along with the Hungarian drama The Informant from its service globally. Projects already in production and other approved shows will reportedly continue — but they may be sold to other platforms, with Warner acting strictly as producer.
Streaming content production has been a bright spot in Europe, as Netflix and other platforms have hit the 30 percent local content quotas required in major markets there. HBO Max’s announcement may put a damper on that, though, as “redundancies are likely across [HBO Max’s] European business,” Variety noted.
More ominously, “similar decision-making for HBO Max is currently taking place in all territories where the streamer operates, which spans the U.S., Latin America and parts of Europe,” it added. Along with layoffs recently announced by Netflix, it’s the first sign of dark clouds during the era of peak TV.
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