Tim Curry, who soared to fame in the ‘70s as the flamboyant star of the campy horror movie stage spoof “The Rocky Horror Show” and its screen version “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, Variety has confirmed. He was 80. A cause of death was not immediately available, though Curry
Nvidia will officially cap off tech earnings season today after the closing bell. It’s been a tumultuous several weeks for the AI trade and mega-cap tech more broadly, with investors reacting sharply to results on both ends of the spectrum. On one side you had Alphabet and Tesla, which drew investor ire after ramping up
Microsoft is officially announcing a new Xbox feature that will allow Xbox owners to digitize their existing physical game collections. The disc-to-digital feature, which The Verge exclusively revealed last month, is part of work that Microsoft is doing for game preservation and in preparation for the next generation of Xbox consoles. “Most Xbox One and
Social media giant Meta has reached a settlement with US states and territories to resolve a court case related to child safety on Facebook and Instagram. The tech company says it will pay a maximum of $18bn (£13.3bn) to 48 states, plus the District of Columbia and three US territories. The settlement requires Meta introduce
Guinea’s President Mamadi Doumbouya, 41, has dismissed more than 170 soldiers for “desertion”, including a colonel who helped him seize power in a coup in 2021. Col Michel Lamah was a member of the Special Forces Group (GFS), the elite army unit which Doumbouya once commanded. When he overthrew President Alpha Condé, Doumbouya said he
Kate Winslet is set to star in a new limited series for Netflix called “The Unheard.” It’s billed as a “Thelma & Louise”-style vengeance drama. “Adolescence” scribe Jack Thorne has written the show, which is comprised of five episodes. It is set to start shooting next year. Winslet will star alongside Maxine Peake (“Say Nothing”)
