In a new regulatory filing, Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by actor and director Ben Affleck. The streaming company announced the acquisition in March, with a statement from Affleck saying he wanted to “protect the power of human creativity.” According to Affleck, InterPublic’s AI tools help
New York City and New Jersey were hit by torrential rain and thunderstorms on Saturday, causing flash flooding and widespread disruption. The downpour cascaded over subway stations and flooded city streets in parts of New York and the tri-state area, which also includes Connecticut, while some drivers abandoned their vehicles due to rising waters. Videos
Ben Shapiro posted an 18-minute review of Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” on his YouTube channel Saturday, calling the Greek epic a “masterpiece” despite conservative outrage over the film’s casting and historical accuracy. “Nolan is unparalleled. He’s the best director working today, hands down. He just creates iconic movie after iconic movie,” Shapiro said. He also
Hannah and Drew agreed that they wanted their wedding to be intimate and personal. “I’m very sentimental,” Hannah said. “Every thing in our house has a story. So I really wanted every thing to mean something.” Hannah is also passionate about vintage and second-hand decor, so she was hoping to buy as much second-hand decor
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang spent two days (July 15-16) in Tokyo courting Japan’s industrial and chip supplier elite, weeks after a keynote speech in Taiwan and months after a visit to South Korea. It left with deals that span Japan’s entire tech ecosystem: a national AI factory, partnerships with the country’s leading robotics companies, and
One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce has defended Pauline Hanson’s comments that Australia’s problems began after the White Australia policy was abolished, insisting the party does not support the policy’s reintroduction. Joyce was speaking in the Sunrise program after Hanson told far-right activist and convicted criminal Tommy Robinson that Australian immigration problems “began in 1973 with Gough
