At least 15 people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, including 10 killed in ballistic missile attacks on an exhibition near kyiv showcasing drone technology. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said About 100 people were injured in the Daytime attack on the exhibition, attended by prominent members of the defense sector. Five people were
Norwegian director Vegard Dahle’s zombie comedy “Grandmonster” won the top Outpost award and a post-production services award at Fantasia Festival’s prestigious Frontières Co-Production Market, which handed out six awards at its closing cocktail party on July 25. The film, about an American dropout who unwittingly triggers a zombie outbreak in a remote Norwegian nursing home
Update: This story was originally published on July 21 and was updated on July 24 following the news that Paramount agreed to delay closing its deal with WBD until the antitrust cases are decided. Paramount Skydance employees are debating whether the planned megamerger with Warner Bros. Discovery would put them on the chopping block or
SpaceX successfully deployed the first third-generation Starlink satellites on Friday using an upgraded version of its Starship prototype, the 13th test flight of its megarocket to date. But the company suffered another failure with its Super Heavy booster during a planned simulated landing in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the second time the company
This event is the latest in a series of strange and worrying examples of AI agents going rogue. In recent research, the UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI) found that cutting-edge AI models are so obsessed with completing tasks that they “cheat” on tests to achieve their goals. AISI’s research came with this worrying warning: “A
Paramount+ multi-camera comedy “Crutch” ends after just one season. Variety has learned. The series, starring Tracy Morgan in the title role, originally debuted on Paramount+ in November 2025. News of the series ending comes as no surprise, given that it failed to find a significant audience upon its debut and considering Morgan’s commitment to other
