JB Smoove brought his signature creative swagger and Evan Shapiro broke down the digital entertainment economy during lively conversations held as part of Variety‘s annual Business Managers Breakfast presented by City National Bank. The event, held Thursday in West Hollywood, hosted Variety’s 2026 Business Managers Elite honorees and recognized Citrin Cooperman’s Arnie Herrmann as Business
Despite years of U.S. efforts to gain an edge over China in the AI race by restricting its access to the most advanced chips, one AI pioneer says America’s efforts have instead helped create a new generation of Chinese AI models that are quickly catching up to their American counterparts. Kai-Fu Lee, an AI entrepreneur
Takeoffs from airports throughout the US paused on Friday after the FAA issued a national ground stop “due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety,” while planes in the air will be allowed to land. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy tweeted: The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a
Microsoft first acknowledged users in the Americas were unable to access Exchange Online mailboxes at 17:54 GMT on Thursday, and shortly after warned the disruption was possibly affecting Microsoft 365 globally. While it launched an investigation and engineers began working to restore services, by 04:36 on Friday Microsoft was reporting only a “partial recovery” in
Johnnie Burn, the Oscar-winning sound designer behind “Hamnet” and “The Zone of Interest,” found Daniel Roher’s “Tuner” to be one of his most personal projects to date. In the film, Leo Woodall plays Niki, an expert piano tuner with acutely sensitive hearing that is sometimes debilitating — in fact, it’s one reason Niki hasn’t chased
