“Saturday Night Live U.K.’s” Weekend Update isn’t afraid to tackle the most controversial topics, as the show proved again this weekend when co-host Paddy Young directly referenced the allegations that emerged this past week regarding Meghan Markle’s father. “In royal news, it’s been a big 24 hours for Meghan Markle, whose dad has been accused
Apollo Chief Economic Torsten Slok was on a warpath this past week, issuing a series of warnings about the AI boom as Wall Street retreated from the sector. On Tuesday, he pointed to the recent slowdown in token spending growth, saying the demand curve for compute is flat and highly sensitive to price changes. Meanwhile,
France’s worsening unrest is exposing how difficult it could be for the government to rein in spending and restore confidence in its battered bond market. Mass protests over rising living costs and poor school conditions swept across France over the weekend, with violence and looting breaking out in several cities. Shops were ransacked in Paris
Industrial Light & Magic animation supervisor Hal Hickel approached Jon Favreau’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” with a deceptively simple question: “What would Phil do?” The Phil in question was stop-motion pioneer Phil Tippett, whose work on the original “Star Wars” trilogy provided a template for everything from lumbering AT-AT walkers to a spectacular battle involving
Temu appears to have largely stopped funding a network of fake accounts on Meta’s platforms in the days after it was first exposed by Fortune. Temu had spent nearly $1 billion funding partnership ads with various influencers and creators on Instagram and Facebook, targeting users in the U.K. and 27 E.U. countries. Around 73 of
