Screen Australia has published new analysis of 197 narrative production applications submitted between January 2023 and October 2025, and found that market contributions, while a constant presence in financial plans, are rarely enough on their own to fully fund a project. The data, drawn from 119 feature films, 59 adult television dramas and 19 children’s
Bentley has a name of its first fully electric car: Torcal. The British brand confirmed it today, along with a teaser image of the rear of the electric vehicle, promising a full reveal on September 23, 2026. Much more important than the name, however, is the fact that this is Bentley’s first fully electric car.
The United States, however, has continued to tighten the screws. In late May, it launched an investigation to determine whether Vietnam’s failure to eradicate intellectual property violations was “unreasonable” and problematic for U.S. trade. So the Vietnamese authorities tightened their own screws. On June 10, police in Thanh Hoa province dismantled a network that manufactured
Shares of Google parent Alphabet fell more than 3% in early trading Monday after a report raised concerns that its flagship search engine could lose market share to AI-powered rivals, including Microsoft’s Bing. Last month, Google employees learned that Samsung was considering making Bing the default search engine on its devices instead of Google’s search
Diamonds are losing their luster and the lab-produced boom appears to be the main culprit, the source says. What’s more, the turmoil could be permanent. Lab-grown diamonds, which are virtually indistinguishable from natural stones and sell for a fraction of the price, had a chilling effect on the natural diamond market when they experienced an
BYD is developing its own rival to Tesla’s Optimus robot, and one of the Chinese automaker’s top executives wants it on the showroom floor selling cars. In an interview with Business Insider’s editor in chief, Jamie Heller, at the Cannes Lions festival, BYD executive vice president Stella Li said building humanoid robots for the home and service industry will