Ukrainian cinemas to receive compensation from the state budget for showing films in English — Rada votes for law #9432
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported Law No. 9432 in the second reading, which, among other things, defines English as one of the languages of international communication in Ukraine and regulates its use in the work of government agencies, education and culture.
Amazon is filming a series adaptation of Like a Dragon: Yakuza — the first season will be released on Prime Video on October 25
It turns out that Amazon works is working on the adaptation of the SEGA game franchise Like a Dragon: Yakuza and is preparing to release the finished product this fall.
Meta has launched an ad on Instagram that can’t be missed
Advertising is Meta’s biggest source of revenue, so the company plans to make it even more intrusive on Instagram.
«Venom: The Last Dance» — trailer for the finale of the sci-fi trilogy with Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock
Tom Hardy is ready to return to the big screen for the last time as the anti-hero he has been playing for the past six years.
Japan loses contact with «Akatsuki» — the only spacecraft connecting Earth and Venus
The $300 million spacecraft was launched in 2010, but the mission failed to enter Venus’ orbit on the first attempt due to a failure of the main engine — «Akatsuki» for five years, orbiting the Sun until it finally approached the planet.
Denis Villeneuve is disappointed that «Dune 2» is still the box office leader
The sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic, which sets in the universe of «Dune» Frank Herbert, has so far earned $711 million worldwide and is firmly holds the status of box office leader in 2024.
China has landed» on the back of the Moon for the second time with the Chanye-6» spacecraft
China is currently the only country to land its spacecraft on the back of the Moon (the previous one «Chang’e-4» back in 2019).
Chad Stagelski’s Ghost of Tsushima adaptation has probably gotten its first actor — and it’s Hiroyuki Sanada from the «Shogun» series.
PlayStation has announced a movie adaptation of Ghost of Tsushima in 2021, saying that the franchise’s director «John Wick» Chad Stagelski will work on the film.
Ticket sales for «Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga» fell by 60% in its second weekend — the film’s global box office now stands at $114 million
At the same time, «Furiosa» is still far from profitable, given the film’s $160 million budget.
Engineer creates a case that turns iPhone into a portable Nintendo console
A worthy addition to the wave emulators of retro games in the App Store.
The main «fake news spreaders» on Twitter — are older women. They account for more than 80% of disinformation posts
A new study has identified a small group of «super spreaders» of fakes on Twitter — they make up only 0.3% of accounts on the social network, but spread about 80% of links with disinformation. One might expect that these are young people who actively use the Internet, but not so — it turns out that most fakes are spread by older people, and…
The trailer for «Moana 2» broke Disney’s record for views — 178 million in 24 hours
On Wednesday, Disney released the trailer for the animated musical «Moana 2» (a sequel to the hit 2016 animation) and it brought another record for the studio, collecting 178 million views in 24 hours.
Google suddenly increased the cost of Gemini 1.5 Flash by 98% and claimed that the previous one was «a typo»
Google has quietly doubled the price of using the API of its new Gemini 1.5 Flash model.
Competitor Neuralink implanted a record 4096 electrodes in the human brain
The neurostartup Precision Neuroscience has implanted 4096 electrodes in the human brain, which is twice as many as the previous record of 2048 electrodes, set for 2023. Interestingly, the company is headed by ex-Neuralink engineer Elon Musk, who has only recently started human trials.
100,000+ cars were re-registered through the app «Diia» Volkswagen, Renault, and VAZ were bought/sold most often
Ukrainians 100,000+ times re-registered car in the application «Diia» and received the corresponding «valid» license plate
Blumhouse to create a «radical» new version of «The Exorcist» with director Michael Flanagan
The upcoming movie in the «Exorcist» franchise will not continue David Gordon Green’s 2023 film, but will be a completely new story.
«Petrofan», chatbot scientist and astrologer — customized GPTs are now available to everyone, but with a query limit
OpenAI has provided free access to customized GPT — chatbots created by third-party developers based on ChatGPT with thematic functions (for example, those specializing exclusively in math or cooking borscht).
Trailer for the comedy action movie «Wolfs» with Brad Pitt and George Clooney — in theaters from September 20
George Clooney and Brad Pitt will appear together again on the big screen — in the Apple/Sony comedy action movie «Wolfs».
The first teaser of «Moana 2» — the sequel to the Disney animated hit will be released in Ukraine on November 28
The sequel to Disney’s hit animated musical brings back Moana and Maui, who embark on an exciting journey with a team of not-so-ordinary sailors.
Sam Altman hid the launch of ChatGPT from the OpenAI board — the release was announced on Twitter
Last year, OpenAI organized a failed coup attemptin an effort to oust CEO Sam Altman — now former board members are revealing additional information about what prompted them to take these actions.
Game of Thrones creator «George R.R. Martin says most TV adaptations are worse than books «999 out of 1000 times»
George R.R. Martin, the author of the fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which formed the basis for the hit HBO series Game of Thrones, criticized the blog TV and movie adaptations of books.
The EU wants to control Telegram, but the messenger lacks 4 million users for the «gatekeeper» status
The EU is investigating whether Telegram falls under a new strict content law, as it is concerned about the spread of Russian disinformation on the platform.
Mt.Gox, the first crypto exchange to go bankrupt, starts returning bitcoins to customers — 10 years after the hack
In the first few hours, Mt.Gox moved 140,000 bitcoins worth $9 billion to an unknown address, presumably as part of a plan to pay off creditors. Moreover, the flagship coin fell at this time by about 2.5% under pressure from expected sales.
«Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery» — stars «Crown» and «Priscilla» to star in the continuation of the detective franchise with Daniel Craig
Josh O’Connor and Kaley Spaney are set to join the third installment of the «Knives Out» detective franchise, which announced a few days earlier.
Rada approves fines for sexual insults on the Internet — up to UAH 2700 or correctional labor
From now on, Ukraine can be fined for offensive sexual expressions sent via messengers — according to the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada by Law No. 8329 in connection with the ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
In the movie “Furiosa”, the features of Anya Taylor-Joy and Alila Brow were combined with the help of AI
If you’ve already seen the prequel «Mad Max», you’ve probably noticed how young «Furiosa» looks like Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays the character in her more mature years.
Get ready, ChatGPT — xAI Elon Musk has raised $6 billion to challenge OpenAI
Currently, xAI is estimated at $24 billion (the previous estimate was $18 billion).
Microsoft has launched a beta version of Copilot on Telegram — up to 30 requests per day for free
Requests for Copilot can be sent directly to the messenger for free, but with restrictions.
«Most people are aliens!». George Lucas responded to the criticism of «Star Wars» about «white male supremacy»
George Lucas, the creator of «Star Wars», responded to critics who accused the director of lacking diversity in the first six films of the franchise.
Ukrainians lost more than 29 thousand smartphones in 2023 — iPhone, Xiaomi, and Samsung are stolen most often
In 2023, Ukrainians lost 29,015 smartphones, which is almost half (46%) the number before the full-scale invasion.
«Furiosa» debuted at the box office with a modest $59 million, failing to live up to expectations of a «best start»
The prequel to «Mad Max», «Furious», earned $59 million in its opening weekend in 76 markets: $33.6 million came from foreign theaters, while the film opened domestically in North America with $25.6 million.
Kabosu — the legendary meme dog who became the face of Dogecoin, dies
Shiba Inu, who became the face of the meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin, died on May 24 at the age of 17.
The «Fallout» series breaks viewing records in 3 weeks after its debut on Amazon
From April 22 to April 28, the series adaptation of the post-apocalyptic game collected 1.5 billion minutes of views, which means that «Fallout» was the most popular among viewers even in the third week after its debut, considering data of all American streaming services.
Up to 30 transactions per month. The NBU will set restrictions on P2P transfers due to the spread of online fraud
The NBU’s decision will apply directly to outgoing transfers — you can receive funds to the card without restrictions.
«Beverly Hills Cop 4» — new trailer for the comedy with Eddie Murphy, who returned to the role of the detective for the fourth time
Netflix has released a new big trailer for the comedy «Beverly Hills Cop 4», which stars Eddie Murphy after a 30-year break returns to the role of detective Axel Fowle.
«He claimed to have invented bitcoin». The court found a computer scientist who introduced himself as Satoshi Nakamoto to be a liar
A High Court judge in London has ruled that computer scientist Craig Wright «lied «on a large scale» repeatedly» by claiming to have invented bitcoin.
Bing API glitch breaks Copilot, ChatGPT, and DuckDuckGo search functions
Currently, the search capabilities of ChatGPT, Copilot, DuckDuckGo, and other platforms are partially unavailable due to a Microsoft outage, which is likely related to the Bing software interface.
Google Password Manager to get Family Link sharing feature
It’s worth noting that Family Link will only allow you to share your password with people in your family group, not with anyone who has a Google account.
iPhone will have a face emoji with eye bags
In Unicode created seven new emotions that will be available on iPhones and other devices, probably in late 2024 or early 2025.
Trained on «Xi Jinping’s opinion». China launches new chatbot — with artificial «communist» intelligence
The large language model was trained on the Chinese leader’s political philosophy known as «Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism», as well as other official literature provided by the Cyberspace Administration of China.
«Star Trek» is returning in a new Paramount movie — probably with «X-Men» writer Simon Kinberg
Paramount is working on a new movie «Star Trek», which will take place a decade before the events of J.J. Abrams’ 2009 film (the eleventh feature film in the Star Trek universe).
Team Copilot — a new «colleague» in Microsoft Teams who will never say no to help
Microsoft positioning Team Copilot, as a video meeting facilitator — a specialist (in this case, artificial intelligence) that helps a group of people work together more effectively.
PayPal blocked the profits of a sex blogger who earned $90,000 by selling water from her bathtub
Adult content creator Belle Dolphin bragged in X that she made almost a hundred thousand dollars selling water from her bathtub — but in recent posts she complained that PayPal had blocked her account without warning, so she didn’t receive a cent.
Microsoft’s Cocreator — «second wind» for Paint and the official image generator for PC Copilot+ devices
Paint is finally getting an AI-powered image generator, but it won’t be available to everyone.
ASUS announces Vivobook S 15 (S5507) — its first Snapdragon X-powered Copilot+ PC starting at $1299
Asus says the Arm-based chip will not only enhance several of the Vivobook’s current features, but also enable new AI-powered apps and workloads «fly» with a neural processing capacity of 45 TOPS.
«Let us lower your IQ». New teaser for «Deadpool and Wolverine» and a disclayer from Ryan Reynolds
«Mostly we’re going to beat each other up, make enemies with Disney, and tell some jokes,» says Ryan Reynolds in the announcement.
Dell will release five Snapdragon X laptops in 2024 in the XPS 13, Inspiron 14, and Latitude lines starting at $1099
Dell has announced five laptops with Qualcomm configuration that will be released this year: XPS 13 (9345), Inspiron 14, Inspiron 14 Plus, Latitude 7455, and Latitude 5455.
«Firebrand» — Ukrainian trailer of the drama about the Tudor dynasty with Jude Law and Alicia Vikander
The film is adapted from Elizabeth Fremantle’s bestseller of the same name about the secrets of the Tudor royal court during the youth of the future Queen Elizabeth I.
Spam, junk… and slop? Zoomers coined a new word for «AI garbage» on the Internet
The literal translation of the word is «slop» — slop, and this is what they propose to call the invasion of unwanted artificial intelligence on the Internet.
Reserve+ from the Ministry of Defense: 250 thousand registrations in 1.5 days, availability in 176 countries and «yet» no e-subpoenas
On the second day of work at application of the Ministry of Defense more than 246 thousand citizens updated their data, which is 83 times more than through the ASCs and «ten times more than through the TCCs — according to Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Kateryna Chernogorenko.
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