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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGael Garcia Bernal has praised the art of acting for allowing performers to “explore the transgender we all have inside”.The 45-year-old Mexican actor recently starred in the Amazon Prime film Cassandro, a biographical film about the life of Saúl Armendáriz, a gay amateur wrestler who became an international sensation.In a new conversation with US entertainment publication Deadline,…

Sam Wilson's absence from "What If...?" and the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe hasn't gone unnoticed by fans. He became Captain America at the end of "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" in April 2021 but hasn't appeared in anything else. In a whole multiverse of stories, Sam Wilson is missing in action. So where is he? Fans have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to voice their frustration. In fact, @RandyS0725 responded to the "What If...?" team's answer on "Phase Zero" by saying, "So, what's their…

Judges in England and Wales have been given a cautious approval to embrace AI for legal opinions; Big Tech's AI leaves businesses exposed to copyright claims; Layered Reality's AI hologram of Elvis offers time-travel-like experience; Deloitte implements AI chatbot 'PairD' to boost employee productivity- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take a look. 1. Judges in England and Wales cautiously embrace AI for legal opinionsEngland and Wales permit judges have been allowed to cautiously employ AI for crafting legal…

Bankrate also revealed that people’s tipping habits were influenced by the pandemic; its 2023 survey found that roughly 14% of Americans started to tip more since then, while 9% did the opposite since the unsettling times.Needless to say, for the wait staff themselves, the pandemic was far from the happiest moment in their professional lives. With the world coming to a halt and eateries all over the world shutting their doors—some temporarily, some, sadly, for good—they had to find a way to survive not only without tips,…

Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute. The ITC, a federal…

The FTC has proposed tightening up the rules protecting kids from the surveillance economy. The updated rules would require companies to get the OK from parents before sharing data with advertisers and prohibit holding onto data for nebulous “internal operations,” among other things. “The proposed changes to COPPA are much-needed, especially in an era where online tools are essential for navigating daily life—and where firms are deploying increasingly sophisticated digital tools to surveil children,” said FTC Chair…

Barbie is on course to be the biggest movie of 2023 and could dominate the awards season, but its director, Greta Gerwig, has admitted her childhood memories of the doll were not as perfectly pink and positive as might be imagined.Her mother initially stopped Gerwig from having a Barbie doll, concerned that it reinforced female stereotypes.“My mom wasn’t so into Barbie,” Gerwig told Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. “Certain moms, they would be like: ‘I don’t know if this is a good example of…

Twitch has quickly taken back its that permitted users to post sexual content as long as it was labeled. In , the company said it is not going to allow any depictions of real or fictional nudity on its streaming platform. After giving users the green light to post “artistic nudity,” Twitch says some streamers created content that violated policy.The media streamed in response to the initial approval of sexually explicit content on Twitch was “met with community concern,” according to the update. The company said, “We…

Image: TwitchOn Wednesday, Twitch’s confusing policies regarding what kind of sexual content streamers can include—and what’s an absolute no-go—got a rewrite and a very clear blog post explaining the changes. The company says it wants its content creators “to feel confident they understand our rules” and “viewers to feel confident they will get the experience they expect.”Google’s AI Isn’t a Gimmick, It’s the Future | AI UnlockedThe headline-grabbing change under Twitch’s newly “streamlined” sexual content policy is that…

In its fight with the DMV regarding misleading using of the term “self-driving”, Tesla says that the agency has disregarded its use of the term ‘Full Self-Driving’ for so long, it should be allowed keep using it. Over the last few years, Tesla has been under pressure from the California DMV over its Autopilot and self-driving claims, which the agency believes could be deceptive. Last summer, Tesla and the DMV went back and forth about the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta rollout and marketing around…