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The co-creator of Foundation, one of the best Apple TV Plus shows, is stepping back from his show duties amidst budget cuts drama.According to The Hollywood Reporter, the change comes after sources claimed: “Goyer and executives at the show’s production company, Skydance, clashed over the budget for the upcoming season.”Foundation’s third season has been on a hiatus since March last year when the Hollywood strikes led to the halting of filming. Earlier this month, cast and crew were sent home from Poland, where filming…

"Can you imagine spending $50 million on the people who just lost you $83.3 million?" Colin Jost jokes Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at the latest right-wing conspiracy theory, along with former President Donald Trump‘s hefty legal bills. “As you may have seen on your aunt’s Facebook, many MAGA personalities are claiming that the Super Bowl is being rigged so Kansas City wins and Taylor Swift can come onto the field with Travis Kelce and endorse Joe Biden,” Colin Jost explained.…

Microsoft and Google have been investing heavily into AI and AI bots. However, because of ballooning costs, and pressure from shareholders, they might have to slowdown and justify their expenditure Microsoft and Google are…

Image via Marvel Studios The harsh criticisms regarding Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania are known far and wide by now. No matter how much loyal fans try to look at the positives — and they do exist, Jonathan Majors’ stellar performance being one of them — the reviews don’t lie. The Ant-Man threequel is now among the worst-reviewed films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making for a lackluster start to Phase Five. One of the most talked about shortcomings of Quantumania is the film’s take on M.O.D.O.K., which…

The brand new Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras, docked at Port Canaveral, Florida, on July 30, 2021.Joe Burbank | Orlando Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesShares of Carnival fell below their pandemic lows Friday after the cruising company posted third-quarter earnings that revealed higher costs associated with inflation, supply chain disruptions and the maintenance of health and safety protocols.Shares of Carnival shed 23% during the session. The stock closed at a new 52-week low of $7.03, below its…

Qualcomm forecast fiscal first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday as it predicted sales of 5G smart phones would balloon to more than half a billion units next year, powered in part by new Apple iPhone 12 models.Qualcomm's shares were up 14 percent in extended trading.The San Diego-based company is the biggest supplier of processors for smartphones and modem chips that connect phones to wireless data networks. It has invested heavily in developing lucrative 5G technology hoping to profit as it…

On 16 May, planetary scientist Laurie Leshin became director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), one of the world’s leading labs for robotic space science. Coming off the successful landing of the Perseverance rover on Mars, JPL is readying several more flagship missions for NASA, including a probe of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, and a complicated campaign to gather the rock samples collected by Perseverance and return them to Earth. Prior to JPL, Leshin spent 8 years as…

People who agreed to buy homes under construction but haven’t yet closed are facing mortgage-interest rates that could be nearly double what they anticipated when they paid their deposits.New-home buyers are confronting multiple obstacles this year, from surging mortgage rates to home construction that is taking longer than usual due to supply-chain and labor constraints. Many home buyers who signed contracts for new homes in 2021 or early this year calculated monthly payments based on near-record-low mortgage rates of…