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Over the years, Chris Pratt has interacted with Indian actors such as Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra, and in fact worked with late actor Irrfan as well. And that has helped him understand the growing market for Indian projects globally, which he says is proved by the viral song of RRR — Naatu Naatu — clinching Oscar glory. At present, Chris Pratt is reprising his superhero avatar of Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (AP) Earlier, this year, the musical number won a historic Oscar for Best…

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Journalism is being battered by propaganda and increasingly sophisticated fakes, aided by AI software and a failure of oversight from tech companies, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday. Overall, the environment for journalists was rated as "bad" in 70 % of the 180 countries in the NGO's annual ranking, and "good" in just eight countries. Norway and North Korea remain best and worst, respectively, for press freedom, according to the 21st annual report, which was published on World Press Freedom Day. This…

via 20th Century Fox On their own, steampunk and fantasy are two perennially popular mediums with plenty of rich stories to choose from, but combing the two in a blockbuster movie almost always ends in disaster, with 2019’s Abigail living up to the reputation of its predecessors by failing to find favor with critics or audiences. In a world where Mortal Engines became the biggest money-losing failure in Hollywood history, which came after the likes of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Golden Compass,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe similarities between John Wick and Jesus Christ likely start and finish with silky locks and an uncanny ability to cheat death. That’s never stopped filmmaker Chad Stahelski from shovelling religious imagery into this franchise, though. It’s always as if the Rapture itself is right around the corner. Back, alive, after an unfortunate tumble off a New York City rooftop at the end of…

As part of his plans for the economic development of the country, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has vowed to reopen all of Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in February general elections. Land borders in the country were closed by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, with the president accusing Nigeria’s neighbours of allowing massive smuggling into Nigeria to the detriment of the country. At least four of the borders were reopened two years later while…

Credit: Shutterstock Backpackers on working holiday maker visas have been a crucial source of farm labor for decades, alongside smaller numbers of temporary migrants from the Pacific Islands, international students, and Australians. In the 2018-19 financial year more than 200,000 people came to Australia on working holiday maker…

It’s been about a month since Apple released the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max with the new Dynamic Island cutout. While users have been playing with it while also setting the perfect Lock Screen with customizable widgets, how about enjoying a dark setting with a wallpaper set that brings precise borders to these phones? This wallpaper set was created by Hideaki Nakatani. Nakatani was the one that back in the day created stunning wallpaper sets that made the iPhone dock or folders disappear. This…

It was easy for Western elites to dream that borders would matter less over time after the end of the Cold War and the emergence of the EU. However, this dream led to poor policy decisions. Perhaps the most disastrous was engaging in unrestricted trade with autocratic regimes—most notably China—in the hope that unlimited trade would produce wealth, with the resulting being a Chinese pivot toward Western, liberal values. Time has proven the folly of those policies.   The rise of big dataWhen Clive Humby referred to data as…

In our latest episode of the Analytic Insight Podcast series, Richard Potter, CEO, and Co-founder of Peak to have a worthy conversation where he touches on every important aspect of technology. Peak is an AI platform pioneering in Decision Intelligence, the commercial application of AI to decision-making processes at enterprises. Listen to the full podcast below: Analytics Insight · “Decision Intelligence is Growing in Enterprises Beyond the Borders” Says Richard Potter The post “Decision Intelligence…