Disagreement

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain With talks between the UK and Canada breaking down over the trade of agriculture products such as beef and cheese, what does it mean for the farming industry and domestic trading in the UK? Iain Fraser, Professor of Agri-Environmental Economics at the University's School of Economics, explains, "The farming sector…

Countless aspects of generative AI have caused rampant debate, including its access to copyrighted material. Now, the vice president of audio at Stability AI, Ed Newton-Rex, has resigned due to his belief that training generative AI models using copyrighted content doesn't qualify as "fair use," he wrote in an op-ed on Music Business Worldwide. He joins the likes of artists such as Bad Bunny, who recently spoke out against a viral TikTok song that used AI to mimic his voice.Meanwhile, AI companies have steadfastly…

A big part of the reason why audiences fell in love with John McClane, the blue-collar cop played by Bruce Willis in the original Die Hard, is that he annoyed the hell out of his antagonists with his dry wit and sarcasm. His catchphrase, “Yippee-ki-yay,” is a gag response to Hans Gruber asking McClane if he thinks he has a shot at surviving the night in Die Hard. And McClane stayed quippy in subsequent sequels, whether he was in a Washington D.C. airport or (yikes) Russia. When we rank the Die Hard movies, we tend to put…

New information has revealed why Apple and the NFL couldn't reach a deal over Sunday Ticket, a package that is now likely headed to rival Google and its YouTube platform. It emerged earlier this week that Apple was no longer in the hunt for NFL Sunday Ticket, currently one of the most sought-after rights packages on the market. A new report from The Athletic (opens in new tab) reveals three main sticking points that saw the deal stall, including a disagreement over the price and problems with rights for other platforms…

Image via Marvel Studios It may be altogether impossible to imagine an MCU star more beloved or lamented than Chadwick Boseman. The Black Panther actor, who passed away at the tragically premature age of 43, was universally beloved by his colleagues, and his absence echoes in the multi-billion dollar movie franchise to this day. But that doesn’t mean things were always smooth sailing. Co-star Lupita Nyong’o recalls a time when the two came to odds and also when she realized the truth behind his decisions.…