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One of the scientists who was fired from Canada's top infectious disease laboratory "intentionally" shared scientific information with China — potentially putting people's health in jeopardy — says an assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).  The intelligence assessment was released late Wednesday afternoon by the federal government, along with hundreds of other documents about the mysterious dismissal of Dr. Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng.The scientists and their students worked in the…

Kodak Black is asking a judge to dismiss his pending drug charges in Florida after lab tests proved the white substance collected during his recent arrest was the prescription painkiller oxycodone, not cocaine. In a sworn motion filed Monday in Broward County, defense lawyer Brad Cohen says the multiplatinum-selling rapper had a legal prescription at the time of his arrest on December 7, 2023, so his charges should be stricken. Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, has been locked up in the case for weeks. Cohen…

Amazon asked a Delaware court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by shareholders over the company's Kuiper satellite launch contracts, arguing in a filing that the plaintiffs failed to prove that directors acted in bad faith in approving one of the ecommerce giant's biggest capital expenditures.The Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Pension Fund, a multi-employer fund, in August sued Amazon in the Delaware Court of Chancery alleging Amazon's board awarded contracts to Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin without proper diligence…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeChicken Run 2 director Sam Fell has addressed the controversy surrounding original voice star Julia Sawalha, who claims she was dropped from the sequel for sounding ”too old”. Sawalha voiced the main character of Ginger in the original Aardman animated film, released in 2000, about a band of chickens plotting to escape the farm in which they’re kept. A belated sequel was announced in…

SpaceX is denying allegations that its Starship rocket poses a threat to surrounding wildlife habitat in Boca Chica, Texas, hoping to dismiss a lawsuit that could potentially delay the anticipated launch of its megarocket.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewElon Musk’s rocket company responded to a lawsuit filed against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) following the inaugural launch of the Starship rocket, asking that a federal court dismiss the complaint put forth by…

A copyright breach lawsuit against Dua Lipa, songwriters Clarence Coffee Jr., Sarah Hudson, and Stephen Kozmeniuk, as well as Warner Records, was recently dismissed by a federal court in Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleges that Lipa’s hit song Levitating copied elements of “Live Your Life” from 2017 by Florida reggae group Article Soundsystem. U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes on Monday approved the famous singer’s motion to dismiss the case, in which it is said that the article Sound System failed to provide sufficient…

Russo brothers photo Steve Granitz/FilmMagic, Tarantino photo Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Quentin Tarantino, in a very on-brand way, ruffled quite a few feathers last year by saying that not only he’d never helm an MCU or DC film, but that those filmmakers who do are more akin to “hired hands” than actual creative directors. Tarantino’s scathing comments were delivered with an air of unconcern that only a true master craftsman would’ve been able to manage. In his case, that craft is…

A magazine editor has learned the hard way about the ethical limits of using generative-AI after she was fired for running an “interview” with F1 motor racing legend Michael Schumacher using quotations that were actually from a chatbot. Seven-time F1 world champion Schumacher has been out of the public eye since 2013 when he sustained severe head injuries in a skiing accident during a vacation in France. The German tabloid magazine, Die Aktuelle, showcased the article on a recent front page with a photo of the…

Steven Tyler has denied claims that he sexually assaulted a teen he met in 1973 three months after the alleged victim filed a lawsuit against the Aerosmith frontman.In his response, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, Tyler “denies, generally and specifically, each and every allegation and cause of action” detailed in the complaint filed by plaintiff Julia Misley. According to the December lawsuit, Misley — whose maiden name was Holcomb — met Tyler after a concert in Portland, Ore., in 1973. She was 16 at the…