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Jake Gyllenhaal disputes Road House director Doug Liman’s release feud with Amazon

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJake Gyllenhaal has attempted to calm the controversy surrounding his upcoming action film Road House with director Doug Liman. Liman has previously criticised Amazon Prime Video and said he would be boycotting the film due to Amazon’s decision not to release the movie in cinemas. Road House is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name, starring Patrick Swayze. The movie follows…

LegalPay: Litigation funding firm LegalPay launches credit line for small business owners to settle legal disputes

New Delhi-based legal technology startup LegalPay launches a zero-interest credit line for enterprises, startups, individual business owners and freelancers to settle legal disputes while preserving their working capital. The firm plans to disburse about Rs 200 crore in 2024 through its own non-banking finance company (NBFC) Padmalaya Finserve and other partner NBFCs. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIndian School…

AI copyright disputes: Indian publishers seek rules for copyright protection against generative AI models

Indian news publishers are seeking changes to the Information Technology Rules to ensure fair compensation for use of their content in the process of training generative artificial intelligence (AI) models in the country amid increasing AI copyright disputes across the world.Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA) has sent a letter and made representations to the ministries of electronics and information technology and information and broadcasting, seeking protection from likely copyright violations by AI…

Oppo, Nokia Resolve All Pending Patent Disputes via Cross Licencing Deal

Finnish telecom gear maker Nokia said on Wednesday it had signed a 5G patent cross-licencing deal with Chinese device maker Oppo that resolves patent litigation between the companies.Nokia has been involved in legal disputes with several Chinese tech firms, including Oppo and Vivo, over patent payments. The Finnish group recently signed an agreement with Chinese smartphone maker Honor."Under the agreement Oppo will make royalty payments, along with catch-up payments to cover the periods of non-payment," Nokia said in a…

The Download: disputes over green mining, and what’s next for robotaxis

Talon is striving to distance itself from the mining industry’s dirty past, portraying its plan as a clean, friendly model of modern mineral extraction. It proclaims the site will help to power a greener future for the US by producing the nickel needed to manufacture batteries for electric cars and trucks, but with low emissions and light environmental impacts. But as the company has quickly discovered, a lot of locals aren’t eager for major mining operations near their towns. Read the full story. —James Temple…

The Download: AI coding assistants, and China’s app disputes

Two weeks into the coding class he was teaching at Duke University in North Carolina this spring, Noah Gift told his students they’d no longer be working with Python, one of the most popular entry-level programming languages. Instead, they’d be using an AI tool called Copilot, a turbocharged autocomplete for computer code, to use Rust, a language that was newer, more powerful, and much harder to learn. Gift isn't alone. Ask a room of programmers if they use Copilot, and many now raise a hand. Like ChatGPT with…

Chinese apps are letting public juries settle customer disputes

I’m fascinated by these experiments that give power back to the users and let them make decisions on platform rules and in individual disputes. While most of the jury features were discontinued after just a few years, they nevertheless provide interesting insight into basic human behavior on the internet and the nature of grassroots governance. One of the oldest programs was from Alibaba, the e-commerce giant. From 2012 to 2018, Alibaba allowed any user, whether a seller or a buyer, to vote on inappropriate behaviors on…

New online service resolving disputes

Video: New online service resolving disputesNew online service resolving disputesWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerA new online service is helping Australians resolve disputes with businesses. November 20, 2023 — 7.12pm Video: New online service resolving disputesNew online service resolving disputesWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please…

Lil Uzi Vert Disputes Rolling Loud Headline Slot Announcement

The festival announced earlier Tuesday that the Just Wanna Rock rapper would headline Rolling Loud California next March Lil Uzi Vert took to Instagram on Tuesday to dispute that they agreed to play Rolling Loud California’s March festival, just hours after the event had announced the “Just Wanna Rock” rapper as one of the festival’s three headliners. “I never said I was doing rolling loud,” Uzi, who uses they/them pronouns, wrote in an Instagram story. Don’t understand why my name is on

Potential trademark disputes: Meta and Microsoft’s ‘X’ trademarks may clash with Twitter’s rebrand

Image Source : TWITTER Twitter's X logo faces legal challenges Elon Musk's recent decision to rebrand Twitter as "X" could potentially face legal challenges, as other companies, including Meta and Microsoft, already own intellectual property rights to the same letter. The use of the letter "X" is widespread and cited in various trademarks, making it susceptible to…