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US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo said on Monday most chips companies seeking government subsidies will get significantly less than they have sought, since the government received requests for more than double the $28 billion it plans to award.Raimondo said companies in leading edge chips manufacturing have requested more than $70 billion. She said the department is engaged in tough ongoing negotiations with individual companies.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian…

Social media is awash with stupidity, cruelty and wrongheaded political opinions passed off as deep thoughts and intellectual acuity.Three years ago, the actor Gina Carano, of “The Mandalorian” fame, became an exemplar of the trend when she reposted a particularly inane meme on her Instagram story page.It featured a famous, sickening image of a terrified half-naked Jewish woman running from a pursuing mob, including a child menacingly brandishing a stick. The photograph was taken in 1941, during the Lviv pogroms in…

This is a lot so, sit down and take a deep breath. Gina Carano, the actress who was fired from The Mandalorian for “social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities” is now suing Lucasfilm for discrimination and wrongful termination. And, because the comments were made on X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk is funding the lawsuit.Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl Tweet“As a sign of X Corp’s commitment to free speech, we’re proud to provide financial support for Gina Carano’s lawsuit, empowering…

Elon Musk and X are helping Gina Carano foot the legal bill in her new lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after she was dropped from The Mandalorian in 2021 over her controversial social media posts.  In the wrongful termination lawsuit (shared via The Hollywood Reporter), Carano claims she was fired for voicing her conservative opinions on social media, while some of her co-stars and Disney peers — including Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal — were neither reprimanded, nor ousted for voicing their liberal views.…

Four days after the death of former costar Carl Weathers, onetime The Mandalorian actor Gina Carano is suing Disney and Lucasfilm for her departure from the series — with Elon Musk’s help. Carano, whose post-Disney credits include a film produced by conspiracy theorist Ben Shapiro, posted Tuesday on X, “The truth is I was being hunted down from everything I posted to every post I liked because I was not in line with the acceptable narrative of the time.” X confirmed its assistance in a statement to Engadget.Carano shared…

Technology giant Meta says it is investigating concerns raised by Gina Rinehart and Dick Smith after the pair penned a direct letter to the company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.Rinehart, a mining magnate and Australia’s richest person, and Smith, a businessman and former Australian of the year, aired “deep concern” with what they said was a “persistent issue of scam advertisements and fraudulent content” on platforms including Facebook and Instagram.“These fraudulent schemes continue to exploit the trust of millions…

America Ferrera seems like she is in the midst of a career renaissance. With Barbie and the critical hit Dumb Money coming out just this year, the actress has been giving stand-out performances left and right. Ferrera has steadily been acting for years, starring in shows like Ugly Betty and Superstore. However, this new turn for the actress feels different, and now she’s opening up about how she has different expectations for the roles she takes, as well as how Gina Rodriguez influenced her perspective. In a recent…

Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander, and Anna Kendrick are all set to join the new French sci-fi drama The Assessment. The cast and crew of Disney’s Haunted Mansion discuss the classic ride. Plus, John Hamm experiences the concept of Tea in a new Good Omens season 2 clip. Spoilers now!The Secret to Taika Waititi’s SuccessThe AssessmentScreen Daily reports Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vikander and Anna Kendrick are attached to star in The Assessment, a dystopian sci-fi drama from first-time French director, Fleur Fortuné. Said to…

The United States "won't tolerate" China's effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips and is working closely with allies to address such "economic coercion," US commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Saturday.Raimondo told a news conference after a meeting of trade ministers in the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework talks that the US "firmly opposes" China's actions against Micron. These "target a single US company without any basis in fact, and we see it as plain and simple economic coercion and…

Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images Yesterday’s episode of The Mandalorian ended with the bombshell revelation that Moff Gideon may have been assisted in his escape from the New Republic by Mandalorians, with a telltale shard of Beskar at the scene apparently pointing in only one direction. Fans are already abuzz debating whether this is a red herring, if someone might be framing them, or if Bo-Katan is about to have an awkward reunion with the remaining Nite Owls. Others can see Grand Admiral Thrawn’s devious…