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White House hails ‘important and welcome’ bill that could ban TikTok 

The White House called a new bipartisan bill that could lead to a ban on TikTok a “welcome step” and said it will work with Congress to strengthen it, a National Security Council spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday. The “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” was unveiled Tuesday by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), the top lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.   It specifically defines ByteDance and…

Graphene creator hails new ‘wonder materials’ for smart contact lenses

A Nobel Laureate who co-created graphene has made another discovery that could turbocharge numerous futuristic applications, from smart contact lenses to rapid disease detection. Konstantin Novoselov, who won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics, is among a group of scientists behind the breakthrough. The team announced today that they’ve unearthed unique properties in two unusual compounds: rhenium diselenide and rhenium disulfide — aka ReSe2 and ReS2. The duo comes from the same family of 2D…

Baftas: David Tennant hails Barbenheimer as turning point for cinema | Culture

Baftas 2024 host David Tennant hailed the simultaneous releases of Barbie and Oppenheimer as a turning point for cinema.The two films both came out in the UK on 21 January 2023, prompting the widespread use of the portmanteau to refer to the cultural phenomenon surrounding their release.Barbie and Oppenheimer have since grossed $1.44bn and $954m respectively.Speaking from the red carpet ahead of Sunday’s (18 February) ceremony, the Doctor Who star, 52, said: “It almost marked a return to going out... we had those very odd…

EU hails ‘change’ as Apple App Store opens to competition

The European Union's digital enforcer celebrated on Friday the "change" underway in the tech world after Apple yielded to a new EU law by announcing it would allow alternative app stores on the iPhone for the first time.The significant overhaul, which will take place in March when the European Union's sweeping Digital Markets Act comes into force, will curtail the dominance of the App Store, which has been a mainstay of the iPhone since 2008. "The DMA will open the gates of the internet to competition so that digital…

Kristen Stewart hails ‘Twilight’ as ‘such a gay movie’

There’s a trend on TikTok where fans of “The Twilight Saga” movie franchise will piece together montages of Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan and affectionately profess “my gay awakening” in the caption.Now, the Oscar-nominated actor, who famously came out as queer on “Saturday Night Live” in 2017, has seemingly confirmed what many fans of the bigscreen adaptations knew all along: that the films and their pale-skinned and furry characters are queer coded. “I can only see it now,” Stewart told Variety in a recent…

Christopher Nolan hails Zack Snyder, his influence on superhero sci-fi films | Hollywood

Zack Snyder is currently basking in the success of his show Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire, which released on Netflix. Now, he has got support in the form of filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who had served as a producer on Snyder’s Man of Steel (2013). In a profile with the Atlantic, Nolan said that in recent times he is yet to see a 'superhero science-fiction film' which has not been influenced by Zack Snyder. (Also read: Christopher Nolan addresses criticism that Oppenheimer didn't show devastation the bomb caused…

Janet Yellen ​Hails Progress in Stabilizing Rocky U.S.-China Ties

​The Treasury secretary’s visit marked an improvement in tone, but the two countries remain far apart on national-security issues. ​The Treasury secretary’s visit marked an improvement in tone, but the two countries remain far apart on national-security issues. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful…

Chris Hemsworth Hails Working Out With Arnold Schwarzenegger As A ‘Dream Come True’

Chris Hemsworth hails Arnold Schwarzenegger workout a ‘dream come true'(Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz) Chris Hemsworth admitted it was a “dream come true” to work out with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The ‘Thor’ actor and the 75-year-old action movie legend had a surprise run-in at a fitness centre in Brazil before Netflix’s Tudum event in Sao Paulo on Saturday (17.06.23), and the Austrian hunk admitted it was “pretty special” to cross paths with his hero, particularly because they recently shot a promotional video but…

Arnold Schwarzenegger Hails Bruce Willis As A “Great, Great Star” Post Latter Dementia Diagnosis

Arnold Schwarzenegger Hails Bruce Willis As A “Great, Great Star” Post Latter Dementia Diagnosis ( Photo Credit – Bang Showbiz ; Wikimedia ) Arnold Schwarzenegger says Bruce Willis is “a great, great star”. The ‘Fubar’ star praised the ‘Die Hard’ actor, 68, calling him a “kind man” after it was revealed his aphasia diagnosis – which is often a precursor to dementia – has developed into a more serious condition. The 75-year-old actor told CinemaBlend: “I think that he will always be remembered as a great, great star,…