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Stories about Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princesses have long been a Hollywood favorite. Sure, there are amazing fictional kings and queens like T’Challa in Black Panther and Abe Froman, the Sausage King of Chicago in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, but this list is about the real ones. Historical depictions of some of the greatest, and worst, monarchs in world history. Kings like Henry VIII and Louis XIV. Queens like Elizabeth II and Victoria. Sure, the movies they appear in are not always the most historically accurate, but…

Bitcoin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto, an enigmatic figure about whom almost nothing is known. Fifteen years ago, Satoshi brought the idea of an electronic cash system into being with the help of a small cast of oddballs. This week, some of those early collaborators—now crypto-celebrities in their own right—took to the witness box of a London courtroom. They had come to testify against an alleged imposter.Since 2016, Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has claimed to be Satoshi. The claim is widely disputed, yet…

If the prospect of a DreamWorks film written by Charlie Kaufman piques your interest in the way that only such a prospect could, you’ll be more than glad to know that Orion and the Dark—a DreamWorks film written by Charlie Kaufman—is delightful proof in the pudding that a DreamWorks film written by Charlie Kaufman should, in fact, pique your interest in exactly the way that that prospect does. Indeed, though it very occasionally stumbles in trying to live up to its ambition, Orion and the Dark ultimately soars on the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeTom Hollander has joked that it has been “very difficult” to deal with the confusion between him and Marvel star Tom Holland, particularly when he accidentally gets sent royalty cheques meant for the younger British actor. Hollander, 56, is known for roles in films including the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Bohemian…

Apple Music will now pay up to 10% more to artists who create music in its immersive spatial audio format, as the company looks to push its surround sound format. According to Music Business Worldwide, from January “music available in Spatial Audio on Apple Music will receive a greater share of royalties from the platform.” The report says Apple sent an update to its label partners confirming that beginning with January 2024’s month-end payments “pro-rata shares for Spatial Available plays will be calculated using a…

In December 2023, a report from Bloomberg claimed that Apple is planning to incentivize artists and label partners to offer songs in spatial audio (more specifically, to master songs in the Dolby Atmos format) on Apple Music to increase the number of songs in spatial audio on the music-streaming platform. However, there were no exact details about the incentive that the company was planning to offer. That’s changing today. According to a new report from Music Business Worldwide, Apple has sent an update to label partners…

In a major relief to Godaddy.com, the Delhi High Court has held that the fee received by the US firm for registration of domain names of third parties, which included its customers, cannot be treated as royalty under Income Tax Act, 1961.The case emanates from a 2016 assessment order by which assessing officer (AO) had made an addition in the income received by Godaddy.com from domain name registration services by construing the same as royalty under Section 9(1)(vi) of the 1961 Act. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with…

Maria Diaz/ZDNETWhat's the Black Friday deal?Amazon's Black Friday sale features a lot of good discounts, including the SwitchBot Curtain 3 each morning, asking Siri to turn off the bedroom lights from your bed, or having your door automatically lock behind you as soon as it senses that it's closed.Also: Amazon's Echo Show 5 made me a smart display believer (and my daughter, too)In the name of convenience, SwitchBot just launched a new smart home device to automate your curtains: the SwitchBot Curtain 3ZDNET…

Spotify has confirmed there will be long-rumoured changes to their royalty payments from early 2024, which include a controversial policy requiring tracks to get a minimum of 1,000 listens every year to receive royalties.Certain styles of “noise” tracks such as white noise and sleep sounds must now be at least two minutes long, and Spotify will levy a new fee on labels or distributors who they deem to be generating artificial streams – where bots or click-farms are used to fraudulently inflate an artist’s streaming…

After weeks of rumors and industry reports, Spotify officially announced a significant change in the way its royalty system works on Tuesday, bringing in several new policies that the company hopes will help it combat streaming fraud as well as the sheer volume of content that now lives on the streaming platform. “As Spotify payouts to the music industry continue to grow — over $40 billion and counting — we want to make sure that money is going to the people our platform is designed to enable: emerging and…