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Alessandra Celesia’s film is part seance, part news story: a documentary about the run-down New Lodge estate in Belfast. It is primarily about the families who still live with the unresolved agony of the Troubles a quarter of a century on, the psychic residue of political violence coexisting with sexism, domestic abuse, substance abuse and futile rage against drug dealers in working-class neighbourhoods. But there is something else too. Along with TV news stories about the Queen’s death there is the sensational revelation…

As one of the nation’s first owners of General Motors’ new electric Chevrolet Blazer, James Hattin was loving the SUV—before the problems began.On a trip from the mountains back to his home in Burbank, Calif., he and his wife heard weird clicking noises coming from the dashboard. A short time later, the cruise control went out. A few days after that, in his driveway, the car’s screens went blank and the car wouldn’t start.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8…

The ‘Scream VII’ (Scream 7) project has been plagued by troubles, losing not only two of its main actors but also its director in the past few months. Christopher Landon opens up about the heartbreaking experience of leaving Scream 7(Instagram/Christopher Landon) Christopher Landon, the filmmaker behind ‘Happy Death Day’ and ‘Freaky', announced his exit from the horror sequel on X Saturday, saying it was a “nightmare” experience. Wrap up the year gone by & gear up for 2024 with HT! Click here “I guess now…

A class action lawsuit has accused Apple, Visa, and Mastercard of conspiring to limit competition for point-of-sale payment card services. According to Reuters, the lawsuit alleges that this has resulted in merchants paying higher fees for credit and debit transactions, which are artificially inflated. Mirage Wine & Spirits, a beverage retailer in Illinois is suing companies on behalf of all merchants in the United States who accepted Apple Pay as a payment method at physical point-of-sale.The complaint claims that…

Meta AI logo is seen in this illustration taken September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File photoAI models are becoming more sophisticated due to the quality and cache of data they are trained on. However, training models on data, especially the protected one, may have its consequences. Google, Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Facebook parent Meta, at some point in the last year, have been criticised for 'stealing' data. Meta, for one, seems to have run into a lot of legal troubles for using copyrighted data to…

This year's AI stock frenzy has papered over cracks in the semiconductor market. Beyond the enthusiasm for the likes of Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., it's a mixed picture for investors.  Recent earnings pointed to slumping industrial and networking chip markets, while some on Wall Street are bracing for the impact of a potential economic slowdown on automobile chips. On the flip-side, smartphone components and personal computers look set for recovery, according to Samsung Electronics Co. and Intel Corp.…

It has been three days of non-stop solar activity from the Sun, and it does not appear to slow down anytime soon. After a minor solar storm on Monday and three different solar flare eruptions on Tuesday, the last 24 hours have also been filled with similar activity. Another solar flare, stronger than any we have seen this week, erupted yesterday, December 6, and a separate ‘sigmoid eruption' may have hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) towards the Earth, data from NASA has shown. The latter can spark a solar storm on…

Disney and Marvel Studios are no strangers to box office letdowns, starting with Ant-Man 3 failing to perform and the latest being The Marvels. Bob Iger, Disney's CEO, places the blame squarely on prioritizing "quantity" over "quality" in the post-Avengers: End Game era. What's intriguing is that this emphasis on churning out more content originated from Bob himself.While the House of Mouse Head Hancho seems to have had an epiphany about the merits of "less is more," his initial stance was quite the opposite. With a…

Oppo has been facing some difficulty in Europe for the past few years. An ongoing patent dispute with Nokia threatened to prevent the Chinese smartphone maker from operating in France and other countries. In May, Oppo closed down other parts of its operations in France. Meanwhile, in April, the company confirmed that its business in Germany was still “on hold” following a ruling in the patent case that stopped the company from selling its devices in the country. The phone maker has reportedly won its patent case against…

Google's OTT troubles in India may have just multiplied. Indian Digital Media Industry Foundation (IDMIF), the industry body representing some of the major streaming players in India, has reportedly moved the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Google’s app store billing policy.According to a report in Economic Times, in a letter to the competition watchdog, IDMIF has termed the commission charged by Google Play Store as unjustified and said that it is an affected party in the matter. The letter further claims…