Posts by Nathan Pine
China’s Honor developing humanoid robots in US$10 billion AI plan
[ad_1] The company is building its own agentic AI services that will be integrated into its software for smartphones and other devices Published Thu, May 29, 2025 · 07:27 AM HONOR Device, the smartphone maker spun out from Huawei Technologies, is developing humanoid robots as part of its push into China’s crowded artificial intelligence (AI)…
Read MoreLupita Nyong’o Signs With WME
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-winning actress, producer and New York Times bestselling author Lupita Nyong’o has signed with WME. Nyong’o is best known for her roles in Marvel’s Black Panther franchise, Jordan Peele’s Us and for her feature debut in Steve McQueen’s Best Picture Oscar winner 12 Years a Slave, for which she received the Oscar, SAG…
Read MoreTesla targets June 12 launch of robotaxi service in Austin
[ad_1] [SAN FRANCISCO] Tesla is poised to begin its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin on Jun 12, according to a source familiar with the matter, a milestone in Elon Musk’s plan to reshape the company around driverless vehicles and artificial intelligence. The previously unreported date was discussed internally and could still change, said the source,…
Read MorePeter Kwong Dies: ‘Big Trouble In Little China’ & ‘The Golden Child’ Actor & Longtime Hollywood Union Rep Was 73
[ad_1] Peter Kwong, a martial artist and actor who played one of the Three Storms in Big Trouble in Little China and a henchman in The Golden Child during a prolific acting career and was active in actors union politics and the movie and TV academy leadership, has died. He was 73. His reps told…
Read MoreTrump tells US chip design software makers to halt China sales: FT
[ad_1] PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration has ordered US firms that offer software used to design semiconductors to stop selling their services to Chinese groups, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the move. Electronic design automation software makers, which include Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens EDA, were told via letters from the Commerce…
Read MoreUS curbs chip design software, chemicals, other shipments to China
[ad_1] [WASHINGTON] The United States has ordered a broad swathe of companies to stop shipping goods to China without a licence and revoked licences already granted to certain suppliers, said three people familiar with the matter. The new restrictions – which are likely to escalate tensions with Beijing – appear aimed at choke points to…
Read MoreNvidia gives solid forecast, even as China slump mars growth
[ad_1] [SAN FRANCISCO] Nvidia, the world’s most valuable chipmaker, gave an upbeat revenue forecast for the current period, even as a slowdown in China weighed on results. Sales will be about US$45 billion in the second fiscal quarter, which runs to July, the company said on Wednesday (May 28). That included the loss of roughly…
Read MoreBET Honoring Mariah Carey, Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx & Kirk Franklin With Ultimate Icon Award
[ad_1] Marking the 25th edition of its awards show, BET has announced a new crop of Ultimate Icons for 2025. Airing live June 9, 2025 at 8pm ET/PT, the BET Awards will honor Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Jamie Foxx and Kirk Franklin with the Ultimate Icon Award, celebrating their ongoing contributions to music, entertainment, advocacy…
Read MoreHow Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick Are Helping Their Son James With Acting Career
[ad_1] “One of them definitely is not, she says, right now,” the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off star told E! News last month about his daughters pursuing acting, “but I don’t think so.” Meanwhile, Matthew and James have already shared the screen, appearing together in a February episode of the CBS series Elsbeth. “It was great.…
Read MoreBroadway 2024-2025 Season And George Clooney’s ‘Good Night, And Good Luck’ Break All-Time Box Office Records
[ad_1] Broadway‘s 2024-2025 season is officially the highest-grossing in the industry’s history, with total grosses of $1.89 billion surpassing the previous – and pre-Covid – record-holding 2018-2019 season’s $1.82 billion, according to statistics released today by the Broadway League. Even accounting for the “leap year” nature of the just-ended season – 2024-2025 was a 53-week…
Read More‘The Penguin’ EP & Showrunner Lauren LeFranc On Season 2 & Subverting The Gangster Trope: “I Loved That Oz Was Just A Man” – Crew Call Podcast
[ad_1] It could be argued that HBO put gangsters out of business, or at least we thought they did. Wait, what the hell do we mean by that? The Sopranos was so definitive, it rose above and reimagined the great movies that came before it, i.e. The Godfather and Goodfellas. Max Then along comes HBO…
Read More‘American Music Awards’ On CBS Attracts Largest Audience Since 2019
[ad_1] Jenny managed to recruit quite a few more viewers to the block: Monday night’s telecast of the American Music Awards on CBS posted its largest audience since 2019 and was the top broadcast of the night. The live, fan-voted awards show that was hosted by Jennifer Lopez averaged 4.73 million viewers, up 34% from…
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