Posts by Nathan Pine
Germany cautions flights over Iran as Lufthansa rejigs Middle East operations
[ad_1] GERMANY issued a new directive cautioning the country’s airlines from entering Iranian airspace, Flightradar24 said on Wednesday, shortly after Lufthansa rejigged its flight operations across the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region. Lufthansa said on Wednesday that it would bypass Iranian and Iraqi airspace until further notice while it would only operate…
Read MoreYouTube Star Markiplier’s ‘Iron Lung’ Hopes To Soak Up A Ton Of Oxygen At January Box Office
[ad_1] “Showtimes were selling out within minutes of us putting tickets on sale in our theaters.” Such is the insight from Western Film Services exhibition booking CEO Joe Garel about the sales fury for YouTuber Markiplier‘s upcoming feature take of the 2022 David Szymanski created videogame Iron Lung, which after being announced back in Oct.…
Read MoreMeta begins job cuts as it shifts from metaverse to AI devices
[ad_1] Reality Labs houses the company’s hardware and other futuristic product efforts [SAN FRANCISCO] Meta Platforms is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a plan to redirect resources from virtual reality (VR) and metaverse products towards artificial intelligence (AI) wearables and phone features. Affected employees will…
Read MoreFederal Court Rejects Effort To Halt Gavin Newsom-Led Redrawing Of California Congressional Districts
[ad_1] A federal court rejected Republican efforts to sideline the redistricting approved by California voters via Proposition 50, giving Governor Gavin Newsom and Democrats a win heading into the midterms. In a ruling, two federal judges on a three-judge panel declined to issue an injunction to halt the implementation of the new maps. “Having carefully…
Read MoreNASA Astronauts Begin First-Ever Medical Evacuation of Space Station
[ad_1] Four astronauts aboard the International Space Station are making an unprecedented move. NASA’s Michael Fincke and Zena Cardman, as well as Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, are heading back to Earth about a month earlier than expected due to a medical issue involving one of the crew members. This will…
Read More‘Succession’s Arian Moayed Joins Ben Stiller & Jessica Chastain In Apple TV Limited Series ‘The Off Weeks’
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Arian Moayed (Fountain of Youth, Succession) has been cast in the 8-episode Apple limited series The Off Weeks, starring and executive produced by Jessica Chastain and Ben Stiller. From executive producer and showrunner Alissa Nutting, The Off Weeks follows writing professor Gus Adler (Stiller), whose divorce has thrown his life into chaos. He…
Read MoreJust in Time for Your Big Game BBQ—This Bestselling Digital Thermometer Is the Lowest Prices We’ve Seen
[ad_1] What Shoppers Are Saying About The Alpha Grillers Digital Meat Thermometer: “This thermometer has been extremely helpful when cooking meat. It gives a quick and accurate temperature reading, which makes it easy to know when food is cooked properly. I like that it takes all the guesswork out of cooking and helps avoid undercooking…
Read MoreTimothy Busfield Enters No Plea In First Court Appearance On Child Sex Abuse Charges
[ad_1] Timothy Busfield did not enter a plea today in New Mexico to charges of child sex abuse. Looking at years in prison if found guilty, the orange jumpsuit wearing actor will remain in custody and be back in court in less than a week to fight a pre-trial motion by prosecutors to keep him incarcerated…
Read MoreTSMC likely to post fourth-quarter profit leap driven by AI boom
[ad_1] [TAIPEI] TSMC, the world’s largest manufacturer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, is expected to post a 28 per cent jump in fourth-quarter net profit to a record high on Thursday driven by ongoing strong demand for AI infrastructure. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world’s top contract chipmaker and a key supplier to Nvidia and…
Read MoreTSMC smashes forecasts with record profit, flags more US factories
[ad_1] Its results come as Taiwan signalled that a tariff deal with the US could come soon [TAIPEI] TSMC, the world’s main producer of advanced artificial intelligence chips, on Thursday (Jan 15) posted a forecast-smashing 35 per cent jump in fourth-quarter profit to record levels, predicted robust growth this year and flagged more US manufacturing…
Read MoreAmplified Signs ‘Heated Rivalry’ Actor Robbie G.K.
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Robbie G.K., a Canadian actor who can currently be seen in the Crave/HBO Max sensation Heated Rivalry, has signed with Amplified for management. In case you’ve somehow missed all the headlines on Heated Rivalry, the show is an adaptation of the novels by Rachel Reid which broke out as a cultural phenomenon when…
Read MoreTrump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some AI chips
[ad_1] US PRESIDENT Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25 per cent tariff on certain AI chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called the MI325X, under a new national security order released by the White House. The proclamation follows a nine-month investigation under Section 232 of the…
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