Posts by Nathan Pine
X Limits Grok Image Tool To Subscribers After Deepfake Outcry
Social media service X has stopped its AI chatbot Grok from generating images for most users amid a furious backlash over sexualized pictures of women and children. Many users have created sexual and/or violent deepfake imagery by prompting Grok Imagine, particularly asking it to remove clothing from images of clothed people. X users attempting to…
Read MoreBBC Director General Race Heats Up As Frontrunners Emerge For Biggest Job In British Media
The BBC’s hunt for its next director general is about to enter crunch time, with frontrunners starting to surface from a wide pool of names linked to the biggest job in British media. BBC chair Samir Shah has made clear that finding a successor for Tim Davie, who dramatically quit last November amid an editorial…
Read MoreRussia-Ukraine live: Zelensky demands Trump act after major new strikes
The news cycle is loud. Algorithms push us to extremes. In the middle—where facts, ideas and progress live—there’s a void. At Newsweek, we fill it with fearless, fair and fiercely independent journalism. Common ground isn’t just possible—it’s essential. Our readers reflect America’s diversity, united by a desire for thoughtful, unbiased news. Independent ratings confirm our…
Read MoreThai central bank to expand authority to scrutinise online gold trading
[BANGKOK] Thailand will expand the authority of its central bank in order to better supervise online gold trading, the bank’s governor Vitai Ratanakorn said on Friday (Jan 9). The Bank of Thailand has blamed gold traders for driving up the baht, which soared more than 10 per cent against the US dollar in 2025. Vitai…
Read MoreInside Kate Middleton’s Big Year Ahead as She Prepares to Be Queen
Meanwhile, home for Kate, William, George, Charlotte and Louis is now eight-bedroom Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, where they relocated last year from Adelaide Cottage. The family settled down in Windsor in 2022 so the kids could all attend nearby Lambrook School together. George will move on in the fall, exact location TBD, though…
Read MoreSGX’s securities daily average value for 2025 jumps 21% – the highest since 2010
[SINGAPORE] The turnover value of securities traded on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) climbed 29 per cent year on year in December, driven by “sustained stock market momentum”, the bourse operator said on Friday (Jan 9). Total securities market turnover value for the month rose to S$25.8 billion while total market turnover volume rose 26 per…
Read MoreShawn Levy Let Tom Cruise Operate A ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Camera: “How Cool Is That?”
From naval fighter jets to galactic starfighters, Tom Cruise is mastering another Hollywood trade. Star Wars: Starfighter director Shawn Levy recently raved about having the 3x Golden Globe-winning actor work a camera on the set of his upcoming installment, which is set to premiere in theaters on May 28, 2027 in the United States. “Last…
Read More‘9-1-1’s Oliver Stark On “Awkward” Time Filming Buck’s Bi Love Triangle With Real Married Couple, “Charged Moments” For Buddie Shippers
SPOILERS: This post contains details about the 9-1-1, Season 9 episode ‘Secrets’ With almost nine seasons of playing fun-loving fireman Buck under his belt, Oliver Stark is growing with his 9-1-1 character. Ahead of this week’s episode ‘Secrets’, the actor spoke to Deadline about the character’s unexpected bisexual love triangle with a married couple he…
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook’s 2025 Pay Held Steady At $74.3M
Apple CEO Tim Cook‘s total compensation held steady at $72.3 billion in 2025 compared with 2024. The pay figure was disclosed Thursday in the tech giant’s annual proxy statement. Technically, the final tally dipped about $300,000 year-to-year, but in percentage terms the decline was a small fraction of a percentage point. The breakdown of the…
Read MoreWhich Emily Henry Books Are Becoming Movies? ‘Happy Place,’ ‘Book Lovers,’ Among Others
Romance author Emily Henry now has five of her most recent novels set to be adapted for the big and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that began with Beach Read, which came out in the summer of 2020. She has published a book a year since then, with People We Meet…
Read MoreCinema Eye Honors: ‘Come See In The Good Light’ Wins Top Prize; ‘Apocalypse In The Tropics,’ ‘The Alabama Solution’ Tie For Best Production – Full Winners List
Come See Me in the Good Light strengthened its case for an Oscar nomination, winning two awards at the Cinema Eye Honors in New York tonight, including Outstanding Feature. The film directed by Ryan White, which tells the love story of poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley and their courage, grace and humor responding to…
Read MoreIntel CEO meets with Trump, who hails gain in US chipmaker stake
[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump met with Intel chief executive officer Tan Lip-Bu on Thursday (Jan 8) at the White House, where the two men discussed the company’s progress on its new line of processors following the US government’s purchase of shares in the chipmaker. In a post to his Truth Social network, Trump hailed…
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