BFI London Film Fest Sets 10 Competition Titles, Including Hirokazu Kore-eda, Carol Morley Films

The official competition lineup of the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) is set, with organizers unveiling the 10 movies that will vie for the best film award.   The titles make for an international lineup of filmmakers, with 10 countries represented, including the U.K., Ireland, Brazil, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, and…

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Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s…

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Bitpanda fined in Austria’s first published MiCA penalty

The FMA said Bitpanda breached MiCA rules on crypto white papers and marketing communications, with the decision now final. [Update 10:40 UTC, Aug. 17: This article has been updated to include a statement from Bitpanda in sixth and seventh paragraphs.] Austria’s financial regulator has fined crypto platform Bitpanda 70,000 euros ($82,000) for violating the European…

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‘Vigil’ Season 3 Trailer: Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie Investigate a Murder at an Arctic Research Station – and They Can’t Trust Anybody

The BBC on Monday released a new action-packed trailer for the third season of hit drama Vigil and unveiled that the show, starring Suranna Jones and Rose Leslie, will launch on BBC iPlayer and BBC One starting on Sunday, Aug. 30. The six-part season, made by World Productions (Line of Duty, Until I Kill You, Showtrial), part of ITV Studios,…

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Does Mark Zuckerberg really believe AI is ‘for everyone’?

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s…

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