IBM was one of the earliest frontrunners in artificial intelligence. The company, known for designing some of the world’s first personal computers, built the first AI to defeat a world champion at chess, in 1997, and then the first AI to win the quiz show Jeopardy, in 2011. In 2025, the AI frontier looks very […]
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Hollywood Icelandic mogul Joni Sighvatsson, producer of David Lynch’s Palme d’Or winner “Wild at Heart” and head of L.A.-based Palomar Entertainment, has partnered the Scandinavian powerhouse The Global Ensemble Drama and South Africa’s Diprente Media for the feature adaptation of Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling book “The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden.” The majority English-language
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Tituss Burgess is about to don Mary Todd Lincoln’s bouncy curls and voluminous gowns. The “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star will take over the lead role in Broadway’s “Oh, Mary!” after Betty Gilpin leaves the show on March 16. Gilpin replaced Cole Escola, who originated the part of Mrs. Lincoln, the presidential spouse and aspiring cabaret
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Robert De Niro‘s first foray into series television proved to be an endurance test for the legendary actor, who compared filming Netflix‘s “Zero Day” to swimming the English Channel — with no sight of either shore. “It is like doing three features back to back,” De Niro said at a preview event in London on
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Peace Hyde is no stranger to breaking boundaries in African entertainment, and GQ South Africa is giving her flowers. The magazine’s February cover dives into her journey, one that has seen her reshape unscripted television, tell powerful African stories, and create shows that keep audiences hooked. For nearly a decade, Peace Hyde has been behind
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Nigeria’s Central Bank (CBN) has reinstated Jimoh Musa Itopa, a director in the Payments System Management Department (PSMD), who was retrenched alongside 16 other directors in 2024, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. His return signals a significant leadership change in the crucial department responsible for licensing payment switching companies, regulating agent banks,
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This is an excerpt from a report made to the Aviation Safety Reporting System. The narrative is written by the pilot, rather than FAA or NTSB officials. To maintain anonymity, many details, such as aircraft model or airport, are often scrubbed from the reports. Blown tire on landing. The temperature was over 110°F, and on landing, after
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Abu Dhabi Airports, the operator of the emirate’s main commercial airport, Abu Dhabi-Zayed International Airport (AUH), announced its results for 2024 on February 5, 2025. The company handled 29.4 million passengers in total through its five airports, a figure that represents a 28.1% increase compared to the 22.9 million passengers handled in 2023. According to
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Deputy Observatory Manager – Goddard Space Flight Center Growing up in Malaysia and Singapore, Hsiao Smith — now the deputy observatory manager for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — never imagined she’d have a career at NASA. But when she moved near NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, things quickly fell into
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Vast Space has started testing a qualification model of its first commercial space station but has pushed back the launch of that station into 2026. Vast announced Feb. 6 that it started testing the primary structure qualification article for its Haven-1 station at a facility in Mojave, California. That included a
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