TV news

‘Abbott Elementary’ Showrunners On Season 5 Return At Abandoned Mall

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 5 midseason premiere of ABC‘s Abbott Elementary. Abbott Elementary returned to ABC on Wednesday night, but network television’s favorite teachers were not within the familiar walls of Willard R. Abbott Elementary School. After the midseason finale ended with the school in disrepair, the teachers found out … Read more

Tech News

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases

In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and the startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teenagers died by suicide or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI’s chatbot companions. The parties have agreed in principle to settle; now comes the harder work of finalizing the details. … Read more

TV news

Fox Advertising Launches Creators@Fox, With Help From Gordon Ramsay

As part of an ongoing push into the creator community, Fox Advertising has launched Creators@Fox, an effort to expand brand campaigns across linear and digital platforms. The media company announced the launch Wednesday at CES in Las Vegas during a lunch event with advertisers and partners. Executives and talent took part in three short panels … Read more

Finance

China hacked email systems of US congressional committee staff

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world China has hacked the emails used by congressional staff on powerful committees in the US House of Representatives, as part of a massive cyber espionage campaign known as Salt Typhoon. Chinese intelligence accessed … Read more

Cryptocurrency

Trump’s World Liberty Financial Seeks Bank Charter for USD1

The Trump family’s crypto platform, World Liberty Financial, has filed for a national trust banking charter to accelerate the institutional adoption of its USD1 stablecoin. World Liberty said on Wednesday that its subsidiary WLTC Holdings filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a charter that would allow it to issue, … Read more

Tech News

Disney Plus is getting vertical video

Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at CES, Deadline reports. According to a Disney announcement cited by Deadline, the company’s goal is to “explore its use in a variety of ways across categories, and content types, … Read more

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