Polymarket and Kalshi are trying to raise money at valuations that put them in the top tier of consumer-fintech names, even as Washington moves closer to writing new rules for the product they sell. Both companies are reportedly in early fundraising talks that could value each at around $20 billion. That fundraising chatter is taking … Read more
Aether OS puts a full-fledged desktop in your browser that ties directly into the AT Protocol. That means it connects to your Bluesky account and other public records. It offers a pretty full suite of apps, 42 in total, covering text editing, task management, and social media. There’s even a rudimentary tracker for making chiptunes, … Read more
Venus Protocol, a decentralized lending and borrowing platform, said on Sunday it had detected suspicious trading activity in the liquidity pool for the Thena (THE) token, the native cryptocurrency of the Thena decentralized finance platform. The unusual trading activity only affected pools for the Cake (CAKE) token, the native cryptocurrency of the PancakeSwap decentralized exchange, … Read more
A 1989 Studio Ghibli favorite Kiki’s Delivery Service, the latest edition of Oscar-nominated shorts and eight-time nominee Hamnet are looking strong this weekend. Roadside Attractions’ first outing with Oscar Nominated Shorts has set a box office record for the poplar annual trio of animated, live action and documentary shorts packaged into three feature length films. … Read more
Which Age of Attraction couples are still together? Warning, spoilers for the first five episodes ahead. Age of Attraction is a new reality dating series that’s structured a lot like Love Is Blind without the pods. Instead of keeping the singles from seeing each other, they mingle on an age-blind dating retreat in Canada. But … Read more
After pulling out his Sebastian Maniscalco impression for the second time on Saturday Night Live, Marcello Hernandez has earned more praise from the fellow comedian. Following this weekend’s episode of the NBC sketch comedy series, Maniscalco suggested he “come in and do it myself,” raving that Hernandez and host Harry Styles “absolutely nailed it” in … Read more
In the lead up to the Tumbler Ridge school shooting in Canada last month, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar spoke to ChatGPT about her feelings of isolation and an increasing obsession with violence, according to court filings. The chatbot allegedly validated Van Rootselaar’s feelings and then helped her plan her attack, telling her which weapons to … Read more
Although the devil is returning for another serving of Prada, one character might have been too evil for an invitation to the sequel. Adrian Grenier recently discussed not being asked to return for The Devil Wears Prada 2 after playing Andy Sachs’ (Anne Hathaway) chef boyfriend Nate in the 2006 feature adaptation of Lauren Weisberger’s … Read more
Before Universal’s Super Mario Galaxy Movie conquers every country in the world, it’s all about Disney Pixar’s original Hoppers which after a $59.5M global weekend ($28.5M domestic, $31M from 45 territories), taking the animated movie to $164.7M WW ($86.8M of that domestic, $77.9M international). That’s one of the top three U.S. films worldwide year to … Read more
NBC Fan campaigns have saved several shows from cancellation, including NBC’s spy comedy series “Chuck.” For this mission, though, the show’s base rallied around fast-food brand Subway to join them in the fight to ensure Chuck (Zachary Levi), Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski), and Casey (Adam Baldwin) could continue … Read more