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Paramount to nominate directors and sues Warner Bros. Discovery over Netflix deal

Paramount on Monday escalated its hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, saying it would nominate directors to the company’s board and filing a lawsuit demanding more information about how Warner Bros. decided that Netflix’s bid was superior. The Warner board last week rebuffed Paramount’s $108 billion offer

Business

Trump administration nears trade deal with Taiwan tied to TSMC U.S. expansion

The Trump administration is completing a trade deal with Taiwan that would cut tariffs on the island’s exports and secure a commitment from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation to invest significantly more in the United States, according to three people familiar with the matter. People familiar with the negotiations said

Crypto

Pump.fun, Pepe and Floki stand out among meme coins in second week of January 2026

Beincrypto highlights three meme coins to watch in the second week of January 2026 as the category sends mixed signals — down over 5% for the week but up roughly 5% in the last 24 hours. Pump.fun (PUMP) is trading stronger short term, up about 6% in 24 hours and

World

Large Roman villa detected beneath Margam Country Park in Wales

Archaeologists have detected the outline of the largest stand-alone Roman villa yet found in Wales beneath Margam Country Park, a historic deer park in South Wales. High-resolution magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar surveys across roughly 30 to 40 hectares revealed the villa about three feet below the surface; its preservation is

Culture

Rose Byrne wins first Golden Globe as attention turns to TV thriller Damages

Collider reports that Rose Byrne won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy last night for Mary Bronstein's psychological drama If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, which was released on January 24,

Tech

ChatGPT Plus and Codex used to debug WordPress plugin; host caching required escalation

A ZDNET writer used the $20-per-month ChatGPT Plus plan together with GPT-5.2-Codex inside VS Code to diagnose and patch a bug in an open-source WordPress privacy plugin, but the final resolution required the hosting provider to disable host-level caching. The writer said Codex asked for a settings export, inspected

Health

The Filter: choose a January reboot or a strategic hibernation

As the new year begins, the Guardian’s the Filter newsletter says January presents two equally valid approaches: pursue a motivational fitness reboot or treat the month as a time to hibernate and restore. On one side are the “new year, new routine” enthusiasts: early-morning workouts, protein shakes (the clear,

Sports

Xabi Alonso leaves Real Madrid by mutual consent after Super Cup loss

Goal reports Real Madrid announced on Jan 12, 2026 that manager Xabi Alonso has left the club by mutual consent following their Spanish Super Cup final defeat to Barcelona in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The club said it had 'decided to end his time as first team coach', thanked

Culture

Teyana Taylor wins Golden Globe for One Battle After Another

Movieweb reports Teyana Taylor delivered an emotional acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 11, after being voted Best Supporting Female Actor in a Motion Picture for Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another. Through tears Taylor said she nearly didn't prepare a

Culture

Photo‑booth snog inspired Thompson Twins' Hold Me Now, members say

Members of the Thompson Twins say their song Hold Me Now, released in November 1983, grew out of a personal reconciliation between Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie and was inspired by a photo‑booth picture of the pair kissing. The band had slimmed to a three‑piece — Bailey, Currie and

World

Analysis says US push into Venezuelan oil could use 13% of 1.5C carbon budget

US plans to exploit Venezuela’s oil reserves could, by 2050, consume more than a tenth of the world’s remaining carbon budget to limit warming to 1.5C, an analysis for the Guardian by carbon accounting firm ClimatePartner found. The calculation underlines how further exploitation of Venezuela’s vast

Business

Trademark filings point to 'Enchanted Parks' branding for multiple Six Flags sites

New trademark applications reviewed by People show Enchanted Parks Holdings, LLC filed nine trademark applications between Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 that suggest potential name changes or sales for several Six Flags properties across the country. The filings include Enchanted Parks, Enchanted Parks St. Louis, Enchanted Parks Michigan Adventure, Enchanted

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Swiss court orders Le Constellation owner held as flight risk after deadly fire

A Swiss court on Monday ordered Jacques Moretti, one of the two owners of Le Constellation bar in Crans‑Montana, into pretrial detention for at least three months, a court statement said. He and his wife, Jessica Moretti, are under investigation over whether negligence played a role in the New

Politics

Officials accused of undermining plan to make airlines fund passenger-complaints system

Independent.co reports Canadian officials and ministers have allegedly tried to delay and undermine a plan to force airlines to pay for the country’s air passenger complaints system after parliament directed the Canadian Transportation Agency in 2023 to introduce a cost-recovery fee. Almost 100,000 people are waiting for

Politics

Senate to debate resolution limiting Trump’s military actions in Venezuela

The Senate on Thursday voted 52-to-47 to advance a war powers resolution aimed at curbing President Trump’s use of military force in Venezuela, with five Republicans joining Democrats to send the measure to the floor for debate. The measure would require Mr. Trump to seek congressional authorization for continued

Science

Carruthers Geocorona Observatory reaches planned L1 halo orbit

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has reached its target orbit, positioning the spacecraft to capture the first repeated observations of the ultraviolet glow from Earth’s outer atmosphere, the geocorona. The achievement was confirmed following its third and final orbital maneuver, a two-minute thruster fire on Jan. 8, and the

Sports

U.S. to send deep figure skating squad to Milano Cortina

Time reports Team USA is sending one of its strongest figure skating squads ever to Milano Cortina. The U.S. Olympic Trials doubled as the national championships in St. Louis, with three Olympic spots available in the women’s, men’s and ice dance events and two spots in pairs,

Crypto

Ethereum could gain about 95% vs Bitcoin if 0.042 BTC neckline breaks

Ether could rally roughly 95% against Bitcoin if the ETH/BTC pair breaks decisively above a key neckline near 0.042 BTC, according to a bullish inverse head-and-shoulders pattern forming on the ETH/BTC chart. The pattern’s upside target is around 0.066 BTC, calculated by measuring the distance

Crypto

Standard Chartered places crypto prime brokerage in SC Ventures to ease Basel III burden

Beincrypto reported that Standard Chartered plans to establish a crypto prime brokerage within its venture arm, SC Ventures, to reduce Basel III capital burdens. According to the report, the prime-brokerage offering would provide financing, custody and trading services to institutional clients and is expected to sit outside the bank’s

Culture

Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme Tops Cinderella Man at U.S. Box Office

According to Collider, Timothée Chalamet’s Oscar-contender Marty Supreme has reached $70 million at the domestic box office, surpassing Russell Crowe’s Cinderella Man, which earned a $61 million lifetime domestic haul. Marty Supreme is now A24’s second-highest-grossing release, trailing only Everything Everywhere All at Once. Produced on a

Culture

Apple TV premieres delayed third season of Tehran, focused on Iran’s nuclear program

The third season of the Israeli series Tehran, rescheduled after last summer’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, has made its streaming premiere on Apple TV; the eight episodes will be released weekly through Feb. 27. Across six years and three seasons the show has repeatedly echoed real events — from

Sports

Michael Carrick poised to be named Manchester United interim manager

Goal reports Manchester United are tipped to name Michael Carrick as the club's new interim manager by Wednesday, after weighing candidates including Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Darren Fletcher. Multiple reports on Monday afternoon say a deal is almost done and that final details are being ironed out, with

Business

Colgate-Palmolive keeps humans central to its AI strategy, CDAO says

Colgate-Palmolive says it keeps humans in the loop across all its AI work to drive business value, Diana Schildhouse, the company's chief data and analytics officer, told ZDNET in a one-to-one video interview. Her team builds, deploys and embeds AI-enabled solutions globally, taking a human-centered approach that begins

Culture

Ten memorable Yellowstone quotes that define the show

Movieweb published a roundup by Soniya Hinduja that lists the 10 most iconic quotes from Yellowstone, highlighting lines fans repeat and live by. The piece points to moments across the series that capture its tone and characters: Beth’s “You are the trailer park. I am the tornado.” (Season 3)

Culture

DiCaprio’s animated off‑stage Golden Globes moment spurs viral speculation

A brief off‑stage clip of Leonardo DiCaprio at the 2026 Golden Globes has gone viral, prompting viewers to ask who the actor was talking to during an animated, half‑seen exchange. The short video, shared by New York Times awards columnist Kyle Buchanan, shows DiCaprio pointing across the room,