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Business

Steven Bartlett is using AI to scale beyond 'The Diary of a CEO'

Steven Bartlett has pushed AI across his media company FlightStory, which he built after raising an eight-figure round. The operation, which has about 100 employees and generated roughly $47 million last year, is using the technology to make podcasts, automate sales pitches and even produce a fully AI-animated children’s

Culture

Liv Ciara Took Coaches' Advice to Heart for Her Voice Comeback

Sixteen-year-old Liv Ciara first auditioned in Season 28, singing Sabrina Carpenter's "Espresso" and failing to earn a chair turn; she returned the next season for The Voice: Battle of Champions. This time her rendition of Ariana Grande's "we can't be friends

Politics

Von der Leyen calls for more realistic, interest-driven EU foreign policy

Europe can "no longer be a custodian for the old-world order" and needs "a more realistic and interest-driven foreign policy," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told EU ambassadors. She said the union "will always defend and uphold the rules-based system" but could

Culture

Jujutsu Kaisen season 3 sidelines its protagonist

There are only three episodes to go before Jujutsu Kaisen: The Culling Game Part 1 concludes. The third season is split into two cours and will cover all 83 chapters of the Culling Game arc; MAPPA has altered pacing and taken a more artistic, streamlined approach. Part 1’s 12th

Culture

The Boys Season 5's Supe-virus storyline is the biggest X‑Men homage yet

The Boys has long drawn on other superhero franchises, but its final season puts the X‑Men influence front and center. Elements of X‑Men worldbuilding have always informed the series, yet Season 5 makes that connection impossible to ignore. After its 2019 premiere the show built a devoted following

Culture

Netflix’s 30-Episode Spy Thriller Just Racked Up 133.1M Hours

Since the release of Season 3 on February 19, 2026, all three seasons of The Night Agent have drawn heavy viewing. Tudum shows the series amassed 133.1 million hours viewed and 15.5 million viewers across the three seasons. In the week of February 23 to March 1, Season

Sports

Hernan Crespo sacked by Sao Paulo over 'lack of harmony'

Sao Paulo announced the surprise departure of head coach Hernan Crespo after a decisive meeting at the Barra Funda training centre, opting for a change despite the team's strong start to the domestic campaign. ESPN reported a significant lack of harmony between Crespo and the playing squad, and

Sports

Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos cancel Lake Como wedding, email says

An email from Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos, obtained by TMZ, informed invited guests that their wedding planned for Lake Como on Friday, April 10, 2026, had been called off. "As many of you know, our wedding is currently scheduled to take place in Lake Como, Italy, on

AI

Meta insists pirating books to train AI was fair use

Meta and others used pirated versions of copyrighted books to train AI models and now face a class-action brought by authors including Richard Kadrey, Sarah Silverman, and Christopher Golden. A Californian court concluded last year that using pirated books to train the Llama LLM qualified as fair use, but Meta

Tech

GDC 2026: News, previews, demos and trends

People from across the global games industry converge in San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference, now in its 37th year. This year the event goes by GDC Festival of Gaming and its focus has been shifted to reach a broader slice of the development community beyond C-suite executives and

Culture

Mike Colter Teases 'Very, Very Likely' MCU Return in Daredevil: Born Again

Marvel Studios began reintegrating the Defenders into the MCU with Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, which brought back Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock, Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk and Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle. Krysten Ritter is confirmed to return as Jessica Jones in Season

Culture

The Most Perfect Fantasy Movies Released Since 'The Lord of the Rings'

Fantasy remains one of cinema’s most enduring genres. The Wizard of Oz is often credited as its birthplace, while Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy redefined what big‑screen fantasy could achieve and set a benchmark that still looms large. Still, many remarkable fantasy films have

Sports

Real Madrid lose Alvaro Carreras to calf injury ahead of Man City tie

Real Madrid's preparations for the Champions League round of 16 first leg against Manchester City have been hit by another setback as young full-back Alvaro Carreras has been ruled out with a right calf muscle injury sustained from a heavy blow in the defeat to Getafe. He is

Culture

Georgina Hayden’s quick and easy recipe for cauliflower, lentils and chorizo

The transformation that cauliflower undergoes in a very hot oven means there is now rarely a time when I don’t roast it first. Making cauliflower cheese? Roast, don’t boil, for a richer, less watery finish. For soup, roast first — boiling doesn’t release its full potential. Roasting cauli

Culture

I shopped Target's Roller Rabbit drop and saw why Gen Alpha loves it

Saturday morning in northern New Jersey was cold and rainy, but I still stood in line at Target at 7:30 a.m. Twelve people were waiting when I arrived and nearly 30 had gathered within 20 minutes. Roller Rabbit, known for its $128 pajamas and a favorite of Gen

Sports

Celtics vs. Spurs, Timberwolves vs. Lakers — Coast 2 Coast Tuesday (March 10)

With a little over a month until the NBA Playoffs, teams are jockeying for momentum. This week's Coast 2 Coast Tuesday on March 10 delivers a primetime doubleheader featuring four clubs likely headed to the postseason, each aiming to make a statement as the run-in tightens. The East

Culture

Luke Bryan reflects on Willie Spence's death: 'It just breaks my heart'

Luke Bryan is still heartbroken over “American Idol” alum Willie Spence’s death more than three years later. The “Play It Again” singer reflected on Spence’s passing in October 2022 at the age of 23 during an interview with Billboard published Friday. “The first thing that popped in my

Tech

Beats Studio Pro headphones half off at Amazon

The Beats Studio Pro headphones are on sale at Amazon for $169.95, a 51% discount from the $349.99 list price, cutting $180.04 off the usual cost. They were $199.95 last week, and just four days later the price dropped again. As of March 9 the headphones

Business

JPMorgan warns S&P 500 could fall 10% if Iran war continues

JPMorgan warned that a prolonged war with Iran could send the S&P 500 into correction territory, with its trading desk saying the benchmark could drop to 6,720 — a 10% correction from its most recent peak. The desk said positioning signals have turned tactically bearish and that options

Sports

Super Basketball Classics channels NBA Jam-style Globetrotters action

To celebrate 100 years of baffling basketball trickery, the Harlem Globetrotters have unveiled Super Basketball Classics, a retro-style basketball game built around trick plays and slam dunks. The team was formed in 1926 as The Savoy Big Five in Chicago. Developer Acclaim describes Super Basketball Classics Featuring the World-Famous Harlem

Crypto

Bitcoin could gain if a U.S.-Iran conflict drags on, strategist says

Macro strategist Mark Connors says bitcoin may be a chief beneficiary if a U.S.-Iran conflict stretches on for several months, as higher government spending, rising debt and lower interest rates create conditions that have historically supported the cryptocurrency. Connors previously led research at 3iQ and global portfolio and

Business

Yakuza creator’s Gang of Dragon faces funding cut

Bloomberg says NetEase plans to cut off funding to Nagoshi Studio in May as the company pulls back from game development. The publisher concluded it would take another 7 billion yen (about $44 million) to complete Gang of Dragon after years of work, and Nagoshi Studio has been unable to

Sports

2026 Australian Grand Prix: Formula 1 debuts a new style of racing

Formula 1’s 2026 season began in Melbourne after sweeping technical changes produced smaller, lighter cars and hybrid systems with power comparable to the turbo era—though that power is only available when the batteries are charged. Teams moved away from the 2022 ground-effect approach and welcomed several new engine

Culture

'Firefly' Soars on Streaming Amid Revival Rumors on Social Media

Nearly 24 years after its 2002 premiere, Firefly has climbed back onto streaming charts as speculation builds over a possible revival. The single-season space western created by Joss Whedon and featuring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Jewel Staite remains a cult favorite

Culture

Rankin/Bass's 1977 Hobbit captures Tolkien's storybook voice

When audiences picture Middle-earth on screen they often think of Peter Jackson’s sweeping epics. More than two decades earlier, Rankin/Bass's 1977 animated television special The Hobbit offered a different approach that many argue is one of the most faithful translations of Tolkien’s novel. Tolkien wrote