Guillermo del Toro Officially Calls Out “Petty” Criticism of Tom Cruise’s New Movie
Guillermo del Toro calls an IGN Digger review headline “entirely petty” and praises the Tom Cruise film as a bold theatrical experience.
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Russia expels Hungarian diplomats as Budapest breaks with Orbán era
Moscow ordered Hungarian embassy and consulate staff out just weeks after Budapest expelled 10 Russian diplomats on national security grounds in September, the first such move by Hungary since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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'Outlander,' 'In the Grey' and More Suddenly Inaccessible to Starz Subscribers
People are losing access to Starz after the platform's feud with Verizon led to negotiations between the two falling out.
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Satlyt, founded by former Google and SpaceX product manager, raises $8M to run AI on satellites
Satlyt aims to be the Android of orbital computing, offering open software that runs on many companies' satellites, in contrast to SpaceX's closed, all-in-one approach.
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Cerebras Systems’ Andrew Feldman on whether AI can keep scaling at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Cerebras Systems CEO and co-founder Andrew Feldman will take the Disrupt Stage for “Can AI Keep Scaling?” Register
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Russia's Jury Reform Draws Fire for Handing Verdicts Back to the State
Supreme Court proposals would let presiding judges "clarify" questions during deliberations and cut jury panels from six or eight members to four — changes lawyers say undermine a system that acquits at 60 times the national average in non-jury trials.
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