At a European Union summit earlier this month, Sweden’s migration minister revealed that there is “strong support” among European governments for excluding military-aged Ukrainian men from the bloc’s temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian refugees. The policy, which allows Ukrainian citizens to live and work in the European Union, currently covers more than 4.3 million people. … Read more
When they get home, the residents of a small housing association on the outskirts of Hudiksvall, Sweden, plug in their electric vehicles to charge them or, intriguingly, power their homes. The two-way energy exchange enables the eight families living there to save a lot on electricity bills, resident Filip Kiltorp, a 33-year-old salesman, told AFP. … Read more
The third time’s the third charm for Olivia Rodrigo, who is beginning to look like she might be constutionally incapable of not turning in one of the year’s most diverting albums, in any given try. Not many artists have started off with as smashing a three-peat as Rodrigo and her producer/co-writer partner Dan Nigro, who’ve … Read more
Proust called love reciprocal torture, Bukowski said it was stranger than grass on fire, and Olivia Rodrigo admitted it was fucking embarrassing. Yet on “Drop Dead,” the opening cut from her new album, here she is in free fall, heart on her sleeve, ready to risk everything as hope and possibility flicker over a magical … Read more
FBI agents on Thursday raided the Cleveland offices of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a pro-democracy organization that helps register voters in that state, according to three people briefed on the search. Agents also fanned out across the state, showing up at the homes of the group’s leaders and staffers, carrying some subpoenas and seeking information … Read more
AI has generated a level of distrust and dislike for any technology that would have been unimaginable 5 years ago. Job losses and total insensitivity to all other community issues generated by AI have made it far worse. AI security, in particular, is now a true bugbear and making way too many headlines. Anthropic’s suddenly-famous … Read more
As the series prepares for its second season, Off Campus issued a message for those targeting cast members The wildly popular Prime Video series Off Campus was officially confirmed for Season Two last month. As the cast and crew prepare for the second installment of the hit hockey romance, the team issued a message to … Read more
Elon Musk’s SpaceX was set to begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange Friday with the biggest initial public offering in history expected to make the polarizing entrepreneur the world’s first trillionaire. In a filing with the US markets regulator Thursday, the company priced more than 555 million shares at $135 each, placing SpaceX in the … Read more
When “The Legend of Kitchen Soldier” screened at Series Mania in Lille this March, Sebastian Kim was watching the audience as much as the screen. The series had been viewed internally at Korean media giant CJ ENM as a gamble. “We viewed it as a bold and somewhat risky project, as it incorporates comedic elements … Read more
Jon Hamm has been disqualified from the Emmy guest drama actor race for his work in the Apple TV drama “The Morning Show,” Variety has confirmed. Due to a clerical error by the studio, Hamm was submitted in the guest actor in a drama series category for his performance as Paul Marks in the show’s … Read more