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The UK government has laid out a $1.47 billion plan to shake its dependence on foreign-made artificial intelligence hardware. Under the measures, announced Monday, the UK will spend more than $1 billion on a national AI supercomputer. It will be stocked with $530 million worth of hardware, including $200 million that will go toward specialist … Read more
“The Boys” showrunner Eric Kripke and cast members Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford and more took to the stage for a far-ranging panel discussion focused on the fifth and final season of the Prime Video superhero series. Having first debuted in 2019, the series concluded this past May with Season 5, ending the show’s … Read more
“Jem and the Holograms” are going on a reunion tour. A live-action revival of the hit 1980s cartoon is in development at Amazon MGM Studios with Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan’s Kilter Films banner (“Westworld,” “Fallout”) producing. The project, which is described as an “elevated live-action technothriller series,” also hails from Hasbro Entertainment. Created by … Read more
One day after WIRED revealed that Meta had quietly embedded an unreleased face-recognition system into an app installed on more than 50 million phones, the company removed it, according to a WIRED analysis of the latest version’s code. The most recent version of Meta AI, a companion app for its line of smart glasses, strips … Read more
At long last, Sturgill Simpson’s latest album as Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight, is finally on streaming services. The country innovator quietly uploaded the LP to streaming services Monday, June 8, which also happens to be his birthday. The digital version comes with a bonus track as well: Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark … Read more
Wayve, a British startup specialized in artificial intelligence for self-driving vehicles, said Monday it was ready to launch its robotaxi service with Uber in London as early as this summer. The rollout would make Wayve the first company to launch a commercial autonomous taxi service in Britain, ahead of rivals Waymo, owned by Google-parent Alphabet, … Read more
Universal Television has acquired Catherine Adel West’s new novel “Strangers Behind Closed Doors” for development, Variety has learned exclusively. The novel is due to be released on June 9 by Park Row. LaToya Morgan (“Turn: Washington’s Spies,” “The Walking Dead”) is attached to adapt the book for the screen and executive produce under her mini … Read more
There was only one place at CMA Fest 2026 to hear an official playback of Miranda Lambert’s new song, “Crisco”: On a Nashville rooftop during Lambert’s Crisco Disco Drag Brunch, delivered in shimmering rhinestones and a high-as-the-heavens red wig by beloved local queen Vidalia Anne Gentry. Though not listed in the official programming, the event, … Read more
Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Mitesh Gyanchandani began his legal career in India but is now a provisionally licensed attorney practicing in the United States. He currently works and lives in California, where his practice includes employment and civil litigation, with a focus on matters arising under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act. … Read more
A civil lawsuit that accused DaBaby of starting a brawl with his ex-girlfriend DaniLeigh’s brother inside a bowling alley has been settled, according to a notice filed with the Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday. Brandon Curiel, who goes by the stage name Brandon Bill$, submitted a notice of settlement for the entire case, which … Read more