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IATSE Announces Contract with ‘Beast Games’ Season 3

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has reached an agreement with the producers of “Beast Games” Season 3. The new contract will cover more than 500 crew members working on the production, which is based in Greenville, N.C. Members working on the

Trump nominates Kari Lake as US ambassador to Jamaica

President Trump on Monday nominated Kari Lake to serve as the US ambassador to Jamaica following her tumultuous tenure at the helm of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Lake’s appointment was first announced in a White House press release alongside multiple other new

Can plants hear? Latest research offers new insights

Researchers at MIT have suggested that rice seeds can hear the sound of rain, according to a new study. MIT calls it "the first direct evidence that plant seeds and seedlings can sense sounds in nature." Perhaps surprisingly, the effects reported in this new study are not as

Aaron Paul Joins ‘Fallout’ Season 3

Aaron Paul has joined the cast of “Fallout” Season 3. Details about his role are kept under wraps, while Annabel O’Hagan and Dave Register have been promoted to series regulars on the Amazon Prime Video sci-fi drama. The casting marks a reunion between Paul and executive

Byron Allen Is Buying BuzzFeed, Will Become CEO

TV and media entrepreneur Byron Allen is acquiring a majority stake in BuzzFeed — investing $120 million in the 20-year-old digital media company — and will become CEO. Allen plans to expand BuzzFeed and HuffPost into “free-streaming video, audio and user-generated content.”

How AI can lead to false arrests and wrongful convictions

In Baltimore on Oct. 20, 2025, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence-enhanced surveillance camera falsely identified the Doritos bag in his pocket as a gun. Within moments, police cars