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View More NewsIn brief The Academy bars AI-generated acting and screenplays from Oscar eligibility. International category expands to allow multiple entries via festival wins. Actors can now receive multiple nominations in the same category. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday ruled that AI-generated performances and screenplays will not qualify for Oscars, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter.The update defines how the Academy will treat AI as studios use the technology to generate scripts, alter performances, and recreate actors, tying awards eligibility to human creativity and performance.According to the new Academy rules, only performances carried out by…
Key takeaways:Bitcoin options markets price in low odds of BTC reaching $84,000 in May, while the monthly futures basis rate reflects weakness.Significant Bitcoin accumulation by listed companies and rising spot Bitcoin ETF inflows absorb mining supply, reducing the impact of potential selling.Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $78,000 level amid broader risk-on sentiment, as the S&P 500 Index jumped to an all-time high on Friday. Despite 15% gains over the past 30 days, options markets are pricing in 25% odds that Bitcoin will trade above $84,000 by the end of May. Derivatives markets remain skeptical of further gains, although institutional spot demand remains…
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A review of Dangerous, Dirty, Violent & Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground by Zayd Ayers Dohrn; 352 pages; Chatto & Windus (June 2026)In his memoir detailing his experiences growing up with revolutionary parents on the run from the federal government in the 1970s, Zayd Ayers Dohrn captures a bizarro life organised around the need to stay one step ahead of the FBI:I was used to this routine. It wasn’t the first time we’d had to pack up all our things in the middle of the night and take off on another long cross-country drive. We ditched cars…
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Riot Platforms (RIOT) shares jumped about 8% on Friday after Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expanded its capacity at the company’s Rockdale, Texas campus, highlighting…
Key points:Bitcoin will have to flip the $80,000 level into support to continue its up move to $84,000.Several major altcoins are finding buyers at…
In brief Pentagon signed AI deployment deals with eight firms, including Google, OpenAI, and SpaceX. The AI systems will operate on classified networks at…
from the just-garden-variety-racism dept I will continue to make the case for a 100 Justice Supreme Court because we need to get to the…
CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading…
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from the nothing-is-my-fault dept More than 4,000 Hollywood insiders recently signed a letter blasting Paramount’s planned $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers, noting that…
From Carvajal v. Ferretti, decided yesterday by the Florida Court of Appeal, in an opinion by Justice Mark Klingensmith, joined by Justices Shannon Shaw…
When your job is to campaign against censorship, sometimes censorship comes for you. And that’s exactly what has just happened to me, and indeed…
AllUnity, a joint venture backed by DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy Digital (GLXY), took its euro-backed stablecoin, EURAU, to the Solana blockchain, extending the…
The United States has seized nearly $500 million in Iranian cryptocurrency assets as part of a sweeping economic pressure campaign against Tehran, Treasury Secretary…
Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of the Injustice System newsletter. The U.S. Supreme Court issued not one but two significant decisions yesterday.…