March 3 (Reuters) – Britain’s privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s Office, on Monday launched an investigation into how TikTok, Reddit, and online image sharing website Imgur safeguard children’s privacy. Social media companies use complex algorithms to prioritise content and keep users engaged. However, the fact that they amplify similar content can lead to children being influenced by increasing amounts of harmful material. The watchdog said it is probing how Chinese company ByteDance’s short-form video-sharing platform TikTok uses 13–17-year-olds’ personal information to suggest content in their feed. Social media and discussion platform Reddit, and Imgur are being investigated over how they…
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SHENZHEN, China, March 2 (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker Honor will spend $10 billion over the next five years on developing AI for its devices as the former Huawei unit prepares for a public listing, its CEO James Li said on Sunday. The Shenzhen-based company aims to expand from being primarily a smartphone company and develop a system of AI-powered PCs, tablets and wearables, Li said in a speech at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona. In December, Honor said it had completed a shareholder restructuring that moved it closer to an initial public offering, though no…
SINGAPORE, March 3 (Reuters) – Bitcoin was trading up more than 20% from last week’s lows on Monday and several other cryptocurrencies that U.S. President Donald Trump said would be included in a new U.S. strategic reserve also rallied sharply. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that his January executive order on digital assets would create a stockpile of currencies including bitcoin, ether, XRP, solana and cardano. The names had not previously been announced. Bitcoin and ether will be at the heart of this reserve, he posted on Sunday. The post sent the world’s largest cryptocurrency up by…
The winners of this year’s awards for the best of the worst in cinema – known as the Razzies – were announced Friday, and Anderson won the Razzie Redeemer for her performance in “The Last Showgirl.” The Golden Raspberry Awards (the formal name for the Razzies) celebrate what they view as Hollywood’s movie duds. In keeping with its history, the “winners” are announced annually ahead of the Academy Awards ceremony. “Madame Web” led this year’s Razzies with three wins, followed by “Joker: Folie à Deux,” “Megalopolis,” and “Unfrosted” with two apiece. “Megalopolis” director Francis Ford Coppola took to Instagram on…
Gene Hackman desired to be remembered as a capable actor. In a 2011 interview, he expressed his wish for people to recall him as someone who strived to portray each role authentically. His life is now being revisited after the 95-year-old actor, his wife Betsy Arakawa, and their dog were found deceased at their New Mexico residence. Officials have deemed the circumstances sufficiently suspicious to warrant an investigation. A two-time Oscar winner, Hackman was significantly more than just a ‘capable actor.’ Here are eight of his roles that demonstrate this: ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘The French Connection,’ ‘Superman,’ ‘The Conversation,’ ‘Mississippi…
Angie Stone, a soul and R&B singer behind hits like “No More Rain (In This Cloud)” and “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” died Saturday morning in a vehicle collision, her longtime publicist, Yvonne Forbes, told CNN. Stone was 63. After performing in Mobile, Alabama on Friday, Stone was with nine people traveling to Atlanta, Georgia in a Sprinter van when the accident occurred, according to her representative. Details on others injured in the collision were not immediately available. “Angie Stone’s voice and spirit will live on forever in the hearts of those she touched,” a statement from her spokeswoman read.…
David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of 1970s glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster Poindexter, has died. He was 75. Johansen died Friday at his home in New York City, according to Rolling Stone, citing a family spokesperson, the Associated Press reported on Saturday. It was revealed in early 2025 that he had stage 4 cancer and a brain tumor. The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk and the band’s style – teased hair, women’s clothes and lots of makeup – inspired the glam movement…
Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michelle Trachtenberg’s former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” costar, is reflecting on their time together on screen and off, one day after Trachtenberg’s passing in New York City. On Thursday, Gellar posted a series of photos to her verified Instagram account that showed her and the late 39-year-old former child actress throughout the years. They included moments from the show, their time promoting it, and some seemingly personal photographs, including one of Trachtenberg smiling at an infant in a tender moment. Gellar added a message alongside the photos in quotation marks that read: “Michelle, listen to me. Listen.…
The 97th Academy Awards delivered an evening of elegant and, at times, dramatic fashion, with many stars saving their best looks for the biggest red carpet of them all. This year’s awards season has witnessed its fair share of restrained styling and dark monochromatic looks, but Hollywood’s A-list brought shimmer, sparkle, and metallics to LA’s Dolby Theatre on Sunday. From Halle Berry’s disco-ball Christian Siriano gown to Demi Moore’s Swarovski crystal-embellished Armani Privé dress, the work of embroiderers took center stage. The numbers speak volumes: Selena Gomez’s Ralph Lauren outfit, inspired by Sophia Loren, shone with over 16,000 glass droplets.…
Adrien Brody entered Oscars infamy in 2003, when he pulled Halle Berry into an impromptu kiss onstage. On the Oscars red carpet on Sunday, Halle Berry got her revenge. In jest, of course. Berry, an Oscar winner for “Monster’s Ball,” stole a smooch from Brody before the ceremony began. The pair then hugged and laughed along with Brody’s date, Georgina Chapman. Brody first planted one on Berry while accepting the Oscar for best actor as a Holocaust survivor in “The Piano.” Berry, who won best actress the year in 2002, seemed taken aback as he held and dipped her into…
