Los Angeles is known for its glamour, but behind the scenes, filming here comes with a hefty price tag. The city's high permit fees and strict regulations are driving producers away. In 2019, an independent filmmaker paid $1, 500 a day for a fire marshal to inspect his shoot location in Griffith Par
Hollywood is not happy with OpenAI's new tool, Sora 2. This AI can make realistic videos and audio from simple text or images. OpenAI says it's all about creating new possibilities, but Hollywood sees a big problem. Some people have used Sora 2 to make fake videos of famous people doing silly or in
The world is in a precarious state, not seen since the end of World War Two. This is the stark warning from a top Russian intelligence official. Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's SVR, shared this view, highlighting the intense competition among global powers. Naryshkin pointed out that the world i
The recent decision to let go of experienced staff at the U. S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) has sparked concern. This office is crucial for supporting students with disabilities. It includes two key agencies: the Office of Special Educati
Laura Fortman, Maine's Commissioner of Labor, has been chosen for the American Swiss Foundation's 2025 Innovation Fellows program. This group brings together leaders from the U. S. and Switzerland to discuss workforce development and labor innovation. The program kicked off with a forum at Harvard'
The current government shutdown is showing some interesting trends. Unlike the last one, President Trump's approval ratings are not taking a hit. In fact, they're up by a point. This is quite a shift from the last shutdown when his ratings dropped by three points. What's more, fewer people are blam
The internet had a rough Monday. Amazon's cloud service, AWS, had some big problems. This caused trouble for many online platforms, including Coinbase and Robinhood. Coinbase said their services were back up, but some old transactions were still stuck. Robinhood also said they were having issues bec
The internet had a rough morning, and crypto was caught in the crossfire. A hiccup in Amazon Web Services (AWS) sent ripples across the web, taking down major crypto platforms and blockchains. Coinbase, Robinhood, and even some Ethereum layer-2 networks felt the pinch when AWS's DynamoDB service stu
Imagine waking up to a world where your favorite apps and services are suddenly gone. That's what happened early Monday morning when Amazon Web Services (AWS) had a major outage. AWS supports millions of websites, so when more than 100 of its services went down, it caused a ripple effect across the
Chloë Crampton, a chef based in Los Angeles, faced a tough health battle when she discovered a lump in her breast in April 2021. At just 32 years old and with no family history of breast cancer, she was initially dismissed by her doctor. Despite being told she was too young for cancer, she persisted
