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Cops have a woman in custody who they believe is directly tied to the overdose death of Robert De Niro‘s grandson, Leandro De Niro Rodriguez … and TMZ has learned the feds are now on the case too. Law enforcement sources tell us the 20-year-old woman was busted Thursday in NYC by a joint NYPD and federal task force — …

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post: The first beneficiaries of Twitter’s payout to creators program include far-right influencers like Andrew Tate, who posted that Twitter paid him over $20K  —  The platform is paying high profile creators, including Andrew Tate, thousands of dollars for posting to the app

The litigants argue that the ban of the Chinese-owned video-hosting service is unconstitutional University faculty and free speech advocates in Texas have sued the state government over a rule prohibiting the use of TikTok on official networks, claiming the ban has harmed academic research and violates the US Constitution. Filed on Thursday on behalf of the Coalition for Independent Technology …

Y&R’s New CEO Sharon Newman is the CEO that no Younger & the Stressed fan noticed coming. Espresso pouring, Chief Counselor of all of GC, to CEO. However how?!?… Cameron Kirsten, The Present That Retains On Giving to Sharon Newman Coming quickly on Y&R… New CEO Sharon Newman (Sharon Case). Apparently, Sharon is now not Sharon Rosales & has one …

US Federal Trade Commission asks startup to provide information about safeguards amid reports of defamatory content. The United States’ competition watchdog has opened an investigation into ChatGPT creator OpenAI amid suspicions the startup broke the law by scraping public data and publishing false and defamatory information. In a 20-page letter, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested OpenAI to …

Not only has the request by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to temporarily halt Microsoft’s $68.7 billion deal to acquire Activision Blizzard pending its appeal decision been denied, but Microsoft and Activision Blizzard are also reportedly considering selling off some of their UK cloud-gaming rights to appease the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). As reported by Reuters and Bloomberg, …

SAG-AFTRA is about to begin a strike effective at midnight PT on July 14, with actors hitting the picket lines bright and early on Friday morning. But while they will be making signs, marching, and making their voices heard around Hollywood studios as early as tomorrow, there’s a lot the union is ordering them not to do. Like the WGA …

A Fox News camera operator and a local producer who were covering the war in Ukraine have died after the vehicle in which they were traveling was struck by incoming fire, the network announced Tuesday. Camera operator Pierre Zakrzewski’s death was announced in a memo to employees by Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott that was shared with BuzzFeed News. …

The Producers Guild of America on Thursday said it stands “in solidarity” with the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA, saying in a statement on Instagram that by going on strike, the two union’s members are making a “monumental sacrifice” in an effort to bring about “meaningful change” in Hollywood. “The Producers Guild of America stands with SAG-AFTRA as its …

Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft and Activision Blizzard mull the sale of some UK cloud-based gaming rights to a telecom, gaming, or internet company to appease regulators  —  Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are considering giving up some control of their cloud-gaming business in the UK …