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The Hottest Startups in Dublin in 2024
The Irish capital's embrace of Big Tech is filtering through to its startups, who are building better tools for IT teams, AI content moderation tools, and RNA screening for herds of cattle.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Madrid in 2024
The Spanish capital is drawing talent from Latin America, and its eye-catching startups are working on smarter payments, eldercare, and an AI-powered virtual nurse.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Helsinki in 2024
The Finnish capital's most exciting startups are building nuclear-powered heating networks, better weather forecasting tools, and an esports streaming platform that lets viewers bet on the outcome.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Lisbon in 2024
The Portuguese capital's most exciting startups include a platform to help entrepreneurs get going, a smart punchbag, and the Uber of hair salons.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Amsterdam in 2024
There are around 4,000 startups in Amsterdam—the best 10 are tackling forest fires, decarbonizing plastics, and building robot bricklayers.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Paris in 2024
The French capital has become the home of Europe's growing AI industry—but alongside giants like Mistral are startups building EV charging infrastructure and trying to revolutionize social media.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Zurich in 2024
The Swiss financial capital might be most associated with fintech, but its startups are also focusing on medical robotics, AI-powered language learning, and the batteries of the future.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Stockholm in 2024
The Swedish capital produced Skype, Spotify, Klarna, and Minecraft—its stars of the future are building fintech for businesses, gen AI for lawyers, and full-body health care scans.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in Berlin in 2024
The German capital attracts talent from all over the world, and its startups are building endless AI-generated audio apps, virtual pet apps, and sensors for early wildfire detection.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
The Hottest Startups in London in 2024
The UK capital's most exciting startups showcase its strengths in biotechnology and artificial intelligence.Tech - Wired - October 14 -
From the archives: Entertainer Mitzi Gaynor
Singer, dancer and actress Mitzi Gaynor, who wowed audiences in movies, on TV, and in Vegas, died Thursday, October 17, 2024, at 93. In this Oct. 6, 2019 "Sunday Morning" interview, Gaynor talked ...Top stories - CBS News - October 17 -
The Hottest Place to Be in Sports This Weekend? Austin, Texas.
With the Formula 1 Grand Prix in town and a top-five college football matchup, the city is marketing it as “the biggest weekend ever.”Sports - The New York Times - October 19 -
The Browns lost their quarterback. Then they beat the hottest team in football.
The Cleveland Browns pulled off a massive upset Sunday, defeating the Baltimore Ravens 29-24 behind a stellar performance from quarterback Jameis Winston.Top stories - NBC News - October 27 -
Six of the hottest tickets for the London Jazz Festival
Pat Metheny opens a heavyweight bill, plus sets from Keyon Harrold and Kenny BarronWorld - Financial Times - 3 days ago -
Barry Diller: ‘I want Donald Trump pushed into the dustheap of history’
IAC chair warns of power shift to Big Tech in film and TVBusiness - Financial Times - October 14 -
DC Entertainment Is Changing the Shape—and Scrollability—of Comics
DC has cut a deal with GlobalComix, a company that optimizes comics to be scrolled vertically. Everyone from Batman to The Joker is headed to this platform with big designs on the TikTok generation.Tech - Wired - October 15 -
NI police officers watched body-worn footage for 'entertainment'
The footage was accessed largely “without legitimate purpose” at 20 police stations on 248 occasions.Top stories - BBC News - October 31 -
Fewer Blockbusters Mean Revenue Loss for AMC Entertainment
AMC reported a dip in revenue and lower attendance as fewer big Hollywood movies arrive in theaters.Business - Inc. - Yesterday -
Amazon makes fresh nuclear bet. Is it good news for this year’s hottest stocks?
Tech companies are embracing the construction of new small modular reactors, which could have nuanced implications for nuclear stocks that have been some of the biggest gainers of 2024.Business - MarketWatch - October 16 -
Hot seat tiers: The NFL coaches who could be shown the door
Who's next to join Robert Saleh on the sidelines? There's an obvious choice for the most endangered head coach, and also a handful who should be bracing for anything.Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 16 -
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This year ‘virtually certain’ to be hottest on record, finds EU space programme
Copernicus Climate Change Service says 2024 marks ‘a new milestone’ and should raise ambitions at Cop29 summit. It is “virtually certain” that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, the European ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
2024 likely to be hottest year on record, first to exceed Paris agreement threshold
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a statement Thursday. In its announcement, Copernicus noted that last month was ...Politics - The Hill - Yesterday -
Entertainment and lifestyle titan Barry Diller will have memoir out next spring
Barry Diller has a memoir coming out next spring, covering a life that could fill multiple volumesEntertainment - ABC News - October 16 -
Are you not entertained? The XVIII best films about the Romans – ranked!
With Gladiator II thrusting into cinematic arenas next month, we hand out laurels to the greatest sword-and-sandal movies of them all. In this heavy-going British Technicolor adaptation of George ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
Chick-fil-A to launch entertainment app with kid-friendly content
Chick-fil-A app will feature original animated and cooking shows, scripted podcasts and other content.Top stories - CBS News - October 21 -
Chick-fil-A Launches Its Family-Friendly Entertainment App
The restaurant chain will release content reflecting its G-rated corporate ethos in November, available to customers on site and at home.Business - Inc. - October 22 -
WSJ Tech Live: Executives, Investors and Artists Debate AI's Potential
Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado says tech policy is in a ‘dangerous place.’Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 23 -
Immersive entertainment company Cosm lands rights to broadcast NFL games
The immersive experience, with a 360-degree dome and giant 12K+ LED screens, allows people to feel as though they are at the game.Business - CNBC - October 28 -
Quincy Jones, producer and entertainment powerhouse, dies aged 91
Widely and wildly talented musician and industry mogul worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Will Smith and others. 10 of Quincy Jones’s greatest productions Quincy Jones, a titan of ...World - The Guardian - 4 days ago -
Quincy Jones, hitmaking producer and music industry titan, dead at 91
Quincy Jones, a hitmaking producer and longtime powerhouse in the music industry, died on Sunday. He was 91.Top stories - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Quincy Jones, musical maestro and entertainment industry titan, dies at 91
Quincy Jones, who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned 80 Grammy Award nominations, has died.Top stories - NBC News - 4 days ago -
The Entertainer blames Budget tax rise for axing new shops
The toy retailer says higher costs have hit expansion and led to a hiring freeze at its head office.Top stories - BBC News - 8 hours ago -
It’s ‘Trump’s America’
We take a look at how Trump won, and what’s next. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.Top stories - The New York Times - Yesterday -
‘Hottest year I’ve ever experienced’: canvassers in Nevada grapple with heat as they work to mobilise voters
Residents of Las Vegas have endured a string of record-breaking heatwaves in summer with a very warm fall. By now, the canvassers at Make the Road Nevada know how to prepare themselves for the ...World - The Guardian - October 23 -
Why Skip Schumaker, MLB's hottest free-agent manager, may not return to the dugout until 2026 season
Schumaker led the Marlins to a surprise playoff berth in 2023 before leaving the club a year laterSports - CBS Sports - October 27
