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Stephen Colbert was among the 1,000 guests at Taylor Swift’s wedding. It was the event of the year, but he couldn’t enjoy it. He was reportedly “miserable” at the wedding amid the end of his late-night talk show. Keep reading to find out more about his surprising demeanor. The Late Show Gets Huge Honor After Ending CBS unexpectedly announced last year that The Late Show was ending after over 30 years. The show was created in 1993 to lure David Letterman from NBC after Jay Leno got the coveted Tonight Show gig. Stephen Colbert took over as host in 2015. But he…

We chat with Mike Futter from the Virtual Economy Podcast about Microsoft’s sad Xbox trajectory. Aaron Souppouris for Engadget Microsoft made its Xbox layoffs official this week, and they’re absolutely brutal. The company plans to lay off 3,200 employees, or 20 percent of its workforce, over the next year. This week, 1,600 were immediately let go. To help us understand Xbox’s strategy (if there’s any), we chatted with Mike Futter, co-host of the Virtual Economy Podcast and Director of Ops and Publishing at Causeway Studios. Once again, we chart Xbox’s sad decline to the inauspicious debut…

KARLOVY VARY 2026 Competition “Our characters are very confused people, living half of their lives under communism and the other half in and after the transition” by Ana Stanic The duo speaks about portraying a generation that has lived through two opposing political systems and exploring the many shades of corruption and moral compromise The writer-director duo Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov return to the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival with Black Money for White Nights, joined by Ivan Savov and Tanya Shahova, who play an ageing couple caught between the legacy of communism and the realities of the post-Soviet transition.…

Florida man Angelo Martino has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for conspiring with hackers to deploy ransomware during his job as a ransomware negotiator for a U.S. cybersecurity company. The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed the sentence on Thursday, noting that the government seized more than $10 million worth of cryptocurrency and assets. Martino allegedly bought these assets, which include a food truck and a luxury fishing boat, with money stolen in the hacks. Martino is the third person to be jailed for the scheme, following the earlier incarceration of cybersecurity professionals Kevin Martin and Ryan…

Photo: Blair Takahashi/COACHTAK/3DownNation. All rights reserved. The Calgary Stampeders will have Canadian defensive back Adrian Greene back in the starting lineup when they visit the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday night. The team released its official depth chart on Friday morning. The six-foot, 192-pound defender missed Calgary’s last two games with a knee injury and was replaced at field-side cornerback by Dolani Robinson, who was released this week. Greene made nine defensive tackles over the team’s first two games prior to being injured. The 27-year-old native of Toronto was named All-West Division with the Stampeders last season after making 39 defensive…

Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker beloved by many; his films are renowned for the way they subvert our understanding of time and for the scale at which he works on a technical level. Ahead of The Odyssey, I sat down to reflect on his career. Specifically, my favourites. As a long-standing fan of superheroes and comic books, my introduction to him was Batman Begins, where my appreciation for Nolan, Christian Bale and Cillian Murphy began as a young girl. His films have received numerous nominations for awards at all levels, and The Odyssey remains one of the projected big hitters…

Since Telus announced that it’s planning to build two massive artificial intelligence (AI) centres in Vancouver, the news has been met with a lot of backlash. One location is set in Mount Pleasant at 111 East 5th Ave., and the other is right next to the BC Place stadium, at the intersection of Beatty Street and West Georgia Street. Telus is working on this with the Government of Canada and local developer Westbank, with the goal of strengthening Canada’s domestic AI infrastructure. The plan is for them to rely heavily on electricity supplied through BC Hydro, and the two Vancouver…

We could all use a little help these days. Americans are lonelier than ever, and more than 1 in 5 now suffers from a mental illness. Demand for support is so great that access to quality care remains a persistent challenge, and burnout among mental health workers is at an all-time high.  Given this reality, a growing number of patients are being drawn to non-human therapists powered by AI, like ChatGPT. And while it’s encouraging to see more people recognize the importance of mental health, it’s critical we remind them that AI should serve as a supplement to human care,…

The European Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable “key addictive features” like infinite scrolling.The EU’s executive arm issued a fresh set of charges against Meta Platforms as part of its investigation under the 27-nation bloc’s strict digital rule book known as the Digital Services Act. The sweeping set of regulations from Brussels requires tech platforms to protect internet users under threat of hefty fines.The European Commission said Meta failed to properly assess the risks its design features pose to the physical and…

The transition era of Indian cricket faced a brutal reality check in the United Kingdom. On July 09, 2026, the 4th T20I between England and India (ENG vs IND) at Bristol culminated in a historic and crushing series defeat for the Men in Blue. Tasked with rebuilding a squad capable of replicating their recent T20 World Cup triumphs, India looked completely out of depth on the night. England dominated the contest from start to finish, exposing massive gaps in India’s current developmental blueprint.Shreyas Iyer breaks silence on India’s T20I series defeat against EnglandShreyas Iyer’s appointment as India’s T20I captain was…