BBC News Paramount Skydance chief executive David Ellison has broken his silence, defending his company’s $110bn (£86bn) takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Opposition to the mega-merger relies on a vision of Hollywood that “no longer exists,” he wrote in an op-ed published by The New York Times. In his first public comments on the transaction, […]
Business News An aerial view of the Paramount logo displayed on the water tower at Paramount Studios on December 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Entertainment giant Paramount, now renamed Paramount Skydance, is attempting a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery worth $108.4 billion. Mario Tama | Getty Images Paramount Skydance raised its full-year […]
BBC News The gap between the level of results achieved by students in the least deprived parts of Scotland and those in the most deprived closed a little in this year’s figures – but still remains significant. The “attainment gap” is a measure of the difference between the grades of the top 20% better-off students […]
Digital Trends I didn’t expect Samsung to be the one crossing the finish line first here, given how much noise Dolby Vision 2 made when it was announced (September 2025). The company has confirmed its next HDR format, and it’s arriving on a popular OTT platform this month, beating Dolby Vision 2 to the punch. […]
BBC News Manchester United are set to name former Hearts boss Eva Olid as their women’s manager. BBC Sport understands the Spaniard, 40, will meet the United squad on Wednesday as the club finalise her appointment after Marc Skinner left the role by mutual consent on Monday – a month before the start of the […]
BBC News Theatre director, playwright and actor Peter Gill, who has died aged 86, has been described as a “gentle man with a fierce intelligence” who had a “quietly seismic” influence on British theatre. Cardiff-born Gill performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in films including HMS Defiant and Zulu before embarking on a […]
BBC News If you are somewhere in Italy with a natural body of water, or any water feature, plan your activities around it, Armenise says. “Instead of walking, get a boat,” she says. “Sometimes you will see things you cannot access via land.” Instead of hiking a coastline, you can see it from the sea, […]
Digital Trends Every time a carrier says “no upfront cost,” I brace myself for the asterisk buried in the fine print. T-Mobile’s newest 36-month financing plan has one too, though it’s dressed up quite nicely. T-Mobile, the second largest wireless carrier in the United States, just rolled out a financing option called EIP Flex 36. […]
Business News Employees serve customers at the first Chipotle fast-food restaurant in northeastern Mexico on its opening day in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico, July 16, 2026. Daniel Becerril | Reuters Chipotle Mexican Grill said Tuesday it temporarily pulled jalapenos from restaurants in Minnesota after learning that their supply may have been linked to a […]
Digital Trends Google’s Pixel Watch 5 may be an even smaller hardware upgrade than previous reports suggested. Marketing material and a technical document obtained by MyMobiles (in collaboration with @OnLeaks) reportedly show the same Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 processor, 3,000-nit display, charging speeds, and battery-life estimates as the Pixel Watch 4. The main hardware change […]
