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James Cameron filmed his Avatar sequels there. Marvel filmed Thor, Iron Man 2, and The Avengers. Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles even handled Star Wars’ series like Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian,  about “a heavily armed bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away.” “Now lenders who are selling Read more…

A humanoid robot lost its head, during the world’s first free-combat tournament for full-sized humanoid robots. The Ultimate Robot Knock-out Legend competition began Thursday in Shenzhen, China, according to the article, with local robotics company EngineAI providing $40,000 of their “T800” robots (yes, named after The Terminator) to 32 participating Read more…

A new study by researchers at the University of California at San Francisco adds to growing research linking increased social media use to detrimental effects on attention, memory and cognition. The study followed more than 11,000 U.S. adolescents over a period of five years, with participants first asked about their Read more…

France’s regulatory authority for licensed gambling/betting games announced this week that it ordered ISPs to block access to Polymarket. Anyone caught advertising an unauthorized betting site “could be fined up to 100,000 euros, or around $114,000.” (The article notes this follows a previous regulatory action from November placing a geoblock Read more…

“I need cold hard return facts,” the “Mad Money” host said. “Or, I, too, will grow more skeptical than I am now….” While Cramer said he remains optimistic about the long-term opportunity, he argued the market needs more evidence that those investments are translating into measurable financial returns for customers. Read more…