Author: Arabian Media staff

OpenAI is buying io, an AI device startup founded by iPhone designer Jony Ive, in a $6.5 billion all-stock deal as OpenAI attempts to define the AI-powered devices market. OpenAI acquired a 23% stake in io last year and invested in the startup at that time.The acquisition is the largest in OpenAI’s history and was announced on Wednesday, mere weeks after OpenAI agreed to buy AI-assisted coding tool Windsurf for about $3 billion. The deal is intended to spark a new generation of products for a future where AI technology attains or surpasses human intelligence.As part of the acquisition, Ive…

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Reneé Rapp is seemingly dissing her old job in her newly-released single “Leave Me Alone.” The actress and singer, who played Leighton Murray on the HBO series The Sex Lives of College Girls before departing the series during season three, appeared to throw shade at the show with one of the song’s lyrics, which dropped on Wednesday. “I took my sex life with me, now the show ain’t fucking / Leave me alone, bitch, I wanna have fun,” Rapp sings in the second verse. The Hollywood Reporter reached out to HBO Max and Rapp’s reps for comment, as she has…

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Universal Music Group (UMG) and the Beastie Boys have both reached confidential settlements to end lawsuits in which they accused restaurant chain Chili’s of using their music in social media advertisements without permission.   Two court filings on Wednesday (May 21) informed federal judges that Chili’s owner Brinker International agreed to settlements with both UMG and the Beastie Boys during a mediation session two weeks earlier. The terms of the settlements have not been revealed, as is typical in these types of lawsuits. UMG and the Beastie Boys both sued Brinker in 2024, alleging Chili’s featured their copyrighted music in…

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In the corridors of IIT Kanpur, two engineering minds—Pence Mataria and Gajendra Nagar—discovered a shared fascination with flight. Initially building RC aircraft, their ambitions quickly evolved toward autonomous aerial systems. Their journey, rooted in student projects and international competitions, culminated in the creation of Stride Dynamics, a robotics startup determined to reimagine India’s capabilities in intelligent aerial robotics.Igniting Innovation from RajkotFounded in August 2023 in Rajkot, Gujarat, a city famed for its entrepreneurial ethos, Stride Dynamics is more than a drone company. The co-founders aim to establish a pioneering robotics enterprise, focusing not only on performance but also on a…

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OnlyFans’ Bonnie Blue Says She Broke Record Having Sex With Over 1,000 Men in 12 HoursBonnie Blue seems to be in hot water. The OnlyFans model—who went viral earlier this year for sleeping with over 1,000 men in a 12-hour span—was placed under arrest after being frisked by police officers, according to a video posted on her Instagram page May 21. The circumstances of the arrest have not been disclosed. In the video, Bonnie (real name Tia Emma Billinger) answered questions from authorities while she and filmmaker Josh Lee Spooner leaned against a police car. Towards the end of the…

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CEOs of Big Tech, they’re just like us.The Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, 42, says he was very close to being a victim of a well-played phishing scheme that involved some very real-looking “secure Google domains.”Mosseri wrote on Threads, which, like Instagram, is owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, said on Tuesday that he “experienced a sophisticated phishing attack yesterday.” Related: Mark Cuban’s Google Account Was Hacked By ‘Sophisticated’ Bad ActorsMosseri said he got a call from an 818 number (and he answered). The caller said that his “Google account was compromised, and they sent an email to confirm identity.” “On…

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Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier returns to Cannes with Sentimental Value, which had its world premiere Wednesday night in the festival’s Competition section. Trier and his cast, including Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning, strolled up the famous steps of Palais des Festivals. The film marks Trier’s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World, which premiered in Competition at Cannes in 2023, launching the international career of star Renate Reinsve, who won the festival’s best actress honor. Worst Person became a crossover arthouse hit and was nominated for two Oscars, including best international feature and best original screenplay for…

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10. “My father-in-law was known for his lectures on life. It drove me up the wall when he’d come over unannounced. It was then you’d know you were in for a ‘lecture’ and couldn’t just hide or, better yet, lie and tell him we were leaving. So, anyway, in his last 10 years, he was experiencing a lot of health issues, and they didn’t diagnose him with mesothelioma until six months before he died. When he went to hospice, I was the only one who would sit with him.” “I was studying for my Medical Assistant license, and at first,…

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Billboard got to sit courtside at the New York Liberty’s WNBA opening game and championship ceremony, and we take you inside what you missed on the big night, including an interview with Jonquel Jones. Are you excited for this WNBA season? Let us know in the comments! Narrator:  Billboard was courtside for the New York Liberty’s opening game of the WNBA season. See them celebrate their first championship in Billboard All Access. The New York Liberty showed up in their stylish ‘fits, ready to celebrate along with their famous mascot, Ellie the Elephant. The team celebrated their first championship in…

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