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From Eternal Ltd, formerly Zomato, granting a total of 64.77 lakh stock options to eligible employees to the decline in VC funding for the first half of 2025, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors.Featured stories How a Chennai-born researcher helped build ChatGPT—the AI transforming the worldWhile ChatGPT became a household name overnight, its foundation was years in the making. Arvind Neelakantan, the Chennai-born engineer who helped architect GPT-3, reveals how academic curiosity and small experiments laid the groundwork for its development, which led to the big break.Read more here VC funding into Indian startups decline by…
Amyl & The Sniffers have issued a pointed statement of solidarity with Bob Vylan and Kneecap in the wake of growing media backlash surrounding the artists’ pro-Palestinian messages at Glastonbury 2025, accusing the press of misrepresenting what they say was a festival-wide stance. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Posting to Instagram Stories on Monday (July 1), the Australian punk rock band criticized the British media’s “frenzy” over select sets that included political speech, specifically targeting how coverage framed Bob Vylan and Kneecap as outliers. “The British media in a frenzy about Bob…
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) may have lost a key figurehead due to the May death of legendary Czech actor and long-time fest president Jiří Bartoška. But its leadership and majority owner, Rockaway Arts, have vowed to “preserve the values and level of quality that its president built up over the years.” Rockaway recently lauded the “strong and stable team headed by executive director Kryštof Mucha, saying: “The position of president will not be filled and will remain dedicated to Jiří Bartoška in memoriam.” Mucha, who joined the festival team in 1997 and has been its executive director…
Being focused and quiet at work can help you get things done. But what if your silence is saying more than you realize? In today’s hybrid and highly networked work culture, your ability to interact, even lightly, can shape your long-term success as much as your technical skill. If you’re someone who prefers to stay in your lane, keep your head down, and let your work speak for itself, it might be time to ask: What is your silence really saying?Let’s explore why being too quiet at work might be holding you back- and how to fix it without losing…
Swiss-born director and designer Marcel Barelli will receive the Locarno Kids Award at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival this summer. He will be awarded the honor, presented by la Mobiliare, on the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 12. During the festival, Barelli will present the Swiss premiere of Mary Anning, chasseuse de fossiles, his new animated film dedicated to the British paleontologist and fossil pioneer “who revolutionized the discipline in the early decades of the 19th century.” The fest also unveiled the lineup for this year’s Locarno Kids Screenings, the section dedicated to younger audiences. The program includes…
Bengaluru headquartered sustainable packaging material startup Bambrew has raised Rs 90 crore ($10.3 million approx.) from Ashok Goel, former Managing Director of Essel Propack; along with Japanese venture capital firm Enrission India Capital.Bambrew said it will use this capital towards R&D, expansion of its manufacturing capacity, and diversification of product product as it looks to enter markets of Middle East and North America.Founded in 2019 by Vaibhav Anant, the startup produces alternatives to single-use plastics using bamboo fiber, agro-waste, seaweed, recycled paper, and other natural resources. Bambrew is targeting a revenue of Rs 120 crore and achieve profitability within the…
Rev the engines! Keanu Reeves is looking to challenge Brad Pitt for the pole position. F1: The Movie, the Formula One movie starring Pitt, was off to the races in its opening weekend, bringing Apple Original Films its first major theatrical win. Now, film star and motorsport enthusiast Keanu Reeves has unveiled a documentary series produced in partnership with North One, part of RedBird IMI‘s production giant All3Media, that will showcase the behind-the-scenes story of the Cadillac Formula 1 Team in its effort to build a racing team from the ground up amid signs of U.S. audiences’ growing need for…
Professional Life: After appearing in all three High School Musical films, Hudgens went on to star in films such as Bandslam, Beastly, Sucker Punch, Spring Breakers, Machete Kills, Second Act and Bad Boys for Life. “High School Musical was a fantastic journey, but it completely derailed me from where I originally saw my career going,” she told The Guardian in an August 2018 interview. “I always wanted to be the indie girl; I always wanted to be in the movies where I’m playing a drug addict or a stripper or a prostitute. That was my goal since I was like, 11.” In 2015, the actress…
A welcome surprise after months of COVID lockdown and upended release schedules, The Old Guard came along in 2020 to demonstrate that hard-charging action and emotionally textured drama need not be mutually exclusive. Its well-developed lead characters could handle themselves with MMA fight moves, knives, swords and Bronze Age axes. But they also had soulful interiority, their immortality sentencing them to existences of aching solitude and loss. Arriving five years later, Netflix’s sequel has most of those elements, but it’s missing the secret sauce — Gina Prince-Bythewood’s commanding direction. Charlize Theron and KiKi Layne return as, respectively, the ancient —…
Post Malone took an unexpected tumble off the stage during a recent stop on his The Big Ass Stadium Tour — but didn’t miss a beat. The fall happened during Malone’s performance of “Pour Me a Drink” at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Saturday (June 29). As seen in fan-filmed footage that quickly spread across social media, the singer knelt down to toast a front-row fan who had her plastic cup raised, when a piece of the stage gave way beneath him. Malone — still smiling and holding his own cup — suddenly dropped out of frame as the…