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United Talent Agency has signed the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium, the governing body for âthe king of cheesesâ Parmigiano Reggiano, to get the supermarket staple placement in films, TV shows and streaming projects around the globe.
Big cheese has entered the building⊠Starring in next summerâs action-packed blockbuster: Parmesan cheese⊠Next down the red carpet, Parmigiano Reggiano! âWhat are you wearing today..?â
Apologies to all of humanityâŠ
Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill cruised to double-digit victories in Virginia and New Jersey. Two Georgia Democrats flipped seats on the stateâs Public Service Commission, the first non-federal statewide wins for a Democrat in nearly two decades. Democrats flipped a pair of Republican-held state Senate seats in Mississippi, cracking the GOP supermajority in a deep-red state. And a successful California ballot measure delivered five additional seats for the partyâs House margins ahead of the 2026 midterms, offsetting Texasâ redistricting push.
Finally some good news for once. Although, it kind of makes me even angrier at the lack of turnout from democrats in 2024. We knew exactly how bad things could get and still, people stayed home out of laziness or protest against Democrats, knowing full well that another Trump term would bring devastation.
AI has blurred the line. Now, how we take, share, and create images has changed. Social media has made sharing images easy. Generative AI now creates any image we can imagineâŠBy combining attested sensor data, zero-knowledge proofs, and a tamper-proof environment, we've built Roc Camera to capture verifiably real photos.
This is a technical solution for what I think is more of a social and cultural problem. It suggests a dystopian future where any form of media is assumed to be fake unless it is verified. I hope that trust and accountability can remain at the center of our social contract, but tools like this may find a place in certain contexts.
There are still a lot of unknowns about this, and Iâve seen passing mention that the FBI might be overstating how big of a bust this is and maybe conflating a few different things to make it look bigger to put a black eye on the NBA, but given how early this is, thatâs all conjecture.
I typically reserve this kind of link for Foofaraw, but the idea of Steven Soderbergh doing a Star Wars movie is just too fascinating. I feel like you could add up the budget of his last ten movies and they still wouldnât equal a Star Wars movie.
Sky is a product I actually thought could have some real utility. Security was always the issue though, and now that OpenAI controls them, Iâm not sure Iâd want OpenAI to be able to essentially see everything I do on my computer.
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