Laura Holliday / Wired:
An investigation finds 70+ content-farm YouTube channels using AI to produce cartoon content featuring gore and child abuse, featuring characters like minions  —  A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten …

President Trump issued an executive order on Thursday to end all federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). “Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence,” the order reads. It says the Corporation for Public […]

You can either choose to be intrigued by the playful asterisk at the end of Thunderbolts*, or you can be annoyed by it. Whichever side of that aisle you come down on, though, it’s clear that Marvel hoped it would raise some questions. Thunderbolts* answers those questions in the form of a surprisingly fun updated […]

Marvel's movies have yet to stop being box office juggernauts, but in recent years focused on multiversal storytelling, the studio's interconnected cinematic franchise has often felt adrift and unfocused. Rather than working as films that can stand on their own, the MCU's recent crossover features have generally resulted in dangling threads, like they're all just […]

Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
The UK FCA plans to ban retail investors from borrowing money to buy cryptocurrencies, as it aims to bring much of the crypto market under its regulatory remit  —  UK financial regulator sets out proposals to regulate much of the digital asset market  —  The UK financial watchdog plans …