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Growing use of artificial intelligence is outpacing media literacy, a report in Australia has found Adult media literacy is not keeping pace with the rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to research published in Australia on Monday. The trend is leaving internet users increasingly vulnerable to misinformation, the authors of the research have…
Phil Donahue has died at age 88, after a long illness. The trailblazing TV journalist is best known for involving audiences in his talk show that ran for almost three decades, as well as a series of cultural exchanges with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Donahue died on Sunday, in the company of…
Rock band the Foo Fighters has vowed to donate cash to US Vice President Kamala Harris’ election campaign after Donald Trump used one of their songs at a rally last week without their permission, according to a statement by the band’s representatives. Last Friday, during an event in Glendale, Arizona, the Trump campaign played the…
In all industries, there are companies that challenge the status quo. In gaming, this status quo seemingly revolves around DLCs, micro-transactions, season passes, and the general desire to make every game a live service. And that is what happens when the business of making an art form becomes a publicly traded company or is bought…
British ballet star Хander Parish has said that Ukraine’s ban on the works of Russian classical composers such as Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergey Prokofiev is “ridiculous,” despite the conflict between the two countries. Parish, who was the first British national to become a lead dancer at Saint Petersburg’s iconic Mariinsky Theater, left Russia shortly after the outbreak…
Russia’s media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has blocked several websites that hosted pirated copies of the 2005 Oscar-winning melodrama ‘Brokeback Mountain’, which centers on a love affair between two gay cowboys. The drama was directed by Ang Lee and stars late Academy Award-winning actor Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal. The film takes place in 1960s Wyoming and…
In 2011, a small, independent Swedish developer, Arrowhead Game Studios, released a game about a group of wizards going on an adventure together in a bizarre world full of fantasy stereotypes, called Magicka. In this game, you combine different elements using your QWERTY keys to make different spells (for instance, combining water and fire makes…
James Earl Jones, one of the world’s greatest stage, screen and voice actors, died on Monday at his New York home at the age of 93. Jones was among the most notable African-American actors and one of the very few performers to have won the ‘EGOT’ (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) quartet of awards for TV,…
Ukrainian users of the PlayStation Plus service, who have enjoyed it for free since 2022, will have to start paying for it again come November, Sony has announced. The Japanese company waived subscription fees for Ukraine in March 2022, as an expression of support for Kiev in its conflict with Moscow, while suspending services and…
Summer in Russia is not only a season for escaping to dachas and barbecuing. It’s a time boasting a massive variation of festivals in any field of art. The events have their local specialities and specific character. Here is a look at some events of this season. Archstoyanie: land-art festival in the biggest art park…
