Video game performers are becoming Hollywood stars in their own right − and are on strike to be paid and protected accordingly

Hollywood screenwriters went on strike in May 2023. Two months later, actors joined them on the picket line. Those strikes ended later that year with historic deals that included, for the first time, protections regarding the use of artificial intelligence. Now it’s...

Light Start: Sony’s big breach, ChatGPT’s power of speech, voice actor strike in reach, and a new Spotify feature to leech

Sony hack and slash Sony has been hacked. At least, that’s what a report from Cyber Security Connect is claiming, with a newcomer in the ransomware space, Randsomed.vc, taking the credit. While the group’s claims haven’t yet been verified, it says that the stolen data...

Light Start: X gon’ take it from yer, Benz won’t go whirr, SAG-AFTRA gives pot a stir, and LG’s AppleTV+ promo makes us purr

What’s X done this time? X, née Twitter is under fire. Again. This time, it has nothing to do with the platform’s removal of a feature, but rather with the internet’s favourite keyword: AI. Bloomberg recently found that Elon Musk’s $44 billion venture had quietly...