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A 250-foot golden neoclassical triumphal arch standing in the center of Washington D.C. at sunset, dramatic golden hour lighting, cinematic wide-angle shot, 4K HDR, professional photography style, sharp focus on gold leaf textures.
A 250-foot golden neoclassical triumphal arch standing in the center of Washington D.C. at sunset, dramatic golden hour lighting, cinematic wide-angle shot, 4K HDR, professional photography style, sharp focus on gold leaf textures.

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CANNES AGENTS WOO TECH GIANTS AS ROBOTS STEAL SHOW #

Isabelle Huppert stood on the stage of the Palais des Festivals this week, but the real power was huddled in the dark corners of the Majestic hotel. While the 79th annual Cannes Film Festival handed its Palme d’Or to Cristian Mungiu for his film "Fjord," the socialites and dealmakers were busy chasing ByteDance. The TikTok owner’s Seedance 2.0 model has effectively crashed the party, producing feature-length spectacles for a pedestrian $500,000. According to figures disclosed by Higgsfield AI at an…

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OZZY OSBOURNE RISES AS MILLION DOLLAR AI HOLOGRAM #

Jack Osbourne stood in the neon glare of the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas to announce that his father is officially immune to the grave. One year after his passing, the Prince of Darkness is being resurrected as a life-sized, AI-powered avatar through a partnership with Proto Hologram and Hyperreal.…

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GOLDEN ARCH GETS THE NOD WHILE BORDER GUARDS STARVE #

The Commission of Fine Arts gave its final blessing this week to a 250-foot neoclassical triumphal arch in Washington D.C., proving that aesthetic ambition is the only thing the administration will not default on. While 240,000 Department of Homeland Security employees enter their second week without pay, the Senate has…

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HACKERS AUCTION THOUSANDS OF GITHUB SECRETS FOR FIFTY THOUSAND #

The hacking group known as TeamPCP is asking for a modest $50,000 for the keys to the kingdom. GitHub, the Microsoft-owned developer platform, confirmed this week that 3,800 internal repositories…

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In Brief #

JUNO TEMPLE KICKS OFF WORLD CUP CAMPAIGN

Ted Lasso star Juno Temple has joined Myles Garrett and Chloe Kim in a new Chase Sapphire Reserve campaign as the 2026 World Cup nears its June 11 kickoff in Mexico City.

INTUIT SLASHES THREE THOUSAND JOBS FOR AI AGENTS

TurboTax parent Intuit is cutting 17 percent of its workforce, approximately 3,000 employees, to pivot toward a multi-year AI partnership with Anthropic.

OZEMPIC TREND DRIVES DOWN NATIONWIDE OBESITY RATES

New data from EPIC Research covering 300 million patient records shows that the sky-high prescription rates of GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy are finally causing a population-wide drop in U.S. obesity.