Like Henry Higgins, the phonetician from George Bernard Shaw’s play ‘Pygmalion’, Marius Cotescu and Georgi Tinchev recently demonstrated how their student tried to overcome pronunciation… Read More »How Amazon Learned Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue
Like many in the fireworks industry, Stephen Vitale is in the family business. He runs a fifth-generation company, Pyrotecnico, in New Castle, Pa. In October,… Read More »Fireworks has a new competitor: drones
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The day after Elon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg to “a cage match” on social media this month, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White received a… Read More »A ‘Cage Match’ between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg should not be a joke
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The union, which represents some 160,000 television and film actors, said Friday night it would continue contract negotiations with major Hollywood studios and streaming services… Read More »Hollywood actors extend contract talks on deadline
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One by one, as streaming services grow in popularity, old standbys of the TV landscape fall by the wayside. The number of soap operas, a… Read More »Ryan Seacrest, “Wheel of Fortune” and the enduring appeal of game shows
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Fox News has agreed to pay $12 million to Abby Grossberg, a former Fox News producer who accused the network of operating a hostile and… Read More »Fox News pays $12 million to settle former producer Abby Grossberg’s lawsuit
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