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Anxious about being replaced by AI, some workers have a new flex: bossing around armies of bots

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As AI threatens to upend white-collar work, some professionals are attempting to flip the script. Instead of being outboxed by the bots, they're building their own — and bragging about how many AI agents they manage.

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Tom Hiddleston's Return to Streaming Has Officially Been Confirmed

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Published Sep 8, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT

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Ever since being cast as Loki in the first Marvel's Thor movie back in 2011, Tom Hiddleston has been one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. He’s dominated the big screen in both Marvel and non-Marvel movies and the same can be said for the small screen as well. After starring in the Loki series on Disney Plus, he returned for the second season of the British series The Night Manager, the first season of which had aired back in 2016. Now, Hiddleston’s next streaming venture has been confirmed, and it will be on Apple TV.

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Early statin use linked to 15% lower dementia risk

Starting statin treatment soon after a type 2 diabetes diagnosis was associated with a reduced risk of developing dementia, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2026 and published in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe.

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Eiffel Tower reopens after protest over removing women staff

The operating company that runs the Paris landmark said a Hindu religious delegation had requested that ‘interactions with women’ be limited during its visit.

The Eiffel Tower has reopened after staff walked out over the removal of women staff during a weekend visit by a Hindu religious delegation.

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Watch Teaser Trailer for Alex Gibney’s Forthcoming Elon Musk Documentary

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Musk, about the world's richest man, will arrive in theaters in October

Bleecker Street shared a teaser trailer for filmmaker Alex Gibney‘s highly-anticipated documentary Musk, which centers on the world’s richest man. The trailer features footage of Elon Musk‘s rockets launching into space and then crashing as people describe him in mostly unflattering terms.

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‘It breaks my heart’: far-right’s big election victory sparks dismay in German state capital

Maryam and her best friend were ambling through Magdeburg toward the railway station, talking over the dramatic events of the previous evening and the surge by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland to a historically high vote in the Saxony-Anhalt elections.

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Amazon's Newest Fire Tablet Is Only $150, With 10,000 Units Sold In the Last Month Alone

Amazon has made a name for itself with its slate of Alexa-enabled devices, but the retail giant is also a leader when it comes to its lineup of tablets. Whether for work or streaming, Amazon’s Fire Tablets offer up huge value, especially when compared to Apple’s iPad or the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

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Korea Box Office: ‘The Odyssey’ Overwhelms ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ as Admissions Top 10 Million

“The Odyssey” held onto its commanding lead at the South Korean box office during the weekend of Sep. 4–6.

According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Christopher Nolan-directed tentpole generated $5.9 million from 698,384 admissions over the three-day frame across 1,858 screens, capturing 60.92% of the total weekend market. With its fifth consecutive weekend victory, the blockbuster officially crossed the milestone of ten million admissions, pushing its cumulative haul to $83.2 million from 10,027,970 total viewers since its Aug. 5 debut.

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Prada Foundation Film Fund Chief Paolo Moretti on First-Year Journey That Helped Spawn Rubaiyat Hossain’s Venice Horizons Entry ‘The Difficult Bride’

Last year at the Venice Film Festival, Italy’s Fondazione Prada officially launched its film fund, aimed at sustaining independent cinema from around the world without any restrictions on theme, genre or language. This year, it‘s back on the Lido with tangible proof that the initiative has borne fruit.

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