Isaac Ezban Sets Next Movie ‘Delivery,’ His ‘Most Personal Project Yet,’ Partnering With Sin Sentido Films (EXCLUSIVE)

Multi-prized Mexican filmmaker Isaac Ezban (“The Incident,” “The Similars,” “Párvulos”) is in advanced development on his sixth and “most personal project yet,” a time-travel, sci-fi road movie.

The project is one of 34 works presented at this year’s Frontières International Co-Production Market at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, forming part of its Officila Selection..

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How new Yemen tensions could complicate the global energy crisis

A sudden military escalation in Yemen has shattered a fragile, informal four-year truce, threatening to expand an ongoing geopolitical conflict into the Red Sea and sever one of the world’s most vital energy arteries.

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Weather it together: Farmers speaking up about mental health

Weather it together: Farmers speaking up about mental health
Farmer Ashley Schmidt and Assoc Prof Kate Gunn. Credit: Adelaide University

Rain or shine, Aussie farmers and farming communities have always looked out for one another. But when it comes to their own mental health, asking for help hasn't always come easily.

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Council Post: Are LLMs Becoming Too Expensive? How You Can Fight Back

Komninos Chatzipapas (Κομνηνός Χατζηπαπάς), Founder of Omicron AI Software.

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​With the release of Fable 5 (which is essentially Mythos 5 with guardrails), it's becoming increasingly apparent that frontier AI labs are willing to disregard pricing in order to squeeze every little bit of power out of their large language models (LLMs). Even though most of the cost is subsidized, there are still reports of agentic developers going through up to 50 times more than what they had spent on their flat subscriptions.

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Medicaid’s Work Requirements. Two Views On The $326 Billion Question Of What Happens Next

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A person fills out paperwork to document compliance with the new Medicaid work requirements — a process that begins January 1, 2027 where states must verify at application and periodically thereafter to maintain benefit eligibility.

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'The company has turned its back on us': Black Flag Resynced developers at Ubisoft Barcelona are being laid off instead of celebrating the series' latest hit

Edward Kenway looking at a piece of paper with a curious expression.
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been a massive success for Ubisoft, having sold two million copies in a day and breaking the series' concurrent player records on Steam by nearly 40,000. Despite this good news, the company is planning to lay off 51 developers at Ubisoft Barcelona. These layoffs were announced last month, alongside reductions at Ubisoft's teams in Winnipeg and Belgrade.

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Retail-trader 'bottleneck bros' eyeing AI supply chain can't wait for SK Hynix options

Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, center, Kwak Noh-jung, president and chief executive officer of SK Hynix Inc., center left, and Koh Seung-beom, chairman of SK Hynix Inc., center right, during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Friday, July 10, 2026.

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First-of-its-kind surgery performed on western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

First-of-its-kind surgery performed on western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Mizani, a 12-year-old male western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, underwent a first-of-its-kind mastoidectomy to treat an infection that had spread into portions of his skull. Credit: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Mizani, a 12-year-old male western lowland gorilla at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, underwent a first-of-its-kind mastoidectomy to treat an infection that had spread into portions of his skull. The surgery was performed by a multidisciplinary team of wildlife health experts from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and surgeons from UC San Diego Health.

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Author Post: UK Entrepreneur’s New Book Reveals 25 Practical Principles For Turning Vision Into Long-Term Success

Book cover image of It's Not Rocket Science by Bill Holmes; book launch announcement.

Bill Holmes releases "It’s Not Rocket Science: 25 Real-Life Lessons to Help Entrepreneurs Start, Grow, and Lead a Successful Business" with Forbes Books. ISBN-13: 979-8901800188

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Council Post: AI-Powered Cyberattacks: Understanding The Less Obvious Part

Sreenath Kurupati, CTO and co-founder, Straiker.

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​When it comes to AI and security, most conversations—and headlines—tend to focus too much on intelligence. Public discussion typically centers on whether AI can outsmart human hackers. Media coverage frequently focuses on advances in reasoning, coding and autonomous problem-solving, fueling speculation that organizations are on the verge of facing machine-driven cyberattacks beyond human comprehension. Although it’s true that model capabilities have increased significantly, the framing misses the broader operational shift underway.​

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