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Scene from “Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc.”Sony Pictures Entertainment/CrunchyrollThe anime hit Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc is coming soon to digital streaming.Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc opened in theaters on Oct. 24, about six weeks after its studio, Sony Pictures Entertainment/Crunchyroll’s other big anime hit this year — Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle — opened in September. Both Chainsaw Man and Demon Slayer finished at No. 1 at the box office in their respective opening weekends.ForbesHere Are Netflix’s Top 10 Most-Viewed Movies In History Of StreamerBy Tim LammersThe official summary for Chainsaw…

This story originally appeared on Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.During the summer of 2025, Iran experienced an exceptional heat wave, with daytime temperatures across several regions, including Tehran, approaching 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forcing the temporary closure of public offices and banks. During this period, major reservoirs supplying the Tehran region reached record-low levels, and water supply systems came under acute strain. By early November, the reservoir behind Amir Kabir Dam, a main source of drinking water for Tehran, had dropped to about 8 percent of its capacity. The…

Jess never dreamed that she was going to get sick, nor did she consider what it would mean for her love life if she did. When she first started dating her boyfriend, they were both in their late 20s, living busy, active lives. “Sport was something we did a lot of and we did it together: we worked hard, played hard, we went for bike rides and went running and played golf together.”But around a year into their relationship, all that stopped abruptly when Jess was diagnosed with long Covid, the poorly understood syndrome that in some people follows a Covid…

David SilverbergTechnology Reporter, TorontoSow GoodWith the right process chewy sweets can be turned crunchyWhen Savannah Louise West first tasted freeze-dried gummies, she was intrigued. “I think the crunch is so satisfying, and I find it interesting to experience a candy I’m familiar with that has an entirely new texture,” says the Toronto resident.Ms West is describing one of the main features of this spin-off candy that independent and major confectionary manufacturers have been releasing onto shelves, both online and offline, for the past three years.It’s been largely a US phenomena, hence we’ll use the US term candy, but for our…

stellalevi/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysInteracting with chatbots can shift users’ beliefs and opinions.A newly published study aimed to figure out why.Post-training and information density were key factors.Most of us feel a sense of personal ownership over our opinions: “I believe what I believe, not because I’ve been told to do so, but as the result of careful consideration.””I have full control over how, when, and why I change my mind.”A new study, however, reveals that our beliefs are more susceptible to manipulation than we would like to believe — and…

Ana de Armas reflected on her long friendship with Keanu Reeves and her unexpected evolution into an action star during an “In Conversation” session at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival on Friday, offering an intimate, career-spanning look at her rise from Cuba to global Hollywood star. De Armas said she and Reeves first met when she arrived in Los Angeles over a decade ago and landed her first U.S. part on Eli Roth’s Knock Knock. “When I first moved to L.A., we did Knock Knock together, and at that time I barely spoke English,” she recalled. “It was…

Ollie Pope is dismissed for 26, gifting a simple catch to Michael Neser as England fall to 90-2 on day three of the second Ashes Test in Brisbane.

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The bidding war is over, and Netflix has been declared the winner. After flirting with Paramount Skydance and Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has decided to sell its streaming and movie studios business to Netflix. If approved, the deal is set to overturn the media landscape and create ripples that will affect Hollywood for years. $72 billion acquisition Netflix will pay an equity value of $72 billion, or an approximate total enterprise value of $82.7 billion, for Warner Bros. All of WBD has a $60 billion market value, NBC News notes. The acquisition will take place after WBD completes the…

Generative AI is poised to reshape the supply of premium screen content, with VP of Chinese online media giant Tencent and CEO of Tencent Video Sun Zhonghuai forecasting that as much as a third of long-form film and animation could be “dominated by or deeply involving AI” within two years, despite lingering concerns around performance fidelity and visual consistency. Speaking at a forum at the 7th Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) Sun predicted a dramatic shift in premium television and film content creation in the next few years. “From a time dimension, looking at the next one or two…