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Showbiz

Squid Game reality show faces health and safety review

A freelance crew member has claimed the show wasn’t the “hellscape” that had been reported, although did admit filming Red Light, Green Light was “unbearably cold”. “There was no coercion to freeze in place. The contestants also did practise runs and stretches,” they said. “With the type of people being cast, there are always going […]

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Sports

Man Utd boss Ten Hag gives Sancho reality check after Leeds cameo

And despite Ten Hag’s praise for Sancho, the Dutchman admitted he was left disappointed by his side’s poor start to the game and rued their missed chances. “You can say we won a point because when you are in a derby and come back from 2-0 down it is good,” he added. “But on the […]

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Celebrities

21 Times Reality Stars Called Out Production For Screwing With

Rachel continued, “When it was over, I stormed out — and of course the producers said, ‘Let’s talk about that. Why would you not show emotion?’ I lost it in the interview. I was bawling. I tried to explain, ‘You do not understand what it is to be a Black woman in this house full […]

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Entertainment

Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Reality Show Was ‘Cruel’ and ‘Rigged,’ Say

When Netflix announced its reality game show Squid Game: The Challenge, it immediately drew the ire of fans who’d sat through the original twisted South Korean thriller, about a group of poor people recruited to compete in a series of deadly games for millions in prize money, and wondered: How could this possibly end well?    […]

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US

Meta’s metaverse division Reality Labs posts wider loss of $13.7

Meta Platforms Inc., the former Facebook, said losses at its Reality Labs division developing virtual reality technologies widened last year, but it will continue to invest in the sector. The company’s total Q4 earnings beat expectations and it projected overall stronger growth into 2023, according to its earnings report released Wednesday. See related article: Meta’s […]

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US

Augmented Reality is Gaining Ground on Virtual Reality and the

While virtual reality (VR) has risen to prominence in the last few years, its technological cousin, augmented reality (AR), was busy being perfected outside of the spotlight. The birth of the metaverse — a fully immersive VR experience in which avatars can interact and game — was a paradigm-shifting innovation that understandably demanded the attention […]

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Entertainment

Squid Game Reality Series Contestants “Tortured”, Considering

In news that many people probably saw coming, Netflix could be in trouble over its reality series Squid Game: The Challenge. Contestants on the show have spoken out about the conditions on set, telling The Sun that they are considering suing the streamer. Among the claims are that contestants were subject to temperatures as low […]

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Sports

Rory McIlroy accuses Patrick Reed of ‘not living in reality’

Rory McIlroy on reports of a dispute with Patrick Reed ahead of the Hero Dubai Desert Classic, live on Sky Sports: “I’m living in reality, I don’t know where he [Reed] is living. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn’t expect a hello or a handshake.” Last Updated: 25/01/23 2:06pm Please use Chrome browser […]

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Technology

‘Grapple with this new reality’: Berkeley launches new artificial

UC Berkeley recently launched the Artificial Intelligence, Platforms, and Society Project, a collaboration between the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, or BCLT, and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute, or CITRIS, Policy Lab. According to a Berkeley Law press release, the new project will be […]

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Technology

How artificial intelligence and virtual reality are helping

“I can’t believe how far Ducati are ahead,” one top MotoGP engineer told me shortly before I travelled to yesterday’s 2023 Ducati launch in upmarket Italian ski resort Madonna di Campiglio. “The power they can put down out of corners is insane – if they had a Marc Márquez or a Fabio Quartararo on that […]