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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Noora Niasari on Shayda
Writer/director/producer Noora Niasari was born in Tehran and raised in Australia. She studied architecture before turning to filmmaking, later receiving a Masters of Film & Television from the Victorian College of the Arts and studying. In 2015, she traveled to Spain where she was mentored by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. She has made documentaries…
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Obamas’ Vision for Hollywood Company: ‘This Isn’t Like Masterpiece Theatre’
With three new films on Netflix, Barack and Michelle Obama’s production company, Higher Ground, is pursuing projects in different genres that aren’t always uplifting.
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How Nations Are Losing a Global Race to Tackle A.I.’s Harms
Alarmed by the power of artificial intelligence, Europe, the United States and others are trying to respond — but the technology is evolving more rapidly than their policies.
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Google Updates Bard Chatbot With ‘Gemini’ A.I. as It Chases ChatGPT
After more than eight months of research and development, Google has unveiled its most powerful A.I. so far. But only parts of it are widely available.
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Years After Monsanto Deal, Bayer’s Roundup Bills Keep Piling Up
Juries recently awarded plaintiffs more than $2 billion in damages tied to Roundup, the weedkiller that has been linked to cancer. Bayer is fighting back.
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Megyn Kelly Returning to Debate Spotlight on NewsNation
Wednesday’s Trump-less debate is a breakthrough moment for a fledgling cable network — and a comeback of sorts for Ms. Kelly, a former Fox News star.
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Live updates: Four presidential candidates to compete in Republican debate
Four Republican candidates will take the stage Wednesday night in Alabama for the fourth GOP primary debate, once again without former president Donald Trump.
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Trump ‘dictator’ comment reignites criticism his camp has tried to curb
In recent days, Trump and his allies are pushing back more forcefully on comments that a second term would be more extreme and autocratic than his first.
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No previous primary debates centered on such unpopular candidates
There have been debates without a frontrunner. There’s never been an entire debate season focused on people earning less than 50 percent of national support.
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Trump’s Rivals Campaign Much More Than He Does, With Little Payoff
Some of Donald J. Trump’s competitors are lapping him in the number of days on the trail, but he remains solidly the Republican front-runner for 2024.