TechCrunch

AI inference startup Modal Labs in talks to raise at $2.5B valuation, sources say

Modal Labs, a startup specializing in AI inference infrastructure, is talking to VCs about a new round at a valuation of about $2.5 billion, according to four people with knowledge of the deal. Should ...
Deadline.com

‘Send Help’ $27M+ WW Bow Still Fuels Disney To 10th No. 1 Weekend In A Row At Global B.O.; Mouse House Owns Top 3 Spots; ‘Iron Lung’ Breathes In $22M+ – Update

MONDAY UPDATE: Goliath won over David this weekend at the global box office, but David, meaning Markiplier’s Iron Lung put up a great fight against monolith Disney 20th Century Studios’ Send Help, $22 ...
Deadline.com

‘Send Help’ Settles To $19M+, ‘Iron Lung’ Healthy $18M+; ‘Melania’ Still $7M+ Record Docu Debut In Decade – Monday U.S. Box Office Update

(Clockwise from top left) 'Send Help', 'Iron Lung', 'Shelter' and 'Melania' 20th Century Studios/Ima Leupp/Black Bear/Amazon MONDAY AM: Disney/20th Century Studio’s Send Help simmered to a $19.1M ...
IGN

Markiplier's Iron Lung Is a Smash Hit at the Box Office — and Already Hugely Profitable

Iron Lung, the low-budget horror film written and directed by YouTuber Markiplier based on the video game of the same name, launched big at the global box office this weekend. It earned $21.5 million ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Box Office: ‘Melania’ Heads for $8 Million Opening, the Best Showing in a Decade for a Doc

Melania Trump's new Amazon MGM documentary — the most expensive in history — is even beating out Jason Statham's new action for a third-place finish behind 'Send Help' and 'Iron Lung' after ...
CNBC

Disney dominated the 2025 box office. Here's how it could keep the crown in 2026

Box office ticket sales in the United States and Canada rose about 4% in 2025 to $9.05 billion. Disney accounted for the highest share of that haul with $2.49 billion in ticket sales, or 27.5%. The ...
KTLA

Jack in the Box marks 75th anniversary with yearlong celebration featuring new foods, giveaways

Jack in the Box is marking its 75th anniversary with new menu items, returning fan favorites and a slate of limited-time giveaways. Here’s a breakdown of what customers can expect. The San Diego-based ...
CNBC

Disney's 'Avatar: Fire and Ash' disappoints with weak $88 million domestic opening

Disney and James Cameron's "Avatar: Fire and Ash" tallied just $88 million during its domestic debut, well short of the $110 million to $125 million range box office analysts had expected. "Fire and ...
The New York Times

A ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ‘This Is Not OK’

An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media. By Troy Closson The image ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Aspire 13 Makes Python a First-Class Workload with .NET and JavaScript

Microsoft has added official Python support to Aspire 13, expanding the platform beyond .NET and JavaScript for building and running distributed apps. Documented today in a Microsoft DevBlogs post, ...