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If Meta, Google, and all the tech giants are sinking trillions into building AI infrastructure, that’s a clear signal that AI is here to stay, and may even replace you. The truth is, on the Virtuals Protocol platform, there are numerous AI agents, commanding tens of millions of dollars in market cap, doing, among other things, creating content and even trading. It is this boom that explains the explosion of the VIRTUAL crypto. Unlike some of the top cryptos to best, struggling for momentum after the flush out of mid-October, VIRTUAL USDT is up nearly +10% year-to-date. (Source: Coingecko) In…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The Bitcoin price surged 4% in the past 24 hours to trade at $91,393 as of 2:41 a.m. EST on trading volume that rose 14% to $75.7 billion. BTC rebounded over the last day, climbing above $91,000 as rising expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut drove a wave of renewed investor interest. Markets now price in roughly an 85% chance of a quarter-point reduction in December, a sharp jump from a measly 44% chance a week ago, according to data from CME FedWatch. Interest rates…

As hard as it may be to believe, some of us have nev­er seen a movie belong­ing to the Mar­vel Cin­e­mat­ic Uni­verse. If you’re one of those unini­ti­at­ed, none of the count­less clips incor­po­rat­ed into the Like Sto­ries of Old video essay above will tempt you to get ini­ti­at­ed. Nor will the laments aired by host Tom van der Lin­den, who, despite once enjoy­ing the MCU him­self, even­tu­al­ly came to won­der why keep­ing up with its releas­es had begun to feel less like a thrill than a chore. As if their CGI-laden sound and fury weren’t try­ing enough, there’s also…

Macauley Culkin has revealed the horrifying and traumatic reality behind the famous scene in My Girl where his character is tragically stung to death by bees.Culkin’s character in the film, 10-year-old Thomas J – who is allergic to bee stings – dies in a devastating twist after he accidentally stumbles into a smashed beehive.The actor says filming the scene was “traumatic” as they used real bees on set.Macauley Culkin has revealed the horrifying reality behind the famous death scene in My Girl. (FilmMagic)”I was working with the bees,” Culkin told the On Film…With Kevin McCarthy podcast.”The way they did that,…

While this column focuses on physical media with an appetizer of Netflix options, it’s worth noting that one of the essential films of 2025 is exclusively available on PVOD through the rest of the year. Go spend money to see “One Battle After Another” if you haven’t done so yet, exclusively On Demand until January 2026. Also, stay tuned for a special edition of this column in December with limited editions and box sets for the holiday season, including new versions of “Scarface,” “Pride & Prejudice,” and several John Woo masterpieces. 10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Back to the Future““Baby Driver““Collateral““Doctor…

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in Belém, Brazil, concluded last week, and so – as I have done every year for about 20 years, I will offer my personal views about major takeaways from COP30. Let’s begin by recognizing that the “Belém Package” was adopted, in which 195 Parties approved a broad set of nearly 30 individual decisions that cover many elements of international climate change policy going forward. But what about specifics?  As always, there’s good news and bad news.  This year, I will begin with what…

Some off beat reads for the weekend: India is reclaiming its temples (Swarajya) Relevance of Ram Mandir flag hoisting (GC) The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism (Guardian) Putin’s India visit (NI) India & Russians missile technology (RT) Chinese bluff on Arunachal Pradesh (FP) Economist Ha-Joon Chang on Indian Economy (Frontline) India’s homegrown Jihadi extremists (Shishir Gupta) The powerful US Jewish lobby (Drop Site) UAE & Sudan’s Gold (Cradle) Vienna will become a Muslim majority city (Rair) Revenge in Homs (New Lines) The new Cold War is here (Engelsberg) US Govt trained the first software developers (CP) Are luxury cars still…

Bangladesh will take on Ireland in the second of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about Ireland’s Playing 11 vs Bangladesh for the second match of the series. Ireland Playing XI vs Bangladesh- 2nd T20I, Ireland Tour of Bangladesh 2025: Openers: Paul Stirling (c), Tim Tector Ireland would aim to put on a strong performance in the second T20I against Bangladesh and come out victorious for the second time in a row against a side that has a good record at home across formats. The onus will be on the captain of the Irish team, Paul Stirling, to…

The Vancouver Canucks Don’t Really Have Many Players to Trade Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was asked about the situation with the Vancouver Canucks and which players are actually available. NHLRumors.com Transcriptions Host: “What did you make of the news out of Vancouver that they are going to look at trading veteran players not named Quinn Hughes, because, like, I’m looking at their roster situation here, Dave and like, everybody’s protected. Like, all the contracts that they handed out are trade-protected, with the exception of Conor Garland, Filip Chytil, and Evander Kane; it’s limited protection. So…

Paul SeddonPolitical reporterPA MediaThe education secretary has defended Labour’s U-turn over offering all workers the right to claim unfair dismissal from their first day in a job.Instead, ministers now plan to reduce the qualifying period from the current two years to six months, in line with a deal agreed by some unions and industry groups.Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown was a “pragmatic” move to ensure “wider benefits” in Labour’s employment rights bill could be delivered on time.The decision has been welcomed by business organisations, but has faced criticism from some MPs on the left of the Labour Party.…