Friday, May 5, 2023

Scottish stone shouldn't be in coronation, says son of man who stole it back from England

Ian Hamilton

Jamie Hamilton says his late father would be displeased to learn the ancient symbol of Scottish royalty he once took back from the British is being used for the coronation of King Charles.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/stone-of-destiny-1950-heist-1.6833819?cmp=rss

Striking Hollywood writers fear AI will write them out of the script

TELEVISION-WRITERS hollywood strike

Thousands of television and movie writers are picketing in Los Angeles and New York this week, demanding better pay, higher streaming residuals, job security and restrictions on the use of artificial intelligence or AI on creative projects.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hollywood-artificial-intelligence-writing-writers-guild-america-jobs-digital-chat-bot-1.6833185?cmp=rss

Unsold Yeezy shoes, end of Ye deal hit Adidas's bottom line

Ye Adidas

The fate of more than a billion dollars' worth of unsold Yeezy shoes is weighing on Adidas as it tries to engineer a turnaround from the loss of the lucrative sneaker line and the continued fallout over its former ties to Ye.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/adidas-yeezy-shoes-kanye-west-1.6833259?cmp=rss

Suspect arrested in Serbia's 2nd mass shooting in 2 days

Shooting-Serbia

Serbian police on Friday arrested a gunman suspected of killing eight people and wounding 14 others in a village near Belgrade in the second mass shooting in the country this week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mass-shooting-sebia-1.6833178?cmp=rss