LOS ANGELES, Jan 15 — Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic movie about the creation of the atomic bomb, cleaned up at the Critics Choice Awards yesterday, winning best picture and seven other prizes over its rivals as the Oscars race heats up. The US$1 billion-grossing movie, now the clear frontrunner for the Academy Awards in March, … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli is planning to host a podcast every fortnight entitled “Yang Bakar Menteri” (YBM), which will allow the public to hold discussions with him. The YBM podcast will kick off on January 8, 2024, he said, adding that it allowed anyone to talk to him without using … Read more
PARIS, Dec 1 — Ridley Scott’s film Napoleon has stormed to the top of the French box office ratings, figures showed on Wednesday, despite sometimes savage reviews from critics in France who took aim at historical inaccuracies and the portrayal of the emperor. One person in three who went to the cinema in France over … Read more
PARIS, Feb 21 — Years after Facebook quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was “free and always will be”, parent company Meta announced on Sunday a paid-for subscription service that has already been widely criticised. Meta is following a well-trodden path to subscription services, with rivals from Reddit and Snapchat to Twitter and … Read more
Unlike on cell phones or email, app users can’t send a message from one company’s service to a rival’s, raising the concern that people stick to the biggest platforms because that’s where their contacts are concentrated.— IStock.com pic via AFP WASHINGTON, March 26 — The EU will require tech giants to drop barriers between their … Read more
A 980-million-baht (RM123m) canal park in Bangkok has been questioned by critics over its design, aims and benefits and authorities are urged to address the concerns. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
KUALA LUMPUR: Even their harshest critics must be taken aback. Melaka United have proved the formbook wrong in the Malaysia Cup. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
GERMANY-BASED Annil Vigneswaran is out to prove his worth and silence his critics in next week’s AFC Under-23 qualifiers in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean news website often critical of authorities had its licence suspended Tuesday for failing to declare funding sources, regulators said, with a rights group slamming the move as “unacceptable censorship”. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Instagram on July 27, 2021 introduced changes designed to keep young users safer by making them harder to find at the image-centric social network. ― AFP pic SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 ― Instagram yesterday introduced changes designed to keep young users safer by making them harder to find at the image-centric social network. Tweaks rolling … Read more
