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The YouTube-to-prestige-horror pipeline is looking very strong this weekend. Taking the number one spot at the box office is “Backrooms,” a feature film expansion of Kane Parsons’ series of YouTube videos featuring eerie found footage of a mysterious office space (drawn from a 4chan thread) that defies physics. Directed by Parsons, “Backrooms” will bring in an estimated $81 million at the domestic box office this weekend alone. That’s the biggest opening by far for indie studio A24 — the previous record was held by “Civil War,” which made $25.7 in its first weekend of release. The number two film, “Obsession,”…

Location : The M42 northbound between junctions J10 and J11 . Lane Closures : The hard shoulder and lane 1 are closed. Reason : Road traffic collision. Status : Currently Active. Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 19:45 and 20:00 on 31 May 2026. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 19:45 and 20:00 on 31 May 2026. Delay : There are currently delays of 30 minutes against expected traffic. Lanes Closed : There is one of two lanes closed. Source link

According to Crunchbase’s latest data around black founders, $643 million has poured into US Black-founded startups since the beginning of the year — an amount not seen since 2022, when Black founders raised $653 million in funding. For context, Black founders raised $942 million of all venture dollars last year (that’s 0.32% of the $290 billion total, per Crunchbase estimates). That means in just a few months, Black founders have already raised almost 70% of what was they raised in all of last year.  Driving this funding are just a handful of deals (34, to be exact, per Crunchbase), most…

Sussex Police attended West Street in Brighton city centre – opposite the Bright Helm Wetherspoons – just after 5.30pm yesterday (May 30). Source link [Featured] [Just In]

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! If you’re into EVs or sports cars, then you surely saw the kerfuffle over Ferrari’s first all-electric car, the Luce. The reaction was swift and biting for the five-seater EV designed by Apple veteran Jony Ive and priced at close to $650,000. Ferrari fans expressed horror, critics compared it to the far cheaper Nissan Leaf, memes were made, and even one car…

Legal reforms designed to curb the abusive use of “SLAPPs” are insufficient to stop the rich and powerful trying to block freedom of speech, a new study warns. Measures in the U.S., U.K. and the EU to stop strategic lawsuits against public participation do not address the deep-seated inadequacies in the law which have a chilling effect on journalists and whistleblowers, the research says. Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) is rebounding from a key on-chain support zone, putting the $78,000 level back in focus for bulls.Key takeaways:BTC is eyeing a rebound to $78,200, the realized price of BTC held for three to six months.A sustained move above this cost basis could put Bitcoin on track for a push above $100,000 by year-end.BTC’s short-term holders defend $71,400 cost basisBitcoin rebounded roughly 2.5% over the weekend to reach $74,000 on Sunday, with the recovery beginning near $72,500.The local low came close to the realized price of BTC held for three to six months (orange), a cohort often used to…

Key Aspects: Cabin door decorators continue to be plagued by other passengers who steal their magnets. A recent victim onboard Sun Princess posted a note on their cabin door pleading for the offender to return their decorations. Other cruise lines, such as Royal Caribbean and Disney Cruise Line, have also had to impose stricter door decorating policies. Lately, cruise lines have had to crack down on cabin door decor and guest behavior related to the displays. But once again, magnet thieves are ruining the cruise experience for their fellow guests. Unfortunately, some inconsiderate passengers think it is funny to steal,…

Box founder Aaron Levie got us talking this week with a social media post suggesting that tech CEOs are “uniquely prone to AI psychosis.” On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I did our best to unpack Levie’s comment. For one thing, we noted that he isn’t disavowing AI tools, merely insisting that CEOs need to actually use those tools to understand them. That’s a relatively gentle note of skepticism compared to other signs of a broader backlash, whether you look at graduating college students booing any mention of AI, the bad vibes around…

I am sitting in the sweltering Nevada heat watching a man struggle to lift a bar over his head. If the man manages to do it, he will win $250,000. The man is Boady Santavy — a two-time Olympic weight-lifting contestant from Canada — and he has muscles that look culled from the Marvel Cinematic Universe: massive, cartoonish arms that might as well belong to a superhero rather than a real human. Santavy is attempting to beat the world record for the men’s snatch — a lift of 183 kilograms, or approximately 403 pounds. After a tortured few seconds, Santavy drops…