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While streaming may be the future of television, the medium itself—much like its big-screen counterpart—often leans on familiar properties, prequels, and reboots to keep things moving along. (Which explains why Yellowstone has morphed into a full-on franchise, with four current spinoffs and more on the way.)Why does this matter to you? Because May’s best shows to stream are full of familiar titles, from Battlestar Galactica to The Duffer Brothers’ newest project… which sounds a bit like their most famous project.Here are our picks for the 10 best shows to watch this month.Battlestar GalacticaMore than a year before Russell T. Davies…
What Should Hollywood Learn From Kane Parsons? The 20-year-old director Kane Parsons got his start creating YouTube videos under the handle Kane Pixels. Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. When Kane Parsons uploaded the first episode of his YouTube series The Backrooms in January 2022, he had no idea he was launching a marketing campaign. At the time, Parsons was a high schooler in Petaluma, California, testing out an animation in Blender. Within two weeks, the video…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) driver assistance software is now available in Lithuania, the second European country to approve its use, as the company pushes to position itself as an AI and robotics powerhouse and not just an automaker. Making FSD available in Europe — which kicked off last month when the Dutch regulator RDW approved its use — is critical to Tesla’s and CEO Elon Musk’s ambitions. It’s also financially important for Musk, whose $1 trillion pay package is tied to hitting a number of product goals, including hitting “10 million active FSD subscriptions” by 2035. Tesla has a long…
The hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship has created a global public health crisis. But the driver of it is a rodent that weighs about an ounce, and climate shifts this year that have helped increase the odds of transmission.Across the Southern Cone, researchers have long associated wetter years with explosive rodent population booms—known locally as ratadas—that can amplify hantavirus transmission. This year’s boom reflects a broader pattern of disease outbreaks shaped by climate change, environmental disruption, and a hyperconnected world.“These are emerging diseases because the distribution of both the reservoirs and the viruses is expanding,” says Karina…
LiveRamp’s Data Gives Publicis a New Way Into Commerce Media and Agentic AI Publicis agreed to acquire LiveRamp on May 17 for $2.2 billion.Canva, Publicis, LiveRamp Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. Publicis Groupe’s 2.2 billion acquisition of data firm LiveRamp could help the holding company better compete in a media landscape dominated by Amazon.Publicis gains LiveRamp’s clean room, identity graph, and data onboarding technology as well as partnerships with retailers, social platforms, brands, and data…
Airbnb’s core business was letting users book a room or a whole property owned by someone else. In most cases, the host would be a house or a property owner, and you would get a stay with basic services such as a bed, a bath, and a kitchen. The company is now introducing hotels to its platform to drive new revenue and offer more options for travelers to book stays. The company has been testing out hotel listings for a few months and is officially adding a filter to search for them in its app. Initially, the travel tech company…
I recently gave my OpenClaw a real robot arm to play with. The results just about blew my own neural network.The AI agent was able to configure the arm, use it to see and slowly grab things, and even train another AI model to pick up and place specific objects. And they say AGI is still a few years away! (I’m joking, it probably is).The results have me convinced that we may be on the brink of a robotics breakthrough. Training and controlling robots used to require considerable skill. Today’s AI models can make it almost easy.“AI-powered coding is super…
On Wednesday, MS NOW announced that Sandi Cohen will be the executive producer for Peter Alexander’s upcoming morning news show.Cohen, who starts her new assignment on Monday, June 1, will be based in New York City, with Alexander anchoring out of Washington, D.C. She has been charged with leading the launch of the flagship 11 a.m. ET news program and building its editorial vision and format from the ground up.In a note to staffers, Greg Kordick, MS NOW’s senior vice president of programming, said Cohen will partner closely with Alexander and the dayside team in delivering “the kind of compelling,…
Enterprise software giant Intuit is letting go 17% of its staff, or about 3,000 people, as it seeks to divert resources towards baking in AI into its products, Reuters reported, citing an internal memo sent to employees. The memo by CEO Sasan Goodarzi said the layoffs are meant to reduce complexity by simplifying the company’s corporate structure and help it focus on AI efforts, according to Reuters. The company, which makes accounting, tax and personal finance software like TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Credit Karma, had 18,200 employees worldwide as of July 2025, according to its annual report. Intuit did not immediately…
His client is a New York cop who was injured during a private security gig at Madison Square Garden. He sued the Garden on behalf of the cop.Now John Scola, a lawyer well known for representing local police officers, is banned from the high-profile arena and several others owned by the famously controlling James Dolan.For years, Dolan openly excluded entire law firms from his venues if a single attorney was in any sort of legal dispute with the Garden; those bans would then be enforced by Dolan’s increasingly sophisticated facial recognition system. What wasn’t entirely clear was whether Madison Square…
Google is standing up infrastructure that lets consumers shop from countless merchants without leaving its properties, whether they’re watching videos on YouTube, browsing on Search, or querying the Gemini app. The native checkout feature strengthens Google’s commerce position against Amazon by keeping consumers on its platforms rather than clicking out to other sites.In conjunction with that change, Google is also introducing new ad formats within its AI Mode search interface and rolling out an AI agent designed to operate as an orchestration layer across Google’s various marketing functions and platforms. The announcements were made Wednesday at the tech company’s annual marketing…
President Trump’s namesake cellphone provider and smartphone maker Trump Mobile is leaking customer data, including mailing addresses and email addresses, according to reports. On Tuesday, YouTubers Coffeezilla and penguinz0, who both said they ordered Trump Mobile’s gold-colored T1 phone, said they had been alerted by a researcher who found the exposed data online. “I know that because sadly I am one of those customers whose mailing address, email address, you know, everything short of credit card number is being leaked,” said Coffeezilla, who has risen to fame investigating crypto scams. “Do not order on trumpmobile.com unless you’re ready for your…
Trumpworld is now turning its attention to the next set of primaries that could have a big impact on November’s midterm elections. So today it’s all eyes on the upcoming primary races Republican strategists tell me are next on the priority list for the White House: Texas, California, and Maine.Showdown in TexasPresident Donald Trump made a last-minute endorsement on Tuesday in the Senate primary runoff in Texas, throwing his support behind attorney general Ken Paxton over incumbent John Cornyn. Trump’s political strategists are already getting ready for any fallout.The primary is on May 26 and the president’s decision to make…
Apple exec Eddy Cue has been named Entertainment Person of the Year at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026, in recognition of his role in building Apple TV, Apple Music, and more into major global platforms.Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos are previous recipients of the trophy, which festival organizers say “acknowledges the creativity that inspires others to produce truly compelling, meaningful, and entertaining content.”As Apple’s SVP of services and health, Cue oversees everything from Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, Apple Books, Apple Pay, Apple News, Fitness+, and more. He also leads the tech…
Your shot at VC access, global visibility, TechCrunch coverage, and $100,000 in equity-free funding is gone in a week. Startup Battlefield 200 applications close May 27. If you’re building a breakout startup — or know a founder who is — this is the moment to act. Apply today for the opportunity to take the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, October 13-15, alongside 200 of the world’s most promising early-stage startups. Image Credits:Kimberly White / Getty Images The clock is ticking for early-stage founders Pre-Series A founders, consider this your final countdown reminder: the strongest startups are already entering the arena, and the application window is closing fast. If your…
“Dude. Is that an ebike?” The call came from a man on the sidewalk with a pierced septum and a tattoo of a bike chain. He wasn’t the only one who asked. The Ride1Up Roadster V3 doesn’t look like an ebike, which is precisely why it drew notice from former bike shop repairmen and fitness-obsessed schoolteachers.Ride1Up’s city commuter Roadster, released last year and out of stock through much of 2025, is at the vanguard of a new generation of smartly integrated ebikes that look and feel like a bike without motor assist. Like the Aventon Soltera 3 we rated this…