The Oscars have a new stage on YouTube. The audience may have other plans.

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Adrien Brody won the 2025 Best Actor Oscar for his role in "The Brutalist" — a movie with lots of acclaim and a pretty modest box office.

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  • The Oscars are a huge TV event.
  • They're also a declining event — like just about everything else on TV.
  • So moving them to YouTube isn't a bad idea. But it may not be enough to attract more eyeballs.

Hollywood may be embattled

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Beyond antivirus: Why anti-scam tech is now your digital must-have

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A decade ago, staying safe online felt pretty straightforward. You slapped on some antivirus, tried not to click anything promising free smartphones, and hoped your inbox did not explode with weird gift card links. Now the internet feels like the wild west, only with fewer cowboy hats and more AI-generated nonsense. Voice clones, pixel perfect fake stores, scam SMS storms, spoofed calls, and

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A California judge ruled that Tesla Autopilot is deceptive marketing. Now, Tesla faces a possible state-wide ban.

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Tesla has found itself in hot water, and it isn’t due to a recall or cratering sales numbers for a change. On Tuesday, a judge in California issued a ruling that slaps Tesla with a 30-day suspension from doing business in the state over Tesla's use of the term "Autopilot" to market its driver assistance systems. The ruling goes into effect on Jan. 15; however, Tesla will have 60 days to either

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Billionaire Ray Dalio joins Michael Dell to back Trump Accounts

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Ray Dalio speaks onstage during a Wall Street Journal event.
Ray Dalio says it's more important for people to focus on the underlying factors behind Trump's new tariffs than the tariffs themselves.

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  • Ray Dalio and his wife are joining the list of billionaires backing the president's Trump Accounts.
  • Through Dalio Philanthropies, the couple will donate $250 to 300,000 Connecticut children.
  • BlackRock also announced it would provide a $1
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The first post-EA FIFA soccer sim will be a Netflix Games exclusive

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FIFA's first true soccer sim after the end of its EA partnership will be available exclusively on Netflix, the streaming service announced. This "reimagined FIFA football simulation game" will be developed and published by Delphi Interactive, and be available to Netflix subscribers next year, right in time for FIFA World Cup 2026.

EA and FIFA maintained a nearly 30 year partnership creating soccer

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons could be killer app for Switch 2 mouse

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An Animal Crossing player designing a K.K. Slider decal using mouse controls on Switch 2

Animal Crossing: New Horizons for Nintendo Switch 2 isn't quite a new Mario Maker game, but it'll do until one comes along.

On Jan. 15, the popular Switch version of the real-time town management series will be getting a $4.99 Switch 2 upgrade for those who already own it on Switch. This will coincide with a pretty substantial free update to both the Switch 1 and Switch 2 versions of New Horizons.