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• Joaquin Phoenix is one of two actors to win an Oscar for playing the Joker.
• But that doesn't mean he's the best version of the DC villain.
• Heath Ledger, Jack Nicholson, and Cameron Monaghan all gave great interpretations of the villain.

Joaquin Phoenix may have won an Oscar for playing the Joker — but that

• Jon Steinlauf, Warner Bros. Discovery's top ad salesman, will leave at the year's end.
• Warner Bros. Discovery faces challenges with a $9.1 billion writedown and lost NBA rights.
• Steinlauf's departure follows his role in merging ad sales units after the Discovery-WarnerMedia deal.

Jon Steinlauf, Warner Bros. Discovery's top ad salesman

• Israel is weighing up its response to Iran's missile attack.
• One option would be to take out Iran's nuclear sites — something Biden opposes.
• However, experts say this kind of attack would be difficult without US support.

As Israel weighs up how to strike back against

A popular financial newsletter is accusing Roblox of allowing large-scale child sexual exploitation and inappropriate content on its platform, drawing on years of media reports. The allegations are detailed in The Bear Cave, a short selling newsletter — but Roblox says The Bear Cave’s founder is highlighting rare instances of abuse to profit by

A Samsung smart home software update released this week put some users’ Galaxy S10 and Note 10 (including e, Lite, Plus, and 5G versions) and A90 and M51 smartphones in an infinite boot loop, rendering their devices useless. After some sleuthing, Reddit users narrowed it down to a Samsung SmartThings framework app update that was

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• Spirit Airlines is considering filing for bankruptcy protection, The Wall Street Journal reported.
• Its struggles are indicative of the wider issues faced by budget airlines as labor and fuel costs rise.
• Low-cost carriers are shifting their business models to cope with stuttering profitability.

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Meta just announced several updates coming to Facebook during the company’s IRL event in Austin. It's testing an Explore tab and adding a new video tab.

Let’s start with the Explore tab. If you’ve ever perused Instagram, you likely know how exactly this will work. This tab will house “a variety of content tailored to your interests.” 

Meta says that the algorithm has been designed to serve up

Facebook is announcing a host of updates to its platform today, many of which focus on pushing users outside of their social bubble of friends and family.

Among the updates are new tabs being added to Facebook that are meant to surface more content for users, including recommendations based on a person’s location. A new “Local” tab

• MrBeast revealed he spent more than $100 million on his game show "Beast Games."
• The production isn't going anywhere despite the controversy surrounding it, experts said.
• However, the star YouTuber may find it harder to fund his big projects in the future.

MrBeast confirmed this week that his upcoming Amazon show, Beast Games