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Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu Hits Disney+ Sept 2

After a weak box office, Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu arrives on Disney+ September 2, giving the saga’s first film in seven years new streaming life.

Apple TV’s horror-comedy Widows Bay just earned rave endorsements from Stephen King and Guillermo del Toro — and star Dale Dickey is loving the spotlight.

Anthropic is baking invisible watermarks into all Claude output worldwide, pushing EU AI rules into a global default and raising thorny questions for creators.

After a former writer alleged she was replaced by ChatGPT, Saber Interactive will label Rideshare Stimulator’s AI features on Steam amid backlash.

Analysts say Microsoft, Google and Amazon’s shiny AI growth leans on OpenAI and Anthropic—two labs burning tens of billions for cloud compute.

SpaceXAI’s new Grok Bot beta gives subscribers always-on AI teammates that log into apps, run multi-step workflows, and return with finished work.

Netflix’s new survival sci-fi thriller The Last House storms to 27.5M views in three days, topping global charts and spotlighting its lockdown horror hook.

EA and Maxis are doubling down on The Sims 4 with major free content drops, Marketplace maker packs and base game updates that keep the decade-old sim thriving.